Lea Alcantara

Location: Alberta | Canada | Edmonton
Speaking Topics: blogging | branding | Design | expressionengine | self-branding
Spoken Languages: English

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Lea Alcantara is often hired to kill bad design, with her weapon of choice, ExpressionEngine. She has been an active part of the web, designing and developing for 10 years, and through her efforts, has been considered one of the best women designers in the world and an amazing female role model for web designers. She has been published on several online publications including Design-in-Flight, Digital Web, and A List Apart. Most recently, she participated in a .net magazine "Build Off" published in Issue 199.

Previous Presentations: 
Art of Self-Branding at SXSW, FOWD, The DIY Summit, Toronto Real Asian International Film Festival
EdmontonEE at Edmonton's First ExpressionEngine Meetup
Blogger/Journalist: The New Normal at Canadian Association of Journalist Conference

Katie Streten

Location: London | London UK
Speaking Topics: web 2.0 and the arts | twitter | branding | social media marketing | agency integration
Spoken Languages: French | English

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I found my spiritual home in the web after escaping telesales in 1995. Getting involved that early has meant that I've covered the full range of roles from programming and server management through design and user experience to content and strategy development - which is what I do now.

I'm head of strategy within the digital arm of Imagination (http://www.imagination.com), a global communications company, and focus on using technology to help our clients to engage their audiences appropriately and innovatively with the best technology available.

Previous Presentations: 
IAB Social Media Forum and IAB Luxury Forum both in 2009
Museums and the web 2006, 2005, 2000, 1999
Speaking at Ad:Tech 2009 in London

Daniela Capistrano

Location: NYC | NY USA
Speaking Topics: Marketing | women in technology | social media | new media | branding | music | youth | activism | trends | podcasts | street culture | personal | LGBTQ | new journalism | real time web | twitter culture | tech diversity | multiplatform
Spoken Languages: English

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Daniela Capistrano (@dcap on Twitter) hails from California but in 2004 gave up road rage and boredom for the Big Apple. Since then she has been a creative nomad, most recently residing in an increasingly gentrified neighborhood in Bushwick, Brooklyn.

She is 5ft4 and not Italian. Nope. She is a Chicana Mexi-CAN (not a Mexi-can’t).

Previous Presentations: 
BlogHer 2009 - panelist
The LAMP NYC - guest speaker

Susannah Gardner

Location: Canada | Vancouver
Speaking Topics: blogger | blogging | branding | buzz marketing | Design | expressionengine | publishing | social media | twitter
Spoken Languages: English

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Susannah Gardner is the co-founder and creative director of Hop Studios Internet Consultants, a Web design company specializing in custom Web solutions for content publishers.

Susannah is also a freelance writer and author. Her books include,
• Blogging for Dummies, 2nd Edition, with co-author Shane Birley
• BitTorrent for Dummies, with co-author Kris Krug
• Buzz Marketing With Blogs for Dummies
• Dreamweaver MX 2004 for Dummies, with Janine Warner
• Teach Yourself Visually: Dreamweaver MX 2004, also with Janine Warner

Previous Presentations: 
BlogAsia
Northern Voice
BlogHer
SXSW
IZEAFest

Tamera Kremer

Location: Toronto | ON | Canada but frequent trips to USA
Speaking Topics: marketing strategy | social media | SEO | digital marketing | e-commerce | branding | word-of-mouth | community engagement

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Previous Presentations: 
Search Engine Strategies NYC 2008 - Successful Tactics for Social Media Optimization
Search Engine Strategies Chicago 2007 - Actionable Social Media
Interactive Content Exchange 2007 - "It Had to be You" panel

Lauren Cooney

Location: seattle | Washington
Speaking Topics: branding | Building Community | Marketing | microsoft | open source | Social Software | Web 2.0 | Web Platforms

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Lauren Cooney has ten years of experience building technical communities, strategies, and GTM plans for enterprise software companies.

Previous Presentations: 
Mashery.com API event, NYC, March 2008: IBM Open API Strategy
AjaxWorld Conference, NYC, March 2008: IBM MashupHub and Info 2.0
Microsoft MIX Conference 2009: The Future of the Microsoft Web Platform
Enterprise 2.0 Conference: Mashups, APIs, and Web 2.0
Web 2.0 Expo, various topics

Jessica Mah

Location: New York | San Francisco
Speaking Topics: blogging | branding | personal brand | advertising | long tail | community | twitter | entrepreneurship | women in tech | future of web | startup experiences | hiring | growing a company

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Jessica Mah is a sophomore in college and aspiring entrepreneur - she's 17 years old and feeds on the idea of being an underage entrepreneur. Later this spring, she will be featured in the PBS TV Series, Biz Kids. As of recently, she became a TEDster.

Previous Presentations: 
Supernova (San Francisco): Spoke about startup experiences & growing a company. Approx 60 people
Next Web (Amsterdam): Spoke about the future of web as it relates to internet users. Approx 750 people.
Entrepreneur Meetup (NYC): Organizer of entrepreneur meetup, introduced and managed speakers. Approx 80 people.