Kimberly Palmer, Moderator

Kimberly Palmer is the founder and managing director of the Brazen & NETWORX Events team.

Having worked in marketing since 1993, Kimberly began providing marketing consulting services under the Brazen banner in 1999. In 2001 she expanded the business to provide event consulting and also began regularly running her own membership based group, NETWORX Marketers Meetings.

Kimberly is an accomplished marketer with a down-to-earth approach. She is a sought after public speaker, writes regularly for marketing publications and due to the success of NETWORX, is extremely well known and well networked in the Melbourne & Sydney business and marketing community.

Key Education & Other Achievements

• Bachelor of Business - Management (Monash University)
• Bachelor of Business - Marketing (Monash University)
• Winner 1994 Quantum International Scholarship (value $40,000) for a marketing internship with in the UK.
• 1999 Launched Gen eXpress (now NETWORX Marketers Meetings)
• Selected as advisory panel member for launch of Vibe, Victorian Arts Centre Youth Marketing Program
• 2001 Committee Member AIM, Sales & Marketing Special Interest Group
• Selected 2001 Foundation for Young Australians National Young Leaders Forum
• Winner $22,000 Small Business Development Grant, City of Melbourne, 2003
• Launched Entrepreneurs NETWORX 2003
• Winner $20,000 Churchill Fellowship, to fund an 8 week research trip into networking for entrepreneurs in UK, US and Canada (conducted Jan-Mar 2005)

Peter Williams, CEO, Deloitte Digital

Peter Williams is recognised as a global thought leader on Innovation and Use of Web technologies. A Chartered Accountant by background Peter moved into the Web space in 1993. He has a unique perspective on how business can profit from using web technology.

Peter is CEO of Deloitte Digital, which is a new business that delivers professional services online. Prior to his role in Deloitte Digital, Peter was CEO of Australia’s largest web development firm, Eclipse.

As a sought after speaker and commentator Peter Williams has featured in articles in the ‘Wall Street Journal’, ‘The Financial Times’ (UK), ‘The Age’, ‘Sydney Morning Herald’, ‘The Australian’, ‘The Australian Financial Review’, ‘BRW’ and many others.  Peter has presented in many countries including the US, Canada, UK, Dubai, Netherlands, China, Hong Kong, Thailand and Malaysia.  His client list includes high profile organisations such as BHP, Telstra, AFL, NAB, ANZ and the Federal and Victorian Governments.  Over the last five years Peter Williams has been voted by his peers and staff as the most inspirational partner at Deloitte.

Peter Williams’ other roles include: Chairman of Deloitte Innovation Council, Board Member Circus Oz, Advisory Board Swinburne University School of Business Innovation, Board Member Emue Technologies.

To check out a profile of Peter Williams in The Sydney Morning Herald, click here.

www.deloittedigital.com

Brett Hogarth, Co-founder & Executive Director, Impact Data

A co-founder and Executive Director at Impact Data, Brett Hogarth is the leader of new business development for the corporate services department. Brett’s exploration of market opportunities and business strategies has been a driving force to product development initiatives at Impact Data.

Previously Brett has held senior management and sales positions in hospitality servicing companies, and additionally established his own business in this sector with clients including Australian Leisure & Hospitality and a large number of smaller chains and independent venues. With over two thousand clients across both the corporate and hospitality divisions today at Impact Data, Brett has forged and managed many of these client relationships, building up the company’s impressive client portfolio since 2001.

In the past seven years, Impact Data has grown to a staff of 60 with offices in Melbourne, Sydney, Brisbane and London.

www.impactdata.com.au

Jack Perlinski, Brand Strategist, DAIS

Jack Perlinski is the Director and owner of DAIS – a dynamic business focused on ‘elevating brands’. His role incorporates his expertise as a strategic Brand Specialist and Creative Director over the four disciplines of new brand development, design, marketing and technology.

An inspired creative strategist with a unique perspective on the world, Jack’s reputation has positioned him as a highly sought-after professional speaker and brand coach recognised for his strategic thinking and entrepreneurial flair. He is passionate about brand and the value of building brand as an asset that delivers bottom line results, and his folio of national and international success stories is ever evolving, proving his talents as a skilled branding entrepreneur.

Pioneering new understanding, Jack believes in taking clients on a journey that embodies an educational and empowering process. He lives by the belief that brands must be sustainable and monitored with sound communication strategy and control structures that last the distance.

Listening to Jack speak on brand strategy guarantees a new level of thinking that provides the framework for development of a sound brand management structure and benchmarks for effective brand communication.  His topics provide an insight into the importance of building a well defined brand strategy and also serve to highlight the value of building a brand as an asset you can own and protect – an issue becoming increasingly important in business management and governance.

www.dais.com.au

Llew Jury, Managing Director, Reload Consulting

From 1999 to 2006, Llew Jury was co-founder and Executive Director of Queensland’s largest digital agency, Alfresco Design, prior to selling to a Melbourne web company. He is currently the Managing Director of Reload Consulting Pty Ltd, a leading Brisbane based web and business strategy company.

Llew has extensive management experience in corporate and government website development, search engine optimisation, eBusiness project direction, IT product development, usability, search marketing including Google ADWords and Strategic Internet business development. He has managed numerous high-profile web and IT design, consulting, implementation, redevelopment and maintenance projects throughout Australia and overseas. Llew is also an experienced business strategist and consults in business strategy and planning, marketing plans and innovation for SMEs and large business clients.

Website and IT project accounts managed over the past decade by Llew have included BOSE, ABN Amro Morgans, Super Cheap Auto, DEWR, Department of Employment and Workplace Relations, Department of Immigration and Citizenship, Energex, Queensland University of Technology, Rio Tinto, Westpac, Queensland Department of the Premier and Cabinet, Queensland Department of Communities, Priestleys Gourmet Delights, Bank of Queensland, the Queensland Department of Employment and Training, the Australian Federation of Travel Agents, Bartons Group, Ray White – Paddington, McCann-Erickson, Devine Ltd, Ambit and Asthma Queensland.

Llew is also a co-founder and director of the leading online gift voucher website Pampered.com.au. Since starting Pampered.com.au in 2007, Llew has focused on building the IT and website infrastructure required to maintain Pampered.com.au’s rapid international growth. He is responsible for all IT infrastructure, search engine optimisation, search marketing, operations and finance. Llew also plays a key role in continuing to seek B2B partnerships, growth opportunities and strategic marketing alliances.

Llew has significant success over the past decade in search engine optimisation and search marketing. He has managed and coordinated websites for his own businesses and high profile clients that have achieved first place rankings on popular searches for Google and other leading search engines. This has provided Llew’s clients with profitable, innovative and low cost online promotional channels and global branding.

He is past Vice President and Treasurer on the Queensland Executive of the Australian Interactive Industry Multimedia Association (AIMIA). Llew is a mentor for the Queensland State Government Mentoring for Growth program and is an industry advisor to the Griffith University IT Masters and Multimedia programs.

www.reloadconsulting.com

Iain Anderson, Pro Apps Trainer, Next Byte

Iain Anderson is an Apple Certified Final Cut Pro and Final Cut Server Trainer who regularly trains Next Byte clients in web design, print design, retouching, video editing and animation.

Through freelance work, he's been a Second Life developer working on Queensland Island for the Queensland Government, an animator and videographer for Microsoft in the US and has taught at QUT, Design College Australia and QANTM locally. He is also a registered iPhone developer, a blogger and podcaster, and has had work featured at Boing Boing.

Next Byte has been successfully serving the Macintosh market since March of 1995 and has quickly grown to be one of Australia’s leading Computer Resellers.

First founded in Adelaide, South Australia, Next Byte is now Australia's largest and most awarded Apple Macintosh Reseller. Next Byte is widely regarded as one of the best Apple suppliers in all markets it operates in, i.e. WA, SA, VIC, NSW, QLD and TAS.

Next Byte has lead the Australian market for 10 years, being the first to bring free training to all Next Byte customers for 12 months after sale. A recent new innovation is our in-store demonstrations in each store.

www.nextbyte.com.au

Adam Penberthy, Director, Fresh

Adam Penberthy lives and breathes Generation Y for the simple reason he is part of this dynamic cohort.  Adam is a born entrepreneur starting his first commercial business at age 13, and employing his first full-time staff member to run the company at age 16 while he was at high school.  Now at age 24, Adam spends his days creating, managing and evaluating some of the most forward thinking campaigns aimed at youth and under 30s that Australia has ever seen.  As Director, Key Account Manager and Head Creative Director, Adam leads the 'oh so cool' Fresh team to great success both here and abroad.

Adam holds a degree in Marketing and PR from the University of Southern Queensland, and has studied Generation Y extensively.  He has researched the fundamental areas such as how they communicate with one another, buying habits, generational differences, lifestyle traits, ways to market/communicate to them, brand influences, major influencers and how they think.  As a result, he has become a key commentator and expert on Generation Y in Australia regularly featuring in media and speaking on the subject. 

Adam is an active member of the Australian Marketing Institute, Public Relations Institute of Australia, Advertising Federation of Australia, Brisbane Advertising Association, BAD Club and Networx.  Beyond his consulting work, Adam enjoys speaking with and mentoring other young 'go getters' who are keen to make their mark on the world, regularly speaking at high schools, and universities across the state. 

Adam is passionate about what he does, he's driven, motivated, enthusiastic and loves strong coffee! He is your typical crazy hair, loud shirt-wearing Gen Yer, with a deep understanding on how to connect with this complex group.

www.thinkfresh.net.au

Michael Burke, Managing Director and Executive Producer, Liquid Interactive

Michael Burke's experience extends for over ten years as an online strategist and multimedia producer, and a further five years as a media artist and audio visual producer. He has worked with some of the world’s leading brands to provide innovative technical, online and digital creative solutions.

Michael founded Liquid Interactive in partnership with Liquid Animation in 2006 after building the interactive division within Liquid Animation (of which he is a shareholder) since 1999. Liquid Interactive is a Digital Creative Agency that supplies online, mobile and offline interactive services for marketing and learning projects in industries such as education, mining, entertainment, government and advertising.

He is regularly called on to provide commentary on the digital and creative industries in Queensland through speaking engagements and interviews. He writes and publishes articles on the industry nationally and is the currently President of the Queensland Branch of the Australian Interactive Media Industry Association (AIMIA).

Michael is passionate about the interactive industry and strives to continue to build Liquid Interactive into the leading interactive and digital creative agency in Australia. Liquid Interactive is a Queensland success story working with clients in China, USA, Japan and Europe on projects for brands such as Disney, Louis Vuitton, Tourism Queensland, Mitsubishi and Mincom.

www.liquidinteractive.com.au

Genevieve Mahony, Queensland State Marketing Manager, Coca-Cola

In her current role with Coca-Cola, Genevieve Mahony manages all marketing-related activities across the Queensland portfolio of brands, sponsorship, events, PR, media and consumer promotions. Along with the Coca-Cola brand, Genevieve has enjoyed working with some of Australia’s most recognised brands: AFL; Australia Post; and ENERGEX.

In addition to working in-house, Genevieve owned her own agency for a number of years and was recognised as only one of four Queensland women inducted into the Australian Businesswomen’s Hall of Fame.

A global leader in the beverage industry, the Coca-Cola company offers hundreds of brands, including soft drinks, fruit juices, sports drinks and other beverages in more than 200 countries. Coca-Cola is meeting the tastes of people around the globe.

www.coca-cola.com.au

Celestine Doyle, Marketing and Sponsorship Manager, Queensland Art Gallery

Celestine Doyle is the Queensland Art Gallery's Manager, Marketing and Sponsorship and member of the Gallery's Executive Management Team. Celestine leads the audience-focussed marketing, communications, sponsorship and tourism strategies for the Queensland Art Gallery and Gallery of Modern Art. Most recent major campaigns have been the 'Andy Warhol' and ‘Picasso & his collection' exhibitions.

The Queensland Art Gallery is Queensland's premier visual arts institution and a leading art museum nationally. The Gallery's driving philosophy is to connect art and people.

The Gallery was established in 1895 as the Queensland National Art Gallery. Throughout its early history the Gallery was housed in a series of temporary premises, and did not have a permanent home until the opening of its current architecturally acclaimed building on Brisbane's south bank in 1982.

Since opening, the Gallery's Collection, exhibitions, audiences and programs have grown in size, complexity and diversity. To cater for the community's future needs, during the 1990s the Gallery embarked on extensive research and wide consultation, resulting in the concept of a second building.

The Gallery of Modern Art, which opened in December 2006, complements the Queensland Art Gallery building. Situated at Kurilpa Point only 150 metres from the Queensland Art Gallery building, the Gallery of Modern Art focuses on the art of the twentieth and twenty-first centuries.

www.qag.qld.gov.au

Acland Brierty, Director, Spirit House

Acland Brierty, one of the directors of the Spirit House, will share with you the low-cost/no-cost marketing ideas they use to generate quality word of mouth advertising, web traffic, and P.R.

When you own a restaurant and cooking school that is hard to find, not in a tourist hot spot yet is booked out months ahead, has two best-selling cook books sold around the world and has been featured on every lifestyle TV show, you realise that the Spirit House has some truly innovative marketing systems at work.

Spirit House was built without paid advertisements or expensive consultants.

Learn about the Spirit House 'sleeves-rolled up' approach to generating buzz.  Challenging, controversial and counter-intuitive, Acland will share with you cutting edge ideas and marketing innovations which will grow your business without the need for big budgets.

Read Acland Brierty's Blog: www.aclandbrierty.com

Read an article on Spirit House in Sunshine Coast Daily Online: "Passion for Thai food".

www.spirithouse.com.au

Kelly Baker, Founder and Managing Director, Edible Blooms Pty Ltd

Recently celebrating 3 years in business, Kelly Baker’s delicious gift delivery business was quickly established as a national business with four store locations in Brisbane, Sydney, Melbourne and Adelaide. Providing a fresh and wickedly delicious alternative to traditional flower gifts, Edible Blooms use a clever combination of innovative e-marketing and traditional branding strategies to spread the delicious word of Edible Blooms.  With their first off-shore location opening in Auckland, New Zealand, in November 2008, Kelly is a firm believer in smart online spending. 

At Evolve, Kelly will draw on her extensive marketing background and share both the challenges and the strategies to create a ‘contagious’ idea, and develop a memorable brand in a competitive market place.

www.edibleblooms.com.au

Victoria Parker, Director, Inspiro Communications

Victoria Parker is a business professional with over 10 years experience in online and offline marketing, public relations and project management consulting.  Recently Victoria launched nationally a 100% for charity cookbook (The One-Armed Cookbook) which has raised over $85 000 for premature babies.

In 2004, alongside David and Jennifer St George, Victoria established the RedChilli Marketing Group. Prior to this, she established the successful and award winning online retail bikini company lustythreads.com with an international customer base in over 35 countries.  She has since sold both of these businesses and is now consulting on a freelance basis under the brand Inspiro Communications to a small stable of clients. 

Over the next 8 weeks Victoria is also establishing a Brisbane based community around the concept of micro credit, where small amounts of money are lent to women establishing businesses in developing countries in a constructive effort to stop poverty and hunger.  The intended outcomes of this awareness and fund raising project are empowerment, respect and connection.

Victoria specialises in government-community marketing, online marketing, branding, and business development.  She is also highly experienced in project, issues and event management, and the development and implementation of marketing and communication strategies, and holds a Bachelor of Business Communications degree from QUT.

For more info about The One-Armed Cookbook, visit www.onearmedcookbook.com

Trina Phelan, Group Account Director, LapePhelan Marketing Communications

'Build a Better Brand' is the motto driving Trina Phelan’s business and with over 10 years experience in Public Relations, Marketing and Advertising she does just that for clients across a wide array of industries. A partner in LapePhelan Marketing Communications, she has a BA in Business from Queensland University of Technology with a major in Communications and a specialisation in Public Relations.

She focuses her talents on Public Relations but her communications experience is well-rounded, with a period of her career spent in some of Australia’s largest advertising and marketing agencies. With a main objective to help clients build brand equity for their products and services the agency is actively pursued by companies of all sizes who are after hands-on, 'down to earth' people who are directly responsible for the role they play with each client. Trina and her team believe it's all about good client service, strong strategic direction and passion.

www.lapephelan.com.au

Alastair Loxton, CEO, Alastair Loxton

'Dot' and 'Com' are his middle names.  Alastair Loxton is a self-confessed Internet marketing evangelist with 8 years experience developing and executing online marketing strategies all over the world.  Having a background in economics and a specialty in search engine marketing, Alastair is best known for increasing business through, inter alia: quantitative modeling & analysis of consumer behaviour, establishing cash-flow positive campaigns & integrating brand strategies online.

Alastair's last permanent position was General Manager & Head of Marketing for Roamfree.com; a leading online travel business based on the Gold Coast.  Alastair was responsible for successfully implementing all of the above into the current Roamfree.com campaign.

Anthony Dever, Blogging and Social Media Strategist, The Blog Project

Anthony Dever is the managing director of The Blog Project which provides  strategic advice and software solutions  for corporate and SME clients so they can properly take advantage of the emerging social media environment via tools like blogs, micro-blogs, wikis and social networks.  Anthony has been a blogger since 2003 and has been part of the social media revolution as a participant and blogging evangelist.

He started the Australian blog search engine blogs.com.au in 2007 and  is currently writing a book titled 'The Joy of Blogging'.  He regularly appears on ABC Local Radio talking about internet and technology news helping to  provide  geek to human translation for the general public.  Anthony  most recently spoke  as one of three external speakers at the Australian Broadcasting Corporation's Youth Media Forum on how the ABC could better connect with youth  audiences via social media platforms.

www.anthonydever.com