Practitioner Speakers

2008 PRACTITIONER SPEAKERS

Valerie Patrick Ph.D.,
Manager Creative Center, Future Business, Bayer Material Science LLC

Michael Tchong,
Trend Analyst, Ubercool

Laura Dzelzyte,
Founder & Managing Partner, GreenIndex

Bruce Call,
Managing Director, Global Marketing, Tahitian Noni International

Filip Brabec,
General Manager for Product Planning, Audi of America

Barbara Kwasnicki,
Creative Strategist, Kwas Inc

Lois Kelly,
Author of Beyond Buzz, Partner, Beeline Labs

Francois Gossieaux,
Partner, Beeline Labs

Barbara Perry,
Ph.D., Cultural Anthropologist, Barbara Perry Associates

Ruth Sando,
Ph.D., Cultural Anthropologist, Barbara Perry Associates

Janet Gallent,
Vice President, Consumer Insights & Innovation
Research, NBC Universal TV Networks

Cassandra Jeyaram, PhD,
Social Marketing Manager for Global
Consumer Marketing, InterContinental Hotels Group

Joe Batista,
Director and Chief Creatologist, Hewlett-Packard Co.

Scott Power,
Brand Strategist, Kaiser Permanente

Teresa Spafford,
Lead Designer, Mazda Design Americas

Don Abraham,
Director, Social Technologies

Piers Fawkes,
Founder, PSFK

 

Marco Marsan,
President, Marco Polo Explorers

Stephen Arbib,
President, Commuto Inc.

Jeffrey Diskin,
Senior Vice President Hilton Brand Management,
Hilton Hotels Corporation

Kimberly Maxwell,
Senior Director, Brand & Consumer Research, Spike

Jill C. Hart,
Director of Market Planning, Diageo

Meredith McCain,
Marketing Consultant in Corporate Advertising, Aflac

Arun Prabhu,
Head of Future Creations, Arla Foods UK

Shahira Raineri,
Executive Director and Global Imagination Breakthrough Leader, GE Corporation

James Damian,
Senior Vice President, Experience Development Group, Best Buy

Jeff Yang,
Vice President, Global Strategist, Iconoculture Global View, Iconoculture

Valeria Piaggio,
Vice President, Global Strategist, Iconoculture Global View, Iconoculture

Mike Kappitt,
SVP, Global Business Intelligence & Strategy, Burger King

Yasmin Siddiqi,
Global Market Collaboration Strategist, DuPont

Daniel W. Rasmus,
Director, Business Insights, Microsoft Corporation

Stokes Jones,
Director of Foresight, Trends & People Research North America, Philips Design

Mac Renfro, Co-founder, Initiator

Rick Seibold, Co-founder, Initiator