BIMA Breakfast Briefing – The Top Tech Trends That Really Matter for 2018

Speakers

Moderator: Ben Titchmarsh, Head of Media and Marketing at Propeller Group

Ben is Propeller Group’s head of media and marketing. A familiar face at industry events, ranging from Cannes Lions and DMEXCO to Mobile World Congress and Advertising Week in London and New York, Ben works across Propeller’s client roster with some of the world’s most exciting companies in media, advertising and digital. A former journalist with a fascination for how technology is transforming our lives, Ben will be quizzing the panel on the essential tech trends to watch out for in the next 12 months and cutting through industry hyperbole and cynicism in equal measure.

Luciana Carvalho Se, Business Development & Partnerships, REWIND

Learner, maker, systems thinker, innovator and tech evangelist, Luciana heads new business & partnerships for REWIND – an award-winning immersive content production studio – and is co-founder of Unfold Inclusion, a social enterprise empowering women/diversity in XR in the UK.

With over five years experience in award-winning startups such as Racefully, UniPlaces, Import.io – on both the technical and creative side – Luciana is driven by big ideas, a global mindset and empowering tech entrepreneurs. She is an advocate and thought-leader for the UK’s immersive tech industry, having been integral to the founding of Realities Centre London and the VRAR Tech London Advocates sub-group. An ambassador and mentor for Code First Girls, Founders of the Future, Series Q, among others, she also co-runs Unfold Inclusion, a social enterprise that supports underrepresented voices in XR.

Luciana is a former Cambridge Law, Harvard and International Business grad turned tech super-geek! She was elected one of Code First Girls ‘25 Ones to Watch’, ‘Top 5 Female Role Models in the Tech Industry’, and Virtual Perceptions’ ‘Heroes of VR’ in 2016, and regularly speaks about her journey and current work at conferences and companies. She has also hosted and continues to host webinars on neuro VR and women in tech with BrightTALK and BeMyApp.

Matt Bush, Director of Agencies, Google UK

Matt is the Director of Agencies at Google UK where he works with leading advertisers and agencies to help them get the most from the web. He joined in 2010 and previously he has worked in press and digital publishing. He is a regular public speaker on many topics around digital, technology and media and how businesses might want to react to benefit from innovation and new developments.