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JEROME LASCOMBE
CEO, Hopscotch, Paris

Outside of these activities, Jérôme also created Human to Human in 2003, one of the first online opinion study companies. Jérôme has previously held a variety of senior level posts in the commercial sector and he teaches at HEC business school in Paris.

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SHELLEY BERNSTEIN
Chief of Technology, Brooklyn Museum, New York

Shelley is the Chief of Technology at the Brooklyn Museum. Since 1999 she has worked to further the Museum's community-oriented mission through projects including free public wireless access, podcast subscription feeds, cell phone tours and handheld PDAs. She is the initiator and current administrator of the Museum's web initiatives on MySpace, Facebook, Flickr , YouTube, and Twitter. She drives a '74 vw super beetle and she organized Click! A Crowd-Curated Exhibition. ::contact::

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WILL CARY
Membership Manager, Brooklyn Museum, New York

Will Cary is the Membership Manager at the Brooklyn Museum. In addition to making sure all Brooklyn Museum Members get the most out of their Membership, he also developed the new 1stfans Membership program in order to grow the Museum's community of supporters. Before joining the Brooklyn Museum in January 2008, Will worked at the Metropolitan Museum of Art, the Whitney Museum of American Art, and the Sterling and Francine Clark Art Institute. Will graduated from Williams College with a degree in Art History and Economics.

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CHRIS DENTON
Head of Marketing and New Media, Barbican Centre, London

Chris Denton has gained extensive experience from a career in arts marketing spanning nearly 20 years. In this time Chris has worked with leading arts organisations including the Southbank Centre, the Philharmonia Orchestra and most recently the Barbican Centre

During the last 8 years, as Head of Marketing and New Media for the Barbican, Chris has transformed the entire marketing function and delivered a CRM based marketing strategy which included the development of the Barbican brand and an award winning website which now delivers around 80% of all sales. Chris is also developing the Barbican's digital strategy exploring ways to ensure the venue is ready to exploit the potential from emerging technology.

Chris is also working as part of a major cultural project in Spain to build or refurbish 12 cultural venues across Spain, Latin America and New York. Chris is the Director of Strategic Marketing and Digital Development for the project, called ARTeria. The ambitious project will see the gradual opening of venues from the end of 2009 through to 2012 starting this year in Bilbao, Barcelona and Madrid.

KEYNOTE SPEAKER
MOLLY FLATT
1000heads, WOM Evangelist, London

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Molly is WOM Evangelist for 1000heads, the leading global specialists in word of mouth marketing. A passionate advocate of the value of sustained and authentic brand conversations, Molly helps companies understand why word of mouth should be at the heart of every aspect of their advertising, and ensures that 1000heads remains at the cutting edge of creative and strategic developments in the industry. She collaborates with consumers and researchers to produce insights into the psychology and behaviour behind word of mouth and social media, and how these can be transformed into effective long-term brand strategies.

Starting out as a linguist and strategist for the 1000heads creative team, Molly has worked at the coalface engaging, meeting and collaborating with social media voices from across the world, and has overseen the creative direction of long-term and award-winning campaigns for clients such as The V&A, Nokia, Canon, 3 and STA travel. She is deeply embedded in social media and her passion for culture and the arts continues through her blogging for the Guardian, the Economist, Finch's Quarterly Review and her own cult site HitchcockBlonde.