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The first Girl Geeks event of 2010 is in proud association and support with Yahoo! Developer Network
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Girl Geeks is a north east based, fun and friendly professional community for women and girls interested in technology, science, digital, innovations, entrepreneurialism, creativity and computing.
We hope you will come along and join our fun networking opportunity for like-minded women to get together, network, dine, drink and discuss all things geek.

January 2010 Event Details:
Date & Time: Thursday, 14th January 2010, 6pm for 6.30pm start.
Venue: Royal Station Hotel, Newcastle Upon Tyne
Location: http://www.royalstationhotel.com/location.html
Organised by: Girl Geeks (North East) http://www.girl-geeks.co.uk
Refreshments:
Food: Extensive finger buffet. Freshly Home Baked Cup Cakes. Please inform us of any dietary requirements.
Format: Warm welcome, introduction to the evening and update, buffet dinner, talks from guest speaker, shared experiences from a few Girl Geeks members, conversations, networking.
Event Host: Kim Inglis www.kiminglistv.com (former Tyne Tees TV presenter and reporter now freelance journalist/media trainer/speaker in addition to being appointed as the presenter for new Lakes TV http://www.lakestv.net) will be our host for the evening.
Speakers:
Sophie Davies-Patrick, Head of International, Yahoo! Developer Network will be coming to the region especially for the Girl Geeks event!
Sophie will be talking about her exciting career to date, her role at Yahoo! as well as introducing Yahoo! ‘s Developer Network.

Capacity: 100 north east girl geeks.
Attendees: Girl Geeks From across the North East! Boy geeks are welcome to attend if invited by a girl geek although on this occasion we do stress that there are limited spaces due to demand so more boy geeks = less girl geeks.
Cost: £20.00 per person
Booking: Please reserve your place and book your ticket for the November Girl Geeks event via the payment link on the contact page of the Girl Geeks website http://www.girl-geeks.co.uk/payment/EVENT_14TH_JANUARY_2010_1.html
or Paypal payment to events (at) girl-geeks.co.uk
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* Two day event featuring four dedicated conference streams

* Conference streams include: Social Networking World Forum, Corporate Social Networking, Social TV , Mobile Social Networking Forum.

* Featuring key speakers from global brands, organisations, social networking publishers and developers, pioneering social media leaders, top agencies, content producers plus many more.

* Joint exhibition & Evening Networking Reception

* Full workshop programme within exhibition area

* Take advantage of our pre-show online meeting planner for all delegates
* Free to attend exhibition only pass available

2009 Speakers:

# Shaun Gregory, Managing Director, O2 Media Business
# Jemima Kiss ,Digital Media Reporter, Guardian
# Rudy Thurston, Chief Executive Officer, Omnifuse inc.
# Nick Reid, UK Head of Sales, MySpace/ Fox Interactive Media
# Dirk Singer, co-founder, Cow
# Alex Miller, Head of Jam, i-levels Social Media Unit
# Sanjay Dholakia, Chief Marketing Officer, Lithium Technologies
# Jonny Freeman, Digital Marketing Manager, Honda
# Andrew Weinreich, CEO, Meetmoi
# Will McInnes, Managing Director, NixonMcInnes
# Andrew Seel, Managing Director, Qube
# Ivan Croxford, General Manager, BT Tradespace
# Robert Proctor, Director EMEA, Reality Digital
# Neil Kleiner, Social Media Strategist, greenroom@momentum
# Nenad Marovac, Board Member, Sonico/ Shazam Entertainment
# Julie Meyer, Founder and Chief Executive Officer, Ariadne Capital
# Alex Halliday, Director, SocialGo Ltd
# Joel Davis, Chief Executive, agency:2
# Freddie Laker, Director of Digital Strategy, Sapient
# Penny Power, Author, International Speaker, Entrepreneur and founder of Ecademy
# Dave Wiseman, Enterprise Sales Executive – Europe, iovation Inc
# Matthew Fraser, Senior Research Fellow, INSEAD
# Neville Wheeler Director, Cisco Media Solutions Group, Europe
# Alison Fennah, Executive Director, European Interactive Advertising Association
# Ryo Murai, CEO, Beat Communication
# Davide Villa, Senior Vice President B2B, XING AG
# Thomas Power, Chairman, Ecademy
# Dan Whiley, VP Commercial, International Digital Media, MTV
# Maz Nadjm, Portal Services Manager, Community BSkyB
# Shivanandan Pare, Chief Operating Officer, BigAdda
# Tony Douglas, Marketing Innovations, BMW
# Dan Cryan, Senior Analyst, Broadband Media
# David Jones, Vice President of Global Marketing, Friendster
# Lulu Phongmony, Business Development & Marketing Manager, iVillage
# Peter Cowley, Managing Director of Digital Media, Endemol UK
# Jon Radoff, Chief Executive Officer – gamerDNA
# Mike Dowuona,Digital Media Manager,EMI
# Andy Baker, MD, Friends Reunited
# Anthony Lukom Managing Director, MySpace UK
# Natalie Johnson, Manager Social Media Communications, General Motors
# Anthony Lukom Managing Director, MySpace UK
# Asha Oberoi, Content Director, ITN
# Eric Maillard Managing Director Ogilvy PR Paris
# Chris Davies, Digital Marketing Manager, British Airways
# Kate Burns, Managing Director & Vice President, Europe for Bebo & People Networks
# Peter Ward, Co-Founder & Co-CEO, www.WAYN.com
# Ben Rotheray, UK Digital Marketing Manager, Land Rover
# Henrik Hoglund, SVP - Advertising Sales Europe, Stardoll
# Sampo Karjalainen - Co-founder and Chief Creative Officer of Sulake/ Habbo Hotel
# Gareth Jones, Editor, Revolution Magazine
# Michael Donnelly, Director, Worldwide Interactive Marketing, The Coca-Cola Company
# Henry Clifford-Jones, Director of Media Sales Europe, Linkedin
# Emma Jenkins, Head of Interactive Marketing, Procter & Gamble UK
# Frances Dovey, Interactive & Emerging Media Manager, Cadburys
# Lorenz Bogaert, CEO, Netlog
# Simon Podd, Head of UK Sales, Bebo
# Nicholas Bry, Senior VP, Orange Vallee
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Show highlights include:

• Learn from experts about how social media is changing the political space
• Hear from those who have successfully included social media in political campaigns
• Listen to top commentators and experts on their take on why social media can be effective in politics and why not to fear it
• Learn about which politicians are using social media, case studies on Obama and Number 10
• Find new insights about which levels are embracing social media, both local and national
• Understand what the future holds, and will a traditional area be able to embrace new media
• Network immediately with our first-class pre-show online meeting planner
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