Lizzie Jackson worked with the BBC to create, develop and manage their online community. She has been working in this field since since 1997 and was nominated as ‘One of the 100 innovators of the UK Internet Decade’ by NOP World and e-consultancy.com in 2004. She is currently undergoing research for the BBC and the University of Westminster on virtual worlds.

Chris Cook is an established senior level Public Relations consultant, with over 13 years experience of building aspirational lifestyle brands in London’s most respected PR agencies, specialising in mobile technology and the digital/new media sector.

Emma Saunders currently runs an online greeting card business, and hires herself out as a freelance web coder. She is a bona-fide, fully paid up geek, and says “I love designing and creating websites - getting a piece of code to execute well is a thing of beauty.” She currently has about twenty projects planned at the moment, split into two categories: Save the World, and Make a Million, but says she’ll “settle for achieving some positive social change and being able to afford a pint”. Emma’s background is in trading, and sees her future in journalism.

Ian Forrester is the senior lead on the BBC’s Backstage project, a developer network providing data and services for the general public. He also runs the London Geekdinners, a monthly social of the brightest minds in London with an invited guest.

Helen is a 23-year-old sub-editor on the Daily Mail, and a graduate of Oxford University and the City University Postgraduate Diploma in Journalism. In 2006 Helen created Schmooze & Booze. Schmooze & Booze is a regular networking event for young journalists and other media workers. She wondered how it was that all middle-aged journalists knew each other and so the first Schmooze & Booze was held in August 2006 at the Commercial Tavern in the East End, the second in the Angelic pub in Islington in October, and the third at the Southwark Rooms in November.

Peter has an MA in Film & TV Studies and a PhD on Youth & Music TV, both from the University of Warwick. He has been involved in media education/training and sector development for 16 years including the last 5 years as Project Manager for PLOT , a business support and development scheme for creative enterprises. He runs a number of regular networking events, including Screen Forum and Out of Hours Peter advises on a number of regional steering groups including: West Midlands Animation Forum, Music for Media Steering Group and Wolverhampton Creative Industries Forum. Peter is also an external examiner for Staffordshire University media programme and Solent University screenwriting programme, and teaches Film Studies with the Open University.