Andy Lopata is one of the UK’s leading business networking strategists. He is the co-author of two books on the subject, including the Amazon UK bestseller ‘…and Death Came Third! The Definitive Guide to Networking and Speaking in Public’. Andy built his reputation as a leading expert on networking and referral strategy in eight years as the Managing Director of UK-wide network Business Referral Exchange, before leaving to set up his own business early in 2007. Andy is also a director of the new online business network, Word of Mouse.

Lucian (24) is the energetic face behind the Brave New® brand and founder of www.BraveNewTalent.com. An award winning young entrepreneur with a huge drive and passion for success. He has recently been awarded 5th place Natwest and RBS’s search for the UK’s ‘Top 15 up and coming Entrepreneurs’. Lucian has a ‘born global’ attitude with a strategy to match. He is the world’s youngest entrepreneur to join the UKTI (UK Trade and Investment’s) hugely successful Global Entrepreneur Program with Brave New Talent being described by the UK Government as a “Technology company of Exceptional Potential”. BraveNewTalent.com is the worlds first pre-employment networking site, connecting talent to employers online. The platform has plans to scale up globally but is launching initially in the UK and India. Brave New Talent will revolutionize the recruitment of student talent worldwide. Lucian was the UK’s first undergraduate entrepreneur to receive EU financial backing and Edinburgh University support. As a student he ran one of the UK’s only entirely student run charities - Take Heart India (www.takeheartindia.org). Through his fundraising efforts Take Heart has built an IT school in rural India training hundreds of blind students in IT skills. Lucian has worked with in India since …