I am a regular keynote speaker, moderator and panellist on all things mobile, gaming and future developments in those sectors and I have spoken at leading events in the mobile, technology and entertainment sectors around the world, including SXSW, TEDx, Mobile World Congress and CTIA. If you would like to invite me to speak at your next event, please contact me via the contact form or:

Recent (and a few upcoming) engagements include:

2013

• Mobile Games Forum (London, UK) – Keynote & Panel
• Casual Connect Europe (Hamburg Germany) – Keynote ["BlackBerry 10 Rising"] (video here)
• The Digital Marketing Forum (Oxford, UK) – Keynote (w/ Jeff Coghlan of Matmi)
• Game Monetisation Europe (London, UK) – Panel
• Mobile Fringe Festival @ Mobile World Congress (Barcelona, Spain) – Panel ["Can Pac-Man Teach Maths?"] (Podcast here)
• LBS Tech & Media Summit (London Business School, London, UK) – Panel ["Show me the Money - Making Money from Content"]

2012

• Mobile Games Forum (London, UK) – Panel ["How to encourage cross-promotion for social game discovery"]
• Game Horizon (Newcastle, UK) – Keynote ["BlackBerry 10 Gaming"]
• REMIX Global Summit (London, UK) – Panel ["Building Big Ideas"]
• Mobile Gaming Conference @ ICE (London, UK) – panel ["Incorporate social & mobile for the ultimate modern gaming experience"] and moderator ["Social in the online and mobile product roadmap"]
• Casual Connect Europe (Hamburg, Germany) – Keynote ["The New BlackBerry: We Play"] (video)
• BlackBerry DevCon Europe (Amsterdam, Netherlands) – Session ["The Power of Social: Harnessing Game Design for Compelling Interaction with Scoreloop")
• GDC 2012 (San Francisco, CA) – Keynote ["Social Gaming with Scoreloop and BBM"] and Keynote ["Making Money on BlackBerry"]
• TIGA’s 2nd Smartphone and Tablet Conference 2012 (London, UK) – Keynote
• Social Media World Forum (London, UK) – Keynote ["Social Gaming"] and Panel ["Mobile Advertising Opportunities for Brand Marketers"]
• GDC Europe (Cologne, Germany) Keynote ["Mobile + Social: Why BlackBerry is Perfect"]
• Leeds TIGA Game Dev Night (Leeds, UK) – Keynote ["Myths & Reality"]
• Universal Mobile Apps (London, UK) – Keynote
• Member of the judging panel for the TIGA Gaming Industry Awards 2012
• Game Connection (Paris, France) – Keynote ["BlackBerry 10: We Got Game"]

2011

• SXSW Interactive (Austin, TX) – Talk ["Mobile Social Gaming: The Next Frontier"] (audio here)
• Connected Creativity @ MIP TV (Cannes, France) – Talk & Panel ["Entertainment Gamification"] (video here)
• Mobile World Congress – IMGA Summit @ App Planet (Barcelona, Spain) – Panel ["Does Innovation Sell?"]
• Casual Connect (Seattle, WA) – Panel ["Battle of the Mobile Social Platforms"] (video here)
• CTIA Wireless – Mobile Web and Apps World Forum (Orlando, FL) [SuperSession: Development, Marketing and Monetization of Mobile Web and Apps]
• Mobile Games Forum (London, UK) – Panel ["Spotlight on Social Tools in Gaming"]
• Mobile 2.0 Europe – Open Ideas (Barcelona, Spain) – Panel ["OPENIdeas on Entertainment"]
• Games for Brands (London, UK) – Keynote ["The Power of Games - How Games can harness Brands"]
• Mindshare Media Summit (Dubai, UAE) – Keynote ["Brands + Social: The Client Viewpoint"]
• NY Games Conference (New York, NY) – Panel ["Smartphone and Handhelds - The Latest in Games for Portable Devices"]
• DIG 2011 (London, ON, Canada) – Dinner Keynote
• Mobile Gaming Conference @ ICE (London, UK) – Keynote ["Finding the User: Mobile Social Gaming"] & Panel ["How to Attract Players to your Mobile Gaming Offering"]
• 3rd Annual Funding & Investment Summit (London, UK) – Panel ["Financing Growth, Improving Revenues, Increasing Valuations: The Successful Entrepreneur & IP Owner Perspective]

2010

• TEDx Youth @ Manchester (Macclesfield, UK) – Co-Organiser & Talk ["The Dangling Carrot"] (video here)
• Droidcon (London, UK) – Keynote ["In the Wilderness: Making Money on Android"]
• Mobile Apps and Technologies Conference (University of Oxford, UK) – Keynote ["The Economics of Apps"]
• Social Gaming Summit (London, UK) – Keynote ["Conquering new Spaces: Bringing Social to Mobile"]
• Uplinq [f/k/a BREW Conference] (San Diego, CA) – Panel on Mobile Social Media
• Mobile 2.0 (Berlin, Germany) – Panel ["Overcoming the challenges of working in a mobile multi-platform world"]
• Smartphone Game Summit (San Francisco, CA) – Panel ["The Changing Face of Distribution - Living with Apple"]
• OSiM World – Open Source in Mobile (London, UK) – Moderator ["How will web service innovation affect and impact operator strategy and mobile device services?"]
• Games Convention Online (Leipzig, Germany) – Keynote ["Gaming with the World"]
• Virtual Goods Forum 2010 (London, UK) – Keynote ["Mobile + Social: Show us the Money"]
• Mobile 2.0 Europe (Barcelona, Spain) – Moderator & Keynote ["The Economics of Apps"]. Here’s a video of the talk.
• 1. Apps Summit (Wiesbaden, Germany) – Keynote ["Brands on Mobile"]
• Social Media World Forum Europe (London, UK) – Keynote ["Mobile + Social: The Case for Games"]
• Casual Connect Europe (Hamburg, Germany) – Keynote & Panel [“Mobile + Social: Show Me the Money”; “iPhone Marketing”]; slides with audio here.
• M-Football (London, UK) – Fireside Chat & Business Roundtable [“How to Reach the (Mobile) Mass Market”]
• momit10 (Hamburg, Germany) – Keynote [“Mobile Apps”]
• Monetising Mobile (London, UK) – Keynote ["How to Monetise Mobile Games"]

2009

• TEDx Youth @ Manchester – Co-Organiser (this was the first TEDx youth event in the world) (Macclesfield, UK)
• Mobile World Congress (Barcelona, Spain) – Panel [“The Future of Mobile Games”]
• 4G Symposium @ CTIA Wireless (Las Vegas, NV) – Panel [“Mobile Media in 4G”]
• Casual Connect Europe (Hamburg, Germany) – Keynote (with Rob Unsworth, Digital Chocolate) [“Mobile and Social Converge”] (link provides slides and audio)
• European Mobile Media Conference (Prague, Czech Republic) – Keynote [“Social Mobile Convergence in Gaming”] & MC
• 2^nd Annual Funding Summit (London, UK) – Panel [“Funding in the Games Space from an Entrepreneur’s Point of View”]
• Droidcon (Berlin, Germany) – Keynote & Panel [“Brands & Open Source”; “Android Outlook”]
• Mobile 2.0 (Berlin, Germany) – Multiple panels [“App Stores”; “Innovation in Mobile”]

2008

• Games Convention (Leipzig, Germany) – Panel [“Mobile Gaming Outlook: an Analysts’ View”]

2007

• PICNIC 2007 (Amsterdam, The Netherlands) – Keynote @ Games meet TV [“WPT Mobile: how to Engage with Users”]

2006

• New Media Licensing 2006 (London, UK) – Keynote [“Brands & Mobile Games”]

2005

• MEM 2005 (London, UK) – Panel  [“Handset Fragmentation & Quality Content”]
• Popkomm 2005 (Berlin, Germany) – Product Presentation [“Billboard Mobile”]
• Brand Licensing (London, UK) – Keynote [“Brand Owners and Mobile”]
• Mobile Gambling Summit (London, UK) – Panel [“The future of Mobile Gambling”]

2004

• Ericsson Mobility World 2004 (Zurich, Switzerland) – Keynote [“Mobile Games”]