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37 ad:tech Sydney Speakers Are On Twitter (updated 12/03)

  • Ben Cooper: @benhamin (Partner & Senior Digital Strategist, The Population)
  • Carl Moggridge: @carlmoggy (Lead Digital Strategist, Amnesia Razorfish)
  • Kate Curruthers: @kcarruthers (Digital Strategist)
  • Iain McDonald: @eunmac (Creative Director, Co-Managing Director, Amnesia Razorfish)
  • Fionn Hyndman: @FionnHyndman (CEO, dgmAsia Pacific)
  • Ross Dawson: @rossdawson (Chairman, Future Exploration Network)
  • Jye Smith: @jyesmith (Social Media Strategist, Switched On Media)
  • Laurel Papworth: @silkcharm (CEO, Twitter Agency)
  • Mike Hickinbotham: @M_Hickinbotham Senior Advisor, Social Media, Telstra/BigPond
  • Gavin Heaton: @servantofchaos (Author, servantofchaos.com)
  • Kylie Flavell: @KylieFlavell (Editor, Marketing Magazine)
  • Fi Bendall: @FiBendall (Founder at Digital and Interactive Consortium)
  • Kate Chatfield: @katiechatfield (Strategy Director, The White Agency)
  • Lesley White: @lesleywhite (Head of Digital, Network Communications)
  • Stephen Collins: @trib (Founder, acidlabs)
  • Jenny Williams: @ideagarden (ad:tech Conference Chair & Managing Director, Idea Garden)
  • Julian Cole: @juliancole (Digital Strategist, The Population)
  • Monty Hamilton: @montyhamilton (Head of Online, UBank)
  • Mike Zeederberg: @mikezed (Managing Director, Profero Australia)
  • Chris Saad: @chrissaad (Co-Founder at DataPortability Project)
  • Charis Palmer: @charispalmer (Managing Editor, Online Banking Review)
  • Phil Morle: @philmorle (Co-Founder, Pollenizer)
  • Jennie Bewes: @jbewes (Head of Online, Vodafone)
  • Michael Buckley: @mbuckley (Digital Director, Amnesia Razorfish)
  • Steven Noble: @steven_noble (Senior Analyst, Forrester Research)
  • Paul Fisher: @PaulFisher_IAB (CEO, IAB Australia)
  • Erik Ingvoldstad: @ingvoldSTAR (Executive Creative Director, McCann Worldgroup)
  • Adam Good: @adamgood (Executive Director of Digital Innovation, Clemenger Communications Group)
  • Nick Bolton: @nickybee99 (Head of Sales and Marketing, Viocorp)
  • Ben Shepherd: @shepherd (National Director - Digital, Maxus)
  • Benjamin Christie: @chefben (Founder & Managing Director, Gourmet Ads)
  • David Lee: @digitalee (Community Manager, Nuffnang)
  • Oliver Weidlich: @oliverw (Mobile Customer Experience Specialist, Ideal Interfaces)
  • Jennifer Wilson: @JenWilsonSyd (Director, The Project Factory)
  • Drew Parkes: @kraftykid (Digital Marketing Manager, Xbox)
  • Tarnya Baohm: @TarnyaBaohm (Digital Marketing Manager, RaboPlus)
  • Sean Jenner: @seanjenner (Brand Manager, Nike Australia)


82 Twitterless Speakers (tweet @lucasng if you Twitter)

  • Adam Franklin: Managing Director, BlueWire Media
  • Alex Littlejohn, Managing Director, Adconion
  • Andrew Larkin: BDM, Adobe
  • Angelo De Silva: Customer Engagement Manager, Fuji Xerox
  • Anna Luong: Customer Engagement Consultant, Fuji Xerox
  • Anne Massey, Vice President, Global Sales Support, Starwood Hotels & Resorts
  • Anthony Goldman, Director of Marketing & Development, Next Digital & CommQuest Ltd
  • Anton Sher, Director, Front Foot
  • Benjamin Mangold, Analytics Director, Mangold Sengers
  • Brian Fine: Chairman, STW Insights
  • Brian Neal, Regional Sales Manager, Massive Incorporated
  • Con Frantzeskos: Practice Head, Edelman Digital Australia
  • Damian Byrne: Managing Director, Traction
  • Danny Housseas, Community Manager, The DataPortability Organisation
  • David Ketchum, Chairman, Asia Digital Marketing Association\
  • David Smerdon: Head of Strategy, Vision 6
  • David Whittle: Managing Director, Mark
  • Des Odell: Director, Bruce Clay Inc. Australia
  • Dicken Doe: Managing Director, Beyond Analysis Australia
  • Dominic Elfer, Managing Director, Max Interactive
  • Ed Harrison: Commercial Director – Media, Fairfax Digital
  • Emily Freeman, Director, Mobilist
  • Foad Fadaghi: Director of Research, Friendster
  • Francisco Cordero: General Manager, Australia/NZ
  • Gareth Llewellyn, Corporate Communications Manager, Oracle Australia
  • Gary Hayes: Director, Laboratory for Advanced Media Production
  • Geoffrey Handley, Co-Founder, The Hyperfactory
  • Grace Chu: Managing Director, FirstClick Consulting
  • Jackie Maxted, CEO, beautyheaven.com.au
  • James Currah, General Manger of Marketing, Boost Mobile Australia
  • Jason Juma-Ross, Managing Director, ANZ, Accenture Marketing Sciences
  • Jeff Brookes: Regional Director - Asia Pacific, Sulake Corporation (habbo.com.au)
  • Jeff Carruthers, Managing Director, Resonate Solutions
  • Jennifer Reddington: Consumer Insights Manager, Yahoo!7
  • Jeremy Glass: Managing Director, Permission Communications
  • Jules Hall, Managing Director, The Hallway
  • Julian Peterson, Marketing Director, Time Out Sydney
  • Justin Baird, Senior Product Specialist, Google
  • Kate Carruthers: Digital Strategist,
  • Kate Tee: Communications and Capability Manager Digital, Diageo Australia
  • Katie Chatfield: Strategy Director, The White Agency
  • Kerry Field, Partner Innovation, Mindshare
  • Kevin Tan, Senior Vice President, International, Adify
  • Kylie O’Brien, Head of Product and Operations, Yahoo! Search Marketing
  • Kym Niblock: Managing Director, BBC.com
  • Lee Stephens: CEO, Aegis Media Pacific
  • Leigh Terry: Managing Partner, OMD Australia
  • Louise McCann, Chair, Research International
  • Luke Hilton: Web Manager, Dick Smith Electronics
  • Mandeep Grover, Marketing Manager ANZ, Johnson & Johnson Vision Care
  • Mark Allison, Territory Manager, Australasia, WebTrends
  • Mark Henning, Director Digital Solutions, Dynamic Logic
  • Mark Ritchie, Director, Newmarket Livestock
  • Matt Macfarlane, CFO, Vibe Capital
  • Matt Tallentire, Marketing Manager, Pernod Ricard Australia
  • Matthew Raumer: Senior Project Marketing Manager, Stockland
  • Michael Hauser, eMarketing Manager, Tourism Victoria
  • Michael Walmsley, General Manager - Competitive Intelligence and Search Marketing Services, Hitwise
  • Mike Morrison, Managing Director, Pitch To Win
  • Mike Zimmerman, LinkedIn
  • Mitch Olson: Co-Founder, SmallWorlds
  • Nick Brien: CEO, Mediabrands
  • Nick Love: Director, MySpace.com Australia
  • Nicole Still: Digital Strategy Consultant, Johnson & Johnson Pacific
  • Paul Borrud: Regional Vice President of Sales, Facebook
  • Pete Urmson: General Manager, Returnity
  • Peter Hunter: Managing Director, iProspect
  • Peter Noble, CEO, Citrus
  • Peter Vogel, Senior Director of Marketing, Memolink
  • Phil Duffield, Managing Director, AD2ONE
  • Piers Halleen, Brand Manager, Tooheys Extra Dry
  • Rashmi Sinha, CEO, SlideShare
  • Robert Tomkinson: Managing Director, Shopping.com Australia
  • Ryf Quail, Head of Digital, Razor Companies
  • Sharyn Smith, CEO & Founder, Soup
  • Silvia Pfeiffer: CEO, Vquence
  • Stephan Gervois: Head of Digital, NRMA
  • Stephen Green: Regional Managing Director, Asia Pacific Region
  • Thomas Arthur, General Manager, Sensis Digital & Vertical Markets
  • Tony Marlow, Research Director, Asia Pacific, Nielsen Online
  • Vicki Miller, General Manager, First Direct Solutions, Australia Post
  • Vivek Wagle, Site Editor, Lonely Planet
  • Yuri Narciss: Head of Technology Markets, Google


Folks Tweeting Ad:Tech Sydney 2009:


Despite the rather impressive Twitter list, the majority of speakers are not on Twitter. In fact, the Tweeting speakers are outnumbered 82-37. As @benhamin mentions in the comments, it will be interesting to see how many of the non-tweeters pick up Twitter after ad:tech Sydney.

Bonus for those that like to play around with data, here’s the Google Spreadsheet of all the speakers at ad:tech Sydney.

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