Warren leads the creative team at Culture Group, an agency who specialise in developing influential content for brands. Warren is responsible for developing marketing strategies for clients such as Google and Virgin Media as well as being the lead creative for UnLtd’s new brand and digital content strategies.

Warren started his career in design and innovation, founding his first agency aged just 22. In the following 4 years his work accrued over 20 national and international awards, including the prestigious SXSW Interactive Awards in Texas, where his project beat a range of $1m+ startups with a development spend of less than £10k. Other notable awards include the World Intellectual Property Offices ‘Best Patent of 2010′ as well as various innovation awards in Geneva and the Middle East.

Warren is an experienced and dynamic entrepreneur with a passion for clear communication and digital technology. He’s addicted to making things and has a tendency to think big… then get started.

Warren will run a session that examines five things that you should definitely know before venturing into the world of digital marketing. An interactive session (bring something to write on/with) that will challenge you to understand why, how and what digital marketing is all about for your venture. This session runs on Friday 16th November from 12pm – 1pm.

Gemma is a Senior Associate at the Young Foundation where she leads their work on social investment; advising charities, social enterprises, public and private sector organisations on how best to access and use social investment to further social impact, particularly within the youth sector. Prior to joining the Young Foundation, Gemma spent 8 years in investment banking, qualifying as a chartered accountant at Dresdner Kleinwort (now Commerzbank) and latterly working in the European corporate finance team of KBW, specialising in financial institutions.
As a volunteer Gemma has provided pro bono support to leading UK and international charities including Impetus Trust, CARE International and the Self Employed Women’s Association (SEWA) in India. Having chaired an academy council and been a primary school governor for 9 years, Gemma is now a trustee of the Coin Street Centre Trust on the South Bank.

Join Gemma for an interactive session that aims to demystify the world of social investment. Learn how to identify appropriate forms of funding and self-assess how ready you are. This session will run on Friday 16th November from 11am – 12pm.

Dom Potter

Dom Potter is Networks Lead at UnLtd, where he heads up the move towards a networked approach across the organisation, current and past Award Winners and our partners.

Previously, Dom has founded several social organisations including Internocracy, The Transition Institute and Social Value Engine. He has been a government advisor on social mobility, is chair of a pan-European youth initiative Precarious Generation and has appeared on BBC News, Sky News and written for the Guardian, Independent and Financial Times.

Dom’s passion is for trying to address societal problems through innovation, technology and social business models. He also likes real ale.

Karl Belizaire

Pioneer and founder of several young enterprise and innovation networks, delivering inspirational thought provoking talks and workshops, via a range of dynamic and engaging events and interactions. Karl is an influential force of social innovation, driven by an intrinsic desire for social change; passionately committed to empowering young social entrepreneurs and making good ideas happen.

Karl is currently the Policy Manager for UnLtd, managing new policy initiatives.

Dom and Karl will be embracing the GEW UK theme of “Pass It On” by leading an informal and interactive session about the rise of peer to peer support structures by exploring what Guerrilla Intermediaries look like and how you can start one with UnLtd’s help.

Pam Hardisty

Pam is Head of Community Entrepreneurship at UnLtd, leading their work with communities. She has worked across the private, public and third sector with governments, organisations and communities. She says: “I am passionate about supporting communities and individuals to develop and realise their own plans. I am also a pragmatist most often heard saying ‘how can we do that?’.” Least liked are unnecessary bureaucracy, inefficiency, jargon and the stigmatising of people and communities.

Sally Rawlings

Sally joined Local Trust in March 2012 as Head of Big Local. She comes from a community development and voluntary sector background which has included working as Chief Executive for Rural Action Yorkshire, following a career in community development, social housing development and economic policy. Most recently she has worked as an interim for the Homes and Communities Agency (Business Planning and Programme Management) and City of Bradford Metropolitan District Council (Regeneration Partnership work). She still has a home in Yorkshire and has useful links across Yorkshire and the West Midlands. Her hobbies include windsurfing and running her vintage (80 year old) car.

Are there social entrepreneurs in every neighbourhood and community? Hear about the ground breaking work where The Local Trust is investing £1m in each of 150 areas. See how our simple Try It, Do It and Build It Awards are capturing the imagination of a new audience for social enterprise in these areas. This session will run on Thursday 15th November, from 2:30 – 3:30pm.

Hushpreet’s enthusiasm for entrepreneurship and start-ups was born while she was studying in the USA and working at the international start-up. In 2009, she graduated with a first class BA degree in International Business. She is now CEO of The Nation Association of College and University Entrepreneurs (NACUE), a global model in youth entrepreneurship, recognised by both the UN and the World Economic Forum. Her quest is to create the most entrepreneurial generation of young people the world has ever seen. NACUE has grown from an organisation of 3 to 24 staff, with UK Government support on Hushpreet’s watch, and now runs on 135 campuses, supporting 40,000 entrepreneurial students.

Hushpreet’s interests lie in business model innovation, commercialisation, innovation-drive ecosystems, and mobilising great people and resources to create change.

Learn firsthand the style and substance that goes into delivering an unfaltering pitch. This will be an example-based session, covering the contents of a good pitch, the narrative, pitching framework, and what next? After picking up the do’s and don’ts, delegates have the opportunity to put their learnings to work, craft a pitch, and become pitch perfect amongst their peers. This session will run on Friday 16th November from 3:30 – 4:30pm

Mark Walsh leads business training providers Integration Training based in Brighton, London and Birmingham. Specialising in “embodied” ways of working they help organisations get more done without going insane (stress and time management), coordinate action more effectively (team building an communication training) and help leaders build impact, influence and presence.

His background includes work with blue-chip companies non-profit sector work in war zones, an academic degree in psychology and a martial arts black-belt. In his spare time he dances, meditates and enjoys being an uncle. His ambition is to make it normal to be a human being at work.

This interactive session will explore what it means to be embodied – working with posture, breathing and non-athletic movement to build participants impact and influence, stress management and relationship skills. Expect a fun, useful and unusual session. It runs on Friday 16th November, 1:30 – 2:30pm

Kay Allen is founder of Trading for Good, a new digital platform aimed at helping SME’s promote responsible business practise. This exciting new initiative is Backed by Number 10 and BIS to deliver the Every Business Commits campaign. She has also launched a new company called The Really Useful Stuff Company aimed at helping disabled and older people find easy to use products. Her book ‘Corporates Are From Mars, Charities Are From Venus’ was published this year, which explores the dynamics of the corporate charity relationship. She also runs a consultancy which gives advice on CSR with a focus on the corporate charity partnership.

Kay previously headed up Equality and Social Action at Royal Mail Group, served as a NED on the DWP PDCS Board and as a Commissioner on the Equality and Human Rights Commission. Her past experience includes BSkyB, B&Q and the Royal Philharmonic Orchestra.

She was awarded her OBE in 2011 for services to Equality.

Kay has a reputation as a bit of doer – getting the job done – she has been around the block – retail – media – logistics. Been there, done it, with a wardrobe full of T-Shirts.

Kay will be running a session taking a look at what it takes to drive an idea and a business forward. Discover how you can create real impact through being clear on your vision, goals and direction of travel. This session is on Thursday 15th November, and will run from 11am – 12pm.

Wade Lyn came to Britain from Jamaica to join his parents when he was seven years old. He helped in the family business, a service station & petrol station, while still at school. After graduating from Leeds Polytechnic in 1986 with a BA in Education specialising in Craft, Design & Technology, he was recruited as General Manager for Kon-Long Caterers of Wolverhampton.  
The company produced Jamaican patties, but frustrated by their failure to see the potential of their products in the mainstream market, he decided to leave and set up Cleone Foods Ltd in 1989. The company has experienced consistent growth and supplies his ‘Island Delight’ brand to 6 major multiple retailers, making it the largest manufacturer of Jamaican patties in the UK.  
This has led to wider recognition and personal progression for Wade Lyn. His vision and enthusiasm for generating success and promoting social responsibility is now utilised by many other companies and organisations. He holds board level positions with other local businesses, including Birmingham Assay Office, Greets Green Partnership and Heart of England Radio Charitable Trust. In 2011, he became a board member of the Greater Birmingham and Solihull Local Enterprise Partnership. 
 
He has been invited to advise House of Commons committees on the issues faced by SME’s and ethnic businesses. He has also participated as a speaker or in an advisory capacity for Bank of England, Advantage West Midlands, Business in the Community, Birmingham City Council, Birmingham Chamber of Commerce and many others.
His achievements were recognised in 2009 with a BITC Small Company of the Year award. Wade also received personal recognition by being named as HRH Prince Charles’ West Midlands Special Ambassador for Social Responsibility for 2010-2012. In 2012 the company was the full national overall winner of the category and became the “Santander Responsible Small Business of the Year”.  
 
What does it take to get the right team? How do you create a great work environment? How does a company become a family?

Since Wade founded his business he has aimed to create a family feeling in his workforce force and a positive impact in the local community. He will share his views and tips on how your company can grow and be competitive, whilst attracting the right talent and keeping its feet on the ground. This session will run on Friday 16th November from 10 – 11am.

Dalton joined Global Radio in June 2012. His career started in banking and financial services where he worked in the commercial, retail and private clients sectors. He was a founding Trustee of The Shooting Star Children’s Hospice and later joined the organisation as Director of Operations and Marketing. He was then promoted to Chief Executive, a position he held for five years. He was also a Trustee and Vice Chair of Children’s Hospices UK, the national voice for all children’s hospice services.

Dalton will be running an insightful session that will examine how to engage with people, groups, partners and customers, and how this can help in getting them to buy in to your social vision. The session will also look into the impact of social media & other direct engagement tools. This session will run on Thursday 15th November from 2:30 – 3:30pm.

John has spent 30 years in industry in a variety of roles from finance to marketing and is currently Head of Business Development at Ernst & Young LLP, a global leader in assurance, tax, transaction and advisory services. They make a difference by helping their people, clients and the wider community achieve their potential. As well as leading the UK&I Team, John also handles some of the firm’s largest clients and is a personal coach to new partners in the firm.
John is a Master Practitioner and Coach in Neuro Linguistic Programming (NLP). John is active in the firm’s ‘Entrepreneur of the Year’ programme and ‘Accelerate’, a program which uses the firm’s deep expertise to help entrepreneurs in a wide variety of areas, including The Social Business Trust where Ernst & Young is one of the founding partners.
 
John will be running a session on ‘Pitch Perfect Principles’, a model he developed which examines why people buy, including the personal perspectives and preferences of you and your buyer and the power of personal impact. The session is on Friday 16th November, and runs from 3:30 – 4:30pm