Chris Forrester, Editorial Director

A leading UK media and technology journalist, Chris has been closely involved in the broadcasting conference sector for the past 20 years. Four years ago he co-founded TV Conferences which quickly established a reputation for creativity and innovative thinking. Rapid TV Conferences takes this experience forward. New events are planned.

Marianne Malonne, Conference Director

Marianne Malonne has some twenty years' experience in event management and marketing. At architectural heritage charity Europa Nostra she was responsible for organising all European events and conferences. Tomorrow's New Communities, an architectural competition, conference and exhibition followed this, for the Rowntree Foundation under the patronage of HRH The Prince of Wales. Over the last few years she has been managing annual marketing budgets in excess of £1.5M to promote French foods in the UK, including trade events and PR.

Some of the recent events Chris Forrester has been identified with:

* 1st European HDTV Summit (at London's National Film Theatre, 2003)
* 2nd/3rd/4th European HDTV Summits (at BAFTA, London) 2004, 2005, 2006
* DARS: 1st European Mobile Satellite Radio Summit, London. Sept 2006
* ArabSat's MediaDay 2004, 2005
* Arab Advisors Media & Telecoms Conf., Beirut 2004, 2005, 2006 * Broadband 2000, 2001, 2002 Paris
* IAA: International Advertising Assoc. World Congress, 2002 Beirut
* HDTV 2005 (European Ministerial Conference, under Luxembourg's presidency)
* Satellite 2000, 2002, 2003, 2005 Washington
* Rose d'Or (The Golden Rose of Montreux) Montreux 2000
* MipCom 2000 Cannes (The opening keynote) and in Oct 2000, 2002, 2003, 2004
* MipTV 2002 Cannes (The MipDoc keynote) April 2002
* BCCW , Seoul, 2006 * NewsWorld, Barcelona, 1998, 1999, 2000
* IBC, Amsterdam, 1999, 2000, 2001, 2003, 2004, 2005, 2006
* CSI's Mobile TV Summit 2005, 2006 * C-Cor, Global IP Summit 2007, Cannes
* HD Masters 2007, June 2007, London
* TV, This Time it's Personal, April 2007, London
* Broadcasting 2017 - The Next Ten Years, September 2007, London
* MIPCOM India Day 2007, Cannes
* Making Money from Online TV, November 2007, London