Kevin Curran

IEEE senior member & lecturer at Ulster Uni.

Kevin Curran is a Reader in Computer Science and group leader for the Ambient Intelligence Research Group at Ulster University in Northern Ireland. Dr Curran has made significant contributions to advancing the knowledge of computer networking evidenced by over 800 published works. He is a regular contributor to BBC radio & TV news in the UK and is an IEEE Technical Expert for Security and a member of the EPSRC Peer Review College.

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Carl Uminski

Co-founder & COO at Somo Global

Carl is an internet industry pioneer with over 16 years’ experience creating new products, platforms and executing scalable growth strategies for businesses across the globe. Carl’s impact on the mobile industry was recently acknowledged by The Drum, who named him the most influential person in mobile. He has a unique knowledge of the mobile industry ranging from technical challenges to the commercial opportunities for brands to succeed in mobile. He has advised and executed for over 60 international brands on their mobile strategy, working with the leaders of companies including Audi, Groupon, Zynga, Fidelity Investments & BP. Prior to founding Somo, Carl was co-founder at Overture Europe, the company to pioneer the multi-billion dollar pay-per-click advertising industry into Europe. As CTO, he was integral in leading the business to success in 15 European countries, and its eventual sale to Yahoo! for $1.63 billion in 2003. A leader in search and social networking, he was headhunted to the Silicon Valley, where he created the Yahoo! One Search mobile platform, working with some of the world’s largest mobile brands.

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James Tagg

CTO of Truphone, Inventor and Entrepreneur, Author

James is a British technology success story. In 1989 he founded Moonstone Technology, where he developed the first ever LCD touchscreen display.

His book 'Are The Androids Dreaming Yet?' concerns the limitations of computers in a Free Will universe and whether they will completely surpass us in intelligence or be limited by what they lack in creativity.

James is coFounder and CTO of Truphone, a company that started in 2001 on a farm in Kent where James struggled to get good mobile coverage, and so decided to tackle the problem himself. James invented a mobile phone SIM card that allows users to operate different phone numbers from a single device. Since then London based Truphone has grown from a Skype-style internet calling service into a global mobile network without country borders. It operates across 220+ countries and employs over 750 people worldwide. Truphone provides a cost-effective international mobile service for businesses and consumers, and today founder James still holds the role of Chief Technology Officer.

Specialties: Inventor and Entrepreneur, Author

Helen Keegan

Mobile Strategist & founder at Heroes of the Mobile Fringe

A retail and marcomms professional with over 20 years experience, Helen has specialised in mobile for more than 10 years and was at the birth of mobile marketing in 2000 as Head of Customer Experience at ZagMe, the location based mobile marketing pioneer.

Specialties: mobile marketing, mobile advertising, event organising