Engage 2023

David is a Strategist within the Advisory team at Contagious. He began his career at the London creative advertising agency VCCP, before enjoying subsequent freelance stints at the likes of Droga5, Engine, and Havas. Last year, he was invited to speak on the main stage at ‘Most Contagious’ in London, delivering a talk on the rapidly developing area of generative artificial intelligence.

Eleanor is the author of An Experience of the Impossible: The Planetary Humanism of European Women’s SF, and co-editor of The Good Robot: Feminist Voices on the Future of Technology, and Feminist AI: Critical Perspectives on Algorithms, Data and Intelligent Machines. Her current research investigates how AI like hiring tools and real-time event detection relates to structural inequality, including systems of race and gender. She also helps improve the way companies respond to AI ethics guidance and regulation.

Adah Parris is a highly sought-after keynote speaker and a visionary in the fields of technology, ecology, innovation, and art. With her unique blend of expertise, she challenges conventional thinking and inspires individuals and organisations to embrace new ways of thinking and doing. Adah's cutting-edge philosophy, Cyborg Shamanism™, merges ancient wisdom, living systems and digital technologies to provide a framework for a more sustainable future. Her Ancestors Retreats empower individuals to achieve personal growth and bridge the gap between where they are and where they want to be. Adah works with leading organisations to drive innovation, foster deeper connections, and leave a positive legacy for future generations.

Emma Chiu leads Wunderman Thompson Intelligence, the agency’s in-house futures and innovation think-tank. Her mission is to understand how the world is and is not changing to best advise organisations on how to transform for the future.

She consults with clients to build long-term strategies based on qualitative and quantitative insight that incorporates cultural and behavioural change, sector innovation and zeitgeist shifts. Clients include Microsoft, Coca-Cola and Unilever.

Bruce Daisley is one of the world's most influential voices on fixing work, published in the Washington Post, Harvard Business Review, Wall Street Journal and The Guardian. His latest book, Fortitude, was described by the Financial Times as the 'best business book of the year' at the end of 2022. 

He's recently been appointed as a Visiting Honorary Professor at Bayes Business School at City University in London with a focus on organisational culture and the MBA programme.

Previously he spent over a decade running Twitter and YouTube (the latter at Google) for Europe, leaving Twitter as its most senior leader outside of the US. Bruce runs the Apple number 1 Business Chart topping podcast Eat Sleep Work Repeat on work culture.

Harriet Scott is one of the UKs best known broadcasters and is the presenter of Magic Radio’s Breakfast show. With more than 30 years’ experience in broadcasting, Harriet has presented for Viking FM, headed up the first female-led breakfast show in commercial radio at 2-Ten FM in the mid-90s, was part of BRMB, and was headhunted by Chris Evans to host the drive time show on the original Virgin Radio. From there she moved to Heart where she spent nearly a decade on the Breakfast Show. A few years of doing speech radio at BBC London followed, and Harriet can now be heard waking up the country every weekday on her award winning Magic Breakfast show with Ronan Keating. Harriet has won Sony and Arqiva Awards and enjoyed record-breaking listening figures at Magic.

Isabel Davies is an associate at leading media, technology and IP law firm Wiggin LLP. Isabel specialises in all areas of interactive entertainment, including video games and esports. She advises on a range of matters, but has a particularly focus on regulatory matters that impact the industry – currently a potent mix of online safety, child privacy, consumer protection and the rise of AI.

James Murray is the EMEA Product Marketing Lead for Microsoft Advertising. In his role he is responsible for storytelling across Europe and orchestrating engineering engagements in the region to inform product development. James connects sales, marketing and engineering to develop and execute local product marketing plans across 35 regions. He is a powerful raconteur and product evangelist, being a regular contributor at industry events across the globe.

Phil is Head Of Futures at OMG Futures and works with brands to fast-track their future, converting thought-leadership and tech trends into actionable innovation strategies in the ‘now’ . He delivers innovation implementations programme for global bluechip clients including Porsche, Skoda, Unilever and HSBC.  He’s authored OMG’s flagship thoughtleadership pieces: Level Up – The Future of Gaming ;  Hit The Switch - The Future of Sustainable Business ; Thrive  - The Future of Wellbeing ; At The Edge – The Next Decade In Tech. Phil has also delivered international keynotes on the future of media and marketing including London, New York, Moscow, and Berlin, and is a tech advisory board member and guest lecturer. He has over 23 years’ experience from working in tech, marketing and advertising in London, Dublin and Auckland.  

Olivia works as the Founder and CEO of Ethical Intelligence where she leads a remote team of over seventy experts in the Tech Ethics field. Additionally, she is on the Founding Editorial Board for Springer Nature’s AI and Ethics Journal, Co-Chair of IEEE’s AI Expert Network Criteria Committee, and is on the Advisory Board of the Ethical AI Governance Group (EAIGG).

Hannah heads up Kantar’s media effectiveness practice, specialising in providing data and insights to brands, media owners and media agencies. Hannah also works with key clients to publish white papers based on Kantar’s media learnings, and understanding of people’s attitudes and behaviours online and offline.

Matt Rooney is the Measurement Lead of Global Accounts at TikTok for Business. His previous experience spans businesses including Amazon and Mindshare.