Simon Leach
Commercial Manager
for New Media
QVC UK
United Kingdom
Simon Leach is the commercial manager for new media at QVC. His responsibilities include the continued development of QVC's new media operations including QVCUK.com, QVC Active, an interactive television platform on Sky, Virgin and Freeview, and developing retail opportunities for QVC on new platforms such as mobile. Prior to his current role, Simon managed a team of product buyers at QVC after joining the company from a buying position at Harrods in 1995.

Bertrand Cazes
Head of Regulatory
& Public Affairs
EGTA
Belgium
Bertrand Cazes is in charge of both European and regulatory issues for Brussels-based EGTA, the association of television and radio sales houses. In this capacity, Cazes advises sales houses on developing creative advertising formats in the framework of legislative constraints and promotes sound and light-touch regulation of advertising. Previously, he gained several years of professional experience as European public affairs officer in the pharmaceutical industry, sanofi-aventis. Until that time, Cazes developed his skills working for elected officials both in France and in the United States for a U.S. Congressman. He specializes in public policy and the defense of private interests at the European level. Cazes graduated from Grenoble School of Political Science and holds two Masters degrees: one in European public policy (London South-Bank University) and the other in European affairs management (Leonard de Vinci University - Paris).

Shahriar Coupal
Code Policy Manager
CAP/Advertising Standards Authority - ASA
United Kingdom
Shahriar is the code policy manager at Committee of Advertising Practices/Advertising Standard Authority (CAP/ASA) in the United Kingdom. He oversees a team that assists the CAP and BCAP Committees to affect changes to the broadcast and non-broadcast advertising codes. That team also provides information on the background to and the intent of code rules for advertising stakeholders.

Christophe Forax
European Commission
Member of Cabinet
Information Society and Media
Belgium
Christophe Forax joined the European Commission in 1995. He served as political advisor at the Commission's Office in Germany from 1995-1999, and then moved into the role of spokesman for Commissioner Viviane Reding from 1999-2003. He has been a member of Commissioner Reding's Private Office since 2003 and is skilled in areas that include audiovisual policy, Internet governance and network security. Forax also has extensive relations with the media industry, and is apt in international relations. He is also a former visiting professor at the French military College Saint-Cyr and is a graduate at the Institut d'études politiaques de Paris.

Edwin P. Garrubbo Esq.
CEO, Creative Commerce, LLC
USA
The Creative Commerce group advises marketers on all forms of electronic retailing, including infomercials, live shopping channels and the Internet, assisting with product licensing and development, celebrity endorsements, production, media buying, telemarketing and fulfillment. International Commerce Agency, LLC (IComm), part of Creative Commerce, distributes products to more than 85 countries around the world. Formerly, he was CEO of American Telecast Products (ATP), which has created more than a dozen celebrity-driven marketing campaigns, including Total Gym with Chuck Norris and Christie Brinkley, Suzanne Somers, Victoria Jackson, Cher and Jane Fonda. He is a founding member of ERA Europe, also serving on its Board. Prior to joining ATP, Garrubbo was an attorney at the Washington, D.C. law firm, Venable, LLP, in its Advertising, Marketing and New Media Practice Group. He graduated with a degree in international relations/Spanish from Colgate University and with honors from Tulane Law School. Garrubbo is a citizen of the United States and Italy.

Angus Glover Wilson
President
Digital Commerce Agency, LLC (dCommSM)
USA
Angus Glover Wilson is president of Digital Commerce Agency, LLC (dCommSM), a full-service interactive marketing agency that primarily serves companies worldwide that sell products or services directly to the consumer--particularly using online video. He brings more than eight years of interactive media and marketing experience, from both sides of the Atlantic. In his prior tenure as an executive at NBC's iVillage Inc., he focused on brand and direct marketing, e-commerce, business development, international operations and general management.

Ignasi Guardans
Member, European Parliament
Vice-Chairman,
Committee on
International Trade
Spain
Since June 2004, Ignasi Guardans has been a member of the European Parliament for the Catalan "Convergència i Unió," integrated in the Group of the Alliance of Liberals and Democrats for Europe (ALDE). He is currently vice-chairman of the Committee on International Trade, and a member of the Committees on Culture and Education, as well as on Civil Liberties, Justice and Home Affairs. Guardans is also an active member of the European Parliament Delegations for the United States and for Southeastern Europe. Until January 2007, he was vice-chairman of Constitutional Affairs. He graduated in law at the University of Navarra in 1987. In 1992, he obtained his Ph.D. Between 1989 and 1995, he taught private international law at the Universities of Navarra and Barcelona, and at the University-College Abat Oliva.

Larry Hayes
Vice President, Legal
QVC
USA
Larry Hayes was named vice president, legal in August 2000. In this position, Hayes provides legal advice and services to the IT, QVC.com, facilities and human resources departments. He also supervises outside attorneys in commercial and litigation matters. Hayes currently serves as assistant secretary to QVC Inc. He began his career with QVC in 1992 in the role of associate counsel and by 1998, Hayes was promoted to senior counsel. Prior to joining QVC, he was an attorney for seven years at the Philadelphia law firm of Mesirov, Gelman, Jaffe, Cramer & Jamieson. Hayes received his bachelor of arts degree from St. Lawrence University, Canton, New York, and graduated cum laude from the Temple University School of Law, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. He is licensed to practice law in Pennsylvania and New Jersey.

Dr. Konrad Hilbers
Chairman of the Board of Management
HSE24
Germany
Dr. Konrad Hilbers was named chairman of the board of management of HSE24, Ismaning in February 2006. Since May 2005, he has served as a member of the TV Board of VPRT (German Association of Private Broadcasting and Telecommunication Services). Hilbers joined HSE24, Ismaning in March 2003 as the company's CEO. Prior to that, he served as CEO of Napster Inc. in Silicon Valley, Calif., from 2001 to 2002. Hilbers studied economic science at the University of Münster and earned his doctorate degree at the University of St. Gallen.

Meglena Kuneva
European Commissioner for Consumers
European Commission
Belgium
Meglena Kuneva became a member of the European Commission for Consumer Protection in January 2007. Prior to that, she served, in the Bulgarian government, as minister for European Affairs from August 2005 to August 2006. In June 2005, Kuneva was elected as a member of Parliament (the 40th National Assembly of the Republic of Bulgaria). She is a member of the Board of Trustees of the Berlin Conference "A Soul for Europe," and a member of the Union of Bulgarian Jurists. Kuneva attended law school from August 1999 to March 2000 at Georgetown University in Washington, D.C. In 1984, she earned a Ph.D. in environmental law from Sofia University in Bulgaria.

David Lancelot
General Counsel
QVC UK
United Kingdom
David Lancelot is responsible for legal and government affairs at QVC UK in London. He has been involved with QVC UK since January 2004 when he was brought in to start up and manage the QVC UK in-house legal department. Lancelot is responsible for QVC UK's government lobbying efforts and the provision of legal strategy and advice. He advises on areas as diverse as the negotiation of high value procurement agreements, advertising standards compliance, broadcast licensing, new media services and distance selling. Lancelot also manages QVC UK's external advisor panel.

He has previously worked at Baker & McKenzie in London as well as Magex Ltd., a digital rights management start-up. He is a member of the New York and Florida Bar as well as a practicing member of the Law Society of England and Wales. Lancelot holds an LLM in Information Technology and Communications Law from the University of London, a J.D. from the University of Florida and a B.A. Political Science (Hons) and B.Sc. Psychology (Hons) from the University of Florida.

Dr. Jonas Ridderstråle
Co-Author
"Funky Business - Talent Makes Capital Dance"
Dr. Jonas Ridderstråle is at the forefront of the new generation of European-based business gurus. Ranked No. 9 in the world and No. 1 in Europe by the world's first ranking of management thinkers, his uncompromising, imaginative and decidedly funky take on contemporary business life has made him one of today's most sought-after speakers. Ridderstråle practices what he persuasively preaches. He is an advisor, lecturer and consultant to a number of international corporations, and is also on the boards of several companies. His first book, "Funky Business - Talent Makes Capital Dance" (co-authored with Kjell A. Nordström) is a manifesto of what our time requires from business firms and their leaders.

Henry Scott
Chief Executive
Simply Media
United Kingdom
Henry Scott founded Simply Media in 2001 alongside chairman, major shareholder and serial media entrepreneur Mike Luckwell. Scott has overseen the company's rapid growth. It now operates 25 digital TV channels and distributes thousands of hours of programming each day. At Simply Media, Scott continues his role as an industry pioneer, overseeing the launch of a globally deployed set-top box and online video portal. Over the past 18 months, he has conducted strategic acquisitions in the local advertising, IPTV and Captive Audience Network sectors, and in 2006 he successfully sold Simply subsidiary product sourcing Superstore TV Ltd. Scott is an expert on monetising television content beyond traditional spot advertising, thanks to the company's innovative work with blue-chip clients such as Yahoo!, iVillage, emap, Time Life and Poker Zone and its own properties such as Simply Entertainment and Baby Channel.