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The first inaugural symposium 'We are Names Not Numbers' took place at the iconic location of Portmeirion in February 2009 and featured live and recorded contributions from SIMON SCHAMA; JOSEPH STIGLITZ; DAVID SMITH, CEO of Jaguar Land Rover and DOUGLAS ALEXANDER MP; Secretary of State for International Development, to name but a few.
Click to watch video footage of contributions.
This has now extended into a year round series of events and ideas including the newly launched series Media Today, Media Tomorrow series, in association with Edelman and the Reuters Institute for the Study of Journalism - a strand of invitation-only comment breifings about the future of the media.
The first event titles include:
"Is the Fourth Estate in Permanent Decline? (And who's to blame?)"
"Commentariat vs Bloggertariat (A war - and who is winning?)"
Endorsments of 'We are Names Not Numbers 2009:
“It exceeded expectations.”
James Woudhuysen, Professor of Forecasting and Innovation
“Amazing….I loved the mix”
Suzanne Moore, Commentator, Mail on Sunday
“Names not Numbers was a real triumph.”
Rufus Olins, Chief Executive, World Advertising Research Center
Articles on the 2009 Symposium
Spectator
Financial Times
Management Today 1
Management Today 2
Nico Macdonald's digital predictions introduction Click here to watch videos of contributions.
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