Partners 2011

Chief Media partner

The Financial Times, one of the world’s leading business news organisations, is recognised internationally for its authority, integrity and accuracy.  Providing extensive news, comment and analysis, the newspaper is printed at 24 print sites across the globe, has a daily circulation of 451,676 (ABC figures, October 2008) and a readership of 1.4 million people worldwide. FT.com is the definitive home for business intelligence on the web, providing an essential source of news, comment, data and analysis for the global business community. FT.com attracts 7.1 million unique users, generating 72 million page views (ABCe figures, March 2008).  www.ft.com

Lead partner

Jaguar and Land Rover are two of the world's most celebrated brands and together form a UK powerhouse of automotive design, technology innovation and communications. www.jaguarlandrover.com

Session Partners

BBC.com, one of the world’s most respected media brands, delivers in-depth news, business, travel, technology and lifestyle reporting to an average of 18 million* online users per month throughout the U.S. and Canada. www.bbc.com/

The British Council is in the business of cultural and educational relations. It is a unique organisation combining an unrivalled heritage, with an innovative approach to building international relationships and mutual understanding. The British Council is known around the world as a leader in the teaching and learning of the English language. It is also a gateway to world-class education, a channel for the arts, sciences and technology, a cultural exchange, a facilitator for international partnerships, and a resource for development, good governance, human rights and positive social change. www.britishcouncil.org

Host Partners

Edelman, founded in 1952, is the world's largest independent Public Relations agency, with over 3,000 people in 54 offices worldwide. In the UK, Edelman employs 260 people working across all areas of the communications spectrum – delivering award-winning campaigns in media old and new. The agency is ranked Number One in the 2008 PR Week league table of independent consultancies.  Edelman was named Large Agency of the Year by The Holmes Report in 2008 and Public Affairs News UK Consultancy of the Year 2008. www.edelman.co.uk

Gawker Media is the publisher of some of the best loved titles on the web including the eponymous Gawker and gadget sensation Gizmodo. Founded in 2002 by Nick Denton, the influential media group now produces eight original brands with a collective audience of 20 million US readers. Attracting fans and critics alike for their inimitable delivery of news, scandal, and entertainment, the Gawker Media properties are heralded as everything from 'deliciously wicked' to 'the biggest blog in the world.' www.gawker.com

JWT is the world’s best-known marketing communications brand. Headquartered in New York, JWT is a true global network with more than 200 offices in over 90 countries employing nearly 10,000 marketing professionals.
  
JWT consistently ranks among the top agency networks in the world and continues its dominant presence in the industry by staying on the leading edge—from producing the first-ever TV commercial in 1939 to developing award-winning branded content for brands such as Freixenet, Ford and HSBC.

JWT’s pioneering spirit enables the agency to forge deep relationships with clients including Bayer, Bloomberg, Cadbury, Diageo, DTC, Ford, HSBC, Johnson & Johnson, Kellogg’s, Kimberly-Clark, Kraft, Nestlé, Nokia, Rolex, Royal Caribbean, Schick, Shell, Unilever, Vodafone and many others. JWT’s parent company is WPP (NASDAQ: WPPGY). www.jwt.com/

Founded in 1940 in the heart of Greenwich Village, Murray's Cheese began as a humble wholesaler of butter and eggs, but has evolved into a New York institution and what Forbes calls "the world's top cheese shop."  Over the past 20 years, proprietor Rob Kaufelt has turned Murray's into a world-renowned destination.The mission of Murray’s Cheese is to bring the best cheese selection to the United States and to educate customers about cheese.  Murray’s flagship stores on Bleecker Street and in Grand Central Station’s food market offer hundreds of domestic and imported varieties of cheese along with a large selection of specialty goods. The company is also one of the country's leading mail-order retailers of artisan cheese, shipping its products to all 50 states, and a top wholesaler supplying fine restaurants, hotels, and caterers. Over the past year, Murray's has expanded through a partnership with Kroger, the country's largest retail chain, and Murray's can now be found in Georgia, Ohio and Texas. For more information about Murray's, please visit www.murrayscheese.com