SES London!

I'm incredibly honored to be speaking at SES London next month. I'll be speaking on two panels, and I'm looking forward to having loads of valuable learning opportunities, and a chance to connect with some of the people I respect most in the industry.

My first SES gig was in Toronto back in June, and I'm excited to get back in the saddle, share some industry know-how and develop myself professionally. I'm a bit of a tart when it comes to speaking in public; where some people get stage fright, I get a huge kick out of it and genuinely enjoy engaging with people across the industry spectrum. 

What am I looking forward to the most? I think it was a brilliant choice to kick off the conference with a keynote from Matt Mason, the author of The Pirate's Dilemma. So often, it's a technology talk or where search is headed spiel, but this is an all-encompassing, culture-shifting look at how we will do business and engage with a new generation of adults with a vastly different concept of ownership to those even in my own generation.

Other sessions I'm psyched about:

Social Media Optimization with Li Evans, Jennifer Laycock and Lisa Ditelfsen

State of Search Integration with Erica Schmidt, Ross Barnes, Bill Hunt and Neil McCarthy

Mobile Search Update with Cindy Krum, Motoko Hunt and Michael Boland

Beyond Linkbait with Greg Jarboe, Debra Mastaler, Dixon Jones and Brian Turner

Of course, I'm hyped up about my two panels - Ad Copy and Continuity Clinic and Search Advertising 101 with a great bunch of very intelligent industry folks including Ian Harris, Andy Atkins-Krüger, Frank Watson, Anne Kennedy and Ben Jesson. The panels are all about engaging with colleagues in the industry, sharing some knowledge and ideas - you know, the fuzzy bunny sort of stuff we like to wax poetic about. I'm looking forward to seeing you all there - feel free to drop your Twitter username in the comments and connect before the conference or say hi at the Business Design Centre in Islington.

See you soon in London!

Update from 23.02.09 - The recap I posted about SES London is here.