In the first of a series of salons to mark Editorial Intelligence's 10th anniversary year, ei presents a discussion with the provocative internet critic Andrew Keen, to mark the publication of his new book The Internet is Not the Answer. Kindly hosted by News UK on Wednesday 4th February 2015 #eiKeen

To launch The Comment Awards 2014, we held a small panel discussion looking at Comment in the UK today. Kindly hosted by Nespresso’s Regent Street boutique. With welcoming remarks from Stevie Spring, Chair of the Judges, The Comment Awards #eiCA14

Panel chaired by Charlie Burgess, Editorial Director, The Comment Awards with

Holly Baxter, Co-founder & Editor, Vagenda Magazine, and Author, The Vagenda Book

Sarah Baxter, Deputy Editor, The Sunday Times

Robert Yates, Assistant Editor & Comment Editor, The Observer

A discussion on the changes and challenges in politics in a mobile UK. How does technology affect voting, opinion, and the speed of politics. 

Opened by a presentation from Gideon Skinner, Head of Political Research, Ipsos MORI

Chair:  Mary Ann Sieghart, Journalist & Broadcaster, Independent, The Times & BBC

Panel:   1. Amber Elliott, Deputy Executive Politics Producer, Sky News

2. Jag Singh, Serial Entrepreneur/Founder, Wess Digital & MessageSpace

3. Douglas Carswell MP, Conservative MP for Clacton 

4. Alex Deane, Head of Public Affairs, Weber Shandwick

Melanie Phillips, Publisher & Editor-in-Chief of emBooks, Co-founder of Melanie Phillips Electric Media in conversation with Kirsty Lang, Broadcaster, BBC

Chair: Jodie Ginsberg, Deputy Director, Demos Finance

1. Maggie Philbin, CEO, TeenTech and BBC Reporter, Bang Goes The Theory 

2. Rachel Carrell, CEO, Dr. Thom at Lloydspharmacy 

3. Fran Perrin, Founder & Director, The Indigo Trust

Session Partner: Huawei

A discussion about how the increasingly digital age is changing the way innovation occurs – from society to business and politics to culture.

Chair: Ravi Mattu, Editor, Business Life, Financial Times

Panel: 1. Christèle Delbé, Head of Sustainability, Vodafone Group

2. Narik Patel, Director, PayPal

3. Matthew Yeomans, Writer and Consultant

4. Stefano Cantarelli, Vice President, Huawei Network Business

5. Maria Ingold, CEO, mireality

Welcome: Mark Boleat, Chairman, Policy and Resources Committee, City of London Corporation

OPENING REMARKS: The Mobile World, Ed Vaizey, Minister for Culture, Communications and Creative Industries

Adjudicators: Ben Page and Baroness Helena Kennedy QC.

Witnesses: Shami Chakrabarti; David Fenton and Rt Hon Douglas Carswell MP.

Part of the Names Not Numbers 2013 symposium

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