Over 50% of people in the UK now browse the web while watching TV.* Ofcom research shows 16-24s are cramming nine and a half hours worth of media into six and a half hours of actual time. X-Factor manages to take over every trending topic on Twitter. 2Screen is no longer the future, it is now. Join us 29 September 2011... [read more]

Over 50% of people in the UK now browse the web while watching TV.* Ofcom research shows 16-24s are cramming nine and a half hours worth of media into six and a half hours of actual time. X-Factor manages to take over every trending topic on Twitter. 2Screen is no longer the future, it is now. Join us 29 September 2011 evening at Finsbury Town Hall to hear how second screen practitioners are creating in a landscape of simultaneous media and split attention. * Research by Deloitte and GFK Speakers LJ Rich (Chair) Manager, Perfect Pitch Productions Ltd LJ started in TV at the age of six. She appears on Working Lunch, 5 Live and currently produces for the BBC technology show Click. Andy Hood Executive Creative Development Director, AKQA Andy founded and leads the Creative Development team at AKQA. They were behind the Cannes Lions winner Heineken Star Player. David Flynn Managing Director, Remarkable Television David's been making TV for over 10 years. He is the creator and executive producer of Channel 4’s The Million Pound Drop.   Russell Davies Head of Planning,R/GA London Russell is also a founder of Newspaper Club and a columnist for Wired. He has written extensively on secondary attention. Declan Caulfield CEO,Starling Declan was the executive producer responsible for new media technology at FreemantleMedia. He now heads up Starling. Schedule, how to get there and the party! Please aim to get to Finsbury Town Hall for 6:30pm. We start at 7pm. Angel and Farringdon tube stations are both about a 10 minute walk away. From Angel, walk down St.John St, followed by Rosebery Avenue. From Farringdon, walk up Farringdon Rd, followed by Rosebery Avenue. Finsbury Town Hall is also well served by a number of buses. See the website for more details. The venue is fully accessible. We are charging £35 for tickets, reduced to £20 for early bird tickets and £10 for students. All proceeds from ticket sales will be donated to UNICEF Famine Relief. Each speaker gets 20 minutes. There will be Q&A. When that's all done, we'll have a bit of a party. The booze and nibbles are on us. Hope you can stick around. Any questions, please contact Utku at Mint Digital.