Andrew Grill is regular and sought out presenter at conferences and seminars on topics related to mobile advertising, mobile location, local search and social networking.  Andrew is also an entertaining, professional and skilled Master of Ceremonies, and Motivational Public Speaker, experienced at presenting to audiences of up to 500 people. Scroll down for more upcoming and previous speaking engagements.
 

Andrew Grill is an acomplished Public Speaker and MC

 
Andrew moderating at Being-Digital 2008 in London

MC - Hong Kong Australia Business Association Awards Dinner 29 October 2003

Andrew moderating the location panel at
Being-Digital 2008 in London

What do others think of Andrew's presentation style?

"very much enjoyed your presentation on LBS.  It was particularly refreshing to see someone willing to challenge the user experience failings inherent in even the latest handsets like the N95" -  Mobile Monday event in London 2007

"...you delivered by far the most professional and meaningful presentation. Well done and thanks once again."  - Mobile Monday event in London 2007

"I liked a lot of what you had to say. It seems you have your finger on the pulse of our little industry. Thanks for pushing things in the right direction." - Comment from Navigation and Location Europe 2008 attendee.

"Absolutely brilliant. Exactly what students needed, very knowledgeable on the topic, included stuff from his competitors, and was open and honest in answering questions." is what Jon Maxim said about a presentation Andrew gave to the ADMA eMarketing course as a Guest Lecturer on SMS and Mobile Marketing  In fact, the response was so good that Andrew was invited back as Guest Lecturer on Monday September 27 2004.

Andrew is well qualified to speak on the following topics:

  • Mobile Advertising
  • Mobile social networking
  • Mobile 2.0
  • Running a successful online business
  • Risk Management in New Product Developments
  • Online marketing - a fresh approach
  • Career Advice for Young Professionals
  • Charity begins at work
  • Location, Location, Location

Andrew is a dynamic, entertaining, informative and thoughtful speaker who will complement your next corporate or social event. You can contact Andrew by using the contacts page He is also a regular contributor to the European and Australian media on topics related to business communication and ecommerce. Visit the media page for recent and published articles.

 


Andrew's upcoming speaking engagements for 2008




November 18th - 21st - Mobile Content - London

Andrew will be participating at this event as the Chair of Day 3, and also on a panel on day 1 on the topic of "What Are The Biggest Hurdles To Developing A Profitable Mobile Advertising Ecosystem?"

Andrew will be joined on the panel  (Chaired by Jonathan MacDonald from Ogilvyone) by

Dan Rosen, Head of Mobile, AKQA

Harry Dewhirst, Co-Founder & Media Director, RINGRING MEDIA

More details can be found on the conference website.
 

Andrew's upcoming speaking engagements for 2009 (booking now)

January 13 - 14 2009 The Geoweb & Digital Mapping Conference

Andrew will be presenting at the 2 day conference on location enabled mobile advertising. More information on the conference website.

 


Stay tuned for other events or contact Andrew to speak at your event.


Previous speaking engagements - 2008

November 17-18 - Future of Mobile Conference

Andrew will be spoke at the Future of Mobile event in London on November 17-18th at the Kensington Town Hall

Also on the platform was Rudy de Waele, Tomi Ahonen, Doug Richard from Trutap and Simon Rockman from Sony Ericsson.  The conference is being organsied by Carsonified who have also been responsible for the hugely successful Future of Web Apps, Future of Web Design and Fuel conferences
 

 

November 14 - Annual Innovation Conference InnoEstonia - Tallinn - Organised by the Government of Estonia

Andrew presented a Keynote at this conference in November on the Future of Location-aware Advertising.

Other presenters at the conference included Bob Iannucci, CTO of Nokia and Head of Nokia Research Centre, Erik Jorgenson Microsoft VP, Shane Green VP, NAVTEQ, and Jussi-Pekka Partanen , Nokia

You will find more detailed information on the conference website.

 

October 28th - Location Based Services 2008 - Berlin Germany

On day 2 of the LBS 2008 conference, Andrew presented a keynote on "Examining Techniques For Generating Revenue From Location Enabled Mobile Advertising".

He also chaired the afternoon of day 1, and on day2 was on on a panel session: Can Location Deliver On The Hype Surrounding Mobile Advertising? with the following

Alain Heureux, President, IAB EUROPE
Jonathan Macdonald, Senior Consultant, Ogilvy (Session Chair)

More information on the conference can be found at the LBS 2008 website.
 

October 7th - Mobile Marketing Association Mobile Marketing Forum - Budapest

Andrew presented an introductory session on mobile marketing basics. Many brands and agencies are still struggling to understand how to fit mobile marketing effectively into their plans. The session focused on the basics that must be covered to achieve success in mobile.

Andrew presented with Roland Tauchner , Managing Director, DIMOCO Direct Mobile Communications & MMA Austria, Chairman
 

September 24th - British Computer Society: Mobile Location-Based Services

What are the main location technologies and how do they work? What technical, business and social challenges do companies face when developing LBS for mobiles? What LBS can we expect to see on mobiles in the next 2-3 years? How will current favourites such as social networking and online advertising evolve in a location-aware world? This talk will address these questions and more.

Andrew was joined by Justin Davies, Founder & CTO, NinetyTen/Buddyping, and Gary Davies from Yahoo! to talk about location based services.

10th June 2008: Being-Digital Conference - London

Andrew was the moderator of the Location session at this mashup* Event in London. 
See pictures of the location session here.

The conference was based around  7 digital themes (advertising, identity, content, location, social, retail and search) which cover the full range of “being digital”.  In addition, the event aims to attract “200+ executives, entrepreneurs and investors” - all with an interest in these themes.

The event was held in Central London at BAFTA, 195 Piccadilly London W1J 9LN.

More information is available from the website www.being-digital.com.

 

4-5 June 2008: Navigation and Location Europe 2008 - Amsterdam

Andrew will be speaking on the afternoon of day 2 in the Business Development stream.

Topics covered included:

Other companies presenting at the conference included Orange, TomTom, Nokia, Garmin, O2, Telenor, T-Mobile, Webraska, Jaguar, Land Rover, Motorola, Skyhook Wireless.

The conference was organised by Telematics Update.



Previous speaking engagements - 2007

mobil media KONGRESS 2007

18 - 19th September, Tegernsee, Germany

MobilMedia  Kongress 2007 - Speaking on the topic "HomeZone and beyond" - how new location search and mobile marketing solutions can use location technology without needing GPS

See mm-kongress.de

 

 

LBS 2007 Conference Sponsored by Seeker WirelessIIR Telecoms Location Based Services 2007

Mon 08 Oct 2007 - Thu 11 Oct 2007
Melia Avenida America Hotel, Madrid, Spain

Andrew was a keynote speaker and chair of day 1 of the conference.

More information is available on the conference website www.iir-conferences.com/lbs2007

 

 

Presenter and chair of Day 1: IIR Conferences Mobile Content & Services held in Berlin on 25th June 2007.

 

May 9th Presenter at Innovate Europe 2007 in Zaragoza, Spain.
Click here to view the slides and hear the audio of the presentation.

 

 


 

Mobile Monday MunichApril 2nd Mobile Monday Munich on Homezone 2.0 – the Foundation for new Homezone solutions and Local Search!


 

16th April Mobile Monday London on the topic of "Location - I still haven't found what I'm looking for"Mobile Monday London www.mobilemonday.org.uk

Click here to view the video of the event. Video sponsored by Clarity Capital Partners.
Event produced by Mobile Monday London.


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Previous speaking engagements - 2006

Location Based Services 2006 London November 2006 London - November 20 - 23 2006

Andrew was a keynote speaker at the conference on Monday 20th November in London, speaking on the topic of "Evaluating The Use Of High Accuracy HomeZone As An Enabler To Drive New LBS Revenues".

He was conference Chair on day 2 of the conference and on day 4 spoke on  "Evaluating the effectiveness of different location technologies".

Details on the conference can be found at www.iir-conferences.com/lbs


Previous speaking engagements - 2005

Andrew spoke at the 4th CommsDay Summit in Sydney on March 3rd, outlining a range of  Location Based Services to be launched by Seeker Wireless in 2005.


Previous speaking engagements - 2004

 

Tuesday September 28th - speaker at the September Networx Event on SMS Marketing. Audience 90+
 

  • Monday September 27, Guest Lecturer at the ADMA Certificate in eMarketing course, presenting on "SMS and Mobile Marketing". Audience 20
     

  • Wednesday 1st September, Dinner speaker at the Rotary Club of Drummoyne. Audience 30
     

  • Tuesday 27 July, presenter at the NSW Enterprise Workshop on SMS marketing. Audience 70
     

  • Tuesday 20th August Guest speaker at the Rotary Club of Sydney's weekly luncheon speaking on "the Rotary Generation Gap". Audience 130
     

  • Guest lecturer at the Macquarie Graduate School of Management on Saturday 26th June, presenting on new wireless messaging technologies and techniques as part of the MGSM 966 managing e-business course. Audience 25
     

  • May, Guest speaker at the Rotary Club of South Sydney, presenting on "Bridging The Rotary Membership Generation Gap". Audience 20
     

  • Thursday May 6th, Andrew was Guest Lecturer at the ADMA Certificate in eMarketing course, presenting on "SMS and Mobile Marketing". Audience 35
     

  • Saturday April 3, 2004 - ING Foundation Corporate and Business Leader's Dinner.  Andrew spoke about his experiences as a Rotarian and reasons for joining the club, and encouraged others to join Rotary or contribute. Audience 350
     

  • Saturday 20th March, Rotary District 9750 conference. Andrew spoke on the topic "Bridging The Rotary Membership Generation Gap".  Audience, 250+. You can view the presentation online.
     

  • February, guest speaker at the Grass Roots Empowerment (GEM) Conference at Sydney University speaking on Business Planning.  Audience 25
     

  • Andrew spoke at the 3rd CommsDay Summit in Sydney on February 17th, on the topic of "The Business Case for SMS". View the presentation online. Audience 70+

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