Internet World, the leading business internet and digital marketing event in the UK, today announces Nokia’s Minh Tran as yet another headline speaker at this year’s event.  Minh joins companies such as BBC Worldwide, ITV.com, Myspace and Intel as part of 2008’s impressive speaker lineup.  

Minh Tran, Head of EMEA and LATAM Sales at Nokia Interactive, will speak at the Internet World Brands Reignited conference in front of an exclusive audience of industry players including brands, advertisers and agencies.  He will draw on a wide range of experience which currently sees him overseeing all sales and marketing activity across EMEA and Latin America. The deal also sees Nokia becoming a gold sponsor for this invite-only part of the three day event.

Internet World will take place at Earls Court London 29th April – 1st May 2008. This year’s exhibition builds on last year’s award winning event and for 2008 there are already many of the biggest names in world business registered – Warner Bros Entertainment, Sony, British Airways, Bauer, EMI, Visa, Virgin, Centrica to name but a few.

Internet World is a forum that encompasses the central elements of corporate internet presence and all aspects of digital marketing – internet use by business, connectivity, digital marketing, content management and e-commerce.

James Drake Brockman, Director of Internet World says, “Nokia is a great name for us to add to the portfolio of brands at Internet World, making the event programme even more exciting this year. With Nokia on board it means we can add yet another leading and important viewpoint to our presentations.”

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NOTES TO EDITORS

Internet World

Internet World is an established leading industry exhibition and conference. Winner of Best Business Exhibition and Most Improved Established Exhibition in 2007. 2008 will see the 17th Internet World in London and the event is the home for the UK Internet industry

In 2007 Internet World had 12,909 attendees, over 270 exhibitors and was the biggest show of its kind in Europe. http://www.internetworld.co.uk/key-facts.html

Sponsors for Internet World 2008: Royal Mail, Imano, Interxion, Rackspace, Microsoft, EIBS, LinkedIn, Tamba,  Bigmouthmedia, Mediaco, Avail Intelligence, Mediasurface, Bit10, Immediacy, Auros, ePages, Bizarrevoice, and Weboptimiser.

CMP Information Ltd

CMP Information is the B2B communications division of United Business Media plc.

Operating internationally, CMPi provides creative professional media solutions to around 20 industry sectors. Its products, including magazines, exhibitions, conferences, awards, information products and websites, are targeted at business professionals across a range of markets; these include the Internet, Construction & Architecture, Commercial Property, Licensed Trade, Travel, Agriculture and Ingredients.

Amongst its well-established brands are industry-leading publications including Building, Travel Trade Gazette, The Publican, Farmers Guardian, and Property Week. It also has a number of exhibitions recognised as the pre-eminent events in their respective market sectors. These include CPhI, Internet World, The Interiors Event and IFSEC.

CMPi’s magazines reach over 700,000 readers directly through subscription and controlled circulation. Each year, over 400,000 business professionals and marketers visit its exhibitions. CMPi has operations in 15 countries and customers in 110.

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