First timers to ITT may not be aware of a chap called Tim Hames. Rest assured, you won't forget him after this week...He will be master of ceremonies during the morning conference sessions on Thursday and Friday.
When not entertaining, sorry, moderating events like these he has a day job at the Times as a columnist and as the paper's chief leader writer.
In other words: a lot of the editorials on the comment pages are written by Hames, so you can blame him for the political stance of the paper (and not the boss, Rupert Murdoch?)
However, he does have plenty of experience in these matters. Prior to joining the Times in Wapping, Hames was a lecturer in American and British politics at Oxford University.
Delegates will remember his star turn at last year's ITT conference, when he was drafted in to talk about China after his colleague at the Times, travel editor Cath Urquhart, had to pull out.
It was actually one of the highlights of the conference. [Apart from the fantastic session on search, of course, by Travolution boss Simon Ferguson, and Travolution board member Esteban Walther from Google]
Kevin May, editor, Travolution
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Looking forward to reading the blog as the conference progresses.
Dean
www.spannerworks.com
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