Portfolio
London Design Festival
I was the Head of Content & Digital of London Design Festival (LDF), overseeing the editions 2021, 2022 and 2023. Founded in 2003, London Design Festival celebrates and promotes the city as a design capital on the global stage and is one of the world's leading design events.
London Design Biennale
I served as Head of Content & Digital for London Design Biennale (LDB) during the 2021 and 2023 editions. Established in 2016, London Design Biennale is a three-week international exhibition and thought leadership programme located at historic Somerset House, in the heart of London. It showcases global design innovation, creativity
Turning a banal conference badge into a collectible item
Throwback to 2010 when I was leading marketing and communications at the PICNIC Festival in Amsterdam during the day, and the Conference Director of Frontiers of Interaction in Rome at night. The first decade of the 2000s had been a fervent period for innovative media-tech-creativity conferences to rise and refresh
Endings Summit at Techfestival 2019
In September 2019, I co-curated the Endings Summit at Techfestival in Copenhagen, an event focused on designing better endings for products, services, relationships, and life. I was also the producer and host of the Studio Stage and official Techfestival podcast. The third edition of Techfestival took place 5-7 September 2019
The Webby Awards & The Lovie Awards
From 2016 to early 2019, I served as the European Marketing Director of the Webby Awards and the Lovie Awards. The Webby Awards is the leading international award honouring excellence on the Internet. The New York Times called the Webbys the "Oscars of the Internet". The Lovie Awards
Social Media Week London
I served as Executive Director of Social Media Week London from 2013-2016, leading the 2014 and 2015 editions. (I was also the Conference Director of Social Media Week Milan for the 2013, 2014, 2015, and 2016 editions.) Social Media Week operated as a prominent media platform and worldwide event with
Social Media Week Milan
I served as Conference Director of Social Media Week Milan for the 2013, 2014, 2015, and 2016 editions, leading a team from digital agencies Hagakure and later Doing. Social Media Week (now part of Adage) was a prominent media platform and worldwide event with local presence across five continents: Europe,
PICNIC Festival
I served as head of strategy, marketing, digital (new website development), print (catalogues), ticketing and partnerships for the 2009 and 2010 editions of the PICNIC Festival in Amsterdam. The international PICNIC Festival was a pioneering platform for innovation and creativity in technology, media and design, establishing Amsterdam as a global