Speakers

Balou Colette

Founder and president of the Balou PR agency. Holds a Master’s degree in psychology

Ranks among top-100 Britain’s most influential people in the digital field of technologies.

Has been working in PR for more than 17 years. Worked with leading specialized agencies and corporations; provided PR-support for businesses operating in various fields (industry, biotechnologies, telecommunication services, venture funds, etc). In 2001 founded Balou PR agency that specializes in high technologies and the Internet. The agency’s most outstanding projects (the clients are the Facebook, Groupon, Autonomy, Ostrovok, etc) include popularization of the Facebook in France and promotion of french mobile music servers supplier Musiwave (which was purchased by Microsoft in 2011).

Till 2001 she has been the vice-president of two leading North American branches (San Francisco and Silicon Valley) of Edelman Public Relations Worlwide’s Enterprise Software and Service Group at the same time, focusing on the development of national and international PR programs. She permanently participates as a speaker or a jury member of professional competitions) in the following specialized events: Microsoft BizSpark, IBM SmartCamp, SxSW Start-Up Accelerator, European Tech Tour, TechCrunch, Telegraph Tech Start-Up 100, Startup Europe Vienna, London Open Mobile Summit 2011.