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The Achilles Media/nextMEDIA Team

Chief Executive Officer - Robert Montgomery

Robert Montgomery is the CEO of Achilles Media Ltd. in Toronto, an events and information company that produces some of the world's leading media events including the Banff World Television Festival, the World Congress of History Producers and nextMEDIA. He is also a Partner in Achilles Partners, LLC, an investment, advisory and research firm that focuses on the media, communications and technology industries, and is an investor in several companies in these sectors.

Robert has been an executive and adviser for media, communications and technology companies and the investment community for many years. His work has generally been in the areas of operations, strategy, financing and development; market, financial and public policy analysis; and fairness opinions and valuations.

Until 2000, Robert was President, Americas and a member of the management board at the Fantastic Corporation, a Swiss broadband software provider where Robert was instrumental in the company’s IPO. During this time Robert was also Non-Executive Chairman of Media Content plc, a UK-based media rights company which he co-founded and took public on the London Stock Exchange’s AIM market. Before this, Robert was Managing Director at Kagan World Media in London, a media and communications research and consulting company where he was responsible for the firm’s European and Asia Pacific operations. Before this, Robert co-founded Digital Media International, and events and publishing company focused on the digital media markets in Europe and Asia. Prior to this, Robert ran international financial and technology publications for Euromoney plc, and what is now Informa plc, in London.

Chief Operating Officer - Patricia Douey

Chief Operating Officer Patricia Douey is responsible for the day-to-day management of all Achilles Media Ltd. events, including the Banff World Television Festival, the World Congress of History Producers and nextMEDIA . The future of Digital Content.

Ms. Douey comes to Achilles Media Ltd. with a wealth of experience gleaned through her executive experience in posts ranging from senior programming and marketing to general management positions in the UK and Canadian television industries. Throughout her career, Ms. Douey has worked with such companies as Flextech Television, Videotron Corporation and Rogers Cablesystems.

Ms. Douey has also served as a management consultant for clients such as Global Television, Canadian Association of Broadcasters, Bell Globemedia and the Banff Television Foundation, and has also participated on a number of industry boards and committees.

Director Digital Media/nextMEDIA Conference Producer - Mark Greenspan

Mark Greenspan is Director of Digital Media for Achilles Media and was previously Conference Program Producer for nextMEDIA 2006. He is a new media producer and educator with a decade's worth of experience in the field. During this time he has taught and designed new media curriculum in Singapore, Philippines and India. He worked for Razorfish Inc in both London, England and Milan, Italy. He has produced MTV Asia's first web cast, set up a boutique design and branding firm called methodgroup and produced a 12-series alternative travel show entitled Above the Clouds.

Mark was also Training Programmes Manager at the Canadian Film Centre's Habitat New Media Lab where he oversaw the quality of the curriculum design and delivery of the TELUS Interactive Art and Entertainment Programme (IAEP).

Mark is also completing a Masters of Education in both Adult Education and Comparative Development Education at the Ontario Institute for Studies in Education at the University of Toronto, where he continues to explore the relationship between creativity, technology and social change.