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HBO confirms Sept. 16 debut for comedy series High Maintenance

HBO has confirmed the debut date for HIGH MAINTENANCE, with the comedy series slated to kick off its six-episode season on FRIDAY, SEPT. 16 (11:00-11:30 p.m. ET/PT).

From the unexpected and offbeat to the predictable and mundane, HIGH MAINTENANCE provides a glimpse into the daily routines of a diverse group of New Yorkers and how they light things up. Ben Sinclair stars as “The Guy,” a nameless pot deliveryman whose client base includes an eccentric group of characters with neuroses as diverse as the city.

The show was created and written by the married duo of Katja Blichfeld and Ben Sinclair, who also created the hit web series of the same name. Produced by Janky Clown Productions; executive produced by Katja Blichfeld, Russell Gregory and Ben Sinclair.

Bill Maher’s convention coverage to be streamed live on YouTube

Bill Maher attending a ceremony to receive a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame. Source: wikipedia. Author: Angela George

REAL TIME WITH BILL MAHER will make its Republican and Democratic convention specials – scheduled for July 20, 21, 27 and 28 – available to nonsubscribers by streaming them live on the REAL TIME YouTube channel (youtube.com/RealTime). In addition, the shows will be available on Maher’s Facebook page the day after they air on HBO.

REAL TIME expands its election coverage this month with special shows during the Republican and Democratic conventions. Four live half-hour editions will be presented from Los Angeles, reporting on the Republican convention on Wednesday, July 20 and Thursday, July 21, and the Democratic convention onWednesday, July 27 and Thursday, July 28 at 11:00 p.m. (live ET/tape-delayed PT) each night.

Pocket App appoints Hugh Griffiths as Interim Chief Executive Officer

Paul Swaddle and Hugh Griffiths

App development specialist brings in industry heavyweight to lead ambitious growth plans and current CEO, Paul Swaddle, moves to the role of Chairman

London, 14th July 2016 – Pocket App, the UK’s largest independent app developer, is delighted to announce that Hugh Griffiths, a former Director of Mobile Services at Microsoft, has been appointed as Interim Chief Executive Officer.

Industry figurehead, Griffiths, will be a significant addition to the Pocket App board and will bring a host of experience through his extensive background in building mobile businesses. Paul Swaddle, the incumbent CEO, has taken up the position of Chairman and will continue to drive innovation and development, marketing and product marketing.

Prior to his appointment at Pocket App, Over the last 15 years Griffiths has grown, largely from scratch, the digital content and application businesses of Independent News and Media, O2/Telefonica and Microsoft in the UK. He has also managed Mobile Advertising businesses and launched a mobile adtech business, 5th Tier (now Smartpipesolutions.com) and acted as an industry consultant. Griffiths is also a NED for the Association of Online Publishers and Interests me.

The announcement comes hot on the heels of Pocket App successfully closing its funding round. . Likewise, the appointment continues recent strong momentum, which has seen Pocket App announce a partnership with Progress Software, a global software company that simplifies the development, deployment and management of business applications on premise or in the cloud.

Griffiths, who joined the organisation as a Non-Executive Director in August 2015, has extensive expertise spanning digital in converging technologies. He is also experienced in building business through a strategic approach and pragmatic implementation, and has a strong track record of monetising new technologies in both enterprise and consumer markets. He will lead the business, driving profitable revenues and leading the development of more strategic relationships.

Paul Swaddle, Chairman, Pocket App comments, “This is an incredibly exciting time for the organisation. We have moved offices to enable increased collaboration with our partners and customers, have won a host of awards, successfully closed our funding round and have now made this strategic appointment to enable us to grow our commercial relationships and meet our targets for 2016 and beyond. Hugh’s mandate will be to lead our sales and operations forward as the organisation continues on this fast growth path, which will allow me to focus on evangelism, marketing and product development. Hugh’s track record speaks for itself and he will bring an abundance of commercial and strategic acumen to the organisation, and I am excited about the prospect of working closely with him.”

Hugh Griffiths comments, “I am delighted to take on the role at Pocket App, which is an organisation with significant potential. As the company continues on its growth trajectory, it needs more robust processes and structure, which I can bring, along with experience in developing long term partnerships. Recently we have seen a number of Pocket App’s competitors being acquired for sizeable sums of money which demonstrates the demand in the market for great app developers like Pocket App.”

To find out more about Pocket App as the business expands its products, services and team, please visitwww.pocketapp.co.uk.

Mirantis OpenStack 9.0 Simplifies Private Cloud Operations

Mirantis OpenStack 9.0 Dashboard

Mirantis, the pure-play OpenStack company, today made operating a private cloud easier with the release of Mirantis OpenStack 9.0. Based on the Mitaka Openstack release, Mirantis OpenStack 9.0 includes a rich set of features to simplify lifecycle management of OpenStack.

“The improvements in Mirantis OpenStack 9.0 are based on real-world production deployments of Mirantis OpenStack, including our collaborations with AT&T and Volkswagen,” said Boris Renski, co-founder and CMO of Mirantis. “The improvements we made – largely in the area of post-deployment operations – integrate Mirantis’ services expertise into the software so that we can deliver better business outcomes. Mirantis OpenStack 9.0 will be a valuable asset to Mirantis as we help customers build and operate private clouds.”

OpenStack Mitaka is the 13th OpenStack release, and was built by a community of 2,336 developers, operators and users from 345 organizations. Mirantis had 327 Mitaka committers (ranked No. 1), 87 core contributors (ranked No. 1), resolved 3,700+ bugs (ranked No. 1), contributed 1.37 million lines of code (ranked No. 1) and conducted 52,000+ reviews (ranked No. 1).

Enhancements to Fuel, the OpenStack management software project, simplify the task of operating private OpenStack clouds. Cloud operators can use Fuel to scale the cloud up or down, selectively make changes to their configuration, and deploy new functionality to an existing cloud, such as Murano, a self-service application orchestration and catalog. Additionally, operators of large-scale infrastructure can now export Fuel configuration values into 3rd party configuration management tools.

StackLight, the purpose-built tooling for logging, monitoring and alerting of OpenStack, will continue to assist operators in maximizing their private cloud uptime.

Additional enhancements make it easier to run high performance workloads in OpenStack. Improvements to network function virtualization infrastructure (NFVI) performance include features such as SR-IOV, DPDK, NUMA CPU pinning, and huge pages. Improvements were also made to application and service orchestration with TOSCA and validations for big data were performed with Cloudera and Hortonworks.

Learn more:

Sign up for the live webcast, What’s New in Mirantis OpenStack 9.0.

Review the complete list of features and improvements in Mirantis OpenStack 9.0:https://www.mirantis.com/products/mirantis-openstack-softwar…

Download Mirantis OpenStack 9.0: https://www.mirantis.com/products/mirantis-openstack-softwar…

About Mirantis

Mirantis is the pure play OpenStack company, delivering all the software, services, training, and support needed for running OpenStack. More customers rely on Mirantis than on any other company to get to production deployment of OpenStack at scale. Mirantis is the number one company in contributing open source software to OpenStack, and has helped build and deploy some of the largest OpenStack clouds in the world, at companies such as AT&T, Saudi Telecom, Shenzhen Stock Exchange, Symantec, Telstra and Volkswagen. Mirantis is venture-backed by August Capital, Dell Ventures, Ericsson, Goldman Sachs, Intel, Insight Venture Partners, Sapphire Ventures, Siguler Guff & Co., and WestSummit Capital, with headquarters in Sunnyvale, California. Follow us on Twitter at @mirantisit.

European Rubik’s Cube Championship Starts This Friday

Rubik’s Cube Champion Feliks Zemdegs

With under a week to go until the European Rubik’s Cube Championship begins on 15 July, the continent’s top ‘speedcubers’ are in the final stages of their preparations. Soon they will congregate in Prague, Czech Republic, to pit their considerable skills against one another.

The 525 competitors – or ‘speedcubers’ – from 43 countries will take part in the seventh European Rubik’s Cube Championship, including 18 representatives of the United Kingdom. The UK has a strong track record in the competition and reigning European champion Alexander Lau, is British.

He won in 2014 with an average solve time of 8.02 seconds and a best single solve time of 6.98 seconds, but is unlikely to defend his title.

However, the UK does have the skill to be a real challenger at the 2016 European Championship in reigning British champion Robert Yau and former world champion Breandan Vallance.

Although only a European can win the prize, competitors from across the globe will be competing across 18 categories. Two-time World Champion Feliks Zemdegs of Australia, who is something of a celebrity in the Rubik’s world and broke the world average solve record on 9 July in Warsaw, will be competing.

The classic 3×3 Rubik’s Cube is only one of the competitions that will take place over the weekend. The 18 competitions include:

• 3×3 Rubik’s Cube

• 4×4 Rubik’s Cube

• 5×5 Rubik’s Cube

• 2×2 Rubik’s Cube

• One-handed 3×3 Rubik’s Cube

• Blindfolded 3×3 Rubik’s Cube

• 3×3 Rubik’s Cube (fewest moves)

• 3×3 Rubik’s Cube with feet

• 4×4 Rubik’s Cube blindfolded

• 5×5 Rubik’s Cube blindfolded

• 3×3 Rubik’s Cube multiple blindfolded

The highlight of the competition will be the 3×3 cube final at 4.10PM local time (6.10PM GMT) on Sunday 17 July. Each competitor solves the cube five times, the fastest and slowest times are removed and then the average time is taken from the remaining three scores. The top competitors at this year’s European Championship, in order of fastest average solve, are:

———-Name——————-Country——–Best average———World Ranking

1———Feliks Zemdegs———-Australia——–6.45——————–1

2———Michał Pleskowicz——-Poland———–7.13——————–3

3———Mats Valk—————Netherlands——–7.24——————–5

4———Philipp Weyer———–Germany———-7.42——————–8

5———Cornelius Dieckmann—–Germany——–7.53——————–10

6———Dario Roa Sánchez——-Spain————7.56——————–11

7———Jayden McNeill———-Australia———-7.67——————–13

8———Collin Burns————USA—————–7.69——————–14

9———Dmitry Dobrjakov——–Russia————7.78——————–18

10——–Sebastian Weyer———-Germany———7.83——————–19

Over 400 million Rubik’s Cubes have been sold, making it the world’s bestselling toy. With high-profile celebrities such as Justin Bieber, Will Smith and Logic taking an interest in the Rubik’s Cube, its popularity has seen a dramatic resurgence over the past year.

Chrisi Trussell of Rubik’s Brand Ltd said, “A metaphor for clever, fun and frustrating, the Rubik’s Cube continues to fascinate every new generation – as evidenced by the huge field of 525 entrants to the 2016 European Rubik’s Cube Championship. 40 years on from its invention the Rubik’s Cube is still hugely popular, with sales continuing to soar year on year.

“There are not many things your parents played with that are still cool, but the Rubik’s Cube is one of them!”

To find out more about the Rubik’s Cube, visit the website at www.rubiks.com, Twitter feed @Rubiks_Officialor official Facebook page.

Alternatively, join the conversation at #RubiksCube.

Links:

https://euro2016.cubing.net/

www.rubiks.com

https://twitter.com/Rubiks_Official

https://www.facebook.com/Rubiksonline

https://www.youtube.com/user/RubiksTV

Women’s Event to Change the Future of the Corporate Playing Field

Rina Goldenberg Lynch

On Friday 8 July, leading diversity and inclusion consultancyVoice At The Table will host their Changing The Playing Field conference at law firm Hogan Lovells LLP in the City of London.

Aimed at professional mid-career women and senior HR managers from city institutions, including law firms, accountants and insurance companies, the event will discuss how women can change the future of the corporate world and what they can do to ensure success.

Having had a hugely successful year so far with plenty of interactive and informative panels, workshops and masterclasses taking place weekly, Voice At The Table looks forward to this exciting and forward-thinking event. Delegates can expect to walk away understanding how to identify their personal leadership style, how to maximise input from a mixed gender, high performing team and how to become instruments of change in their companies.

Rina Goldenberg Lynch, the founder and managing director of Voice At The Table, said “Our conference is set to be a stimulating day that will ignite fresh thinking and an engaging conversation. We are thrilled to have some amazing women speaking throughout the day and sharing their professional expertise on topics that are thought-provoking and important to the professional woman of today and tomorrow.”

Speaking at the flagship event are three high profile women who will be sharing their professional and personal insights and experiences on these topics, including:

World-renowned yachtswoman Tracy Edwards MBE who sailed to success 26 years ago by leading the first all-female crew to the finish line of the Whitbread Round the World Race in 1990. Today, Tracy focusses her time working with her charity The Maiden Rescue to rescue and restore her beloved yacht, which will become an ambassador for Girls’ Rights and Education in the UK and developing countries.

Also speaking is Pauline Crawford. Dr Crawford is the brain behind the Gender Dynamics© framework, a unique perspective for men and women together to maximise their communication, relationships and creative results. She is also the founder and chief executive of performance consultancy Corporate Heart and offers 25 years of experience across the globe (currently working in Kuala Lumpur) in the field of behavioural change and corporate cultural transformation.

Danusia Malina-Derben will also be speaking at the event. Dr Malina-Derben is a straight-talking consultant who harnesses C-suite executives with unstoppable business leadership prowess. Over the past 15 years, Danusia has worked with entrepreneurs and the boards of Blue Chip and Fortune 500 Companies. She is also a mother of ten.

The agenda for the July 8 event will also include discussion and workshops on the 21st century leader, trends in leadership, gender dynamics, inclusive cultures and personal leadership styles.

Links:

Voice At The Table: http://voiceatthetable.com/

Voice At The Table Flagship Conference Changing The Playing Field: http://voiceatthetable.com/events/voice-at-the-table-flagshi…

Hogan Lovells International LLP: http://www.hoganlovells.com/

Voice At The Table Twitter: https://twitter.com/VoiceAtTheTable

Event Tickets via Eventbrite: https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/flagship-conference-changing-…

Catalina Software Appoints Laurence Butcher as Operations Director

Laurence Butcher, Operations Director

Catalina Software the UK’s leading provider of logistics software are delighted to announce the appointment of Laurence Butcher as Operations Director.

Laurence will be responsible for the management and control of Catalina’s day-to-day business operations including Support, Development, Implementations and Pre-sales.

Laurence has worked in the IT industry for over 30 years, across multiple industries from Telecommunications, Banking, Utilities and Advertising. He has delivered projects globally in Europe, North and South America, China, Russia and Asia and brings that experience to the role of Operations Director.

On Laurence’s appointment, Graeme Whiting, Managing Director for Catalina, comments: “We’re thrilled to have Laurence on board. His experience will drive the continued growth of Catalina, delivering more products to our growing and enthusiastic customer following. When customers choose Catalina they know they’re getting the best, and Laurence epitomises the approach and attitude needed to maintain it.”

About Catalina Software

Catalina Software is a market leader in the development, implementation, support and continuous enhancement of complete and customer focused logistics solutions for chauffeur and executive car operators, couriers and distribution networks.

It’s flexible and intuitive Freedom solution enables companies to plan, manage and carry out the entire logistics process, improving efficiency, optimising resources and reducing administration. As well as regularly releasing new modules, features and benefits in response to client feedback, Catalina helps clients achieve competitive advantage through bespoke developments. Clients include Prestige Group, Maximum Logistics, Priority Express, Global Transfers, Kuehne+Nagel, Silverline, Brunel Worldwide and Crawfords of London.

Recruitment specialists Austin Fraser enlist Sennheiser to provide headsets for office-wide revamp

Austin Fraser and Sennheiser image

Marlow, United Kingdom, 5th July 2016 – Sennheiser, a leading provider of premium headset and speakerphone solutions, has been chosen by Austin Fraser to supply a range of headsets to its office-based staff as part of a complete refit of the organisation.

Austin Fraser is a forward-thinking consultancy company recognised by ‘The Sunday Times Best Companies to Work For’ for four years running. Based in Reading, with offices in Munich, Germany and Austin, Texas, USA, their specialist staff carry out technical recruitment within a range of sectors, including Engineering, IT and Life Sciences.

Sennheiser was selected as a partner due to the premium quality and reliability of its devices as a cost-effective alternative to its previous models, and importantly, due to the comfort and flexibility required by the recruitment team to carry out their jobs efficiently.

The Challenge:

Austin Fraser required contemporary headsets to replace its existing, outdated products, and which would complement a rollout of new Apple computers and equipment. As such, the devices would need to reflect the premium feel of the new equipment, but importantly offer a number of key benefits:

+ Wireless functionality – Following frustration with tangled cables and the restrictive nature of the previous wired models, which saw consultants being tied to desks, wireless models became a necessary requirement.

+ Effective noise cancellation – An office refurbishment, combined with a completely open plan office, meant the levels of background noise began to have a detrimental effect on both sales consultants, their clients and candidates. Strong and effective noise cancellation capabilities became a priority.

+ Premium user experience – Austin Fraser had recently replaced adding traditional PBX with a modern VoIP solution, and required ‘future proof’ desk equipment to offer consultants a premium user experience and allow them to move around freely.

Its ultimate aim was to improve the efficiency of its people and comfort when dealing with customers across a range of platforms without being desk bound.

The Solution:

Austin Fraser chose Sennheiser’s DW Office wireless DECT headset along with the MB Pro 1 Bluetooth headset. The headsets were primarily chosen for the high quality audio and wireless capabilities, allowing users to move anywhere in the office while on a call and keep their hands free to use the computer. Austin Fraser staff use headsets to call clients and candidates, which would include video calls through Skype or Google Hangouts, and also required something that offered clear and high quality audio for listening to videos such as webinars and online training programmes.

“The typical communication requirements for our office – taking job specs from clients, offering a hiring solution to managers and describing position details to candidates, all require attention to detail and therefore the audio quality of the headset is extremely important” said Karl Penhale, Consultant. “Sennheiser’s headsets certainly tick these boxes, and allow you to clearly hear what information is being relayed – they are light, reliable and very easy to use.”

Austin Fraser often speaks to contacts that are on the road or out of the office, and with their own office environment a factor, effective noise cancelling was important. Sennheiser’s headsets offer the latest in noise cancelling technology to filter out background noise and ensure audio quality is maintained.

Another key requirement was mobility. Many of Austin Fraser’s staff commented on the comfortable, flexible nature of the DW Office in allowing them to perform multiple tasks, some of which may be away from their desk, while remaining on the phone. Wireless freedom from the DW Office extends in a typical office to a radius of up to 55 meters, and up to 180 meters with line of sight. One consultant commented “you can walk anywhere within the office without compromising call quality or losing connection”. Combined with the lightweight, comfortable design, it represented the ideal solution for modern workers.

A key factor in this mobility, and one that was also praised by staff, is battery life. ‘Full day talk time’ of 8 hours, and up to 12 hours in narrowband sound mode, combines with fast charging that offers a recharge rate of 50% in just 20 minutes, making the DW Office a true ‘set and forget’ solution.

“Choosing Sennheiser has given Austin Fraser employees the freedom and flexibility to be truly mobile (transformational when coupled with our stand-up/sit-down desks) and to experience the premium quality of engineering and product design that the Sennheiser brand is known for” said Mitchell Bailey, IT Manager.

“Being on the phone is the lifeblood of our business and when we’ve experienced issues, Sennheiser have not let us down. The product support teams in Denmark and UK have been quick to help out and resolve some small set-up details we experienced post deployment.”

“Our staff and in particular our recruitment consultants love using their Sennheiser headsets. Clients who visit comment on the energy and activity they see in our office in part due to the freedom Sennheiser’s wireless solution affords. I would consider Sennheiser to be one of, if not the most successful technology choice we’ve made in the past 2 years.”

Other comments from staff:

“Simply having a strong connection has enabled me to help manage my time on the telephone more effectively” – Natasha Teskey, Head of Internal Recruitment

“Being able to use a multitude of communication tools at once, such as 3CX, Hangouts and Skype, without having to change or switch inputs, is great” –Matthew Hollands, Desktop Support Analyst

“I’d recommend them simply for the solid performance and high quality of the audio” – Sam Walters, Senior Consultant

“The DW Office is excellent to use being very light, comfortable and reliable. You trust the product to fulfil the high expectations you expect from Sennheiser brand” – Lewis Hester, Consultant.

About Austin Fraser:

Austin Fraser provides a technical recruitment service for candidates and clients in the Engineering, IT and Life Sciences sectors, delivering a full 360 degree package to take the stress and headache out of hiring. It has been nominated for four years running in the ‘The Sunday Times Best Companies to Work For’ list. It has grown rapidly from a two person operation to over 100 staff in over three countries, operating under one key ethos: “Bring in great people and offer them all of the tools, support and training they need to become truly excellent market specialists.”

The Sennheiser headsets:

DW Office USB

The DW Office USB is a premium wireless DECT headset with natural high-definition sound for superb clarity alongside dedicated technology to work with a softphone. Its noise-cancelling microphone makes it ideal for busy office environments where background noise can be a distraction, and includes an intuitive user interface with built-in call handling for full control when moving around an office.

MB Pro 1

The MB Pro 1 is a premium Bluetooth headset for business professional who demand the ultimate in wireless communication freedom. It offers seamless switching between Bluetooth devices from a single headset and is crafted to ensure all-day comfort. Advanced high definition sound delivers a more comfortable and natural sound experience with dedicated audio profiles for both communications and multimedia/music.

About Sennheiser:

Audio specialist Sennheiser is one of the world’s leading manufacturers of headphones, microphones and wireless transmission systems. Based in Wedemark near Hanover, Germany, Sennheiser operates its own production facilities in Germany, Ireland and the USA and is active in more than 50 countries. With 19 sales subsidiaries and long-established trading partners, the company supplies innovative products and cutting-edge audio solutions that are optimally tailored to its customers’ needs. Sennheiser is a family owned company that was founded in 1945 and which today has 2,750 employees around the world that share a passion for audio technology. Since 2013, Sennheiser has been managed by Daniel Sennheiser and Dr. Andreas Sennheiser, the third generation of the family to run the company. As part of the Sennheiser Group, the joint venture Sennheiser Communications A/S is specialized in wireless and wired headsets and speakerphones for contact centers, offices and Unified Communications environments as well as headsets for gaming and mobile devices. In 2015, the Sennheiser Group had sales totaling €682 million. www.sennheiser.com

For more information on our professional headset and speakerphone solutions, please visit

www.sennheiser.com/cco

Women Gaining a Voice At The Table

Dr Pauline Crawford

Dr Pauline Crawford will be featuring as one of the key female speakers at the Changing The Playing Field Conference. The conference is being held by London’s leading diversity and inclusion consultancy, Voice At The Table tomorrow, Friday 8 July 2016, at Hogan Lovells LLP, London, EC1A 2FG.

The exciting conference is targeted at professional mid-career women and senior HR managers from city institutions including law firms, accountants and insurance companies. The conference will be looking at how women are changing the future of the corporate world and what they can do to ensure success.

Internationally renowned, Dr Pauline Crawford currently resides in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia where she works alongside entrepreneurs and corporate professionals, helping to transform micro-enterprise business owners into inspiring leaders of the future.

However, assigning one occupation to Dr Crawford is a challenging task. A sociologist, business psychologist, image consultant and entrepreneur, Dr Crawford has over 25 years of experience across the globe in the areas of behavioural change and corporate cultural transformation.

Most notably, Pauline is the brain behind the copyrighted Gender Dynamics© Blueprint, a unique perspective for women and men to maximise their communication, relationships and creative results and subsequently enhance their reputation and career prospects. Pauline offers her expertise and the Gender Dynamics© Blueprint exclusively through Voice At The Table, who share her vision of leveraging gender-related differences for stronger and more sustainable business. Her own story is key to her creative design and the success of this unique approach.

Dr. Crawford has also recently been appointed Chairman/President of the Permanent Commission for Social Issues & Women Entrepreneurship and is a Board Member of WUSME, together with her husband Professor Jim Omps, President of the International University of Entreprenology, who heads the Commission for SME Education Development within WUSME.

Together, Jim and Pauline strongly advocate in favour of new intrapreneurial thinking for success, part of which, they strongly believe, means embracing values such as collaboration, empathy and vulnerability; in other words, ‘feminine’ traits and values.

Pauline is also the founder and chief executive of performance consultancy Corporate Heart where she mentors top women and men to integrate personal and professional wisdom into the boardroom and across all aspects of their personal leadership role.

With such a varied background and insight, Dr Crawford will bring an exciting and interesting dynamic to her speech at the conference.

Speaking ahead of the event, Dr Crawford said, “I am thrilled to be speaking at the Changing The Playing Field Conference which will be an amazing opportunity for professional City women to come together and learn about the ways they can make their mark in the corporate landscape.

“My advice to women has always been to strive to be noticed for who you are naturally, not for who you think others want you to be and I will be echoing this message at the event.

“I really look forward to meeting some of the future female leaders and using this fantastic platform to engage with, inspire and educate on the important topics of leadership and gender dynamics.”

Founder and managing director of Voice At The Table, Rina Goldenberg Lynch said, “The Changing The Playing Field conference will be an exciting event for all our delegates who can expect a stimulating and insightful conversation from our fantastic speakers, including Pauline Crawford.”

Also speaking at the event is world-renowned yachtswoman Tracy Edwards MBE and expert performance consultant Danusia Malina Derben.

Event Details: Changing The Playing Field Conference, by Voice At The Table.

WHEN? Friday 8 July 2016, from 8.30AM

WHERE? Hogan Lovells LLP http://www.hoganlovells.com/, 50 Holborn Viaduct, London, EC1A 2FG.

Links:

Dr Pauline Crawford: http://www.corporateheart.co.uk

Gender Dynamics©: www.genderdynamicsdna.com

Voice At The Table: http://voiceatthetable.com/

Voice At The Table Flagship Conference Changing The Playing Field: http://voiceatthetable.com/events/voice-at-the-table-flagshi…

Voice At The Table Twitter: https://twitter.com/VoiceAtTheTable

Hogan Lovells LLP: http://www.hoganlovells.com/

Mother of 10 Transforms Corporate Dynamics

Dr Danusia Malina-Derben

Mother of 10 and top leadership consultant Dr Danusia Maline-Derben will be featuring as one of the key female speakers at the Changing The Playing Field Conference. The conference is being held by London’s leading diversity and inclusion consultancy, Voice At The Table tomorrow, Friday 8 July 2016, at Hogan Lovells LLP, London, EC1A 2FG.

The exciting conference is targeted at professional mid-career women and senior HR managers from city institutions including law firms, accountants and insurance companies. The conference will be looking at how women are changing the future of the corporate world and what they can do to ensure success.

As well as being a devoted mother to her 10 children, Danusia is a highly experienced and straight-talking top-leadership consultant who specialises in transforming C-suite executives into world-class leaders with unstoppable business prowess.

Danusia’s years of experience and work in leadership development and emergence has seen her deliver programmes that progress top talent across the boardroom. The one day Changing The Playing Field conference is an example of this, and Danusia will be one of the key note speakers at this event.

Balancing her global consultancy business at the same time as raising her family, including triplets of 3 years old, Danusia is an undisputed super-businesswoman and academic, having also published 30 international articles, addressed the Oxford Union and won funding to undertake ground-breaking business research.

She will be sharing her vision and advice on the unique strengths women and men can bring to leadership roles at this important and inspiring conference.

Speaking about the upcoming event, Danusia said, “It is so important to come together and talk about the ways in which we can harness our unique corporate strengths in productive and collaborative ways.

“I’m very excited and honoured to be a key note speaker at the Changing The Playing Field Conference and look forward to meeting, engaging with and learning from the inspiring delegates.”

Founder and managing director of event organiser, Voice At The Table, Rina Goldenberg Lynch said, “The Changing The Playing Field conference will be an exciting event for all our delegates who can expect some fantastic insights and a wealth of experience from our excellent speakers, including Dr Malina-Derben.

“The Conference is a great opportunity for professional mid-career women and senior HR managers from city institutions to learn about their personal leadership style, how to maximise input from a mixed gender, high performing team and how to become instruments of change in their companies.”

Also speaking at the event is world-renowned yachtswoman Tracy Edwards MBE and Dr Pauline Crawford.

Event Details: Changing The Playing Field Conference, by Voice At The Table.

WHEN? Friday 8 July 2016, from 8.30AM

WHERE? Hogan Lovells LLP, 50 Holborn Viaduct, London, EC1A 2FG.

Links:

Danusia Malina-Derben (http://danusiamalinaderben.com/).

Voice At The Table: http://voiceatthetable.com/

Voice At The Table Flagship Conference Changing The Playing Field: http://voiceatthetable.com/events/voice-at-the-table-flagshi…

Voice At The Table Twitter: https://twitter.com/VoiceAtTheTable