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Conference speakers

  • Sophie Lee

    2026

    Sophie Lee is a founder, strategist, and storyteller who’s spent over 14 years helping some of the world’s biggest brands cut through the noise, including Disney, Universal, The UN and more. Today, she runs Electric Peach, a decentralised brand and marketing agency blending strategy, story, and psychology to help purpose-led businesses become unignorable. Sophie’s work sits at the intersection of communication, behaviour, and impact. As an NCTJ-qualified journalist, she built her career on understanding why people pay attention and how stories shape behaviour. As an entrepreneur, she’s grown Electric Peach from a solo venture into a multi-faceted business spanning consultancy, communications training, brand and website development, and high-level visibility strategy for founders. Her entrepreneurial journey hasn’t been linear. Sophie speaks openly about burnout, rebuilding, the realities of running a values-led company, and the power of self-expression as a business strategy. At TubeFest, Sophie brings a refreshingly honest take on building a standout business in a saturated world: how to use storytelling to drive sales, how to become impossible to ignore without burning out, and why your voice is your most underused business asset.

  • Simon Pittman

    2026

    Simon Pittman is a tech & productivity creator and founder of Better Creating: a brand he grew into a consistent 6-figure content and digital product business alongside his other life as a theatre director and choreographer. Better Creating has now grown into a full-time with a small team creating Youtube videos with a focus well designed tech, and productive tools and strategies that can help people better leverage their energy to create the life and business. they want. Simon is also Notion Ambassador and leading template creator. His AgentOS, LifeOS and BusinessOS template are helping creators, founders and entrepreneurs leverage AI, Notion Agents & custom Notion workspaces to simplify their busy work, and better leverage the right tools to streamline their business. https://youtube.com/@BetterCreating https://www.bettercreating.com/

  • Richard Moore

    2026

    Richard Moore has always been at the forefront of the sales industry, with a clear focus on conversion strategies. As a renowned coach and consultant, he's the go-to for businesses and individuals who want to make the most of the platform. He's a sought-after speaker haven spoken at worked with various global leading organisations at events, webinars, and seminars, shedding light on LinkedIn's hidden potentials. Beyond this, Richard has been a pivotal figure in building LinkedIn strategies, notably building his well-known LinkedIn Client Accelerator.

  • Adrian Salisbury

    2026

    Adrian Salisbury helps educators and creators look professional on camera. He has worked with hundreds of clients, transforming how they show up on video, often from small home offices, without studios or production teams. Over the past decade, Adrian has published over 600 videos on YouTube and grown an audience of more than 128,000 subscribers, using video as his primary way to build trust, credibility, and opportunity. His work has led to collaborations with leading platforms and brands. Adrian focuses on trust, authority, and the visual first impressions that influence how audiences perceive you before you say a single word.

  • Charles Kerr

    2026

    Senior Strategic Partnership Manager

    YouTube

    As a leading expert in the creator economy, Charles Kerr focuses on helping creators grow, thrive and build scalable creator businesses. As the Gaming, Sports, and Podcasts Lead at YouTube UKI, he architects the business strategies for many of the platform's largest creators. Charles specializes in accelerating their growth by unlocking product knowledge, offering opportunities and bridging the gap between creators and corporations, helping them build sustainable companies and powerful personal brands.

  • Sam Deville

    2026

    Sam Deville is the founder of Sam Deville Pilates, a hybrid studio and subscription-based digital platform built from a highly engaged niche audience rather than mass reach. After years of running a successful service-based business, Sam reached the limits of time, energy, and scale — and realised that social media alone was not a business model. Rather than following the typical creator playbook, she chose to question it. With just over 20,000 followers on Instagram, Sam has scaled her expertise into a sustainable, multi-revenue business combining in-person experiences and digital subscriptions. She uses social platforms for visibility and audience discovery, while building the actual business off-platform. Sam offers insight into the often-overlooked middle stage of growth — the period after initial setup but before rapid scale — where many creators stall, copy the crowd, or chase tactics that don’t serve their business. She is known for questioning assumptions and prioritising clarity and long-term thinking over trend-chasing.

  • Lara Acosta

    2026

    Lara Acosta is a London-based entrepreneur, Forbes-featured creator, and personal brand strategist who founded LA Digital, a personal branding marketing agency, while completing her Master's degree. She is a two-time founder, having also built Literally Academy, a seven-figure e-learning business that has helped over 1,000 students build and monetise their personal brands without paid ads or complicated funnels. Ranked the #1 female creator on LinkedIn worldwide and recognised as one of the platform's top 100 global creators, Lara has amassed hundreds of thousands of followers and millions of views by teaching entrepreneurs, creators, and CEOs how to turn content into revenue using systems that blend content, psychology, and positioning. She is also co-founder of Kleo and an investor in Neutonic, and has been invited to speak at global conferences including Semrush's Spotlight and creator summits worldwide.

  • Nic Redman

    2026

    Nic Redman is a voice coach & director who helps creators sound confident, clear & natural on camera. With over 20 years’ experience in voiceover, podcasting and content creation, she teaches practical techniques that reduce retakes, improve delivery and make content more engaging, so that creators can show up feeling good and connect more easily with their audience. Nic has coached talent from Netflix, Peloton and Channel 4, hosts the award-nominated Voice Coach Podcast and is the author of On The Mic.

  • Washington Ali

    20252026

    Washington Ali is an award-winning confidence coach and speaker. He is the leader of the Confidence Tour, a nationwide series of one-day transformational experiences that are shifting lives across the UK, proving that confidence isn’t something you’re born with, it’s something you can embody. Recognised as Transformational Life Coach of the Year, Washington is known for his raw storytelling and powerful stage presence. His mission is simple but uncompromising: to call people out of mediocrity and into their GREATNESS. Through his Key Notes, Alongside The Confidence Tour, Public Speaking and 1-1 coaching, Washington has helped over 20,000 people dissolve self-doubt, heal strained relationships, grow businesses, and step into leadership with clarity and boldness. Whether in a room of 20 or an auditorium of 2,000, his message is the same: life is a creation, and each moment is a choice.

  • Kaelyn Apple

    2026

    Kaelyn is a Ph.D. Candidate at Yale University who began sharing her experiences as a non-traditional academic online in 2019. In addition to sharing weekly vlogs and informative content intended to inform non-traditional students on how best to navigate academia and independent research, she has formed an online community called Accepted Society which contains a recurring membership of over 800 students worldwide. With the ethos that education should be accessible to all, she intends to offer trainings and resources for academic educators and students on how to build online brands and communities.

  • Giles Campbell Longley

    2026

    Operations & Business Manager at STORROR, the UK's leading parkour creator brand. With a 20-year career stemming from the parkour world, I now sit at the centre of STORROR's business operations spanning YouTube, e-commerce, membership & live events. I oversee the systems, strategy, and infrastructure that keep a creator-led business running at scale.

  • Robin Waite

    20242026

    Robin Waite is a business coach, bestselling author, and founder of Fearless, a coaching community built for coaches, consultants, and freelancers who are brilliant at what they do but chronically undercharging for it. He's the author of Online Business Startup, Take Your Shot, Marketing Machine, and his latest, Fearless Pricing (Practical Inspiration Publishing), books that between them have sold tens of thousands of copies and earned over 800 reviews on Amazon alone. His frameworks are practical, direct, and built on one core belief: most business owners don't have a skill problem, they have a pricing problem. Robin's work has caught the attention of some of the biggest names in the creator and entrepreneurship space. He's collaborated with Ali Abdaal, Nischa, Simon Squibb, Chris Do, and Daniel Priestley, bringing his no-nonsense approach to pricing and business strategy to audiences of millions. On stage, Robin does what he does in his books and coaching: cuts through the noise, challenges the hustle-culture myth, and gives people a genuine perspective shift on what a well-built business actually looks like.

  • Dan Considine

    2026

    Strategic Partnerships Lead at TikTok LIVE. Currently building the UK's LIVE agency ecosystem, developing partnerships with creators and entrepreneurs to land new agency partnerships that support creators in monetising their live content, from strategy and community infrastructure through to day-to-day operations. I am passionate about the infrastructure powering the creator economy and how getting that right unlocks real, sustainable income for creators and entrepreneurs at scale.

  • Rob Balasabas

    2026

    Rob Balasabas is the Head of Creator Partnerships & Community at Uscreen, where he leads initiatives across sponsorships, influencer and agency relations, customer advocacy, and the company’s growing Membership+ Community. A creator at heart, Rob has over 1 million views on his YouTube channel, where he shares tutorials, live streams, and behind-the-scenes insights into the creator economy. He also hosts The Upload podcast, diving deep into the business of content creation. Rob is an advocate for digital creators and regularly speaks at conferences on membership strategies, monetization, and building sustainable income streams online. Based in Vancouver, he blends industry expertise with first-hand creator experience—always with a focus on helping creators thrive on and off the platform.

  • Mirela Sula

    2026

    Mirela Sula is an internationally recognized journalist, bestselling author, TEDx speaker, and one of the leading voices in women’s empowerment worldwide. With a background in psychology and more than two decades of experience in media and education, Mirela has built a powerful global legacy through her transformative initiatives and inspirational leadership. She is the CEO and Founder of Global Woman Magazine and the Global Woman Club, a thriving international platform connecting and empowering more than 30,000 female founders across the world. Recently appointed as a Goodwill Ambassador for the United Nations – IOM, Mirela continues to champion women’s leadership, global impact, and social change on an international level. Mirela is the owner of five magazines, the author of 15 books, and the leader of 40 Global Woman Club chapters worldwide. She has organized more than 500 events, including the prestigious Global Woman Summit and the Global Woman Awards. She has spoken on over 300 stages globally, reaching more than one million people with her message of empowerment, resilience, and purpose. Mirela has received numerous international honors, including: The Inspirational Award for Women in Human Rights The Best Inspirational Influencer Award The Universum Donna Award from Switzerland Businesswoman of the Year Award The Icon Award 2023, among top UK celebrities And the Peace Award on the United Nations International Day of Peace Her work has been featured on major media platforms including BBC Radio 4 Woman’s Hour, Sky TV, London Live TV, and in publications such as Forbes, The Guardian, and The Sun. Her bestselling self-help book, Don’t Let Your Mind Go, has been published internationally, including in America and Turkey. With a powerful presence across social media platforms, Mirela now inspires a global audience of nearly one million followers, continuing to shape conversations around leadership, mindset, and women’s success worldwide.

  • Katie Fawkes

    2026

    Katie Fawkes is the Director of Marketing at Ecamm, a leading live streaming and video production software for Mac users. With a background in content strategy, podcasting, and community building, Katie is passionate about helping creators confidently show up on camera and grow their brands through video. She's the co-host of The Flow and The VHS Club video podcasts, hosts multiple live video series, and speaks regularly at industry events on topics like one-take video, camera confidence, and creator marketing.

  • Baiju Solanki

    20252026

    Performance Psychologist & Entrepreneur

    EnSpirit Global Ltd

    Baiju Solanki is a pioneering leader in combining psychology and entrepreneurship. As Founder of EnSpirit Global Ltd and EnSpirit Technologies Ltd, he helps leaders unlock potential and achieve peak performance. An award-winning businessman, former Businessman of the Year, and TEDx speaker.

  • Emma Jackson

    2026

    Emma Jackson is a Senior Manager of Product Marketing at HighLevel, where she leads a data-driven, creative team responsible for go-to-market strategy, messaging, and positioning across the platform. Her team is deeply focused on understanding the voice of the customer and translating those insights into clear, impactful product stories to ensure HighLevel delivers real, measurable value for businesses at every stage of growth.

Workshop speakers

  • Lucy McCarraher

    2026

    Lucy McCarraher MBE is an author, speaker and multi-award-winning entrepreneur. She is the CEO of Book Magic AI and Publisher of Forbes Books UK. She founded the Business Book Awards and was awarded a Member of the Order of the British Empire (MBE) in the King’s New Year’s Honours List 2026 for her services to publishing and diversity. Lucy is the UK’s most experienced business book mentor and has guided 1,000+ entrepreneurs through planning and writing their books - the human experience behind the Book Magic AI process. She facilitates masterminds for women entrepreneurs and her awards include a Stevie Award, a Great British Businesswoman Award, a NatWest Women in Business commendation and Great British Entrepreneur AI Entrepreneur of the Year. Lucy hosts The Phoenix Conversations podcast and co-hosts the Forbes Books podcast. Her best-selling books include 'A Book of One's Own' and 'Book Magic'. Lucy started her first publishing company while she was still at university and has worked in publishing and the media ever since. She has been a magazine editor and journalist; TV presenter, developer and script writer; work-life balance expert; and has a post-graduate diploma in teaching Creative Writing and Literacy.

  • Jonathan Farrar

    2026

    Jonathan Farrar is the founder of Pixebyte, a digital product studio that helps creators and experts turn their ideas, content and IP into SaaS products and predictable revenue. Jonathan is behind award winning products like BookMagic.ai, which helps creators turn their expertise and content into client-winning books, Wowment, Social Pitch, Syncity AI, Manual Magic and many more. He’s also the author of the upcoming book Monetised, which about turning intellectual property into software.

  • Joe Gregory

    2026

    Joe Gregory (https://www.linkedin.com/in/joegregoryuk) is an entrepreneur, publisher, and marketing strategist who turns expertise into influence, authority, and income through books. Over the past two decades he has published more than 1,000 books and worked with hundreds of entrepreneurs, founders, and experts, guiding them to transform their ideas into assets that build credibility, attract clients, and generate measurable business growth. He founded his first publishing company in 2006 before launching Rethink Press with Lucy McCarraher in 2011, which became part of Advantage | The Authority Company (home to Entrepreneur Books and Forbes Books) in 2025. His experience spans traditional, hybrid, and self-publishing as well as direct-response marketing, giving him a rare end-to-end understanding of how to make books pay. Joe is a multiple bestselling author of several marketing and publishing titles, including The Wealthy Author, The Amazon Bestseller Plan, and Write Your Book Without the Fuss. He is co-author of the upcoming second edition of Book The Business (with Dan Kennedy and Adam Witty). He is also the creator of Make Your Book Pay and devised the card-based planning system behind BookMagic AI. Known for blending publishing strategy with marketing impact, Joe believes nothing sells you like a book.