Jon Burkhart

Award-winning keynote speaker, content strategist and copywriter energised by brands who get and keep attention in brave ways. Best known for co-authoring Newsjacking: The Urgent Genius of Realtime Advertising and co-founding Urgent Genius, the world's first blog dedicated to real-time creativity, in 2010. Employing a wildly different approach to inspiring clients, Jon invents interactive games to help you think clearly and make quickly. He brings the fun to the Cannes Lions and SEAT (Sports and Entertainment Alliance in Technology) festivals. He speaks regularly at South By Southwest Interactive (SXSW) and now serves on their programming committee. Few of the companies he has worked with over the years: Red Bull, AdidaS, Philips, GlaxoSmithKline, Sony, Heineken, BBC, Seat, Samsung, Fox Sreachlight Studios, SHell, Unilever, Sainsbury's, Cannes Lions.