Richard Smith is Managing Director and Co-founder of Excelerated Apps, the developers of award-winning event technology platform, UpD8r. Richard has worked in technology and social media since the late 1990’s, helping brands create ’social’ content before social media existed.  After moving into the event and experiential marketing space in 2008, he helped dozens of agencies and events create compelling experiences for their attendees, before founding Excelerated Apps in 2011.  Since then he has led the team behind the award-winning UpD8r platform, which has helped hundreds of events and agencies improve the experiences of millions of event attendees. Richard has shared his knowledge on how technology can help you to personalise the experience of your attendees, RFID technology and lots of practical examples and ideas.

To get in touch with Richard, go to exceleratedapps.com