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Academic Venues
Meet the
atty Grant, marketing
and events officer,
British Society of
Echocardiography
tacy Thompson, head
of events, Knowledge
Transfer Network
(Innovate UK)
Stacy Thompson is the head of
events managing the KTN events
team which deliver events across all
sectors of the business. She has
responsibility for setting the events
strategy and enhancing the team’s
capability and function. The team
delivers over 400 events a year.
Prior to joining KTN in 2016, she
held senior events and marketing
roles within the financial services
sector, managing high performing
teams and client events. She studied
European Policy and Languages at
the University of Kent and spent a
period of time working in Brussels
monitoring and reporting on
European policy development.
Hatty Grant is the marketing and
events officer for the British Society
of Echocardiography, a small
association with just five members of
staff. In a team of one for events,
marketing and IT, she enjoys a busy
role and has spent 2019 planning
the launch of a new website and the
annual conference for 1,000 among
other things.
Grant studied International Events
Management at Brighton before
joining the Royal Society of Medicine
in 2015. After progressing to
assistant events team manager, she
moved to the BSE in 2018. Grant
was one of the Conference News’
CN30 under Thirty in 2017.
www.conference-news.co.uk
ntonia Mitsis,
senior events
manager, Bray
Leino Events
Antonia Mitsis is a senior event manager
at Bray Leino Events, an award-winning
creative agency with two distinct areas of
expertise, Live Events and Exhibitions.
Mitsis has worked across a wide range
of live event projects around the globe
and her clients include, the Department
for International Trade, National Cyber
Security Centre, UK Space Agency, HS2
and Academy Ambassadors. Working
with these clients, she has delivered a
range of events including pavilions,
exhibition stands, conferences,
networking events and receptions.
In 2018, Mitsis won the EN30 under
Thirty award, an award which recognises
young and talented individuals within the
events industry.