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Digital event guru Herb Kim eager to attend new WIRED event

September 29, 2011 in News Roundup

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Herb Kim at the Thinking Digital Conference 2011 last May.

North East’s flagship tech conference creator Herb Kim expects the new WIRED event to really make its mark on the European tech calendar.

“WIRED Magazine is already hugely popular for people in the IT and digital industries”, he told NMM.

“A conference will allow them bring to life some of the amazing stories that we read about every month. I think it’ll be a hugely important new conference in the European tech calendar.”

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Codeworks boss named in MediaGuardian's power list

July 14, 2010 in News Roundup

herbkim (1)Herb Kim, Codeworks’ chief executive, has been recognised as one of the country’s 100 most influential media people.

As a new entry to the annual list at number 83, Kim ranked higher than The Independent’s editor in chief Simon Kelner as well as BBC North director Peter Salmon.

Kim was described as an inspirational and pivotal figure in the UK technology scene outside of London.

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