London 19 January 2009 – SES London, the leading global search marketing conference series announced today that a unique roundtable session will open proceedings on day two of the conference.

Brett Tabke, founder of WebmasterWorld, Rand Fishkin, founder of SEOmoz.com, Chris Sherman, Executive Editor, Search Engine Land, Jill Whalen, founder of HighRankings.com and Kevin Ryan, Chairman of the Search Engine Strategies Board of Advisors will, for the first time, join together for the Keynote Orion Panel, SEO, Where to Next?!, a special strategy session moderated by SES host, Mike Grehan, Global KDM Office at Acronym Media.

The all star line-up has collectively been responsible for generating £billions of business for some of the world’s most recognised brands through expert consultancy and creative digital marketing solutions. The Orion Panel on 18^th February will enable members of the audience to share issues and problems faced by their own businesses with practical advice provided by the best and most respected minds in search on how SEO will develop this year. It’s a not to be missed session for any businesses looking to build an effective marketing plan to maintain stability and growth through a tough year ahead.

Each member of the panel has been monitoring the flow of conversation in the SEO world for up to ten years and has heard opinions on everything from Black hat/White hat SEO, dynamic delivery, Flash, Google index updates and universal search.

Matt McGowan, Publisher of the conference series in addition to its sister sites ClickZ and Search Engine Watch said:  

“This panel has been brought together for the first time to give delegates the unique opportunity to seek business advice from the world’s most experienced experts in digital marketing. The key questions on everyone’s lips this year will undoubtedly be “where is SEO going? How will the market develop? And how can developments in SEO help my business?” The expert panel will discuss these issues, then throw the session over to the audience to help  individual cases with valuable and practical advice for their business.”

SES London is Europe’s leading event for education in online marketing and advertising, including Search (SEM/SEO). Marketers, consultants and industry leaders from the world’s leading businesses gather to review the very latest search engine marketing and optimisation techniques.

With more than 50 sessions and 60 expert speakers covering hundreds of topics on how Search Engine Marketing can grow your business, SES London is the definitive opportunity for delegates to learn most everything they need to know to help them maximize their business’s return on search engine marketing and optimisation. SES attracts the recognised leaders in search marketing providing the largest forum for delegates to communicate and network with expert practitioners.

SES London will feature a number of sessions designed to help marketers maximize success in a Web 2.0. Intermediate workshops and panel debates consider applications such as video, podcasts and blogs while more advanced marketers can attend sessions on search advertising tools and advanced paid search tactics.

With all sessions uniquely ranked according to content and degree of understanding, SES London is a crucial event for beginners as well as experienced search marketers who return year after year to keep up to-date with new innovations.  

The conference will be hosted by SEM expert Mike Grehan.