There’s a moment in planning a conference when the team get together and brainstorm on the location, the dates, the theme and who would be a good speakers. Early on the process Michael Bierut’s name came up and everyone agreed that it would be great to ask him to speak. Then the plans for the conference came together and Michael’s name was always attached to the idea of TYPO London 2011 “Places”. Eventually the invites to speakers went out and it occurred to me that there was a possibility Michael could decline the invitation.

Erik Spiekermann is a regular performer on the TYPO stage and the TYPO team is delighted to announce that Erik will head up our team of Conference moderators at TYPO London 2011 “Places”.