John Helmer FLPI is a communications expert specialising in digital industries and emerging technologies, particularly in the fields of learning and education. His career includes many years working with and for organisations including Lumesse, Capita, Epic, LINE, Semantico, Towards Maturity, Ufi/learndirect, Kineo, Willow DNA, Learning Light and Futuremedia.

At Lumesse Learning he created and produced the influential Curve Magazine and Learning Lounge events. At LINE he helped to develop the vision of Learning Architectures and The New Learning Organisation. At Epic he edited more than forty white papers and pioneered Think Tanks Dinners to bring practitioners in e-learning together. At Academy Internet, he pioneered in digital marketing, helping to create and promote many training courses on using the internet for marketing and business.