Nigel Clear is Commercial Director at Elsevier responsible for the growth and management of their global scientific conference business which has quadrupled in size during his stewardship. Nigel has over 30 years’ experience in publishing and events and has spent most of his career serving the information, finance and scientific sectors. He has a strong track record in launching new events and is passionate about the customer experience and how technology, underpinned by meaningful, data-driven insights, can augment this. A strong advocate of inclusion and diversity Clear has doubled the number of female speakers at Elsevier’s events over a three-year period, and has been instrumental in launching societally important events in areas that have been underserved, most recently the inaugural World Forum on Climate Justice.