Lee Bryant is an on-line social communication specialist with a focus on knowledge development, and he has a strong belief in the empowering potential of the Internet. He has been playing with words and computers since the age of 10, and published his first code aged 11. Pre-Internet, he wrote and researched in the field of International Relations, working as a media consultant for the Bosnian government in London and Sarajevo during the war. In 1996, he co-founded one of the first successful online agencies to focus on building online knowledge communities, and also helped establish the social enterprise Brixton Online, a pioneering local online community in London. He is also on the Board of a new charity called Involve (www.involve.org.uk) that is exploring new forms of public participation, and the Foundation for Science Technology and Civilisation (www.fstc.co.uk) that runs the Muslim Heritage project. In 2002, Lee and his team founded a new company, Headshift, to focus on the emerging area of social software, and since then he has become a leading writer and practitioner in the field of augmented online social interaction, whilst working in close partnership with Headshift?s clients to create innovative online applications. Headshift is now at the forefront of the UK social software industry, and its clients and partners include leading law firms, international corporations, health care bodies, government agencies, NGOs and think tanks. He likes bridges.