News veteran John Simpson, the world affairs editor of the BBC, will head up an array of top speakers at refuel2003, a regional showcase of creative media and communication businesses to be held at The Royal Armouries in Leeds on Tuesday, November 18.

Also due to talk to exhibitors, many of them expected to be from York, will be Martin Wainwright, the Guardian's northern editor, branding guru and author Martin Lindstrom, and Miles Hilton-Barber, motivational development manager for the Royal National Institute For The Blind.

Updated: 09:19 Tuesday, November 04, 2003