2011 Speakers
Speakers and experts contributing to the 2012 Conference will be published from March 2012.
The speakers, moderators, workshop experts, session producers and the conference blogging team are all listed below.
- Julie Adair
- Director, Content Creation and Production
- Disney Online, EMEA
- Matt Adams
- Co-founder
- Blast Theory
- Dr. Naif A. Al-Mutawa
- CEO
- Teshkeel Media Group
- Neil Allan
- Development
- BBC Scotland
- Ken Anderson
- CEO and Creative Director
- Red Kite
- Steven Andrew
- Creative Director
- The Foundation
- Keith Arrowsmith
- Partner, Intellectual Property and Media
- Ralli Solicitors
- Beatriz Asúa
- Senior Trade & Investment Officer
- UK Trade and Investment, Madrid
- Mark Atkin
- Director
- Crossover Labs
- Andrew Baker
- MD
- rights.tv
- Mark Bamber
- CEO
- MiBuys
- Rachel Bardill
- Executive Producer Interactive
- CBeebies
- Stephanie Barton
- Consultant
- Sarah Baynes
- Director
- The Creative Garden
- Henry Becket
- Writer / Director
- Kirsty Bell
- Research and Insight Manager
- Yomego
- Katie Bell
- Commercial Director & Head of Star Doll TV
- Star Doll
- Btisam Belola
- Insight and Innovation Consultant
- Brew Collective
- Kay Benbow
- Controller CBeebies
- BBC
- Paul Bennun
- Chief Creative Officer
- Something Else
- Reeta Bhatiani
- Communications Director
- Egmont UK
- Julia Bond
- Editor, New Media
- BBC Scotland
- Christina Boonstra
- Writer
- Jonathan Boseley
- Vice President, Programming
- Disney Channels UK and Ireland
- Richard Bradley
- Managing Director
- Lion Television Ltd
- Will Brenton
- Director
- Wish Films
- Nick Brown
- CEO & Co-founder
- Crossplatform
- Charlotte Butterworth
- Group Managing Director – Qualitative
- SPA Future Thinking
- Fabiana Cabral
- Trade & Investment Adviser
- UKTI Buenos Aires
- Esra Cafer
- Global Vice President Brand Management and Marketing
- Chorion plc
- Triona Campbell
- Producer
- BeActive
- Lisa Campbell
- Editor
- Broadcast
- Andrew Carley
- Head of Global Licensing
- eOne
- Michael Carrington
- Chief Content Officer, EMEA
- Turner Broadcasting
- Nia Ceidiog
- Managing Director/Producer
- CEIDIOG, Cyf
- Judith Chan
- Senior Business Development Manager, Media Banking
- Coutts
- James Charlton
- The Advertising Association
- Aggy Chen
- Senior Trade & Investment Officer
- British Consulate General Chongqing
- Greg Childs
- Editorial Director
- The Children's Media Conference
- Ayesha Chowdhury
- BBC Children's Interactive Producer
- CBeebies
- Sam Clark
- MD
- Conjure
- Barbie Clarke
- Managing Director
- Family Kids and Youth
- Kaila Colbin
- Chief Marketing Officer
- MiniMonos.com
- Sean Coleman
- Executive Producer
- Red Kingdom
- Tony Collingwood
- Writer / Director
- Collingwood O'Hare Entertainment
- Alex Cook
- Regional Programmer
- BAFTA
- Matt Costello
- Writer/producer
- Sheila De Courcy
- Commissioning Editor, Young People’s Programmes
- RTÉ
- Tom Cousins
- Assistant Producer
- BBC Children's
- Sarah Cox
- Director
- Tate Movie Project
- Sanjay d'Humieres
- MA Media Management Student
- University of Westminster
- Jason DaPonte
- MD
- The Swarm
- Bryony Darboe
- Online Producer
- Novel Entertainment
- Jonathan Davenport
- Head Of Digital
- Hat Trick
- Pete Davies
- Founding Director
- Dream Machine Media
- Máire Messenger Davies
- Emerita Professor of Media Studies
- University of Ulster
- John Davison
- Co-founder and Creative Director
- Kanoti
- Sophie DeBodisco
- Senior Trade Advisor
- UK Trade and Investment, Paris
- Rebecca Denton
- Senior Producer, Cross Platform Development
- Turner Broadcasting
- Shari Donnenfeld
- Consultant
- Shari Donnenfeld Consulting
- Ian Douthwaite
- CEO
- Dubit
- Lisa Edwards
- Publishing & Commercial Director
- Scholastic Children’s Books
- Jackie Edwards
- Content and Acquisitions Manager, CBeebies
- BBC Children's
- Marion Edwards
- VP of Current Programming
- HIT Entertainment
- Oliver Ellis
- Joint Managing Director
- Hoho Entertainment
- Gill Evans
- Fiction Publisher
- Walker Books
- Benedict Evans
- Interactive Producer
- Freelance
- Lucy Fawcett
- Writers' agent
- Sheil Land and Associates
- Scott Fletcher
- Head of Interactive
- Play Nicely
- Liam Ford
- Social Media Strategist
- Dream Machine Media
- Neal Foster
- The Birmingham Stage Company
- Claudio Franco
- Head of Gaming
- Dubit Research
- Marnie Freeman
- Director
- Sherbet Research
- Beth Gardiner
- Vice President, Development and Programming
- Disney Junior
- Kelvyn Gardner
- MD
- LIMA UK
- Darren Garrett
- Creative Director and Owner
- Littleloud
- Alan Gilbey
- Writer, show developer and script consultant
- Freelance
- Claire Gillies
- Development
- BBC Scotland
- Joe Godwin
- Director
- BBC Children’s
- Marc Goodchild
- Consultant
- Freelance
- Matt Gould
- Producer and consultant
- Jon Gower
- Research Director
- Kids Industries
- Jon Hancock
- Producer
- CBeebies Production
- Jacqueline Harding
- Director
- Tomorrow’s Child
- Glynn Hayward
- Creative Director
- Complete Control
- Jules Heaton
- VP Global Brand Management
- HIT Entertainment
- Karen Heldoorn
- Head of Client Services, Aardman Digital
- Aardman Animations
- Steve Hocking
- Media Consultant
- Freelance
- Karen Holden
- International Trade Adviser
- UK Trade and Investment
- Richard Hollis
- Head of UK Licensing
- BBC Worldwide
- Anna Home
- Chair
- The Children’s Media Conference
- Deborah Hooper
- Consultant
- Deborah Hooper Consulting
- Helen Howells
- Joint Managing Director
- HoHo Entertainment
- Eric Huang
- Publishing Director
- Penguin Children's Media & Entertainment division
- Estelle Hughes
- Managing Director
- 3Line Media
- Catherine Hunter
- Research Director
- SPA Future Thinking
- Henrietta Hurford-Jones
- Director of CBeebies Investment
- BBC Worldwide Channels
- Oli Hyatt
- Creative Director
- Blue Zoo Productions
- Vicky Ireland
- Co-Artisitic Director
- A Thousand Cranes Theatre
- Sharna Jackson
- Editor
- Tate Kids
- Olivier Jalabert
- Business Development Director
- Ankama
- Chris Jarvis
- Presenter / Actor
- Paul Johnson
- Co-founder
- Agora Media Innovation
- Nicki Karet
- Managing Director
- Sherbert Research
- Richard Kastelein
- CEO
- Agora Media Innovation
- Damian Kavanagh
- Controller CBBC
- BBC
- John Kent
- Executive Producer, Interactive, CBeebies
- BBC Children's
- Firdaus Kharas
- Chairman
- Chocolate Moose Media
- Steven Kim
- Team Director, Global Business Department
- Korea Creative Content Agency (KOCCA)
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- Jayne Kirkham
- Writer/Producer
- Brown & Sticky Productions
- David Kleeman
- President
- American Center for Children and Media
- Tatiana Kober
- President
- Bejuba Entertainment
- Kirsty Koch
- Associate Director
- Spa Future Thinking
- Nina Koo-Seen-Lin
- Academic and writer
- Charles Kriel
- Producer/Strategist
- Bite Studio
- Dinah Lammiman
- Broadcast Journalist and Producer
- Three Black Cats Ltd
- Tamara Littleton
- CEO
- eModeration
- Claudia Lloyd
- Head of Animation and Children’s
- Tiger Aspect
- Matt Locke
- Consultant
- Storythings
- Rhiannon Looseley
- Online Learning Manager
- Museum of London
- Gerard Lucas
- Director
- RSM Tenon
- Louise Lynch
- MD
- Libra Television
- Zhiyuan Ma
- Deputy Director, Programme Department
- CCTV-KIDS
- Fiona Macmillan
- Publisher Colour & Licensing
- Random House Children’s Books & Random House Screen Entertainment
- Billy MacQueen
- Co-founder
- Darrall Macqueen Ltd
- Lester Madden
- Director
- Augmented Planet
- Adam May
- Co-Director
- Vision 3
- Helen McAleer
- UK Managing Director
- Walker Books Ltd
- Joanna McPake
- Reader in Education
- University of Strathclyde
- Hamish McPharlin
- Director of Research
- Decipher Consultancy Ltd
- Jamila Metran
- Programme Manager
- CITV
- Adrian Mills
- Chief Adviser, Children’s and Learning
- BBC
- Purni Morell
- Artistic Director Designate
- Unicorn Theatre
- Francesca Morosi
- Researcher and writer
- John Morris
- Senior Vice President, Sales & Coproduction
- Cookie Jar Entertainment
- Keith Moses
- International Trade Adviser
- UK Trade and INvestment
- Lucy Murphy
- Development Executive
- Freelance
- Steve Mushkin
- Founder/CEO
- Latitude
- Howard Myers
- Joint Managing Director
- Rival Media
- Jeff Norton
- Writer / Producer
- Awesome
- Sue Nott
- Executive Producer Independents
- CBBC Drama
- Vickie O'Malley
- MD
- UK Entertainment, CPLG
- Celine Ong
- Trade and Investment Manager
- UKTI Singapore
- Becky Palmer
- Senior Digital Consultant
- Freelance
- Cecilia Persson
- Vice President of Acquisitions and Co-productions, EMEA
- Turner Broadcasting
- Luigi Petito
- MD
- Business Solutions Europa
- Ed Petrie
- Presenter
- CBBC
- Lydia Plowman
- Professor of Education
- University of Stirling
- Fran Plowright
- Producer
- Gary Pope
- Director
- Kids Industries
- Richard Powell
- Vice Consul, Creative & Digital Media
- UK Trade & Investment USA (Tri-State region)
- Ian Prince
- Producer and journalist
- Freelance
- David Prudames
- Senior Contect Commisioner
- The British Museum Web Team
- Theresa Reed
- 3Line Media
- John Rice
- CEO
- Jam Media
- Mike Richards
- Head of Marketing
- Egmont Press
- Neil Richards
- Director
- The Mustard Corporation
- Jamie Rix
- Author, screenwriter and producer
- Freelance
- Paul Robinson
- CEO
- KidsCo
- Peter Robinson
- Dubit
- Michael Rose
- Producer and Co-Founder
- Magic Light Pictures
- Chris Rose
- Vice President, Programming & Development
- HIT Entertainment Ltd.
- Orion Ross
- Vice President, Original Series
- Disney Channels EMEA
- Neela Sakaria
- Senior Vice President
- Latitude
- Naomi Sakr
- Professor of Media Policy (CAMRI)
- University of Westminister
- Graham Saltmarsh
- Licensing Director
- Turner CN Enterprises
- Kiaran Saunders
- VP, Commercial Director
- Nickelodeon UK & Ireland
- Julian Scott
- Julian Scott Associates Ltd & BAFTA Kids Committee
- Cynthia Madanat Sharaiha
- Managing Director / Creative Director
- Dana Production Company
- Barry Sheridan
- Art Manager
- Muvizu
- Christopher Skala
- Senior Vice President, Programming & TV Sales
- Guinness World Records
- Michael Acton Smith
- CEO
- Mind Candy
- Michael De Souza
- Co-Creator
- Rastamouse
- Elaine Sperber
- Head of Family and Children’s Drama
- Zodiak Media / The Foundation
- Jon Spooner
- Creative Director
- Unlimited
- David Squire
- Founder/Creative Director
- DESQ
- Jeanette Steemers
- Professor of Media and Communications,
- (CAMRI) University of Westminster
- Alison Stewart
- Head of Production, Animation and Acquisitions
- CBeebies
- Owen Stickler
- Managing Director
- Dinamo Productions
- Rory Sutherland
- Executive Creative Director
- OgilvyOne
- Alice Taylor
- Founder
- Makieworld.com
- Emma Tennant
- Controller of Digital Channels
- ITV
- Muriel Thomas
- Head of International Sales & Co-production
- Entertainment One
- Delyth Thomas
- Director
- Guy Tomlinson
- Managing Director and Consultant
- The Marketing Directors
- Jo Twist
- Director
- UKIE
- Juliet Tzabar
- Production Director
- Plug-in Media
- Anthony Utley
- Freelance
- Janey Walker
- Content Board member
- Ofcom
- Colin Ward
- Media Writer/Director/Producer
- Freelance
- Tom Van Waveren
- CEO & Creative Director
- CAKE
- Genevieve Webster
- Co-Creator
- Rastamouse
- Maurice Wheeler
- Co-Founder and Planning Director
- Digital Outlook
- Lucinda Whiteley
- Producer / Writer
- Novel Entertainment
- Marc Williamson
- Production Manager
- Tag Games
- Kate Wilson
- MD
- Nosy Crow Publishing
- Jen Wood
- General Manager
- Edinburgh International Science Festival
- Karl Woolley
- Managing Director
- Impossible Kids
- Yan Zhang
- Trade & Investment Officer
- UK Trade and Investment, British Embassy Beijing
