Contributors

Michael Acton Smith

Mind Candy
CEO

Dr Adam Galpin

University of Salford
Senior Lecturer in Psychology

Frances Adams

Shine Group
Creative Director

Naomi Alderman

Writer

Dr Amanda Gummer

Fundamentals
MD

David Amor

Relentless Games
Creative Director and Founder

Ken Anderson

August Media Holdings
Executive Director & Chief Creative Officer

Steven Andrew

The Foundation
Creative Director

Farooq Ansari

Zodiak Active
Cross-Platform Executive

Abigail Appleton

Head of Commissioning – BBC Learning

Japhet Asher

CBBC
Executive Producer

Sarah Aspinall

BT
Head of Kids TV and Music

Josh Atkins

Microsoft
Director of Game Design

Azrul Baharom

Funcel
CEO

Reg Bailey

Mothers' Union
Chief Executive

Tim Bain

Writer

Andrew Baker

Rights TV
Founder and Managing Director

Dr Barbie Clarke

Family Kids and Youth
Managing Director

Lynne Barcoe

Mum Panel
Owner

Rachel Bardill

CBeebies Interactive
Executive Producer

Sarah Baynes

The Creative Garden
Director

Daniel Bays

BBC Children's
Producer

Kay Benbow

CBeebies
Controller

Ben Bocquelet

Turner Broadcasting
Show Creator

Doug Boyes

2dB Music Production
Creative Director

Gemma Brady

Channel 4 Education
Editor

Ian Broome

The Workshop
Communications Manager

Louise Bucknole

Disney Channels UK & Ireland
Director of Programming

Helen Bullough

CBBC
Head of Productions

Mellie Buse

Adastra Creative Ltd
Owner

Phillip Carroll

Sainsburys
Book Buying Manager

Ruth Chalmers

Freelance
Director/Writer

Karen Cheng

Beijing
UK Trade & Investment Officer

Bay Clark

Sherbert Research
Associate Director

Geoff Clarkson

Muvizu
Teacher

Jo Cliff

Platypus Research
Managing Director

Tony Collingwood

Collingwood & Co
Writer/ Director

John Collins

John Collins Consultancy Ltd
Managing Director

Tim Collins

DC Thomson
Head of Commercial

Nick Cooke

Tesco
Category Manager Video Games

Stuart Cosgrove

Channel 4
Director of Creative Diversity

Jason DaPonte

THE SWARM
Managing Director & Executive Producer

John Davison

Kanoti
Creative Director

Juliet Dawson

JDPR
Director

Jo Dawson

Orion Children’s Books
Senior Brand Manager

Nick Dazé

Author
'Roger Nix'

Matt Deegan

Fun Kids Radio
Station Manager

Genevieve Dexter

Serious Lunch Ltd
Founder and CEO

Laura Dockrill

Author, Poet, Performer

Ian Douthwaite

Dubit Ltd
CEO

Gary Downing

Music Sales
Sync Specialist

Stuart Dredge

Freelance
Journalist

Colleen Eccles

Sanctuary Housing Association
Project Director

Jackie Edwards

CBeebies
Executive Producer, Animations and Acquisitions

Oliver Ellis

Hoho Entertainment
Joint MD

Hunt Emerson

The Beano & Adaptations of Literature
Comics Creator

Ben Faulks

Actor and Writer

Neil Ford

Young Rewired State
Project Leader

Jill Franklin

Franklin Rae Communications UK
Founder

Rebecca Frazer

Orchard Books
Editorial Director

Charles Gant

Heat Magazine
Film Editor

Beth Gardiner

Disney Junior EMEA
Vice President

Dominic Gardiner

Gardiner Entertainment Ltd
Kids and Family Entertainment Consultant

Mel Gibson

Northumbria University
Senior Lecturer & Comics Scholar

Tim Gill

Independent Consultant & Writer

Joe Godwin

BBC Children's
Director

Dan Good

Absolutely Cuckoo
MD

Mic Graves

‘The Amazing World of Gumball’
Series Director

Dominic Gregory

Turner Broadcasting
Creative Director CNE Enterprises EMEA

Sara Harkins

CBBC Scotland
Creative Director

Dana Harrison

Paradise FX Europe
Managing Director

Fergus Haycock

Investment Manager -Ingenious Media Investments Limited

Glynn Hayward

Complete Control
Creative Director

Bill Hobbins

CBBC
Creative Director

Helen Howells

Hoho Entertainment
Joint MD

Rachel Hoy

Platypus Research
Research Director

Eric Huang

Penguin
Publishing Director

James Huggins

Made in Me
Managing Director

Tony Hughes

Focus Innovation
Director

Henrietta Hurford-Jones

Director of CBeebies Investment – BBC Worldwide Channels

Oli Hyatt

Blue Zoo
Managing Director

Professor Jackie Marsh

University of Sheffield
Head of the School of Education

Will Jewel

Fractured Films
Screenwriter

Jeff Jones

Disney
VP & GM Digital Games

Katy Jones

BBC Learning
Executive Producer

Kerry Kasim

Muvizu
Marketing

Jason Krogh

zinc Roe Design
Founder and Director

Iris Lapinski

Apps For Good
CEO

Derren Lawford

BBC Worldwide
Head of Programming and Scheduling

Billl Lawrence

Reel Solutions
Executive Director

Daniel Lennard

EMEA, Turner Broadcasting
Vice President of Original Series & Development

Alexander Lentjes

3-D Revolution Productions
3D Stereoscopic Consultant & Animation Producer

Kevin Lewis

Young Rewired State
Participant

Ian Livingstone OBE

Eidos
Life President

Lisa Logan

Gateley UK
Partner

Dr Lynn Whitaker

Academic Researcher

Tamsin Lyons

BreakThru Films
Producer

Debbie Macdonald

Freelance
Consultant

Billy Macqueen

Darrall Macqueen Ltd
Co-Director

Amy Mathieson

Jet Set Films

Helen McAleer

Walker Books Ltd
UK Managing Director

Kevin McLean

Tinkatolli
Co-Founder

Joanna McPake

University of Strathclyde
Reader in Education

Jim Medway

The Phoenix
Educator & Comics Creator

Lane Merrifield

Disney Online Studios
Executive Vice President

Jamila Metran

CITV
Programme Manager

Anne Miller

Accorder Music
Creative Director

Russell Miller

The Center for Intentional Media
Managing Director

Simon Milner

Facebook
Policy Director

Dominic Minns

Plug-in Media
Creative Director

Agnieszka Moody

Media Desk UK
Director

Alex Moore

Zodiak Media
Senior TV and Digital Development Producer

Sarah Muller

CBBC
Head of Acquisitions and Drama Development

Patrick Ness

Author

Desmond Ngai


MDec Malaysia
Manager

Alison Norrington

Storycentral
CEO

Sarah O'Connor

Hot Key Books
Editorial Director

Joe Oppenheimer

BBC Films
Executive Producer

Chris O’Shea

Cowly Owl
Founder

Tim Patterson

Nickelodeon UK
VP

Katrina Phillips

Child Accident Prevention Trust
Chief Executive

Nigel Pickard

Zodiak MEAA and UK Kids and Family
CEO

Lydia Plowman

University of Edinburgh
Professor of Education & Technology

Julia Posen

Walker Books
Marketing

Barry Quinn

CBeebies
Development Producer

Anna Rafferty

Penguin Digital
MD

Shazril Rahman

MDeC Malaysia
MAC3 Incubator Programme

Paul Rhodes

Walker
Head of Digital

Mark Riches

Radiowaves
CEO and Co-Founder

Ben Roberts

Lottery Film Fund, BFI
Director

Michael Rose

Magic Light Pictures
Co-Founder

Richard Rowe

Cartoon Network, CN Too, Boomerang, Cartoonito EMEA
Director of Acquisitions & Original Series

Barry Ryan

Market Research Society
Standards & Policy Manager

Sophie Sampson

Freelance
Writer and Producer

Reg Sanders

3D Director and Stereographer

Sander Schwartz

Fremantle Media
President

Josh Selig

Little Airplane Productions
President & Founder

Kath Shackleton

Producer – Fettle Animation

Mark Sorrell

Somethin’ Else
Game Director

Alison Stewart

BBC
Head of CBeebies Production, Animation and Acquisitions

Melanie Stokes

Kindle Entertainment
Co-Director

Linda Sullivan

Media and Digital Technology
Director

Siv Svanaes

Family Kids and Youth
Chief Tablet Researcher

Muriel Thomas

Freelance
Media Consultant

Hayley Treacy Pepler

Creative Director – Get on the Radio

Tom Turcan

Runcat Consulting
Founder

Juliet Tzabar

Plug-In Media
CEO

Joanna van der Meer

BFI
Family Learning Co-ordinator

Tom Van Waveren

Cake Entertainment
CEO and Creative Director

Ewan Vinnicombe

CBeebies & CBBC
Head of Presentation

Russell Wall

Digital Media Consultant

Alison Warner

Technicolor
VP

Louise Webster

Beyondtheschoolrun.com
Mummy Blogger and Founder

Matt Whatley

Complete Control
Senior Designer

Maurice Wheeler

DoCo
Strategic Planning Director

Debbie Wicks

Young Rewired State
Project Co-ordinator

Phil Williams

ACB
Writer

Sioned Wyn Roberts

S4C
Content Commissioner

Chen Xiangnong

CCTV Animation
Producer

Xiaoxuan Yang

Beijing TV KAKU Children’s Satellite Channel
Vice Director

Kok-yee Yau

Ingenious Media Investments Limited
Investment Manager

Julie Adair

Adair Digital

John Bassett

Music For Kids
Head of Children's Music

Miles Bullough

Freelance
Media Consultant

Peter Cowley

Spirited Digital Media
CEO

Jason DaPonte

THE SWARM
Managing Director & Executive Producer

Marion Edwards

Hit Entertainment
VP Production

Geraint Hardy

Stwnsh
Presenter

Paul Jackson

Eyeworks UK
CEO

David Jenkinson Editor-In-Chief & Managing Director

C21 Media

John Kent

Freelance
Cross-Platform Producer

Tom Kenyon

Nesta
Director of Education In a Digital Environment Programme

Saira Khan

TV Presenter

David Kleeman

American Center For Children and Media
President

Charles Kriel

12 Stories Tall
MD

Mark Lawson

Journalist and Broadcaster

Nicholas Lovell

Gamesbrief
Founder

Billy Macqueen

Darrall Macqueen Ltd
Co-Director

Jeff Norton

Awesome
Writer/Producer

Catherine O’Dolan

Editor-In-Chief – Junior Magazine

Carlton Reeve

Play With Learning Ltd
Founder

Paul Robinson

A Square Elxsi Entertainment
President

Adam Selly

Union Media Limited
Founder

Caellach Spellman

CBBC
Actor/Presenter

Jo Twist

UKIE
CEO

Anthony Utley

Media & Distribution Consultant

Karl Woolley

Impossible Kids
Managing Director

Julie Adair

Adair Digital

Shazia Ali

Freelance
Qualitative Research Consultant

Steven Andrew

The Foundation
Creative Director

Stephanie Barton

Children’s Publishing Advisor

Btisam Belola

Insight and Innovation Consultant

Helen Brunsdon

Animation Producer and Consultant

Lori Camm

CBeebies
Senior Content Producer

Victoria Coker

CBBC Scotland
Development Producer

Tom Cousins

CBeebies
Assistant Producer

Rebecca Denton

Executive Producer/Creative

Olivia Dickinson

Freelance
Producer

Oliver Dyer

Skew Studios
Director

Chris Dymond

Digital Innovation Specialist (and geek parent)

Faye Ellis

The British Museum and Youth Board Member
Digital Learning Programmes Manager

Claire Fegan

Kanoti
Business Development Manager

Rebecca Fox

Animator and Storyteller

Joe Friel

Folder Media
Content Co-ordinator

Jonathan G Brown

Lightworx Media Ltd
Head of Production

Alan Gilbey

Freelance
Screenwriter and Show Developer

Ricard Gras

Sportradar
Product Manager

Paul Gravett

Comica Festival & Escape Books
Co-Director

Kirsty Gray

Kids Industries
Consultant

Karen Johnson

Turmeric Media Ltd
Executive Producer

John Kent

Freelance
Cross-Platform Producer

Charles Kriel

12 Stories Tall
MD

Dinah Lammiman

Producer/Director – Three Black Cats and PastPorte

Louise Lynch

Libra Television
MD

Scott Martin

CBBC
Development Producer

Jeff Norton

Awesome
Writer/Producer

Becky Palmer

Becky Palmer Media
Freelance Digital Producer

Martin Pope

Magic Light Pictures
Co-founder

Julia Posen

Walker Books
Marketing

Tony Reed

CBeebies
Executive Producer

Adam Selly

Union Media Limited
Founder

Kath Shackleton

Producer – Fettle Animation

Paul Shuttleworth

Freelance
Executive Producer

Ben Simpson

Plug In Media
Producer

Christopher Skala

Guinness World Records
Senior Vice President

Alexandra Swann

Freelance
Dr

Anthony Utley

Media & Distribution Consultant

Sarah Baynes

The Creative Garden
Director

Sarah Baynes

The Creative Garden
Director

Jane Burton

Tate Media
Head of Content and Creative Director

Marion Edwards

Hit Entertainment
VP Production

Dominic Gardiner

Gardiner Entertainment Ltd
Kids and Family Entertainment Consultant

Joss Hastings

The Walt Disney Company
Vice President, Communications, Content and Media

Estelle Hughes

3Line Media
Managing Director

Matt Locke

Storythings
Founder and Managing Director

Anthony Lukom

Turner Broadcasting
Vice President and Managing Director

Debbie Macdonald

Freelance
Consultant

Jamie MacDonald

Fosse Games
CEO/Co-Founder

Helen McAleer

Walker Books Ltd
UK Managing Director

Jamila Metran

CITV
Programme Manager

Sue Nott

CBBC Drama
Executive Producer Independents

Vickie O'Malley

CPLG
MD UK Entertainment

Gary Pope

Kids Industries
Director

Neil Richards

The Mustard Corporation
Director

Jon Spooner

Unlimited Theatre
Creative Director

Alison Stewart

BBC
Head of CBeebies Production, Animation and Acquisitions

Juliet Tzabar

Plug-In Media
CEO

Mark Wilson

Freelance.
Scriptwriter & Consultant

Steve Wynne

Rival Media
Joint Managing Director

Christina Boonstra

Sanjay d'Humières

Jon Hancock

Alison Kimberley

Salford University
MA Digital Media Production

Jayne Kirkham

Writer

Nina Koo-Seen-Lin

freelance
journalist

Bhavit Mehta

Publishing Industry
Freelancer

Ian Prince

Freelance
Senior Producer and journalist

Tom Webb