Contributors Speakers Michael Acton SmithMind Candy CEO Dr Adam GalpinUniversity of Salford Senior Lecturer in Psychology Frances AdamsShine Group Creative Director Naomi AldermanWriter Dr Amanda GummerFundamentals MD David AmorRelentless Games Creative Director and Founder Ken Anderson August Media Holdings Executive Director & Chief Creative Officer Steven Andrew The Foundation Creative Director Farooq AnsariZodiak Active Cross-Platform Executive Abigail AppletonHead of Commissioning – BBC Learning Japhet AsherCBBC Executive Producer Sarah AspinallBT Head of Kids TV and Music Josh AtkinsMicrosoft Director of Game Design Azrul BaharomFuncel CEO Reg BaileyMothers' Union Chief Executive Tim BainWriter Andrew BakerRights TV Founder and Managing Director Dr Barbie ClarkeFamily Kids and Youth Managing Director Lynne Barcoe Mum Panel Owner Rachel BardillCBeebies Interactive Executive Producer Sarah BaynesThe Creative Garden Director Daniel BaysBBC Children's Producer Kay BenbowCBeebies Controller Ben BocqueletTurner Broadcasting Show Creator Doug Boyes2dB Music Production Creative Director Gemma BradyChannel 4 Education Editor Ian BroomeThe Workshop Communications Manager Louise BucknoleDisney Channels UK & Ireland Director of Programming Helen BulloughCBBC Head of Productions Mellie BuseAdastra Creative Ltd Owner Phillip CarrollSainsburys Book Buying Manager Ruth ChalmersFreelance Director/Writer Karen ChengBeijing UK Trade & Investment Officer Bay ClarkSherbert Research Associate Director Geoff ClarksonMuvizu Teacher Jo CliffPlatypus Research Managing Director Tony CollingwoodCollingwood & Co Writer/ Director John CollinsJohn Collins Consultancy Ltd Managing Director Tim Collins DC Thomson Head of Commercial Nick CookeTesco Category Manager Video Games Stuart CosgroveChannel 4 Director of Creative Diversity Jason DaPonteTHE SWARM Managing Director & Executive Producer John DavisonKanoti Creative Director Juliet DawsonJDPR Director Jo DawsonOrion Children’s Books Senior Brand Manager Nick DazéAuthor 'Roger Nix' Matt Deegan Fun Kids Radio Station Manager Genevieve DexterSerious Lunch Ltd Founder and CEO Laura DockrillAuthor, Poet, Performer Ian DouthwaiteDubit Ltd CEO Gary DowningMusic Sales Sync Specialist Stuart DredgeFreelance Journalist Colleen EcclesSanctuary Housing Association Project Director Jackie EdwardsCBeebies Executive Producer, Animations and Acquisitions Oliver EllisHoho Entertainment Joint MD Hunt EmersonThe Beano & Adaptations of Literature Comics Creator Ben FaulksActor and Writer Neil FordYoung Rewired State Project Leader Jill FranklinFranklin Rae Communications UK Founder Rebecca FrazerOrchard Books Editorial Director Charles GantHeat Magazine Film Editor Beth GardinerDisney Junior EMEA Vice President Dominic GardinerGardiner Entertainment Ltd Kids and Family Entertainment Consultant Mel GibsonNorthumbria University Senior Lecturer & Comics Scholar Tim GillIndependent Consultant & Writer Joe GodwinBBC Children's Director Dan GoodAbsolutely Cuckoo MD Mic Graves‘The Amazing World of Gumball’ Series Director Dominic GregoryTurner Broadcasting Creative Director CNE Enterprises EMEA Sara HarkinsCBBC Scotland Creative Director Dana Harrison Paradise FX Europe Managing Director Fergus HaycockInvestment Manager -Ingenious Media Investments Limited Glynn HaywardComplete Control Creative Director Bill HobbinsCBBC Creative Director Helen HowellsHoho Entertainment Joint MD Rachel HoyPlatypus Research Research Director Eric HuangPenguin Publishing Director James HugginsMade in Me Managing Director Tony HughesFocus Innovation Director Henrietta Hurford-JonesDirector of CBeebies Investment – BBC Worldwide Channels Oli HyattBlue Zoo Managing Director Professor Jackie MarshUniversity of Sheffield Head of the School of Education Will JewelFractured Films Screenwriter Jeff JonesDisney VP & GM Digital Games Katy Jones BBC Learning Executive Producer Kerry KasimMuvizu Marketing Jason Kroghzinc Roe Design Founder and Director Iris LapinskiApps For Good CEO Derren LawfordBBC Worldwide Head of Programming and Scheduling Billl LawrenceReel Solutions Executive Director Daniel LennardEMEA, Turner Broadcasting Vice President of Original Series & Development Alexander Lentjes 3-D Revolution Productions 3D Stereoscopic Consultant & Animation Producer Kevin LewisYoung Rewired State Participant Ian Livingstone OBEEidos Life President Lisa LoganGateley UK Partner Dr Lynn WhitakerAcademic Researcher Tamsin LyonsBreakThru Films Producer Debbie MacdonaldFreelance Consultant Billy MacqueenDarrall Macqueen Ltd Co-Director Amy MathiesonJet Set Films Helen McAleerWalker Books Ltd UK Managing Director Kevin McLeanTinkatolli Co-Founder Joanna McPakeUniversity of Strathclyde Reader in Education Jim MedwayThe Phoenix Educator & Comics Creator Lane MerrifieldDisney Online Studios Executive Vice President Jamila MetranCITV Programme Manager Anne MillerAccorder Music Creative Director Russell MillerThe Center for Intentional Media Managing Director Simon MilnerFacebook Policy Director Dominic MinnsPlug-in Media Creative Director Agnieszka MoodyMedia Desk UK Director Alex MooreZodiak Media Senior TV and Digital Development Producer Sarah MullerCBBC Head of Acquisitions and Drama Development Patrick NessAuthor Desmond Ngai MDec Malaysia Manager Alison NorringtonStorycentral CEO Sarah O'ConnorHot Key Books Editorial Director Joe OppenheimerBBC Films Executive Producer Chris O’SheaCowly Owl Founder Tim PattersonNickelodeon UK VP Katrina PhillipsChild Accident Prevention Trust Chief Executive Nigel PickardZodiak MEAA and UK Kids and Family CEO Lydia PlowmanUniversity of Edinburgh Professor of Education & Technology Julia PosenWalker Books Marketing Barry QuinnCBeebies Development Producer Anna RaffertyPenguin Digital MD Shazril RahmanMDeC Malaysia MAC3 Incubator Programme Paul RhodesWalker Head of Digital Mark RichesRadiowaves CEO and Co-Founder Ben RobertsLottery Film Fund, BFI Director Michael RoseMagic Light Pictures Co-Founder Richard RoweCartoon Network, CN Too, Boomerang, Cartoonito EMEA Director of Acquisitions & Original Series Barry RyanMarket Research Society Standards & Policy Manager Sophie SampsonFreelance Writer and Producer Reg Sanders3D Director and Stereographer Sander SchwartzFremantle Media President Josh SeligLittle Airplane Productions President & Founder Kath ShackletonProducer – Fettle Animation Mark SorrellSomethin’ Else Game Director Alison StewartBBC Head of CBeebies Production, Animation and Acquisitions Melanie StokesKindle Entertainment Co-Director Linda SullivanMedia and Digital Technology Director Siv SvanaesFamily Kids and Youth Chief Tablet Researcher Muriel ThomasFreelance Media Consultant Hayley Treacy PeplerCreative Director – Get on the Radio Tom TurcanRuncat Consulting Founder Juliet TzabarPlug-In Media CEO Joanna van der MeerBFI Family Learning Co-ordinator Tom Van WaverenCake Entertainment CEO and Creative Director Ewan VinnicombeCBeebies & CBBC Head of Presentation Russell WallDigital Media Consultant Alison WarnerTechnicolor VP Louise WebsterBeyondtheschoolrun.com Mummy Blogger and Founder Matt Whatley Complete Control Senior Designer Maurice WheelerDoCo Strategic Planning Director Debbie WicksYoung Rewired State Project Co-ordinator Phil WilliamsACB Writer Sioned Wyn RobertsS4C Content Commissioner Chen XiangnongCCTV Animation Producer Xiaoxuan YangBeijing TV KAKU Children’s Satellite Channel Vice Director Kok-yee YauIngenious Media Investments Limited Investment Manager Hosts/Moderators Julie AdairAdair Digital John BassettMusic For Kids Head of Children's Music Miles BulloughFreelance Media Consultant Peter CowleySpirited Digital Media CEO Jason DaPonteTHE SWARM Managing Director & Executive Producer Marion EdwardsHit Entertainment VP Production Geraint HardyStwnsh Presenter Paul JacksonEyeworks UK CEO David Jenkinson Editor-In-Chief & Managing DirectorC21 Media John KentFreelance Cross-Platform Producer Tom KenyonNesta Director of Education In a Digital Environment Programme Saira KhanTV Presenter David KleemanAmerican Center For Children and Media President Charles Kriel12 Stories Tall MD Mark LawsonJournalist and Broadcaster Nicholas LovellGamesbrief Founder Billy MacqueenDarrall Macqueen Ltd Co-Director Jeff NortonAwesome Writer/Producer Catherine O’DolanEditor-In-Chief – Junior Magazine Carlton ReevePlay With Learning Ltd Founder Paul RobinsonA Square Elxsi Entertainment President Adam SellyUnion Media Limited Founder Caellach SpellmanCBBC Actor/Presenter Jo TwistUKIE CEO Anthony UtleyMedia & Distribution Consultant Karl WoolleyImpossible Kids Managing Director Producers Julie AdairAdair Digital Shazia AliFreelance Qualitative Research Consultant Steven Andrew The Foundation Creative Director Stephanie BartonChildren’s Publishing Advisor Btisam BelolaInsight and Innovation Consultant Helen BrunsdonAnimation Producer and Consultant Lori CammCBeebies Senior Content Producer Victoria CokerCBBC Scotland Development Producer Tom CousinsCBeebies Assistant Producer Rebecca DentonExecutive Producer/Creative Olivia DickinsonFreelance Producer Oliver DyerSkew Studios Director Chris DymondDigital Innovation Specialist (and geek parent) Faye EllisThe British Museum and Youth Board Member Digital Learning Programmes Manager Claire FeganKanoti Business Development Manager Rebecca FoxAnimator and Storyteller Joe Friel Folder Media Content Co-ordinator Jonathan G Brown Lightworx Media Ltd Head of Production Alan GilbeyFreelance Screenwriter and Show Developer Ricard GrasSportradar Product Manager Paul GravettComica Festival & Escape Books Co-Director Kirsty GrayKids Industries Consultant Karen JohnsonTurmeric Media Ltd Executive Producer John KentFreelance Cross-Platform Producer Charles Kriel12 Stories Tall MD Dinah LammimanProducer/Director – Three Black Cats and PastPorte Louise LynchLibra Television MD Scott MartinCBBC Development Producer Jeff NortonAwesome Writer/Producer Becky PalmerBecky Palmer Media Freelance Digital Producer Martin PopeMagic Light Pictures Co-founder Julia PosenWalker Books Marketing Tony ReedCBeebies Executive Producer Adam SellyUnion Media Limited Founder Kath ShackletonProducer – Fettle Animation Paul ShuttleworthFreelance Executive Producer Ben SimpsonPlug In Media Producer Christopher SkalaGuinness World Records Senior Vice President Alexandra SwannFreelance Dr Anthony UtleyMedia & Distribution Consultant Executive Producers Sarah BaynesThe Creative Garden Director Sarah BaynesThe Creative Garden Director Jane BurtonTate Media Head of Content and Creative Director Marion EdwardsHit Entertainment VP Production Dominic GardinerGardiner Entertainment Ltd Kids and Family Entertainment Consultant Joss HastingsThe Walt Disney Company Vice President, Communications, Content and Media Estelle Hughes3Line Media Managing Director Matt LockeStorythings Founder and Managing Director Anthony LukomTurner Broadcasting Vice President and Managing Director Debbie MacdonaldFreelance Consultant Jamie MacDonaldFosse Games CEO/Co-Founder Helen McAleerWalker Books Ltd UK Managing Director Jamila MetranCITV Programme Manager Sue NottCBBC Drama Executive Producer Independents Vickie O'MalleyCPLG MD UK Entertainment Gary PopeKids Industries Director Neil RichardsThe Mustard Corporation Director Jon SpoonerUnlimited Theatre Creative Director Alison StewartBBC Head of CBeebies Production, Animation and Acquisitions Juliet TzabarPlug-In Media CEO Mark WilsonFreelance. Scriptwriter & Consultant Steve WynneRival Media Joint Managing Director Bloggers Christina Boonstra Sanjay d'Humières Jon Hancock Alison KimberleySalford University MA Digital Media Production Jayne KirkhamWriter Nina Koo-Seen-Linfreelance journalist Bhavit MehtaPublishing Industry Freelancer Ian PrinceFreelance Senior Producer and journalist Tom Webb