Speakers Speakers Gabriela AcostaCluster Mexicano de Animacion CLUMA President and CEO Suzie AdamsNickelodeon UK Digital Director Gbone AdjeneDisney Junior, The Walt Disney Company UK and EMEA Franchise Director Valerie AmesKindle Entertainment Director of Production Laverne AntrobusConsultant Child and Educational Psychologist Abhi AryaSandbox Partner & Co-Founder Reg BaileyMothers' Union Chief Executive Zia BalesTurner Broadcasting Acquisitions Manager Kids’ Channels EMEA Karen BallLittle Brown, Young Reader & Atom Publisher Kirsty BellNyman Libson Paul Partner Kay BenbowCBeebies Controller Kay BenbowCBeebies Controller Dan BerlinkaWriter/Producer/Director Greg BoardmanThe Rastamouse Company Ltd Producer Susan BolsoverPenguin Random House Head of Licensing and Consumer Products Kathryn BoxTate Kids Producer Liz BrionGrant Thornton Head of Media Tax Erika BrodnockKarisma Kidz CEO Anne BroganKindle Entertainment Director Jenny BucklandAustralia Children’s Television Foundation CEO Louise BucknoleDisney Channels UK & Ireland Director of Programming Andrew BurrellCBBC Series Script Editor/Producer Amy BuscombeCBBC Script Editor, Drama, Independents Mellie BuseAdastra Development Ltd Executive Producer Lindy CameronMove on Up Producer Margaret CameronBBC Alba Channel Editor Joanne CarmichaelBeach Fragments Content Creator/Artist/Writer Eryk CasemiroZodak Kids Studio Chief Creative Officer Amandine CassiReed MIDEM, Entertainment Division Executive Producer MIP Conferences (Drama, Doc & Factual, Junior) Judith ChanCoutts & Co Executive Director, Media Banking Office Helen CharalambousTurner Broadcasting Programming Manager Kids’ Channels UK Tim ClagueNelson Nutmeg Pictures Co-director/writer Dr Barbie ClarkeFamily Kids & Youth Managing Director Joanne CliffPlatypus Research Managing Director Guilherme CoelhoØ1 Digital CEO / Co-founder Tony CollingwoodCollingwood & Co Writer/Director Dylan CollinsSuperAwesome CEO John ConlonVIMN UK, Australia & Eastern Europe VP, Research Mick CookeToo Many Cookes Music Composer Kathryn CorrickStrategic Digital Communications Consultant Ben CourtneyPreloaded Games Designer Sherri Hope CulverCenter for Media and Information Literacy (CMIL) at Temple University, USA Director Joshua DavidsonNight Zookeeper Managing Director James DaviesCHILDWISE Managing Director Iain DodgeonWellcome Trust Broadcast, Games and Film Manager Richard McCourt and Dominic WoodPresenters Matthew DrinkwaterLondon College of Fashion Head of Fashion Innovation Agency Mario DuboisCBBC and CBeebies, Interactive Commissioning Exec Producer Independents Natasha DysonBlonde Sheep Owner Joe DytrychDrum Roll HQ CTO Andrés Espinosa AcevesPro-Mexico Deputy Trade and Investment Commissioner Rachael ExtonFinger Industries Production Manager Sarah FellThe Amazing World of Gumball Producer Simon FlamankBob and Co Executive Director Alex FleetwoodFabulous Beasts Director Jane FletcherInto Film Director of Education Rebecca FrankelLittle Dot Studios Distribution and Partnerships Ben FrostThe Pineapple Lounge Associate Director Hitoshi FurukawaNHK Senior Producer, Global Content Development Division, Programming Department Edward GaltonCAKE CCO & Managing Director Kelvyn GardnerLIMA UK Managing Director Darran GarnhamMind Candy Chief Business Development Officer Darren GarrettPopogami Creative Director & Consultant Nick GawneeOne Family Head of Business Development Alan GilbeyFreelance Screenwriter Sharon Gomes ThomasLittle Airplane VP Production & Business Development Rob GoodchildAardman Animations Head of Licensing Llinos Griffin-WilliamsGreen Bay Media Series Producer Amanda GummerFundamentally Children Founder and CEO Nina HahnNickelodeon Senior Vice President, International Production and Development Richard HainesPenguin Children's Acquisitions and New Business Manager Christopher HallidayBFI Senior Certification Analyst Jon HancockCBeebies Series Producer Melissa HardingeCBBC Executive Editor, Independents Alan HathawayDiscovery Research Managing Director Ellie HaworthEducation Content Consultant Eve HebditchNickelodeon UK Programming Manager Steve HendersonManchester Animation Festival Editor, Skwigly, Online Animation Magazine & Co-Director Dan’l HewittMaker Studios UK Managing Director Patricia HidalgoTurner Broadcasting System EMEA SVP, Chief Content & Creative Officer, EMEA Mole HillCoolabi/Factory Co-director ‘The Clangers' Anna HomeThe Children's Media Foundation Chair Jon HowardBBC Digital Executive Product Manager Oli HyattBlue-Zoo Animation Creative Director Dave InghamLoud Productions Ltd Writer and Owner Sharna JacksonHopster Director: Creative + Interactive Marianne JamesViacom International Media Networks Vice President, Consumer Products UK & Ireland & European Retail Sales & Marketing Sonia JoaoOxy Insight Founder Sarah JoyceCreative Skillset Partnership Manager Chris KemptBurke & Best MD Marcus KenyonFinger Industries Managing Director Bethany KobyTech Will Save Us CEO Trevor LaiUp Studios CEO & Creative Director Joan LamburBreakthrough Entertainment Executive Producer Ian LamburThe Walt Disney Company Manager Aquisitions, The Disney Channel Jo LansdowneWatershed REACT Managing Producer Bill LawrenceReel Solutions Executive Director Hugh LawtonCBBC Executive Producer Independents James Leaton GrayThe Privacy Practice Consultant & Writer Mark LeaverREACT Business Mentor David LevineGeneral Manager, Disney Channels UK & Ireland Vice President, Programming, Production and Strategic Development, Disney Channels EMEA Cat LewisNine Lives Media CEO & Exec Producer Maggie LiangThe Media Pioneers Founder & Director John Lomas-BullivantDynamite Co-founder Dr Esther MacCallum-StewartUWE Bristol Research Fellow at the Digital Cultures Research Centre Pauline MacnamaraRTÉ Commissioning Executive Pete MaginnThe Pineapple Lounge Head of Research Adrian MaloneyHMRC Direct Tax Specialist Helen ManchesterUniversity of Bristol Lecturer in Educational and Social Futures Jackie MarshUniversity of Sheffield Professor of Education Lucy MartinCBBC Executive Producer, 'The Dumping Ground' & 'Wolfblood' Jan MaternEmerge Venture Lab CEO Amy Mather Helen McAleerWalker Books Group Chief Global Development Officer Catherine McAllisterBBC Children's Head of Safeguarding Sonya McCarthyHMRC Direct Tax Specialist Kathryn McCollEdComs Consultant Gráinne McGuinnessIndee Productions Managing Director Hannah McVeyREACT Young Coaches Mentor Dr Erman MisirlisoyPraedico Co-Founder Tessa MooreFremantleMedia Kids & Family Entertainment SVP Global Brand Management Simon MoretonREACT Research Fellow Sarah MullerCBBC Head of Acquisitions and Drama Development Lucy MurphyAzoomee Creative Director Joe NaftalinStudio Canal Development Executive Sue NeedlemanCasting Director Rebecca NewtonMind Candy Inc. Chief Community & Safety Officer Proinsias Ní GhráinneTG4 Commissioning Editor Sue NottCBBC Executive Producer Independents Paul NunnOutfit7 Brit Limited Managing Director Cathy NutbrownUniversity of Sheffield Professor of Education Lynsey O'CallaghanNickelodeon UK Programming Manager Professor John OatesThe Open University Professor of Media Ethics Alison OldfieldREACT Play Sandbox Researcher Beth ParkerDisney Channels EMEA Manager, Production (Animation) Original Programming Leanne PassafontiBright Box Creative Founder and Creative Director Tim PattersonNickelodeon UK VP, Director of Programming Glynn PeglerCulture Group CEO and Co-Founder Alison PeirseFreelance Scriptwriter and Script Consultant Film Studies Lecturer, University of Salford Lisa PercyBBC Learning Executive Editor Cecilia PerssonTurner Broadcasting System EMEA VP Acquisitions & Co Productions, International Hilary PlummerLEGO Company Ltd Senior Global Director, Licensing and Entertainment Claudio PollackOfcom Group Director, Content, Consumer and External Affairs Chrystel PoncetCanal + Acquisition Manager Alison PrestonOfcom Head of Media Literacy Research Scott PritchardIndustrial Light & Magic 2D Sequence Supervisor Jean-Philippe RandisiZodiak Kids Chief Executive Officer Andrés Reyes BotelloBoxel Animation General Director Kim Richards Giles RidgeITV Studios Executive Producer and SVP Content and Brand Development Simon RileyMakerClub CEO Sinead RocksBBC Learning Head Orion RossDisney Channels EMEA Vice President, Content - Animation, Digital & Acquisitions Sandra RothwellNational Network for Children in Employment and Entertainment (NNCEE) Chair Grainne RoweThe Walt Disney Company EMEA Senior Manager Animation & Digital Kate RushworthYouTube Audience Development Strategist Fiona ScottUniversity of Sheffield Postgraduate Researcher Stephen ScottBigmouth Audio Managing Director Jenny Sealey MBEGraeae Theatre Company Artistic Director Harvey ShackletonCompact Media Group Head of Finance Services Niamh SharkeyAuthor, Illustrator and Executive Producer Linda SimenskyPBS Vice President, Children’s Programming Christopher SkalaTaDaKids Co-Founder & CEO Dave SkwarczekEat your Lunch Writer/producer, Founder & Creative Director Justin SmithEducationalappstore.com Founder and CEO Brittany Sommer KatzinEducational & Creative Consultant Marie SteinthalerHopster Head of Marketing & Growth Wil StephensCube Interactive CEO Michael StevensVsauce Creator James Stevenson BrettonBlink Industries Ltd Founder / Executive Producer Alison StewartCBeebies Head of CBeebies Production, Animation and Acquisitions Scott and Julie StewartContent Creators Claire StocksBBC Children's Head of Interactive Melanie StokesKindle Entertainment Co-Director Dan SutchCentre for the Acceleration of Social Technology Director Siv SvanaesFamily Kids & Youth Associate Director Cheryl TaylorCBBC Controller Richard TaylorMedia Taylor Owner Chris ThorpeI Can Make CEO Michael TownerCBeebies Executive Producer, Independents Georgia TraherMovellas Community Manager Juliet TzabarPlug-in Media Managing Director Ed Vaizey MPMinister for Culture and the Digital Economy Cheryl VarleyBBC Raw Director Rachel WakleyTesco Head of Licensing Naomi WardConnectED Founder Ben WardScreenwriter Mike WattsNovel Entertainment Co-Founder & CEO Alice WebbBBC Children's Director Maurice WheelerThe Little Big Partnership Strategy Partner Vicki Willden-LebrechtThe Bright Agency Managing Director/Founder Claire WilsonRogers, Coleridge and White Children's Department Conrad WitheyPopShack CEO Christopher WoodRagdoll Productions Director Sioned Wyn RobertsS4C Commissioning Editor, Children’s Pat YoungeSugar Films Managing Director Xin YuLeft Pocket Media CEO Shanghai Changemakers Laura "Laurbubble"Vlogger Faheem AnwarLangley Grammar School Student Guilherme CoelhoØ1 Digital CEO / Co-founder Stella DuffyFun Palaces Co-Director Seb GallopStudent Alex HeronMore House School Student Dan PearceFour Circle Interactive Ltd Game Director Beth ReeklesAuthor Tom Scott Sean SpoonerMagnate Media Editorial Director Hosts/Moderators Kriss BairdInnovate UK Senior Account Manager Sarah BaynesThe Creative Garden Director Lewis BronzeDiscovery Education Founder and Director of Content Mellie BuseAdastra Development Ltd Executive Producer Lorraine CammCBeebies Senior Producer, BBC Childrens Amandine CassiReed MIDEM, Entertainment Division Executive Producer MIP Conferences (Drama, Doc & Factual, Junior) Alex ChienA4 Studios Founder & Director Stewart ClarkeVariety International Correspondent Sheila de CourcyRTÉ Cross-Divisional Head of Children’s Content Dan EferganAardman Animations Group Creative Director, Digital Kelvyn GardnerLIMA UK Managing Director Marc GoodchildMember CMF Executive Committee SyncScreen TV, Little Big Partnership Steve HewlettJournalist and Broadcaster Helen HowellsHoHo Entertainment Joint Managing Director Julie Kane-RitschThe Gotham Group LLC Head of Animation and Family Entertainment David KangasKAHOOTZ Creative Director & Co-founder David KleemanDubit SVP of Global Trends Trevor KleinFreelance Digital Consultant and Producer Bill LawrenceReel Solutions Executive Director David LevineGeneral Manager, Disney Channels UK & Ireland Vice President, Programming, Production and Strategic Development, Disney Channels EMEA John Lomas-BullivantDynamite Co-founder Helen McAleerWalker Books Group Chief Global Development Officer Catherine McAllisterBBC Children's Head of Safeguarding Sue NottCBBC Executive Producer Independents Phil ParkerBCre8ive Co-founder Gary PopeKids Industries Director Steve RawlingBBC Creative Leadership Programme Trainer Carlton ReevePlay with Learning Ltd Founder Richard RoweRowe Media Owner Julian ScottFreelance Consulting Executive Producer Stephanie WahlstromWriter/Producer Jon WattsMTM Co-Founder Mike WattsNovel Entertainment Co-Founder & CEO Alix WisemanAardman Animations Executive Producer and Head of Sales & Acquisitions Karl WoolleyLaughing Gravy Media Managing Director Andy WyattManchester School of Art Programme Leader, BA (Hons) Animation Producers Shazia AliMint Research Ltd Research Consultant Zoë BamseyCoolabi Group Director of Production and Development Justine BannisterJUST B Founder & Creative Facilitator Ninder BillingCBBC Executive Producer Vicky BrophyWONKY Films Head of Production Amandine CassiReed MIDEM, Entertainment Division Executive Producer MIP Conferences (Drama, Doc & Factual, Junior) James ColemanPlug-in Media Producer Tony CookeScriptwriter Kate CorbinSAE Campus Academic Coordinator Tashaneish CrawfordCBBC Assistant Producer 'Newsround' Daniel EdwardsMindbell Media Director Tess FosterBBC CBeebies Interactive Content Producer Rebecca FoxAnimator and Storyteller Stephanie GauldConsultant, Children’s Digital Media Jon HancockCBeebies Series Producer Jake HobbsWONKY Films Head of Digital Alison HomewoodADH Media Media and Distribution Consultant Luke HowardLAAH Entertainment Ltd. Director / Writer Paul HutsonNight Zookeeper Education Director Jane HyndmanCompact Media Group Group General Counsel Siwan JobbinsFreelance Creative Producer John KentLambent Productions Head of Digital Jayne KirkhamFreelance Writer and Script Consultant David KleemanDubit SVP of Global Trends Rosemary KleinCompact Media Group Head of Kids and Factual, Rights.tv Dinah LammimanPastPorte Creative Director John Lomas-BullivantDynamite Co-founder Becky PalmerSamphire Digital Ltd Freelance Digital Producer Phil ParkerBCre8ive Co-founder Leanne PassafontiBright Box Creative Founder and Creative Director Cedric PetitpasYouTube Manager, Content Partnerships, Education/Family Entertainment, Northern Europe Lorna ProbertAardman Animations Head of Digital Production Ed PughMedia Consultant/Producer Linda RossWOMAD Co-ordinator Richard RoweRowe Media Owner Dominic SantEvans Woolfe Media Head of Production Ben SawyerThe Walt Disney Company EMEA Regional Communications Manager Brittany Sommer KatzinEducational & Creative Consultant Nikki StearmanYoomee Senior Producer Angharad ThomasS4C Business Affairs Executive David TwymanBBC Script Researcher Stephanie WahlstromWriter/Producer Huw WaltersIndustry Media Director Jon WattsMTM Co-Founder Alix WisemanAardman Animations Executive Producer and Head of Sales & Acquisitions Matthew WookeyEdComs Business Development Executive Andy WyattManchester School of Art Programme Leader, BA (Hons) Animation Steve WynnePretzel Films Head of TV and Content Executive Producers Matt BarbrookNickelodeon UK Director of Channel Strategy Matt BarbrookNickelodeon UK Director of Channel Strategy Sarah BaynesThe Creative Garden Director Lewis BronzeDiscovery Education Founder and Director of Content Louise BucknoleDisney Channels UK & Ireland Director of Programming Helen BulloughCBBC Head of Production Dominic GardinerGardiner Entertainment Ltd Managing Director Marc GoodchildMember CMF Executive Committee SyncScreen TV, Little Big Partnership Sharna JacksonHopster Director: Creative + Interactive Tom KenyonPlayful Learning Lab Director Debbie MacDonaldFreelance Children's Media Consultant Helen McAleerWalker Books Group Chief Global Development Officer Ian McDonoughTurner Broadcasting System, Northern Europe SVP & MD Tessa MooreFremantleMedia Kids & Family Entertainment SVP Global Brand Management Sarah MullerCBBC Head of Acquisitions and Drama Development Sue NottCBBC Drama Executive Producer Independents Reem NoussReemNoussMedia Exec Producer/Consultant Vickie O'MalleyRockpool Licensing Managing Director Gary PopeKids Industries Director Neil RichardsThe Mustard Corporation Director Jon SpoonerUnlimited Theatre Creative Director Jocelyn StevensonIt's About Water Co-Founder Alison StewartCBeebies Head of CBeebies Production, Animation and Acquisitions Juliet TzabarPlug-in Media Managing Director Mark WilsonFreelance Creative Executive & Scriptwriter Penny WoodhamsBBC Children's Funding & Commercial Manager Sioned Wyn RobertsS4C Commissioning Editor, Children’s Steve WynnePretzel Films Head of TV and Content One-to-One Meetings Christopher HallidayBFI Senior Certification Analyst Mole HillCoolabi/Factory Co-director ‘The Clangers' Rosemary KleinCompact Media Group Head of Kids and Factual, Rights.tv Alison WarnerTechnicolor VP, IP Sales, Acquisitions and Co-Productions Bloggers Simon BorWriter Emma CooperRocket Business Development Manager Tom JordanFreelance Writer Hannah LeeSheffield Hallam University Graduate Heather McDaidSociety of Young Publishers Scotland Blogger & Social Media Danny StackNelson Nutmeg Pictures Screenwriter Jelena StosicThe Little Big Partnership Associate Tracy WarrenTracy Jayne Creative Freelancer