Speakers

Gabriela Acosta

Cluster Mexicano de Animacion CLUMA
President and CEO

Suzie Adams

Nickelodeon UK
Digital Director

Gbone Adjene

Disney Junior, The Walt Disney Company UK and EMEA
Franchise Director

Valerie Ames

Kindle Entertainment
Director of Production

Laverne Antrobus

Consultant
Child and Educational Psychologist

Abhi Arya

Sandbox
Partner & Co-Founder

Reg Bailey

Mothers' Union
Chief Executive

Zia Bales

Turner Broadcasting
Acquisitions Manager Kids’ Channels EMEA

Karen Ball

Little Brown, Young Reader & Atom
Publisher

Kirsty Bell

Nyman Libson Paul
Partner

Kay Benbow

CBeebies
Controller

Kay Benbow

CBeebies
Controller

Dan Berlinka

Writer/Producer/Director

Greg Boardman

The Rastamouse Company Ltd
Producer

Susan Bolsover

Penguin Random House
Head of Licensing and Consumer Products

Kathryn Box

Tate Kids
Producer

Liz Brion

Grant Thornton
Head of Media Tax

Erika Brodnock

Karisma Kidz
CEO

Anne Brogan

Kindle Entertainment
Director

Jenny Buckland

Australia Children’s Television Foundation
CEO

Louise Bucknole

Disney Channels UK & Ireland
Director of Programming

Andrew Burrell

CBBC
Series Script Editor/Producer

Amy Buscombe

CBBC
Script Editor, Drama, Independents

Mellie Buse

Adastra Development Ltd
Executive Producer

Margaret Cameron

BBC Alba
Channel Editor

Lindy Cameron

Move on Up
Producer

Joanne Carmichael

Beach Fragments
Content Creator/Artist/Writer

Eryk Casemiro

Zodak Kids Studio
Chief Creative Officer

Amandine Cassi

Reed MIDEM, Entertainment Division
Executive Producer MIP Conferences (Drama, Doc & Factual, Junior)

Judith Chan

Coutts & Co
Executive Director, Media Banking Office

Helen Charalambous

Turner Broadcasting
Programming Manager Kids’ Channels UK

Tim Clague

Nelson Nutmeg Pictures
Co-director/writer

Dr Barbie Clarke

Family Kids & Youth
Managing Director

Joanne Cliff

Platypus Research
Managing Director

Guilherme Coelho

Ø1 Digital
CEO / Co-founder

Tony Collingwood

Collingwood & Co
Writer/Director

Dylan Collins

SuperAwesome
CEO

John Conlon

VIMN UK, Australia & Eastern Europe
VP, Research

Mick Cooke

Too Many Cookes Music
Composer

Kathryn Corrick

Strategic Digital Communications Consultant

Ben Courtney

Preloaded
Games Designer

Sherri Hope Culver

Center for Media and Information Literacy (CMIL) at Temple University, USA
Director

Joshua Davidson

Night Zookeeper
Managing Director

James Davies

CHILDWISE
Managing Director

Iain Dodgeon

Wellcome Trust
Broadcast, Games and Film Manager

Richard McCourt and Dominic Wood

Presenters

Matthew Drinkwater

London College of Fashion
Head of Fashion Innovation Agency

Mario Dubois

CBBC and CBeebies, Interactive
Commissioning Exec Producer Independents

Natasha Dyson

Blonde Sheep
Owner

Joe Dytrych

Drum Roll HQ
CTO

Andrés Espinosa Aceves

Pro-Mexico
Deputy Trade and Investment Commissioner

Rachael Exton

Finger Industries
Production Manager

Sarah Fell

The Amazing World of Gumball
Producer

Simon Flamank

Bob and Co
Executive Director

Alex Fleetwood

Fabulous Beasts
Director

Jane Fletcher

Into Film
Director of Education

Rebecca Frankel

Little Dot Studios
Distribution and Partnerships

Ben Frost

The Pineapple Lounge
Associate Director

Hitoshi Furukawa

NHK
Senior Producer, Global Content Development Division, Programming Department

Edward Galton

CAKE
CCO & Managing Director

Kelvyn Gardner

LIMA UK
Managing Director

Darran Garnham

Mind Candy
Chief Business Development Officer

Darren Garrett

Popogami
Creative Director & Consultant

Nick Gawne

eOne Family
Head of Business Development

Alan Gilbey

Freelance
Screenwriter

Sharon Gomes Thomas

Little Airplane
VP Production & Business Development

Rob Goodchild

Aardman Animations
Head of Licensing

Llinos Griffin-Williams

Green Bay Media
Series Producer

Amanda Gummer

Fundamentally Children
Founder and CEO

Nina Hahn

Nickelodeon
Senior Vice President, International Production and Development

Richard Haines

Penguin Children's
Acquisitions and New Business Manager

Christopher Halliday

BFI
Senior Certification Analyst

Jon Hancock

CBeebies
Series Producer

Melissa Hardinge

CBBC
Executive Editor, Independents

Alan Hathaway

Discovery Research
Managing Director

Ellie Haworth

Education Content Consultant

Eve Hebditch

Nickelodeon UK
Programming Manager

Steve Henderson

Manchester Animation Festival
Editor, Skwigly, Online Animation Magazine & Co-Director

Dan’l Hewitt

Maker Studios
UK Managing Director

Patricia Hidalgo

Turner Broadcasting System EMEA
SVP, Chief Content & Creative Officer, EMEA

Mole Hill

Coolabi/Factory
Co-director ‘The Clangers'

Anna Home

The Children's Media Foundation
Chair

Jon Howard

BBC Digital
Executive Product Manager

Oli Hyatt

Blue-Zoo Animation
Creative Director

Dave Ingham

Loud Productions Ltd
Writer and Owner

Sharna Jackson

Hopster
Director: Creative + Interactive

Marianne James

Viacom International Media Networks
Vice President, Consumer Products UK & Ireland & European Retail Sales & Marketing

Sonia Joao

Oxy Insight
Founder

Sarah Joyce

Creative Skillset
Partnership Manager

Chris Kempt

Burke & Best
MD

Marcus Kenyon

Finger Industries
Managing Director

Bethany Koby

Tech Will Save Us
CEO

Trevor Lai

Up Studios
CEO & Creative Director

Joan Lambur

Breakthrough Entertainment
Executive Producer

Ian Lambur

The Walt Disney Company
Manager Aquisitions, The Disney Channel

Jo Lansdowne

Watershed
REACT Managing Producer

Bill Lawrence

Reel Solutions
Executive Director

Hugh Lawton

CBBC
Executive Producer Independents

James Leaton Gray

The Privacy Practice
Consultant & Writer

Mark Leaver

REACT Business Mentor

David Levine

General Manager, Disney Channels UK & Ireland
Vice President, Programming, Production and Strategic Development, Disney Channels EMEA

Cat Lewis

Nine Lives Media
CEO & Exec Producer

Maggie Liang

The Media Pioneers
Founder & Director

John Lomas-Bullivant

Dynamite
Co-founder

Dr Esther MacCallum-Stewart

UWE Bristol
Research Fellow at the Digital Cultures Research Centre

Pauline Macnamara

RTÉ
Commissioning Executive

Pete Maginn

The Pineapple Lounge
Head of Research

Adrian Maloney

HMRC
Direct Tax Specialist

Helen Manchester

University of Bristol
Lecturer in Educational and Social Futures

Jackie Marsh

University of Sheffield
Professor of Education

Lucy Martin

CBBC
Executive Producer, 'The Dumping Ground' & 'Wolfblood'

Jan Matern

Emerge Venture Lab
CEO

Amy Mather

Helen McAleer

Walker Books Group
Chief Global Development Officer

Catherine McAllister

BBC Children's
Head of Safeguarding

Sonya McCarthy

HMRC
Direct Tax Specialist

Kathryn McColl

EdComs
Consultant

Gráinne McGuinness

Indee Productions
Managing Director

Hannah McVey

REACT Young Coaches Mentor

Dr Erman Misirlisoy

Praedico
Co-Founder

Tessa Moore

FremantleMedia Kids & Family Entertainment
SVP Global Brand Management

Simon Moreton

REACT Research Fellow

Sarah Muller

CBBC
Head of Acquisitions and Drama Development

Lucy Murphy

Azoomee
Creative Director

Joe Naftalin

Studio Canal
Development Executive

Sue Needleman

Casting Director

Rebecca Newton

Mind Candy Inc.
Chief Community & Safety Officer

Proinsias Ní Ghráinne

TG4
Commissioning Editor

Sue Nott

CBBC
Executive Producer Independents

Paul Nunn

Outfit7 Brit Limited
Managing Director

Cathy Nutbrown

University of Sheffield
Professor of Education

Lynsey O'Callaghan

Nickelodeon UK
Programming Manager

Professor John Oates

The Open University
Professor of Media Ethics

Alison Oldfield

REACT Play Sandbox Researcher

Beth Parker

Disney Channels EMEA
Manager, Production (Animation) Original Programming

Leanne Passafonti

Bright Box Creative
Founder and Creative Director

Tim Patterson

Nickelodeon UK
VP, Director of Programming

Glynn Pegler

Culture Group
CEO and Co-Founder

Alison Peirse

Freelance Scriptwriter and Script Consultant
Film Studies Lecturer, University of Salford

Lisa Percy

BBC Learning
Executive Editor

Cecilia Persson

Turner Broadcasting System EMEA
VP Acquisitions & Co Productions, International

Hilary Plummer

LEGO Company Ltd
Senior Global Director, Licensing and Entertainment

Claudio Pollack

Ofcom
Group Director, Content, Consumer and External Affairs

Chrystel Poncet

Canal +
Acquisition Manager

Alison Preston

Ofcom
Head of Media Literacy Research

Scott Pritchard

Industrial Light & Magic
2D Sequence Supervisor

Jean-Philippe Randisi

Zodiak Kids
Chief Executive Officer

Andrés Reyes Botello

Boxel Animation
General Director

Kim Richards

Giles Ridge

ITV Studios
Executive Producer and SVP Content and Brand Development

Simon Riley

MakerClub
CEO

Sinead Rocks

BBC Learning
Head

Orion Ross

Disney Channels EMEA
Vice President, Content - Animation, Digital & Acquisitions

Sandra Rothwell

National Network for Children in Employment and Entertainment (NNCEE)
Chair

Grainne Rowe

The Walt Disney Company EMEA
Senior Manager Animation & Digital

Kate Rushworth

YouTube
Audience Development Strategist

Fiona Scott

University of Sheffield
Postgraduate Researcher

Stephen Scott

Bigmouth Audio
Managing Director

Jenny Sealey MBE

Graeae Theatre Company
Artistic Director

Harvey Shackleton

Compact Media Group
Head of Finance Services

Niamh Sharkey

Author, Illustrator and Executive Producer

Linda Simensky

PBS
Vice President, Children’s Programming

Christopher Skala

TaDaKids
Co-Founder & CEO

Dave Skwarczek

Eat your Lunch
Writer/producer, Founder & Creative Director

Justin Smith

Educationalappstore.com
Founder and CEO

Brittany Sommer Katzin

Educational & Creative Consultant

Marie Steinthaler

Hopster
Head of Marketing & Growth

Wil Stephens

Cube Interactive
CEO

Michael Stevens

Vsauce
Creator

James Stevenson Bretton

Blink Industries Ltd
Founder / Executive Producer

Alison Stewart

CBeebies
Head of CBeebies Production, Animation and Acquisitions

Scott and Julie Stewart

Content Creators

Claire Stocks

BBC Children's
Head of Interactive

Melanie Stokes

Kindle Entertainment
Co-Director

Dan Sutch

Centre for the Acceleration of Social Technology
Director

Siv Svanaes

Family Kids & Youth
Associate Director

Cheryl Taylor

CBBC
Controller

Richard Taylor

Media Taylor
Owner

Chris Thorpe

I Can Make
CEO

Michael Towner

CBeebies
Executive Producer, Independents

Georgia Traher

Movellas
Community Manager

Juliet Tzabar

Plug-in Media
Managing Director

Ed Vaizey MP

Minister for Culture and the Digital Economy

Cheryl Varley

BBC Raw
Director

Rachel Wakley

Tesco
Head of Licensing

Naomi Ward

ConnectED
Founder

Ben Ward

Screenwriter

Mike Watts

Novel Entertainment
Co-Founder & CEO

Alice Webb

BBC Children's
Director

Maurice Wheeler

The Little Big Partnership
Strategy Partner

Vicki Willden-Lebrecht

The Bright Agency
Managing Director/Founder

Claire Wilson

Rogers, Coleridge and White
Children's Department

Conrad Withey

PopShack
CEO

Christopher Wood

Ragdoll Productions
Director

Sioned Wyn Roberts

S4C
Commissioning Editor, Children’s

Pat Younge

Sugar Films
Managing Director

Xin Yu

Left Pocket Media
CEO Shanghai

Faheem Anwar

Langley Grammar School
Student

Guilherme Coelho

Ø1 Digital
CEO / Co-founder

Stella Duffy

Fun Palaces
Co-Director

Seb Gallop

Student

Alex Heron

More House School
Student

Laura Payne

Vlogger

Dan Pearce

Four Circle Interactive Ltd
Game Director

Beth Reekles

Author

Tom Scott

Sean Spooner

Magnate Media
Editorial Director

Kriss Baird

Innovate UK
Senior Account Manager

Sarah Baynes

The Creative Garden
Director

Lewis Bronze

Discovery Education
Founder and Director of Content

Mellie Buse

Adastra Development Ltd
Executive Producer

Lorraine Camm

CBeebies
Senior Producer, BBC Childrens

Amandine Cassi

Reed MIDEM, Entertainment Division
Executive Producer MIP Conferences (Drama, Doc & Factual, Junior)

Alex Chien

A4 Studios
Founder & Director

Stewart Clarke

Variety
International Correspondent

Sheila de Courcy

RTÉ
Cross-Divisional Head of Children’s Content

Dan Efergan

Aardman Animations
Group Creative Director, Digital

Kelvyn Gardner

LIMA UK
Managing Director

Marc Goodchild

Member CMF Executive Committee
SyncScreen TV, Little Big Partnership

Steve Hewlett

Journalist and Broadcaster

Helen Howells

HoHo Entertainment
Joint Managing Director

Julie Kane-Ritsch

The Gotham Group LLC
Head of Animation and Family Entertainment

David Kangas

KAHOOTZ
Creative Director & Co-founder

David Kleeman

Dubit
SVP of Global Trends

Trevor Klein

Freelance
Digital Consultant and Producer

Bill Lawrence

Reel Solutions
Executive Director

David Levine

General Manager, Disney Channels UK & Ireland
Vice President, Programming, Production and Strategic Development, Disney Channels EMEA

John Lomas-Bullivant

Dynamite
Co-founder

Helen McAleer

Walker Books Group
Chief Global Development Officer

Catherine McAllister

BBC Children's
Head of Safeguarding

Sue Nott

CBBC
Executive Producer Independents

Phil Parker

BCre8ive
Co-founder

Gary Pope

Kids Industries
Director

Steve Rawling

BBC
Creative Leadership Programme Trainer

Carlton Reeve

Play with Learning Ltd
Founder

Richard Rowe

Rowe Media
Owner

Julian Scott

Freelance
Consulting Executive Producer

Stephanie Wahlstrom

Writer/Producer

Jon Watts

MTM
Co-Founder

Mike Watts

Novel Entertainment
Co-Founder & CEO

Alix Wiseman

Aardman Animations
Executive Producer and Head of Sales & Acquisitions

Karl Woolley

Laughing Gravy Media
Managing Director

Andy Wyatt

Manchester School of Art
Programme Leader, BA (Hons) Animation

Shazia Ali

Mint Research Ltd
Research Consultant

Zoë Bamsey

Coolabi Group
Director of Production and Development

Justine Bannister

JUST B
Founder & Creative Facilitator

Ninder Billing

CBBC
Executive Producer

Vicky Brophy

WONKY Films
Head of Production

Amandine Cassi

Reed MIDEM, Entertainment Division
Executive Producer MIP Conferences (Drama, Doc & Factual, Junior)

James Coleman

Plug-in Media
Producer

Tony Cooke

Scriptwriter

Kate Corbin

SAE
Campus Academic Coordinator

Tashaneish Crawford

CBBC
Assistant Producer 'Newsround'

Daniel Edwards

Mindbell Media
Director

Tess Foster

BBC
CBeebies Interactive Content Producer

Rebecca Fox

Animator and Storyteller

Stephanie Gauld

Consultant, Children’s Digital Media

Jon Hancock

CBeebies
Series Producer

Jake Hobbs

WONKY Films
Head of Digital

Alison Homewood

ADH Media
Media and Distribution Consultant

Luke Howard

LAAH Entertainment Ltd.
Director / Writer

Paul Hutson

Night Zookeeper
Education Director

Jane Hyndman

Compact Media Group
Group General Counsel

Siwan Jobbins

Freelance
Creative Producer

John Kent

Lambent Productions
Head of Digital

Jayne Kirkham

Freelance
Writer and Script Consultant

David Kleeman

Dubit
SVP of Global Trends

Rosemary Klein

Compact Media Group
Head of Kids and Factual, Rights.tv

Dinah Lammiman

PastPorte
Creative Director

John Lomas-Bullivant

Dynamite
Co-founder

Becky Palmer

Samphire Digital Ltd
Freelance Digital Producer

Phil Parker

BCre8ive
Co-founder

Leanne Passafonti

Bright Box Creative
Founder and Creative Director

Cedric Petitpas

YouTube
Manager, Content Partnerships, Education/Family Entertainment, Northern Europe

Lorna Probert

Aardman Animations
Head of Digital Production

Ed Pugh

Media Consultant/Producer

Linda Ross

WOMAD
Co-ordinator

Richard Rowe

Rowe Media
Owner

Dominic Sant

Evans Woolfe Media
Head of Production

Ben Sawyer

The Walt Disney Company EMEA
Regional Communications Manager

Brittany Sommer Katzin

Educational & Creative Consultant

Nikki Stearman

Yoomee
Senior Producer

Angharad Thomas

S4C
Business Affairs Executive

David Twyman

BBC
Script Researcher

Stephanie Wahlstrom

Writer/Producer

Huw Walters

Industry Media
Director

Jon Watts

MTM
Co-Founder

Alix Wiseman

Aardman Animations
Executive Producer and Head of Sales & Acquisitions

Matthew Wookey

EdComs
Business Development Executive

Andy Wyatt

Manchester School of Art
Programme Leader, BA (Hons) Animation

Steve Wynne

Pretzel Films
Head of TV and Content

Matt Barbrook

Nickelodeon UK
Director of Channel Strategy

Matt Barbrook

Nickelodeon UK
Director of Channel Strategy

Sarah Baynes

The Creative Garden
Director

Lewis Bronze

Discovery Education
Founder and Director of Content

Louise Bucknole

Disney Channels UK & Ireland
Director of Programming

Helen Bullough

CBBC
Head of Production

Dominic Gardiner

Gardiner Entertainment Ltd
Managing Director

Marc Goodchild

Member CMF Executive Committee
SyncScreen TV, Little Big Partnership

Sharna Jackson

Hopster
Director: Creative + Interactive

Tom Kenyon

Playful Learning Lab
Director

Debbie MacDonald

Freelance
Children's Media Consultant

Helen McAleer

Walker Books Group
Chief Global Development Officer

Ian McDonough

Turner Broadcasting System, Northern Europe
SVP & MD

Tessa Moore

FremantleMedia Kids & Family Entertainment
SVP Global Brand Management

Sarah Muller

CBBC
Head of Acquisitions and Drama Development

Sue Nott

CBBC Drama
Executive Producer Independents

Reem Nouss

ReemNoussMedia
Exec Producer/Consultant

Vickie O'Malley

Rockpool Licensing
Managing Director

Gary Pope

Kids Industries
Director

Neil Richards

The Mustard Corporation
Director

Jon Spooner

Unlimited Theatre
Creative Director

Jocelyn Stevenson

It's About Water
Co-Founder

Alison Stewart

CBeebies
Head of CBeebies Production, Animation and Acquisitions

Juliet Tzabar

Plug-in Media
Managing Director

Mark Wilson

Freelance
Creative Executive & Scriptwriter

Penny Woodhams

BBC Children's
Funding & Commercial Manager

Sioned Wyn Roberts

S4C
Commissioning Editor, Children’s

Steve Wynne

Pretzel Films
Head of TV and Content

Christopher Halliday

BFI
Senior Certification Analyst

Mole Hill

Coolabi/Factory
Co-director ‘The Clangers'

Rosemary Klein

Compact Media Group
Head of Kids and Factual, Rights.tv

Alison Warner

Technicolor
VP, IP Sales, Acquisitions and Co-Productions

Simon Bor

Writer

Emma Cooper

Rocket
Business Development Manager

Tom Jordan

Freelance
Writer

Hannah Lee

Sheffield Hallam University
Graduate

Heather McDaid

Society of Young Publishers Scotland
Blogger & Social Media

Danny Stack

Nelson Nutmeg Pictures
Screenwriter

Jelena Stosic

The Little Big Partnership
Associate

Tracy Warren

Tracy Jayne Creative
Freelancer