Past speakers

Julie Posetti
global director of research
ICFJ | @julieposetti

François Nel
reader in Media Innovation and Entrepreneurship
University of Central Lancashire | @francoisnel
Lisa MacLeod
independent media consultant
@lisataljard

Mukul Devichand
executive editor of Voice + AI
BBC | @MukulDevichand

Alison Gow
audience and content editor
Reach plc | @alisongow
Tim Griggs
founder and CEO
Blue Engine Collaborative | @HeyTimGriggs
Ryan Tuck
independent consultant and adviser
@rctuck1224

Aimee Keane
acting head of audio
The Financial Times |@AimeePKeane

Theodora Louloudis
podcast editor
The Telegraph | @T_Louloudis

David Stern
vice president of product and business development
Slate | @davestern
Sonny Swe
co-founder and CEO
Frontier Mianmar | @swe_sonny

Dmitry Shishkin
independent digital consultant
@dmitryshishkin

Kassy Cho
journalist and audience strategist
@kassy
Manjiri Kulkarni
assistant editor
Sky News | @ManjiriKC

Simon Robinson
global managing editor, newsroom
Reuters |@iron_emu
Hannah Storm
director
Ethical Journalism Network | @HANNAHSTORM6

Jon Birchall
audience and content director (Sport)
Reach plc | @jonbir90

Sian Cox-Brooker
strategic partner manager
Facebook |LinkedIn

Penelope Jones
founder
My So-Called Career |@penelopejones

Richard Sambrook
professor of journalism
Cardiff University |@sambrook
Adriana Lacy
senior associate for audience and growth
Axios |@Adriana_Lacy

Robyn Vinter
founder
The Overtake | @RobynVinter

Jo Adetunji
managing editor
The Conversation | @Jo_Adetunji

Deborah Dwyer
2020-2021 residential fellow
Reynolds Journalism Institute | @DeborahLDwyer

Alex Wood
managing director for Europe
Forbes | @alexwoodcreates

Justin Ferrell
founder of the professional fellowship program
Institute of
Design at Stanford University (the d.school) | @Jferrell03

Lucy Küng
senior research fellow
RISJ | @KuengLucy

Fergus Bell
founder and CEO
Fathm | @fergb

Len Clark
emerging media specialist
du Lac Leadership | @LenND1

Robbie Kellman Baxter
strategy consultant and author
Peninsula Strategies | @robbiebax

Bola Awoniyi
co-founder and COO
Black Ballad | @MrAwoniyi

Leon Fryszer
executive director
Krautreporter | @leon_fry

Laura Oliverfreelance journalist and digital consultant
@LauraOliver
Frances Cairncross
economist and author
The Cairncross Review

Mandy Jenkins
general manager
The Compass Experiment | @mjenkins
Cecilia Campbell
chief marketing officer
United Robots | @CianMian
George Brock
consultant
@georgeprof

Shirish Kulkarni
news storytelling researcher
Clwstwr | @ShirishMM

Martin G. Reynolds
co-executive director
Robert C. Maynard Institute for Journalism Education | @reynoldspost

Rasmus Kleis Nielsen
director
Reuters Institute for the Study of Journalism | @rasmus_kleis
Sara Fischer
media reporter
Axios | @sarafischer

Thomas Baekdal
media analyst
Baekdal Media | @baekdal
John Crowley
editor and consultant
@mrjohncrowley

Charlie Beckett
founding director
Polis, London School of Economics | @CharlieBeckett

Dmitry Shishkin
chief content officer
Culture Trip | @dmitryshishkin

Marverine Cole
journalist, broadcaster and academic
Birmingham City University | @TVMarv

Russell Contreras
reporter, race and ethnicity
The Associated Press | @RussContreras

Joyce Adeluwoye-Adams
editor, newsroom diversity
Reuters | @JoyceAAdams

Alexandra Borchardt
senior research associate
Reuters Institute for the Study of Journalism | @AlexaBorchardt

Will Gore
head of partnerships and projects
NCTJ | @willjgore

Holly Chant
reporter
Hackney Gazette

James Richings
reporter
Bucks Free Press | @James_BFP

James Glynn
breaking news lead
Twitter | @jamesglynn
Gavin Allen
digital journalism lecturer
Cardiff University’s School of Journalism | @Gavinallen

Karyn Fleeting
head of audience engagement
Reach plc | @KarynFleeting

Suchandrika Chakrabarti
journalist and podcaster
Freelance Pod | @SuchandrikaC

Andrei Grigorean
COO
Blink | @AndreiGrigorean

Yusuf Omar
mobile and wearable journalist
Hashtag Our Stories | @YusufOmarSA

Abigail Edge
teaching fellow for the UK and Ireland
Google News Lab | @abigailedge

Sarah Marshall
head of audience growth
Vogue International | @SarahMarshall

Lyndsey Jones
executive editor and day production section chief
Financial Times | @Lyndsey129

Blathnaid Healy
director EMEA
CNN Digital International | @blathnaidhealy

Hazel Baker
global head of user-generated content (UGC) newsgathering
Reuters | @HazelBakerNews

Jenni Sargent
managing director
First Draft | @Jennisarge

Jack Goodman
journalist
BBC Reality Check | @JackAGoodman
Cathrine Gyldensted
co-founder
Constructive Journalism Network | @CGyldensted
Rouven Leuener
group head of digital product
Neue Zürcher Zeitung | @roquerrr

Jess Brammar
head of news
HuffPost UK | @jessbrammar
Matthew Barraclough
head of Local News Partnerships
BBC | @M_R_Barra

Jessica Best
operations lead and engagement editor
The Correspondent | @jessicabest87

Dominic Young
founder
Agate | @dominicyoung

Mark Little
CEO
Kinzen | @marklittlenews

Des Martin
director
Brave Software | @dessie_martin

Jacob Gjørtz
VP
CCI Europe | @JGjortz
Nic Newman
senior research associate
Reuters Institute for the Study of Journalism | @nicnewman

Peter Stewart
journalist and author | @TweeterStewart

Susie Coleman
software developer
Guardian Voice Lab | @susieC20

Chris Stone
video executive producer
London Evening Standard | @ChrisStoneTV

Troy Norcross
co-Founder of Blockchain Rookies and Strategy Consultancy SER Team | @troy_norcross

Christian de Vartavan
advisor and global ambassador
Publiq | @cdevartavan
Mark Devlin
Founder and CEO
NewsBlocks | @sparkzilla

Rebekah Smyth
head of Dataminr for News EMEA
Dataminr | @RebekahASmyth

Jonathan Paterson
editor, digital video
BBC News | @patersonjon

Jerome Whittingham
editor
Hull Is This | @photomoments

Aurore Malval
reporter
Nice-Matin | @AMalval

Sean Dagan Wood
publisher
Positive News | @SeanDaganWood

Charlotte Kingo Marvig
solution advisor
CCI Europe | @LotteMarvig

Kathryn Geels
director
Engaged Journalism Accelerator | @girlondon

Sarah Marshall
head of audience growth
Vogue International

McKenna Grant
Snapchat senior content editor
the Telegraph
Imriel Morgan
CEO and co-founder
ShoutOut Network

Ellen Stewart
head of content
PinkNews

Harriet Oliver
editor of Children’s News
BBC Africa

Reg Chua
executive editor, editorial operations, data and innovation
Reuters

Pete Clifton
editor-in-chief
Press Association

Benjamin Beavan
data and insights development
Getty Images

Matt McAlister
CEO
Kaleida

Alyx Gorman
global engagement lead
Time Out Digital

Natalie Fahy
digital editor
Nottinghamshire Live

Rachel Oldroyd
managing editor
The Bureau of Investigative Journalism

Brian Cathcart
founder of Hacked Off and professor
Kingston University London

Alon Aviram
co-founder
the Bristol Cable

Fergus Bell
founder
Pop-Up Newsroom

Alistair Coleman
disinformation analyst
BBC Monitoring

Aoife Gallagher
intelligence strategist
Storyful

Caroline Scott
deputy editor, head of video and lead trainer
journalism.co.uk

Hannah Ray
head of social strategy and storytelling
Vogue International

Amanda Michael
deputy membership editor
the Guardian
Dan Silver, head of digital publishing, the Telegraph
Karyn Fleeting, head of audience engagement, Reach plc
Renée Kaplan, head of audience engagement, Financial Times
Ria Jones, digital and social media picture editor, The Economist
Mun-Keat Looi, commissioning editor, Mosaic
Emily Dugan, senior reporter, BuzzFeed News

Nic Newman, research associate, Reuters Institute for the Study of Journalism

Paul Rowland, editor, WalesOnline, and editor-in-chief, Media Wales
Andrew Green, managing editor, Malnutrition Deeply
Albertine Piels, director, Hackastory
Jodie Jackson, author and researcher
Mark Rice-Oxley, head of special projects, the Guardian
Tom Colls, senior journalist, World Hacks, BBC World Service
Lianna Brinded, Europe news editor, Quartz
Marc Settle, smartphone journalism trainer, BBC Academy
Julia Migné, co-founder, INKLINE
Mark Frankel, social media editor, BBC News
Lilah Raptopoulos, community editor, Financial Times
Peter Stewart, author of The Live-Streaming Handbook

Connie Moon Sehat, director, NewsFrames, Global Voices; collaborator, the Credibility Coalition
Rob Owers, director of audio and video content, the Telegraph

Yara Silva, acting head of social media, the Daily Mirror

Jessica Best, engagement editor, De Correspondent

Maaike Goslinga international editor, De Correspondent
Tessa Kaday, senior product manager for video, Reuters
Jason Karaian, global finance and economics editor, Quartz
Sarah Hartley, co-founder and editor,Publish.org
Gareth Hickey, co-founder and chief executive, NOA
Martijn de Kuijper, founder and chief executive, Revue
Kristin Granbo, multimedia journalist, NRK
Eliza Mackintosh, producer, CNN Digital International
Bianca Wright, project lead on Coventry Blitz VR; course director for BA Journalism at Coventry University
Miranda McLachlan, programme convenor, MA/MSc Digital Journalism,Goldsmiths, University of London
Robert McKenzie, editor, BBC News Labs
Jane Singer, professor of journalism innovation, City, University of London
Maggie Day, senior producer, TicToc by Bloomberg
Rich Evans, strategic partnerships manager, Facebook and Instagram
Alan Hunter, head of digital, the Times and Sunday Times
Thomas Schultz-Homberg, chief digital officer, Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung
Benedicte Autret, head of news partnerships, Google
James Webb, group product manager, Financial Times

Peter Bale, launch editor, WikiTribune
Collen McEnaney, graphics editor, the Wall Street Journal

Brianne O’Brien, lead news curation editor, BuzzFeed

Andrew Tuck, editor, Monocle

Stuart Goulden, founder, Like No Other
Jayisha Patel, independent filmmaker
Benedicte Autret, head of news partnerships, UK, Ireland & Benelux, Google
Leila Haddou, data journalist, the Times and The Sunday Times

Marc Ellison, video- and photojournalist

Nick Cohen, director of video products, Reuters
Olly Grundy, head of Google Surveys for publishers, EMEA, Google

Jade Le Van, product expert, Tableau Public
Nicole Jackson, deputy editor, virtual reality, the Guardian

Yasmine El-Rafie, project manager, Swedish Radio

Jason Karaian, global finance and economics editor, Quartz

Felix Franz, project manager and editor, hostwriter

Bo Franklin, social media writer, The Economist

Kevin Young, senior social editor, Bloomberg
Matt Cooke, head of international, Google News Lab
Laura Oliver, freelance journalist and digital consultant




