2018 Speakers
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Laura Hamm
Founder, Fabled
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Aki Schilz
Director, The Literary Consultancy
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Rupert Barclay
Managing Partner, Cairneagle Associates
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Natasha Bardon
Publishing director, HarperCollins
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Sharmaine Lovegrove
FutureBook Person of the Year and publisher, Dialogue Books
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Marc Sieper
Head of luebbe audio (VP), Bastei Lübbe
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Crystal Mahey-Morgan
Founder, OWN IT!
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Cameron Drew
VP publishing partnerships, BookTrack
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Jon White
VP global sales & marketing, PageMajik
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Sophie Hannah
Bestselling author
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Alice Zimmerman
Assistant Partnerships Lead, UK, Google
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Kiera Newmark
Deputy Director, STEM & Digital Skills Unit Department for Education
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Jasper Joffe
Founder, Joffe Books
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Ali Albazaz
Founder and CEO, Inkitt
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Matthew Jones
VP content acquisition & strategy, Perlego
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Nick Coveney
Publisher relations & content lead, U.K. and ANZ, Rakuten Kobo
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Kika Sroke-Miller
Brand and growth director, Zed Books
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Ahrani Logan
CEO & co-founder, Peapodicity
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Tom Abba
Associate professor: Art & Design, University of the West of England
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Kate Jones
Audio publisher (English Language), Storytel
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Meir Biton
Co-founder and CPO, Storyball
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Mila Steele
Publisher, SAGE Publishing
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Marcus Leaver
Founder & director, OH! Book Group
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Tim Cooper
CEO, Macat
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Muki Kulhan
Executive digital producer, Muki International
KEYNOTE
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Sophia Thakur
Performance poet
KEYNOTE
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Tracey Follows
Founder & CEO, Futuremade
KEYNOTE
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Sir Anthony Seldon
Vice-Chancellor, The University of Buckingham
EDTECH KEYNOTE
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Rose Luckin
Professor of learner-centred design, UCL Knowledge Lab
EDTECH KEYNOTE
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Niels Peter Thomas
Chief book strategist, Springer Nature
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Joseph Noble
Head of partnerships & innovation, Oxford University Press
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Yaz El Hakim
Director of Learner Experience for Kortext & vice-chair of SEDA
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George Burgess
Founder, EdTech Exchange
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Joseph Evans
Senior research analyst, Enders Analysis
AUDIO KEYNOTE
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Wil Harris
Co-founder & c.e.o, Entale
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Nick Barreto
Co-founder & technology director, Canelo
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Sam Reid
Co-founder, ThinkSprint
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Bec Evans
Co-founder, Prolifiko
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Alex Wood
Europe editor, Forbes
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Anna Jean Hughes
Founder, The Pigeonhole and freelance editor
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Keshini Niadoo
Publishing director and co-founder, Hera Books
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Lindsey Mooney
Managing director and co-founder, Hera Books
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David Shelley
CEO, Hachette
KEYNOTE
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Syima Aslam
Founder and director, Bradford Literature Festival
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Kimberley Williams
Digital and audio publisher, Princeton University Press
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Emily Goldhill
Strategist, Livity
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Jess Williams
CEO & voice designer, Opearlo
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Seth Godin
Author
KEYNOTE
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Miles Stevens Hoare
General manager, W F Howes
AUDIO KEYNOTE
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Ian Forrester
Senior R&D firestarter, BBC R&D North lab, Mediacity UK
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Heather McDaid
Co-founder, 404 Ink
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Eliza Easton
Principal policy researcher, Creative Economy and Data Analytics team, Nesta
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James Cridland
Radio futurologist
AUDIO KEYNOTE
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Alice Revel
Founder, Ampersand Book Co.
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Sam Coniff Allende
Author, Be More Pirate
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Annie Stone
Publisher Relations Lead, BookBub
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Ra Page
Founder & CEO, Comma Press
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Paul Kemp-Robertson
Co-founder, Contagious
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Rachel Mallender
Group audio director, HarperCollinsPublishers
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Marine Debray
Head of group strategy & business development, HarperCollins UK
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Emma Rogers
Co-founder and c.e.o, Little Bridge
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Jake Harris
Story Shed Podcast
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James Waller
Managing director, Trigger Publishing
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Anwen Hooson
Founder, Bird Literary Agency
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Ben Drury
Co-founder and c.e.o, Yoto
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Mark Stay
Bookseller and co-presenter, The Bestseller Experiment
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Cathryn Summerhayes
Literary agent, Curtis Brown
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Clarissa Pabi
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Dominique Raccah
Publisher and c.e.o, Sourcebooks
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John Philips
Managing director, EMEA, ZUORA
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Matt Cockerill
Co-founder, CKBK
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Nick Briggs
Big Finish Productions
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Svenia Busson
CEO, LearnSpace
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Leena Norms
Co-founder, Banging Book Club
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Alex Reads
Founder, Mostly Lit
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Octavia Bright
Co-creator, Literary Friction
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Jon Watt
Head of audio, Bonnier Books UK
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Albert Hogan
Director - group marketing, audience & digital development, Penguin Random House UK
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