2019 PROGRAMME
2019 PROGRAMME
HOOK THE READERS SESSIONS ARE PURPLE
TAKE SMARTER RISKS SESSIONS ARE NAVY
SEIZE THE AGENDA SESSIONS ARE PINK
HACK THE PROCESS SESSIONS ARE BLUE
08:30 - 09:00
REGISTRATION & TEA/COFFEE/BREAKFAST
9:00 - 9:10
WELCOME/INTRODUCTION
Molly Flatt
9:10 - 9:30
KEYNOTE ONE (HOOK THE READERS):
James Daunt, Waterstones
9:30 - 09:50
KEYNOTE TWO (HACK THE PROCESS):
Kaite Espiner, Orion
09:50 - 10:10
KEYNOTE THREE (SEIZE THE AGENDA):
Akua Agyemfra, bea.london
10:10 - 10:30
KEYNOTE FOUR (TAKE SMARTER RISKS):
Paul Abbassi, Bookstat
10:30 - 11:00
TEA/COFFEE BREAK
11:00 - 12:00
Generation headphone: who is consuming audio and what are they listening to
Chair: Philip Jones, The Bookseller
Lee Langford, Harris Interactive
Paul Abbassi, Bookstat
Susie Warhurst, Acast
Around the world in 80 ways: how we publish globally today
CHAIR: Tom Tivnan
Amanda Ridout, Boldwood
Kate Elton, Harper Collins
Tom Hall, Lonely Planet
Leading from the front: how publishers can drive the open access debate
Chair: Benedicte Page
Steven Inchcoombe, Springer Nature
Vicky Willams, Emerald
Richard Fisher, Royal Historical Association
Change-up: how to think and publish differently
Chair: Crystal Mahey-Morgan
MC Angel, Poet
Rose Cartwright, Author
Derek Owusu, Writer
Darren Buffonge, Manager & Agent
12:00 - 12:05
ROOM SWITCH
12:05 - 13:00
Storysellers: how to make digital content work in physical places
CHAIR: Philip Jones
Rosamund de la Hey, Mainstreet Trading Company
Mark Pearson, Libro.fm
Carol Boswarthack, City of London
Get smart: how to innovate like an outsider
CHAIR: Alice Revel
Cat Jones, Founders Factory
Victoria Loornes, TrendWatching
Jeff Taylor, Courier
* This is event is followed by a lunch and learn masterclass
Freedom to publish: what are the new limits and where are they coming from
CHAIR: Alison Flood
David Roth-Ey, HarperCollins
Sunny Singh, Author/Authors' Club
Jodie Ginsberg, Index on Censorship
Molly Ker Hawn, The Bent Agency
Disruption matters: how scholarly publishers have learned to adapt
CHAIR: Jon White
Kathryn Earle, Bloomsbury Academic
Tom Clark, DeGruyter
Steve Connelly, Hodder Education
Sam Herbert, 67 Bricks
13:00 - 14:00
LUNCH
14:00 - 14:45
Word up: Who is commissioning audio now, and who is the audience
CHAIR: Videl Bar-Kar, Bookwire
Rhian Roberts, BBC
Ruth Fitzsimmons, PodFront
Troy Juliar, Recorded Books
Rachel Mallender, Blinkist
By the book: where next for textbooks
CHAIR: Benedicte Page
Jonathan Chocqueel-Mangan, Pearson
Lucy Mills, CUP
David Prescott, Blackwell
Kate Worlock, Outsell
Talking heads: how can we get books back to the top of the cultural agenda
CHAIR: Anita Sethi
Sharmaine Lovegrove, Dialogue Books
Stephen Page, Faber
Gaby Wood, Booker
Carole Tonkinson, Bluebird/Pan Macmillan
Words and pictures: what makes books work on film
CHAIR: Crystal Mahey-Morgan
Emma Stuart, Kindle Entertainment
Danny Takhar, Second Generation
Helen Monks Takhar, Second Generation
Ana Garanito, Green Door Pictures
14:45 - 14:50
ROOM SWITCH
14:50 - 15:30
Putting on a show: how live sells books
Chair: Miriam Robinson
Aimee Felone, Knights Of
Angela Robertson, Goodthinking PR
Alex Fane, Fane Productions
The upside-down: what are the alternatives to publishing traditionally
CHAIR: Molly Flatt
John Bond, Whitefox
James Silver, author and journalist
Dave Buonaguidi, Unltd-Inc
Caroline Michel, PFD
What schools want: new approaches in the classroom
CHAIR: Benedicte Page
Jonathan Seaton, Twinkl
Priya Lakhani, Century Tech
Stephen Wilks, Seneca Learning
Dr Becky Sage, Interactive Scientific
Recording the unrecordable: how to walk the talk
CHAIR: Alice Lloyd, Orion
Elise Italiaander, DK
Guy Gadney, Charisma.ai
Ella Watts, freelance producer
15:30 - 16:00
TEA/COFFEE BREAK
16:00 - 16:50
Women in publishing: looking back, looking forwards
CHAIR: Molly Flatt
Baroness Gail Rebuck, Penguin Random House
Helena Gonda, PRH
Ella Horne, PRH
Crystal Mahey-Morgan, OWN IT!
FutureBook Audio Originals Competition
Chair: Philip Jones
Alice Lutyens, Curtis Brown
David Roper. Heavy Entertainment
Ellis Moore, Bolinda
Winning Author
BookTech Competition
Bec Evans, Prolifiko
17:00 - 17:15
KEYNOTE 4 (Creative Keynote)
Chris Duffey, Adobe
17:15 - 17:25
Futurebook Awards
Final keynote: Person of the Year
17:25 - 17:30
CLOSING REMARKS
17:30 - 18:30
NETWORKING DRINKS
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