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Programme 1 ( Expand all | Contract all )

• 9.25 Opening remarks

   

• 9.35 Keynote address

  Daniel Ek, Founder and CEO, Spotify

• 10.10 Digital monetisation - Free or Fee?

  Stephen Nuttall, Director, Commercial Group, British Sky Broadcasting
  Sarah Simon, Financial, Strategic and Policy Development Officer, Phorm
  Mark Cunnington, Global Commercial Director, Financial Times
  
  Panel chaired by Peter Bazalgette

• 10.55 The Future of Audio

  Tim Davie, Director, BBC Audio
  
  Introduction and Q&A by Jez Nelson, Creative Director, Somethin' Else
  

• 11.25 Break

   

• 11.50 Galvanising a nation online

  Orchestrating the Barack Obama New Media campaign

  Thomas Gensemer, Founding Partner, Blue State Digital
  
  Introduction and Q&A by Will Gompertz, Director, Tate Media
  

• 12.20 BBC search and navigation masterclass.

  Exploring the key principles of successful search and navigation including:

  • Permanence - unique, discrete, permanent urls to ensure people can link to you (which powers search), blog/tweet about your stuff, recommend it etc.
  • Global - utilising national rights models to ensure findability on a global platform
  • Shareable - power of embedding, syndication etc.
  • Open - can others build upon or integrate your stuff
  • Short-form - easily shareable, takeaway content
  • Search engine optimisation around bbc.co.uk
  • Shownar - tracking "buzz" around our programmes, capturing it and associating it with our content
  • Social discovery in iPlayer and beyond - Internal search and aggregation strategy

  Simon Nelson, Controller of Multi-platform, BBC Vision
  Julian Sambles, Head of Audience Development, Telegraph 
  Kirk Hullis, Account Director, Rubber Republic
  Caragh Salisbury, Editor of User Building, BBC Vision

• 13:00 Lunch

   

• 14.15 Keynote Speaker: Jeremy Hunt
  

  Talk from keynote speaker Jeremy Hunt

  (Side workshop available in Workshop room. See below this programme for details)

  Introduction and Q&A, Peter Bazalgette

• 15.00 How can the governement help the content sectors?

  How can this - or the next - government help the content sectors?

  John McVay, CEO, PACT
  John Woodward, CEO, UK Film Council
  Michael Rawlinson, Director General, ELSPA
  Jeremy Silver, CEO, Featured Artists Coalition
  
  Chaired by Peter Bazalgette

• 15.45 Break

   

• 16.05 New public service media - a master class

  Different publicly funded institutions present their models for the creation and distribution of public service media, from sponsorship funding to selling to aggregators, to funding new content and beyond. The session will outline how the Tate and the BBC are engaging with the media and creative industries and what you need to do to open a dialogue on future public service media opportunities.

  Will Gompertz, Director, Tate Media
  Roly Keating, Director of Archive, BBC
  
  Chaired by John Woodward, Chief Executive, UK Film Council

• 16:40 Interactive Drama

  Interactive Drama - where future narrative and technology meet
  
  Serena Cullen, Director of Drama and Comedy, Sony Pictures Television
  Justine Potter, Founder and Director, Savvyproductions
  Tom Thirlwall, Managing Director, M Works
  
  Chaired by James Kirkham, Director, Holler

• 17.20 Drinks

   

Programme 2 ( Expand all | Contract all )

• 9.25 Opening remarks

   

• 9.35 Keynote address

  Daniel Ek, Founder and CEO, Spotify

• 10.10 Digital monetisation - Free or Fee?

  Stephen Nuttall, Director, Commercial Group, British Sky Broadcasting
  Sarah Simon, Financial, Strategic and Policy Development Officer, Phorm
  Mark Cunnington, Global Commercial Director, Financial Times
  
  Panel chaired by Peter Bazalgette

• 10.55 The Future of Audio

  Tim Davie, Director, BBC Audio
  
  Introduction and Q&A by Jez Nelson, Creative Director, Somethin' Else
  

• 11.25 Break

   

• 11.50 Galvanising a nation online

  Orchestrating the Barack Obama New Media campaign

  Thomas Gensemer, Founding Partner, Blue State Digital
  
  Introduction and Q&A by Will Gompertz, Director, Tate Media
  

• 12.20 Opportunities in regional news post Digital Britain

  Digital Britain's recommendations on the future of regional news create new opportunities for a wider range of businesses and come with huge policy implications for media. THis session will invite news providers, present and future, to debate the issues and highlight where the opportunities are arising, how to leverage them and what the future local media landscape will look like.

  Roger Parry, Chairman, YouGov
  Alex Connock, CEO, Ten Alps PLC
  Bobby Hain, Managing Director of Broadcasting, STV
  
  Panel chaired by Conor Dignam, Group Editor, Emap Media
  

• 13:00 Lunch
  

   

• 14.15 Keynote Speaker: Jeremy Hunt
  

  Talk from keynote speaker Jeremy Hunt

  (Side workshop available in Workshop room. See below this programme for details)

  Introduction and Q&A, Peter Bazalgette

• 15.00 How can the governement help the content sectors?

  How can this - or the next - government help the content sectors?

  John McVay, CEO, PACT
  John Woodward, CEO, UK Film Council
  Michael Rawlinson, Director General, ELSPA
  Jeremy Silver, CEO, Featured Artists Coalition
  
  Chaired by Peter Bazalgette

• 15.45 Break

   

• 16.05 10 things you need to know about apps

  Andrew Hawkins, Chief Technology officer, UMEE.TV

• 16.40 Media City

   

• 17.00 Anatomy of PlayStation Home

  Peter Edward, Director of Home Platform, Sony Computer Entertainment Europe

  Introduced by Richard Deverell

• 17.20 Drinks