2019 Conference
Speakers
 Mar Cabra, ICIJ |  Will Gore, NCTJ |  Polly Curtis, Tortoise |
|---|---|---|
 Adam Cantwell-Corn, Bristol Cable |  Harriet Kingaby, CAN |  Sebastian Esser, Krautreporter |
 Kathryn Geels, Engaged Journalism Ac |  Ed Procter, IMPRESS |  Stephen Khan, The Conversation |
 Olaf Steenfadt, RSF |  Anna-Sophie Harling, NewsGuard |  Dame Frances Cairncross |
 Jane Martinson, The Guardian |  Lord Inglewood |  Alison Preston, OFCOM |
 Hardeep Matharu, Byline Times |
Programme
09:30
Registration and networking breakfast
10:00
Welcome
THE AUDIENCE
10:15
CONVERSATION | Who cares about public interest news?
Dame Frances Cairncross
Author of the Cairncross Review and Chair of Court, Heriot-Watt University
Lord Inglewood
Former Chairman of the House of Lords Select Committee on Communications
With: Jonathan Heawood. CEO, IMPRESS.
10:45
DISCUSSION | You can't please all the people: What do audiences want?
Polly Curtis
Partner and Editor - Tortoise
Anna Merryfield
Community News Director - Social Spider
Adam Cantwell-Corn
Co-founder, Bristol Cable
Alison Preston
Head of Research, Making Sense of Media - Ofcom
Chair: Rachel Oldroyd
Managing Editor, The Bureau of Investigative Journalism.
11:40
Coffee break and networking
TRUST
12:00
PRESENTATION | Independent and ad-free: The future of news?
Sebastian Esser
Founder of Krautreporter and Steady
Content partner:
12:15
DISCUSSION | Transparency, training and trust: Would you believe it?
Olaf Steenfadt
Project Director - Reporters Without Borders (RSF)
Will Gore
Head of Partnerships & Projects - NCTJ
Anna-Sophie Harling
Head of Europe, NewsGuard
Harriet Kingaby
Co-chair - Conscious Advertising Network
Chair: Ed Procter
Chief Operating Officer, IMPRESS
13:15
Lunch and networking
DEMOCRACY
14:15
CONVERSATION | What the Panama Papers say
Mar Cabra
Investigative journalist & Head of data unit at ICIJ during the Panama Papers investigation
With: Jane Martinson
Columnist - The Guardian
14:45
PRESENTATION | The Experience of the Independent Publishers Taskforce
Vanessa Baird
Co-Editor, New Internationalist
Erica Roffe
Managing Editor, Bedford Indpendent
15:00
DISCUSSION | How is independent news addressing the democratic deficit?
Kathryn Geels
Director - Engaged Journalism Accelerator (European Journalism Centre)
Valerie Mocker
Director, Development & European Digital Policy - Nesta
Hardeep Matharu
Editor - Byline Times
Chair: Stephen Khan
Editor - The Conversation UK
15:50
Closing remarks
16:00
Drinks reception
Gallery
Out of gallery
