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09:40 - 10:00

Stream 1: County Suite and OnlineKeynote: The Glass Cliff

Speakers

Sophie Williams

Author and activist

10:00 - 10:20

Stream 1: County Suite and OnlineKeynote: A view from the bridge

Speakers

Nicola Solomon

C.e.o.

The Society of Authors

10:20 - 10:40

Stream 1: County Suite and OnlineKeynote: How publishing can embrace AI

Speakers

Nadim Sadek

Author and c.e.o.

Shimmr AI

10:40 - 11:00

Stream 1: County Suite and OnlineKeynote: Publishing with positivity

Speakers

L J Ross

Author and founder

Dark Skies Publishing

11:00 - 11:30

Stream 1: County Suite and OnlineMorning break

11:30 - 12:10

Stream 1: County Suite and OnlineAsk the leader: Aimée Felone

Speakers

Aimée Felone

Knights Of

Managing director

11:30 - 12:10

Stream 2: Westminster Suite and OnlineAsk the leader: Briony Grogan

Speakers

Briony Grogan

Director of people and culture

Pan Macmillan

11:30 - 12:10

Stream 3Ask the leader: Maura Wilding

Speakers

Maura Wilding

Group communications director

Hachette UK

12:10 - 12:15

Stream 3Room switch

12:10 - 12:15

Stream 1: County Suite and OnlineRoom switch

12:10 - 12:15

Stream 2: Westminster Suite and OnlineRoom switch

12:15 - 13:00

Stream 2: Westminster Suite and OnlineStoryworlds: Doing more with our IP

Speakers

Emma Bell

S.v.p, creative and brand & executive producer

International Literary Properties (ILP)

Simon Friend

Producer

Simon Friend Entertainment

Jasmine Richards

founder & ceo

Storymix

Ed Wood

Publishing director for brands and creative partnerships; IP director

Sphere and Little, Brown

12:15 - 12:30

Stream 3Audio case study - Poor Things, and the Rights Things

Speakers

Laura Smith

W. F. Howes

12:15 - 13:00

Stream 1: County Suite and OnlineHow should publishing navigate the evolving AI landscape?

Speakers

James Long

Publishing Operations Director

Pan Macmillan - Group Licence

Brigid Evans

Director of Government Relations

Pearson

Dan Guthrie

Director General

Alliance for Intellectual Property

Emily Guille-Marrett

Chief Content Officer

Pickatale

12:30 - 12:45

Stream 3Audio speaker showcase

Speakers

Carla Herbertson

Co-founder and director

Small Wardour

Rebecca Souster

Head of US, UK and emerging markets

Zebralution

12:45 - 13:00

Stream 3Audio 101 - A history of this ambitious project

Speakers

Jamie Byng

Chief executive and publisher

Canongate

Joanna Lord

Sales director

Canongate

13:00 - 14:00

Stream 1: County Suite and OnlineLunch break

13:00 - 14:00

Stream 2: Westminster Suite and OnlineLunch break

13:00 - 14:00

Stream 3Lunch break

14:00 - 14:45

Stream 2: Westminster Suite and OnlineListen up: How AI is impacting audio

Speakers

Ravina Bajwa

Audio consultant and producer

Timbre Audio

Dominic Gribben

Audio director

Hachette UK

Jason Kelly

Chief legal officer

Sounded

Denieca Moulder

Senior Agent

Sue Terry Voices

14:00 - 14:45

Stream 3Cover Meeting Live! A conversation about design in a time of AI

Speakers

Micaela Alcaino

Book cover designer and illustrator

Steve Leard

Freelance designer

Cover Meeting Podcast

David Pearson

Graphic designer

Rafaela Romaya

Art director

Canongate Books

14:00 - 14:45

Stream 1: County Suite and OnlineDriving force: Sales in publishing, by women in publishing

Speakers

Anna Bond

Managing director

Octopus Books

Anna Derkacz

Director, group sales and rights

HarperCollins UK

Kathleen Farrar

Managing director, group sales and marketing

Bloomsbury

Diana Broccardo

Managing director

Swift Press

14:45 - 14:50

Stream 1: County Suite and OnlineRoom switch

14:50 - 15:30

Stream 2: Westminster Suite and OnlineThe Spotify dilemma: Is streaming the new a la carte?

Speakers

Kelli Fairbrother

xigxag

Co-founder and c.e.o.

Nathan Hull

Chief strategy officer

Beat Technology

Sophia MacAskill

Audio & Podcast Agent

Curtis Brown

14:50 - 15:30

Stream 1: County Suite and OnlineGuts and story: Publishing with emotion in the age of AI

Speakers

Georgia Henry

Director

The Pitch Agency

Lotte Jeffs

Writer and podcaster

Kaiya Shang

Commissioning editor

Chatto & Windus

Euan Tait

Events manager

The Portobello Bookshop

14:50 - 15:30

Stream 3Insight insiders: What data did next

Speakers

Caroline Butler

founder

Convert Culture

Lee Dibble

Marketing and communities director

Pan Macmillan

Vicki Traino

Head of PR and digital

The Folio Society

Nicole Vanderbilt

Managing director

Bookshop.org

15:30 - 16:00

Stream 1: County Suite and OnlineAfternoon break

15:30 - 16:00

Stream 2: Westminster Suite and OnlineAfternoon break

15:30 - 16:00

Stream 3Afternoon break

16:00 - 16:20

Stream 3AI case study: AI in Education & Bond Online Premium

Speakers

Helen Freeman

Director

Oxford Children's Books

16:00 - 16:40

Stream 1: County Suite and OnlineThe way we work: Structural changes that support our teams

Speakers

Jenny Fry

Publisher and commercial director

Canongate

Lucy Jones

Project manager

Tandem Collective

Joel Rickett

Managing director

Ebury

16:00 - 16:40

Stream 2: Westminster Suite and OnlineLife Lessons podcast LIVE!

Speakers

David Shelley

C.e.o.

Hachette

Simon Mundie

Host

Life Lessons Podcast

16:20 - 16:40

Stream 3AI case study: My Child, the Algorithm

Speakers

James Carney

Computational linguist

The London Disciplinary School

Sujoy Roy

Marketing director

Footnote Press

Hannah Silva

Author and academic

Queen Mary, University of London

16:40 - 16:45

Stream 1: County Suite and OnlineRoom switch

16:45 - 17:00

Stream 1: County Suite and OnlineCultural report: All tomorrow's stories

Speakers

Nancy Adimora

Founder

OtherStories

17:00 - 17:30

Stream 1: County Suite and OnlineThe future of leadership: A discussion

Speakers

Katie Ogunṣakin (née Packer)

editorial director

Trapeze

Selina Brown

Founder and c.e.o.

Black British Book Festival

Emma Quick

Head of marketing, children's division

Bonnier Books UK

Srishti Kadu

Procurement controller

Taylor & Francis

17:30 - 18:00

Stream 1: County Suite and OnlineThe FutureBook Awards

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