Programme
DEFENDING MEDIA FREEDOM: THE 20TH ANNIVERSARY CONFERENCE
Tuesday 12 November, Stationers’ Hall
8.45 am : Coffee and Registration
9.30 am: Welcome
9.50 am: Keynote Opening Speech
Jeremy Bliss, lawyer and film-maker
10.10 am: Panel 1: The Role of the Editor in the Evolving Newsroom
Chair: Kamal Ahmed, Editorial Director of BBC News
Chris Evans, Editor of The Telegraph
Nancy Fielder, Editor of the Sheffield Star
Alessandra Galloni, Global Managing Editor of Reuters
Vic Motune, Head of News at The Voice
Alison Phillips, Editor of the Daily Mirror
11.10 am: Coffee
11.30 am: Panel 2: Investigations: Are they still relevant in the clickbait world?
Charlene White, Journalist and Broadcaster, ITV News
Jane Bradley, Investigations Correspondent at BuzzFeed News
Tom Bristow, Head of Archant Investigations Unit
Jonathan Calvert, Insight Editor at The Sunday Times
Paul Henderson, Deputy Editor of the Daily Mirror
Claire Newell, Investigations Editor of The Telegraph
12.30 pm: Lunch
Sponsored by BBC News
1.45 pm: Panel 3: The Digital Future: Building Audience and Future-proofing the Newsroom
Chair: Alison Gow, Editor in Chief (digital) for the regionals division of Reach plc
Christian Broughton, Editor of the Independent
Sarah Brown, Head of News Partnerships for UK/Ireland at Facebook
Professor Lucy Kueng, Senior Research Fellow at the Reuters Institute, Oxford University
James Mitchinson, Editor of the Yorkshire Post and Editorial Director for JPIMedia Yorkshire
Keith Poole, Digital Editor of The Sun
2.45 pm: The Missing Billion
Tracy De Groose, Executive Chair of Newsworks
3 pm: Coffee
3.20 pm: Keynote speech
AC Neil Basu QPM, Metropolitan Police Assistant Commissioner for Specialist Operations
3.55 pm: Panel 4: Press Freedom: Balancing the Public’s Needs with the Public’s Right to Know
Chair: Jodie Ginsberg, CEO of Index on Censorship
John Battle, Head of Compliance, ITN
Martin Breen, Editor of Sunday Life (Northern Ireland)
Elizabeth Denham, Information Commissioner
The Rt Hon John Whittingdale MP
4.55 pm: Close
5.15 pm: Society of Editors Annual General Meeting
Suggestions for nearby attractions for guests to enjoy during the interval can be found here.
6.45 pm: President’s Reception
Sponsored by Cision
7.30 pm: 20th Anniversary Gala Dinner
After dinner awards and speeches
Lifetime Achievement Award: Kate Adie
Award to the Sun newspaper and its readers for 50 years of championing good causes
President Ian MacGregor introduces President Elect Alison Gow
Toast to the Society of Editors
Midnight: Carriages
