Speakers 2013

Confirmed speakers for the Society of Editors ‘Freedom to Inform’ conference are as follows. For more information please click on the links to the left.

The Home Secretary, Rt Hon Theresa May MP
Stig Abell, Managing Editor, The Sun
Geraldine Allinson, Chairman, the KM Group 
Steve Auckland
Peter Barron, Director of Communications and Public Affairs for Europe, Middle East and Africa, Google
John Battle, Head of Compliance, ITN
Keith Bristow, Director General, National Crime Agency
Heather Brooke, Freedom of Information Campaigner
Shami Chakrabarti, Director, Liberty
David Dinsmore, Editor, The Sun
Simon Fox, Chief Executive, Trinity Mirror
Lord Grade of Yarmouth, former chairman of the BBC and ITV
Christopher Graham, Information Commissioner
Steve Hewlett, Writer, broadcaster and media consultant
Lord Hunt, Chairman, Press Complaints Commission
Tony Jaffa, Partner, Foot Anstey
Alex Marshall, Chief Executive, College of Policing
John McLellan, Director, Scottish Newspaper Society 
The Rt Hon Sir James Munby, President of the Family Division and Head of Family Justice
Dermot Murnaghan, News Presenter, Sky News
David Price QC
Raymond Snoddy, journalist, television presenter, author and media commentator
Martin Stanford, News Presenter, Sky News
Andrew Trotter, Chief Constable, British Transport Police, National Policing Lead for the Communication Advisory Group
Francesca Unsworth, Deputy Director of News and Current Affairs, BBC
Andrew Vallance, Air Vice-Marshall, Secretary, DPBAC
Paul Vickers, Chairman, Industry Implementation Group 
John Witherow, Editor, The Times

Chairs

Steve Hewlett, Writer, broadcaster and media consultant
Dermot Murnaghan, News Presenter, Sky News
Raymond Snoddy, journalist, television presenter, author and media commentator
Martin Stanford, News Presenter, Sky News