Meet the Speakers
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James Oswald is the author of the Inspector McLean series of crime novels: the first six are published in paper- back and e-book form by Penguin. He has also written an epic fantasy series, The Ballad of Sir Benfro (Penguin), as well as comic scripts and short stories. In his spare time he runs a 350-acre livestock farm in north-east Fife, where he raises pedigree Highland Cattle and New Zealand Romney sheep.
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Jan Reichelt is the co-founder and managing director of Mendeley, one of the world’s largest research collaboration platforms. Mendeley helps people to organise and collaborate on research projects and makes academic research more accessible and transparent. In April 2013, Mendeley was acquired by leading scientific, technical and medical publisher Elsevier, and Jan continues to lead the company—and its growth.
Justin Smith founded EducationalAppStore. com in 2014, a discov- ery marketplace for educational apps that supports schools, teachers and parents with the very best educational and curriculum-aligned apps. In 2014 he co-founded peer-to- peer network Edtech Exchange, helping other Edtech founders support one another and share their expertise.
Hannah Telfer is the m.d. of Penguin Random House Audio, and group director, consumer and digi- tal development. She leads a team of audio experts who work in partnership with publishing teams across PRH to commission, produce, market and distribute a diverse list of audio bestsellers, including the UK’s biggest-selling audiobook, The Girl on the Train and its fastest-selling audio title, The Amazing Book is Not on Fire.
James Whatley is a planning partner at Ogilvy & Mather Adver- tising, with 10 years’ experience work- ing in mobile, digital, and social, and multiple awards to his name. James, who looks after inno- vation for multiple Ogilvy & Mather Advertising clients, co-authors the annual Ogilvy Digital Trends report and, as a result, is a widely respected leader in his field.
Michelle Paver was born in Malawi and moved to England with her family when she was three. She read biochemistry at the University of Oxford and became a partner in a City of London law firm before she wrote her first book, Without Charity. In 2003, Michelle began work on what would become the six-book series Chronicles of Ancient Darkness. Her latest book is the ghost story Thin Air.
Matthew Rubery is professor of modern literature at Queen Mary University of London. He is the author of The Novelty of Newspapers: Victorian Fiction After the Invention of the News; editor of Audiobooks, Literature and Sound Stud- ies, and co-editor of Secret Commis- sions: An Anthology of Victorian Inves- tigative Journalism (2012). His latest book is The Untold Story of the Talking Book (Harvard University Press).
Daniel Solomons is the head of delivery, EMEA at Google Digital Academy. With more than 20 years’ experi- ence in advertising and media, Daniel leads a team that drives digital transformation through design- ing and delivering groundbreaking education programmes for advertisers, agencies and Googlers across Europe, the Middle East and Africa.
Joshua Perry leads Assembly, a schools data venture that is part of the Ark network. Assembly helps the schools sector to use data more effectively by integrating school systems and enabling analyt- ics. Prior to Assembly, Josh was part of the leadership team of Ark Schools, a network of 35 academies across the UK. He also founded Unlocked Guides, a children’s publishing company that sells travel books and apps.
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Jonas Tellander is the founder and chief executive of Story- tel, an audiobook and e-book service that launched in 2005. In May it acquired Denmark’s e-book subscription service Mofibo, and in June it bought Sweden’s oldest publisher, Norstedts, for £12.5m.
Rachel Williams begun her book career at Lonely Planet, commissioning and co-authoring illus- trated titles. After spells at Phaidon and Templar Publish- ing, she was the founding publisher of Big Picture Press in 2013 and, more recently, Wide Eyed Editions. Nomi- nated for Young Publisher of the Year in 2016, she has written more than 20 books for children, including the best- selling Atlas of Adventures.
Niclas Sandin is the c.e.o. of Book- Beat, a start-up digital subscription service for audiobooks founded by Bonnier Books in
2015 that has so far has launched in Sweden and Finland. He previously held leading positions at Bonnier Books’ Swedish business-to-consumer operations, and before that worked at advisory firm EY as a consultant and analyst.
Emma Southworth has been the senior producer of The Royal Ballet Studio Programme since 2013. She oversees the development, programming and production of the dance programme in The Linbury Theatre, as well as choreo- graphic and additional projects within The Royal Ballet. Emma has been a governor of the Northern School of Contemporary Dance and a trustee of The Opera Group.
Bobby Thandi is vice-president, digital at Dubit, developing strategies and oversee- ing the development of digital entertain- ment apps and games for kids. Since launching in 1999, Dubit has worked with leading children’s entertainment companies and innovative start-ups from around the globe. Its clients include DreamWorks, Mattel, Disney, PBS Kids, Cartoon Network and Nickel- odeon, among others.
Kate Worlock is the vice-president and lead analyst at Outsell, spearheading its cover- age and research of education information solutions in all areas of the market- place, including K-12, Higher Educa- tion, professional training, and human capital management. Kate serves as an executive-level adviser and consultant to Outsell’s education-focused clients on issues such as new market entry and product development.
Kate Pullinger writes fiction: her recent proj- ects include the novel Landing Gear; the digi- tal fiction for young people Inanimate Alice; and digital war memorial Letter to an Unknown Soldier. Next year she will launch a collaboration with Oolipo, a media-rich novel in episodes entitled Jellybone. She is also a professor of creative writing and digital media at Bath Spa University.
Marc Sieper founded Lübbe Audio, the audiobooks division of Bastei Lübbe AG, in 1996. Today it is one of the leading audio- book publishers in Germany. Marc, who acquired a diploma as a music business manager, has been honored with numerous Golden Disc (Sales) Awards, and in 2015 was awarded the Deutscher Hörbuchpreis (German Audio Book Award) for Best Publishing performance.
Michael Tamblyn is the president and c.e.o. of Rakuten Kobo. From its origins in Toronto in 2009, Kobo now oper- ates in 17 countries as one of the world’s largest e-book retailers and device manufacturers. It was acquired by Japanese e-commerce firm Rakuten in 2012. A member of the founding executive team in 2009, Michael became president in 2014 and was appointed c.e.o. in 2016.
Claudia Toia and Matthew Young are two-thirds of the Creative Technology team within Penguin Press, creating experi- mental digital proj- ects and pushing the boundaries of the publishing world. Clau- dia is in charge of the marketing and creative strategy, while Matthew is responsible for the design.
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Caroline Wright is the director general of the British Educational Suppliers Associa- tion (BESA), the UK’s national industry asso- ciation for educational products and services. Caroline joined BESA in 2012, and was appointed to the position of director general in July 2016.
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