Meet the Speakers Sarah Jones


Birmingham Cit Universit Head of the Birmingham School of Media


Sarah is the head of the Birmingham School of Media at Birmingham City University. She is an immersive storyteller,


Richard Johnson Bonnier Publishing Group c.e.o.


Richard has led the transformation of Bonnier Publishing in the past seven


years, growing revenue from £45m to £128m. He joined the company with a background in finance and in 2010 was asked by its owner, Bonnier AB in Sweden, to “hold the fort” as c.e.o. while it found somebody “who knew something about books”. Under Richard’s leader- ship, the group has built a repu- tation for challenging the status quo and for thinking differently.


Alice Lutyens Curtis Brown


Agent and audio rights manager


Alice is an agent at Curtis Brown in London, and has been its audio manager for more than 10 years, during which time the


company’s audio business has grown substantially. (She may also be the world’s first profoundly deaf audio advocate.) She represents mainly fiction authors, including Sunday Times best- sellers Kate Hamer and Jane Harper. She was named a Bookseller Rising Star in 2014.


@alicelutyens


Patch McQuade ID Audio Director


Patch is the owner of ID Audio, a recording studio based in West London that has produced more than 3,000 audiobooks to date.


Embracing the dramatic changes in the industry over the last 30 years, Patch started out at Sony Music before becoming audio manager at Dorling Kindersley Multimedia. He founded ID Audio in 2000. Recent productions include Bad Dad by David Walliams, What Does This Button Do? by Bruce


Dickinson and This Boy by Alan Johnson. @id_audio


www.thebookseller.com


David Millican BridgeU


Lead data scientist


David studied mathemat- ics and natural sciences at the University of Cam- bridge before going on to complete an MPhil in eco-


nomics at the University of Oxford. He moved to Italy to work as a mathemati- cal modeller for the Ferrari Formula One team, developing computer simula- tions for race strategy and applying machine learning to interpret aerody- namic data. He joined BridgeU after realising the potential of using AI in EdTech, and hopes to improve how cru- cial life decisions are made.


using 360-degree technology and vir- tual reality to bring together new forms of narrative. A Google Jump Start cre- ator, Sarah is listed as a global influ- encer in VR and co-founded VRGirlsUK. Previously, she worked for ITV as a cor- respondent and news anchor.


@virtualsarahj


Sharmaine Lovegrove Dialogue Books Publisher


Sharmaine is the pub- lisher of Dialogue Books, the inclusive imprint of Little, Brown, which is part of the Hachette group. She


was formerly the literary editor at Elle, a film and TV adaptations scout, and the owner of a bookshop in Berlin.


Nicholas Lovell GAMESbrief Director/author


Nicholas is an author and game-design consultant. He is a shareholder in Supersaurs and designed the game that accompa-


nies it: Raptors of Paradise. His book The Curve (Portfolio Penguin) explains how to make money in the digital age; The Pyramid of Game Design (Focal Press) is Nicholas’ guide to designing, producing and launching games. Games clients he has worked with include Rovio, CCP and Firefly Studios.


@nicholaslovell


Paul Martinovic Pan Macmillan


Non-fiction communications manager


Paul has worked in pub- lishing for six years in var- ious digital, marketing and publicity roles. He’s man- aged campaigns for some


of the biggest brands in publishing, including John le Carré, Zadie Smith, and Antony Beevor. Earlier this year he launched Shaun Keaveny’s “Not So Simple” podcast, and he currently works across non-fiction marketing and publicity campaigns. He also recently launched a podcast of his own, “The 90s Movie Pod”.


@paulmartinovic


Preethi Mavahalli Mammoth Screen Executive producer


Preethi joined Mammoth in 2011. In her tenure there, she has executive- produced “Tripped” for E4 and “NW” for BBC2; the


latter was recently nominated for two 2017 BAFTA Awards (in the Leading Actress and Single Drama categories). Upcoming shows include “The City & The City”, written for BBC2, and “Next of Kin” for ITV. Prior to joining Mammoth, Preethi worked in development at Film4, and at Film London.


@mammothscreen


Scott Morrison ThinkSprint Co-founder


Scott has a unique combi- nation of experience, having worked with (or at) some of the world’s big- gest agencies and brands,


running commercial teams and start- ups and picking up several awards along the way. He’s been a contributor to the FT, the Times and the BBC, and speaks regularly on topics of innovation and creative leadership around the world. Scott believes that the future of business is to make work better in order to make better work.


@scotttheboom


Joanna Lord Canongate Books


Audio and online sales manager


Jo is responsible for over- seeing all aspects of Canongate’s audio pub- lishing, from commission- ing audio editions of


forthcoming titles to identifying backlist opportunities and developing new sales relationships. She also manages Canon- gate’s online retail accounts across for- mats. Before joining Canongate, Jo worked for the Guardian, where she ran the Guardian Bookshop and worked on books published by the newspaper’s own imprint.


@jolord83


Rose Luckin UCL


Professor of learner-centred design/ director of Educate London


Rose’s research involves the design and evaluation of educational technology using theories from the learning sciences and


techniques from artificial intelligence. Rose is also director of Educate, a London hub for educational technology start-ups, researchers and educators. Rose was recognised as one of the most important figures in British education when she was named in the Sunday Times’ Seldon List 2017.


@knowldgillusion


Jennifer McMenemy Orion Publishing Group Marketing manager


Jennifer is a marketing manager at the Orion Pub- lishing Group, and works across all of its imprints, with a focus on audio and


SFF. She works closely with Orion’s audio editorial and sales teams to look at ways to maximise promotions and awareness and drive sales of audio titles. She is also the co-creator of the award-winning Gollancz Festival, the UK’s first ever bookshop and digital fes- tival (now in its fourth year).


@gennmcmenemy


Junaid Mubeen Whizz Education Director of education


Junaid is a research mathematician turned educator, working at the nexus of education, innovation and technology.


As director of education at Whizz Education, Junaid oversees development and implementation of the Maths-Whizz virtual tutoring service, which has delivered personalised learning to more than half a million primary and early secondary school students worldwide. Junaid writes and speaks on a range of edtech topics.


@fjmubeen 19


Sara Lloyd Pan Macmillan


Digital and communications director


Sara is responsible for Pan Macmillan’s marketing, publicity, digital media, consumer insight and cor- porate communications.


She is an experienced publishing pro- fessional and company director, with many years working in the areas of digi- tal innovation, strategic planning, change management, marketing, PR and communications. Sara has been included in The Bookseller’s list of the 100 most influential people in publish- ing in each of the past seven years.


@babyjuggler


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