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Bristol 2008 Programme

Sunday November 9

4.00 pm Registration
   
6.00 pm Boats leave for SS Great Britain
   
6.30 pm

Welcome reception - SS Great Britain - In partnership with Bristol City Council

   
6.55 pm Welcome to Bristol
   
7.00 pm Society of Editors Lecture
  Paul Dacre Editor, Daily Mail, Editor-in-Chief, Associated Newspapers, chairman of the Editors' Code Committee
  Chaired by Simon Bucks, President, Society of Editors
   
8.15 pm Buffet Reception
   
10.30 pm Late bar at the Marriott Royal Hotel 
   

Monday November 10

8.00 am Breakfast 
  English Breakfast in the resaturant or continental breakfast in the conference foyer.
   
9.00 am Welcome  South West RDA
 

Setting the Scene   Simon Bucks, President, Society of Editors

   
9.15 am Keynote address:
  Air Chief Marshall Sir Jock Stirrup, Chief of the Defence Staff
   
9.45 am The big issue - Digital Challenges  - In partnership with Press Association
  When it comes to convergence, one size clearly does not fit all. Each sector of the media faces its own challenges and opportunities.
  Chaired by: Alastair Stewart, ITV 
   
  Pete Clifton, Head of Editorial Development, BBC
  Carolyn McCall, Chief Executive, Guardian Media
 

Ian Squires, Director, ITV regional production

  Martin Clarke, Publisher, Mail Online
   
10.45 am Coffee 
   
11.00 am New newsrooms for old
  New technology and new platforms mean the shape of newsrooms is changing.
  Chaired by: Torin Douglas, Media Correspondent, BBC News
   
  Malcolm Pheby, Editor, Nottingham Evening Post
  Pete Picton, Online editor, The Sun
  Alan Rusbridger, Editor, The Guardian
  Hugh Carnegy, Managing Editor, Financial Times
  Jon Godel, ITN
   
12.00 pm Platforms for cash
  Is anyone making money from the digital future? How are profits affected by viral advertising, online search engines and new technology?
 

Chaired by: Raymond Snoddy, Media Commentator

  Mark Smith, Founder, S1
  Dietmar Schantin, Director, IFRA
  Andrew Hawken, Editorial Director Online, BSkyB
  Graham Hansell, Founder and Head of Strategy, Sitelynx
   
12.55 pm Presentation of NCTJ awards
   
1.00 pm Lunch - In partnership with BBC
   
2.15 pm

Video Vision

 

Chaired by Simon Bucks

  Michael Rosenblum, Video visionary
   
2.45 pm Tomorrow's journalists today - In partnership with NCTJ
  New media and new journalism requires new approaches to journalism training.
  Chaired by: Martin Stanford, Sky News
   
  The training experience:
   Ruth Barnett, Sky News
   Jane Omara, Western Morning News
   
   Are academics doing enough to prepare for the multimedia world?
  Paul Egglestone, UCLAN
   
  The employers: 
  Donald Martin, Editor, Evening Times Glasgow, Chairman NCTJ qualifications committee
   
3.45 pm Tea
   
4.00 pm P&L Session - In Partnership with Foot Anstey
  Chaired by: Peter Preston
   
  Robin Esser, chairman P&L committee - an overview
  Richard Thomas, Information Commissioner
   
4.45 pm The big stories of the past year
  Chaired by: Kevin Marsh, BBC College of Journalism
   
  Robert Peston, BBC Business Editor - the credit crunch
  Clarence Mitchell, the McCanns story
   
5.30 pm Society of Editors business session
  Sports rights - Andrew Moger, Executive Director, News Media Coalition
   
  SoE Annual General Meeting
   
6.00 pm Working sessions end
   
7.15 pm Walk to @ Bristol
   
7.30 pm Reception
   
8.15 pm Annual gala dinner - In partnership with South West RDA
  Including presentation of Rat up a Drainpipe Award by Andrew Marr
   
11.00 pm Late bar at the Marriott Royal Hotel
   
Tuesday November 11 
   
8.30 am Breakfast seminar in the conference room
  A full buffet breakfast will be served in the conference room from 8.30 am with the seminar itself starting at 9.30 am prompt.
   
9.30 am The future is ours - 2020 Vision
  What will the media look like in 2020? Lifting the covers on editors' crystal balls.
  Chaired by: Jon Snow, Channel 4 News
   
  George Brock, International Editor, The Times
  Sly Bailey, Chief Executive, Trinity Mirror Newspapers
  David Holdsworth, Controller of English Regions, BBC
  Sir Christopher Meyer, Chairman, Press Complaints Commission
   
10.30 am New President's inaugural address
  Nigel Pickover, Editor, Evening Star, Ipswich
   
10.45 am Conference close

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