Agenda

8:00-9:00
Registration
SESSION ONE
09:00-09:10
Welcome
Claire Enders, CBE, CEO, Enders Analysis, Eric Benedict, Executive Partner & MD, AlixPartners and Nathan Hancock, Vice President & Managing Director | UK, Ireland, Middle East & Africa, Adobe
09:10-09:25
Fireside Chat
Dana Strong, CBE, Group Chief Executive Officer, Sky - Interviewed by Nathan Hancock, Adobe
09:25-09:55
Keynote
Kate Alessi, Vice President of Google; Managing Director, Google United Kingdom & Ireland
09:40-09:55
Fireside Chat
Rhodri Talfan Davies, Editorial Director, BBC – Interviewed by Claire Enders, CBE
09:55-10:10
Keynote
Karl Holmes, General Manager, Disney+ EMEA
10:10-10:25
Keynote
Larry Tanz, VP of Content for EMEA, Netflix
10:25-10:40
Keynote
Arnaud de Puyfontaine, OBE, CEO, Vivendi & Chairman, Havas
10:40
BREAK
SESSION TWO
11:10-11:25
Conversation with:
Gerhard Zeiler, President, International, Warner Bros. Discovery &
Andrew Georgiou, President & MD UK & Ireland and Sports EMEA, Warner Bros. Discovery - Interviewed Claire Enders, CBE
11:25-11:40
Fireside Chat:
Dame Melanie Dawes, DCB Chief Executive, Ofcom
- Interviewed by Rebecca Galambos, Senior Director, Digital Strategy Group EMEA, Adobe
11:40-11:55
Conversation with:
Dame Carolyn McCall, OBE, CEO, ITV and Roula Khalaf, Editor, Financial Times
11:55-12:10
Keynote
Kevin MacLellan, President of international and Global content distribution, Paramount
12:10-12:40
Panel: News and media in the AI Age
Chair: Dan Thomas, Global Media Editor, Financial Times
Anna Bateson, CEO, Guardian Media Group
Rich Caccappolo, Vice Chair, Media, Daily Mail General Trust (DMGT)
Dominic Carter, EVP, Publisher - The Sun
Ian Rumsey, CEO, ITN
12:40-12:55
Keynote:
Mike Fries, Chairman & CEO, Liberty Global - interviewed by Thorold Barker, Senior Advisor at AlixPartners
12:55-13:10
Fireside Chat:
Max Taylor, CEO, VodafoneThree - Interviewed by Karen Egan, MD, Enders Analysis
13:10-14:10
LUNCH - SPONSORED BY ALIXPARTNERS
SESSION THREE
14:15-14:30
Fireside Chat
Allison Kirkby, CEO, BT Group - Interviewed by Karen Egan, MD, Enders Analysis
14:30-15:00
Panel: Fibre Focus
Chair: Stuart Cockburn, Partner, AlixPartners
Katie Milligan, CEO, Openreach
Natalie Black, CBE, Group Director of Infrastructure and Connectivity, Ofcom
Simon Holden, CEO, CityFibre
Rajiv Datta, CEO, nexfibre
15:00-15:15
Fireside Chat:
Lutz Schüler, CEO, Virgin Media O2 - Interviewed by Chloe Clements, Managing Director for Telco, Media & Services and Travel & Hospitality, Adobe
15:15-15:45
Panel: Challenges and Opportunities in Telecoms
Chair: Eric Benedict, Executive Partner & Managing Director, AlixPartners
Sophia Ahmad, CEO, UK Consumer Sky
Claire Gillies, CEO, Consumer, BT Group
Kelly Barlow, Strategy and Portfolio Director, VodafoneThree
Christian Hindennach, Chief Commercial Officer, Virgin Media O2
15:45-16:15
BREAK
SESSION FOUR
16:15-16:30
Keynote
Alison Lomax, Managing Director YouTube UK and Ireland
16:30-17:00
Panel: The sports media playbook: a forward view:
Chair: Mark Endemaño, Partner & Managing Director, AlixPartners
Dawn Airey, CBE, Chair, Women’s Professional Leagues Limited
Andrew Georgiou, President & MD UK & Ireland and Sports EMEA, Warner Bros. Discovery
Nick Herm, Group Chief Operating Officer, Sky
Ed McCarthy, Chief Operating Officer, DAZN
17:00-17:15
WARNER BROS. DISCOVERY CONFERENCE CLOSE
17:15-19:15
CONFERENCE SUMMER PARTY, IN PARTNERSHIP WITH WARNER BROS. DISCOVERY