Speaker Lineup for RTS’s Cambridge Convention

Disney’s Deborah Armstrong, Sky’s Cécile Frot-Coutaz, All3Media’s Jane Turton and actor David Tennant are among the speakers taking part in the biennial Cambridge Convention, run by the Royal Television Society (RTS).

Other newly announced speakers are Banijay Entertainment’s Marco Bassetti; Social People and The Creator Project’s Jade Beason; broadcaster Angellica Bell; ITN’s Rachel Corp; broadcaster, economist and author Dharshini David; SISTER’s Jane Featherstone; Financial Times’ John Gapper; Warner Bros. Discovery UK & Ireland and Warner Bros. Discovery Sports Europe’s Andrew Georgiou; technology journalist and presenter Zoe Kleinman; YouTube’s Alison Lomax; Accenture’s Fernando Lucini; Times Radio’s Kate McCann; comedian and presenter Chris McCausland; Broadcast’s Richard Middleton; Charlotte Moore; Lisa Nandy, Secretary of State for culture, media and sport; The Times’ Katie Prescott; BBC News’ Deborah Turness and Katie Razzall; Sky News Group’s David Rhodes; England Football Women’s Team’s Sarina Wiegman; and Public First’s Rachel Wolf.

They join the previously announced speaker list, which includes The Telegraph’s Kamal Ahmed; Channel 4’s Jonathan Allan; StudioB’s BrandonB; Political Currency’s Ed Balls and George Osborne; Meta’s Nick Clegg; ARIA’s Matt Clifford; Workera’s Kian Katanforoosh; JamPot Productions’ Jamie Laing; FX Networks’ John Landgraf; BBC Radio 4’s Simon Lewis and David Yelland; Netflix’s Anna Mallett; Candle Media’s Kevin Mayer; ITV’s Carolyn McCall; journalist and broadcaster Amol Rajan; Raine’s Joe Ravitch; Paramount Global and Channel 5’s Sarah Rose; Ofcom’s Cristina Nicolotti Squires; Creative Industries Council’s Shriti Vadera; Roku’s Anthony Wood; and CNN Worldwide and Redbird IMI’s Jeff Zucker.

The 2025 Cambridge Convention is taking place on September 17 and 18 at King’s College in Cambridge. The BBC is the principal sponsor of this year’s edition, with Tim Davie, director-general of the BBC, chairing the event.

Other confirmed convention sponsors are Accenture, British Forces Broadcasting Service (BFBS), Everyone TV, Universal International Studios, Virgin Media O2 and YouTube.

“This year, our Cambridge Convention will once again bring together global trailblazers from all corners of the media and tech industries, with each session shining a timely and valuable spotlight on how our industry is evolving,” said Theresa Wise, CEO of the Royal Television Society. “We look forward to welcoming both our esteemed lineup of speakers and delegates to Cambridge for two days of inspiring discussions, which we hope will drive action and provoke vital conversations around the future of our industry.”