The Royal Television Society (RTS), is Britain’s leading forum for television and related media, who have announced a range of high-profile speakers for its prestigious biennial Cambridge Convention, adding a number of industry heavyweights to the roster of speakers for 2023.
Taking place on Wednesday 20th and Thursday 21st September at King’s College, Cambridge, previous speakers had been confirmed as Ajaz Ahmed, CEO, AKQA, Tim Davie, Director-General, BBC, Mike Fries, CEO and Vice Chairman, Liberty Global, Maria Kyriacou, President, Broadcast & Studios, International Markets, Paramount Global, Bryan Lourd, Co-Chairman, Creative Artists Agency (CAA), Carolyn McCall, CEO, ITV, Jordan Schwarzenberger, Co-Founder, Arcade Media, The Sidemen, Shay Segev, CEO, DAZN, Evan Shapiro, Media Cartographer, Dana Strong, Group CEO, Sky, Stephen Van Rooyen, CEO, Sky UK & Ireland and Chief Commercial Officer, Sky Group and Debbie Weinstein, VP & MD, Google UK & Ireland.
The new names added to the line up are Simon Pitts, CEO, STV Group, Dawn Airey, Chair, FA Women’s Super League & Women’s Championship Football at The Football Association, Grace Boswood, Technology Director, Channel 4, Charlie Collier, President, Roku Media, Verica Djurdjevic, Chief Revenue Officer, Channel 4, Priya Dogra, President & MD EMEA, Warner Bros. Discovery, Claire Enders, CEO, Enders Analysis, Angelos Frangopoulos, CEO, GB News, The Rt Hon Lucy Frazer KC MP, Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, Andrew Georgiou, President & MD, Warner Bros. Discovery Sports Europe, Krishnan Guru-Murthy, Main London Presenter, Channel 4 News, Ronan Harris, President EMEA, Snap, Piers Morgan, Broadcaster, Journalist, and Presenter, TalkTV, Rajiv Nathwani, Senior Director, Marketing, Netflix UK/IE/IL and Chris Packham, Naturalist, Broadcaster, and Environmental Campaigner.
Channel 4 is the Principal Sponsor for the RTS Cambridge Convention 2023, with Alex Mahon, CEO, Channel 4, serving as the Chair of the event.
Theresa Wise, CEO of the Royal Television Society:
“The advisory board, Channel 4 and RTS team are working hard over the summer to deliver an insightful programme for September and we are delighted to be welcoming additional speakers to this roster. As leaders in their fields, we are sure the new speakers are going to provide compelling contributions on the state of the television industry and what the future might hold over coming years.”
