RTS Cambridge

Speakers

Karen Blackett OBE, UK Country Manager, WPP UK and Chairwoman, MediaCom, UK & Ireland

Sir Lenny Henry, Actor, Comedian and Diversity Campaigner

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Lorraine Kelly, Broadcaster

Check against delivery.

First I want to take us back 40 years. A time before we learned words like ‘value chain’, ‘strategic reprioritisation’, ‘disintermediation’, or indeed ‘backstop’.

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Kirsty Wark, Journalist, Broadcaster and Writer 

Speaker

Reed Hastings, CEO, Netflix

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Beth Rigby, Political Editor, Sky News 

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Tony Hall, Director-General, BBC 

Keynote

Linda Yaccarino, Chairman, Advertising and Partnerships, NBCUniversal 

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John Gapper, Chief Business Columnist and Associate Editor, Financial Times

Speakers

Philippa Brown, Chief Executive, PHD

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Christine Lampard, Broadcaster

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Piers Morgan, Journalist and Broadcaster

Presentations

Martin Lewis, Founder and Chair, MoneySavingExpert.com

Ed Williams, CEO UK and EMEA Vice Chairman, Edelman

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Aasmah Mir, Radio and Television Broadcaster

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I am thrilled that my first major speech as Secretary of State is here at the Royal Television Society Conference.

The motto of the University of Cambridge, where we gather today, can be translated as “From this place, we gain enlightenment and precious knowledge”.

I will let you be the judge of how much enlightenment and precious knowledge I deliver today…

But this ethos of enlightenment was certainly shared by the pioneers who shaped our television sector.

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Graham Ruddick, Deputy Business Editor, The Times

Speaker

Jeremy Darroch, Group Chief Executive, Sky