Confluence

	Business	Boundaries	Dark stage
10:00	Doors open, mingle & chat
10:30	Welcome to Confluence Justine Solomons Michael Kowalski
10:45	Voice of the future Maja Thomas, Hachette
11:15	Tales from the frontline: Using stories to influence business David Mansfield, Monday Revolution	Walking stories Andrew Stuck, Museum of Walking	Putting the fun into animation Seb Burnett, Rumpus animation
11:45	Coffee break
12:00	The stories your customers will tell you: And how to listen to them Sally Foote, Go Compare	Adapting graphic novels into interactive stories Rianna Dearden, charisma.ai	Visual stories with impact Simon Trigg, Shorthand
12:30	The Alexacist: Human-centric digital transformation Daniel Solomons, Byte Behaviour	We’re being played: writing for games Yen Ooi, CreateThinkDo	Beautiful, interactive and accessible stories on any device Ken Jones, Circular Software
13:00	Lunch & learn If you don't have a Lunch and Learn ticket, please pop out to get some food from one of the many options in Victoria.
	How to hook an agent, with Julia Silk	How to manage your digital life, with Simon Appleby	How to publish independently, with Ben Hughes
14:00	Get out of the newsroom Ravin Sampat, Tortoise	Telling tales on museums Jane Audas	Audio: Publishing’s next chapter Peter Noble
14:30	AI and prejudice: A science/fiction story based entirely on real events Robert Elliott Smith, Rage Inside the Machine	Collecting innovation: How libraries handle emerging story formats Giulia Carla Rossi, British Library	Cats tell tales: Disrupting children’s publishing Kate Boyle, Banjo Robinson
15:00	We tell the stories: Why fanfic matters Hari Patience, Accenture	Virtual storytelling Kara Kandarakis, Triforce	How to make a podcast Sam Delaney, 11-29 Media
15:30	Writing for the page, writing for the screen Kate Ansell, BBC	The internet of plants Tim Wright, National Television & Film School	Mastering the art of data Maurice O’Connor, Vearsa
16:00	The Surfboard: Rewriting the story of your life Dan Kieran, Unbound
16:30	Wrap up Justine Solomons