Leanne Alie is a podcast producer, presenter and all round creative. She is currently a Development Producer within BBC Sounds, focusing on diverse narratives, she also developed the very first BBC Sounds Audio Lab, which is an accelerator programme that commissions new podcasts from up-and-coming creators, to tell stories from under represented

Eirik Kroken is head of the editorial team focusing on a younger audience at NRK News. He has worked as a visual journalist presenting news for a younger audience on different platforms such as TV, radio, web and social media. Before joining NRK, Eirik worked in the largest newspaper in Norway, VG,

Ingrid Tinmannsvik is the newly appointed constructive editor at the Norwegian public broadcaster, NRK. She has been a visual news journalist and video specialist at NRK for the past six years, targeting the younger audience. In 2020 she successfully launched a platform for solution based news. Since then, she has been responsible for

Arielle Nissenblatt is the founder of EarBuds Podcast Collective and the head of community and content at SquadCast.fm. She is a graduate of the Salt Institute for Audio Documentary Studies. Nissenblatt is a podcast marketing expert, having spoken on panels at conferences such as Radiodays Asia, Sounds of New York, Podcast Movement,

Tanya Tarr is founder of Cultivated Insights, a corporate learning and development company. Tanya is also senior contributor to Forbes where she writes about negotiation, leadership and how to squash burnout. Trained as a behavioral scientist, Tanya worked for seventeen years in political and legislative campaigns across the United States. Tanya also spent part of her career working with military families

Mike Fitzpatrick is the Director of Mediafitz, an audio and talent development company. He consults across radio & podcasting, including Audible, and manages some of Australia’s biggest and fastest growing podcasters.   He was formerly Head of Content for Australia’s Triple M Network, and has presented at Radiodays in Dublin and Amsterdam.

Grant is a highly experienced and well-regarded media industry executive whose 35-year media industry career has included senior leadership roles at TEN Network Holdings Limited (TEN Network), one of Australia's major free-to-air Television Networks, where he was CEO from 2005-2010. During his time with TEN Network, Grant held key roles in media

Tav is a seasoned product executive, having worked in the Silicon Valley tech scene before joining the news industry to build Zetland's distribution platform. Originally a jazz trumpet player, his first tech startup was in pre-school ed-tech, where he led the product ABCiTY from cradle to exit, before joining issuu.com to lead

Sarah van Mosel is the Executive Vice President of Podcast Revenue at iHeartMedia. iHeart is the #1 Podcast Network in the world, with nearly half a billion downloads per month. Prior to joining iHeart, she was Chief Revenue Officer at Stitcher.  van Mosel led podcast revenue strategy across SiriusXM, Pandora and Stitcher and was