Anisha Ratan is the Audience Research Manager for the youth music portfolio at the BBC, bringing with her a wealth of research experience gained from previous roles in speech audio, news and BBC Sounds. She has a particular interest in understanding how young audiences choose and consume audio content in an ever-evolving digital market

Grace has been the Research Manager of BBC Sounds and Radio 4 for the past year. She developed her market research skills in commercial advertising, working both agency and media-owner side. In 2020 Grace was nominated for ‘Best Newcomer’ by the Market Research Society at their annual Impact Conference; her talk at

Focused on helping publishers globally drive audience and revenue growth through digital audio, Stephanie Donovan collaborates with senior leadership of Radio’s top publishers to extract more value from their audience by creating deeper connections through digital interactions. Dedicated to audio for over 20 years, she’s been an advocate for driving engagement, educating

With more than 15 years of experience in the technology space, Sharon Taylor joined Triton Digital in 2019 through Triton's acquisition of podcast technology company, Omny Studio. Having worked closely with Triton since 2016 in her role as CEO, Sharon grew Omny Studio into one of the leading audio on-demand hosting and publishing

Roman Anin is the winner of ICFJ’s 2020 Knight Trailblazer Award for launching IStories (or “Important Stories”), an investigative news site that digs deeply into stories that are very difficult to tell in Vladimir Putin’s Russia. He is known as a top-notch investigative reporter who has shed light on Russia’s rampant corruption and demonstrated how