SPEAKERS AT CONFERENCE 2025
KEYNOTE SPEAKERS
Gene Tan
Chief Librarian and Innovation Officer (CLIO)
National Library Board, Singapore
Michael Rosen
Author, Poet, Broadcaster and Scriptwriter
Rebecca Lawrence
CEO
British Library
Sebastian Cuttill
Parliamentary and Campaigns Manager
News Media Association
2025 SPEAKERS INCLUDED:
Alison Bullbeck
Senior Business Change Management Leader
Defence Equipment & Support
Andrew Cox
Senior Lecturer, Information School
University of Sheffield
Andrew Herd
Senior Knowledge Management Engineer and Project Lead
KM Landscape @ 2025
Anthony Sinnott
Access and Procurement Development Manager
University of York
Asif Khan
Director
Scottish Poetry Library
Barbara Schleihagen
Executive Director (retired)
German Library Association
Charlotte Nichols
Managing Director
Harvey & Hugo
David Smith OBE
Retired Deputy Director
K&IM, Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government
Dr David McMenemy
Reader in Information Studies
University of Glasgow
Dr Elinor Carmi
Senior Lecturer in Data Politics & Social Justice
City University, London
Georgina Wilson-Powell
Editor, Pebble Magazine & Author of 'Is It Really Green?'
Pebble Magazine
Hank Malik
Knowledge Lead Partner
Nuclear Waste Services
Hayley Chevell
Academic Liaison Librarian
Coventry University
Helen Rimmer
Founder
The Kind Brave Leader
Hélène Russell
Author, Trainer, Consultant
The Knowledge Business
Isobel Eddyshaw
Academic Liaison Librarian for Health and Life Sciences
University of Exeter
James Nock
Head of DP and FOI Services
HEFESTIS
Jane Secker
Associate Professor
University of London
Janine Weightman
Founder, Knowledge Management Consultant & Organizational ReWilding Adviser
Knovolution
Jess Pembroke
Director of Information Law Services
Naomi Korn Associates
Jessica Pawley
Knowledge & Evidence Specialist
Somerset NHS Foundation Trust
John Barbrook
Faculty Librarian
Lancaster University
Kirsten MacQuarrie
Sector Development Manager
CILIP Scotland
Kirsty Walker
Fire Engineer
ARUP
Lisa McLaren
Deputy Director
SCONUL
Louis Coiffait-Gunn
CEO
CILIP the Chartered Institute of Library and Information Professionals
Lucy Banks
Programme Manager
ASCEL
Naomi Korn
CEO and Founder
Naomi Korn Associates
Noushin Jedi
Knowledge Management Officer
Merit
Patrick Lambe
Principal Consultant
Straits Knowledge
Pritie Billimoria
Senior Marketing, Communications & Public Affairs Manager
CILIP the Chartered Institute of Library and Information Professionals
Professor Vanessa Beck
Professor of Employment Studies
Bristol University
Richard Gaston
Head of Knowledge & Research
Addleshaw Goddard
Simon Burton
Managing Director and Co-Founder
CB Resourcing
Sonia Ramdhian
Director of Sector Development
CILIP the Chartered Institute of Library and Information Professionals
Stephen Phillips
Lead Analyst
Jinfo.com
Sue Attewell
Head of AI
JISC
Sue Lacey Bryant
President
CILIP
Susan Smith
Knowledge & Library Manager
Mid Cheshire Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust
Suzie Henderson
Creative Director
Storyhouse
Victoria Barnett
Chair of the CILIP Prison Libraries Group, and Prison Library Development Manager, Kent County Council
CILIP Prison Libraries Group
Zsuzsa Haviar McLean
Group Knowledge Manager
Mott MacDonald
2024 Speakers Included:
Amy Staniforth
Consultant and Metadata Librarian
CILIP Wales
Andrew Trickett
Global Rail Knowledge & Information Manager
ARUP
Ben Lee
Director
Shared Intelligence
Beth Montague-Hellen
Head of Library & Information Services
The Francis Crick Institute
Ciaran Talbot
Associate Director AI & Ideas Adoption
University of Manchester Library
Debbie Hicks
Creative Director
The Reading Agency
Dr Gianfranco Polizzi
Postdoctoral Research Associate
University of Liverpool
Dr Ruth Carlyle
Head of Knowledge and Library Services (NHS KLS Leadership)
NHS England
Dr Vishaal Virani
Head of Health, YouTube UK & Ireland
YouTube
Duncan Anthony
Chief Commercial Officer
CILIP
Emily Wallace
Managing Director
Inflect
Emma Jane Ramstead
Deputy Library Manager
Croydon University Hospital
Frances Lingard
Project Worker
National Programmes/AI, Children’s Parliament
Gillian Siddall
Academic Librarian
University of Northampton
Glen Robson
IIIF Technical Co-ordinator
International Image Interoperability Framework Consortium
Gobinda Chowdhury
Professor of Information Science and author of Information for Sustainable Development
University of Strathclyde
Jack Macdonald
Director
Library Sales, Cambridge University Press
Jake Hope
CILIP Yoto Carnegie Awards Working Party
CILIP
Jason Harper
Head of Library Research Services
University of Bath
Jim Steven
Head of Crisis & Data Breach Response Services
Experian Limited
Kirsty Shankland
Associate Architect
Wright & Wright
Kirsty Thomson
Academic Librarian
University of Dundee
Liz Jolly
Chief Librarian
British Library
Louis O’Halloran
Senior Account Manager
Devo Inflect
Louise Cooke
Emeritus Professor in Information and Knowledge Management
Loughborough University
Louise Goswami
Chief Knowledge Officer
NHS England
Martyn Wade
Chair
CILIP Policy Committee
Mia Ridge
Digital Curator
British Library
Professor Alison Brettle
Professor in Health Information and Evidence Based Practice
University of Salford
Rabeea Arif
Director of Research and Development
CILIP
Regina Everitt
Assistant Chief Operating Officer & Director of Library, Archives and Learning Services
University of East London
Sara Ewing
Lecturer in Academic Literacies, Centre for Academic Language and Literacies (CALL) Goldsmiths
University of London
Sophie Randall
Director
Patient Information Forum
Stephen Sykes
Director
2030 Hub Liverpool
Surash Patel
VP EMEA
TeleSign
Tabitha Witherick
Chief Executive
ASCEL
Tom Penford
Founder
Untitled Concept
Yvonne Morris
Projects & Programmes Manager
CILIP
Zak Mensah
Co-CEO
Birmingham Museums Trust
