Exploring Belief – the 2022 Religion Media Festival

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Chaired by Rosie Dawson with guests:

– Nick Spencer, senior fellow at Theos
– Rabbi Laura Janner Klausner
– Prof Neil Lawrence, DeepMind Professor of Machine Learning, University of Cambridge
– Dr Beth Singler, Junior Research Fellow In Artificial intelligence Homerton College, University of Cambridge

Panel Discussion:
INVISIBLE FAITH COMMUNITIES

Exploring the challenges uncovered by the RMC’s “Creating Connections” project

Chaired by Leo Devine, with speakers:

– Dr Kathryn Wright CEO Culham St Gabriel’s Trust
– Mark Thomas,  News Editor, ITV West Country
– Michelle Mayman, Editor BBC North West Tonight
– Alex Strangwayes-Booth, BBC senior local radio religious producer

– Rev Frances Finn, TV and radio presenter
– Rev Clive Foster, senior pastor, Nottingham
– Dr Jagbir Jhutti-Johal, Senior Lecturer in Sikh Studies, Department of Theology and Religion, University of Birmingham

Chaired by Hannah Scott Joynt, with speakers:

– Professor Linda Woodhead, King’s College London
– Dr Maryyum Mehmood, Associate Director of the Edward Cadbury Centre for the Public Understanding of Religion, University of Birmingham
– Rev Dr Jo Bailey Wells, Bishop of Dorking
– Rabbi Debbie Young-Somers,   community educator at the Movement for Reform Judaism