Exploring Belief – the 2022 Religion Media Festival

Venue: JW3 Centre in London, or online via zoom
Time: 11am – 4pm BST
Tickets: £20, register here >>

Join us as we discuss the most important and challenging subjects facing religion in the media today, with a stellar lineup of speakers.

Festival Schedule:

10:30

Doors open

Tea and coffee available
11:00 Welcome Join our presenters Hannah Scott-Joynt and Roger Bolton
11:05
KEYNOTE
Cardinal Vincent Nichols, Archbishop of Westminster and President of the Catholic Bishops’ Conference of England and Wales – recorded interview followed by panel discussion with journalists including Harry Farley, BBC
11:45 Tea break Opportunity for Networking
12:00 Panel discussion:
DO MACHINES  HAVE SOULS? ..  SCIENCE, RELIGION AND THE FUTURE

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

12:45 BREAK FOR LUNCH (There is room in JW3’s cafe)
13:30 KEYNOTE: 
REPORTING RELIGION
Introducing the BBCs new Religion Editor Aleem Maqbool, in conversation with Roger Bolton, followed by Q&A
14:15

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

15:15 Panel Discussion:
WOMEN IN LEADERSHIP – HAS ANYTHING CHANGED?

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 

16:00 Event ends  

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