BBC hosts Reframing Disability

SESSION DETAILS

SPEAKERS

14.15-14.30: Welcoming Remarks

Tim Davie, BBC Director-General

June Sarpong, BBC Director of Creative Diversity

14.35-14.55: Spotlight Session

CripTales: Mat Fraser in conversation with Alex Brooker

15.00-15.55: Representation Matters

Sophie Morgan, presenter and campaigner (Moderator)

Adam Pearson, presenter and actor

Katie Piper, writer and presenter

Anne Wafula Strike, paralympian

Su-Mei Thompson, Chief Executive, Media Trust

Greg Nugent, Executive Producer, Rising Phoenix

Jules Robertson, Actor

 16.00-16.55: What We See, Hear & Wear

TripleC's Cherylee Houston & Melissa Johns (Moderators)

Charlotte Moore, BBC Chief Content Officer

Charlie Swinbourne, director and screenwriter

Sinead Burke, writer and broadcaster

17.00–17.55: Rights, Rights, Rights!

Nikki Fox, BBC broadcaster and presenter (Moderator)

Caroline Casey, Founder, The Valuable 500

Judy Heumann, US activist & Crip Camp star

Ruth Madeley, actress

Eddie Ndopu, UN Goodwill Ambassador

Baroness Tanni Grey-Thompson, non-executive Director, BBC Board

 17.55-18.00: Closing Remarks

June Sarpong, BBC Director of Creative Diversity