Every year we feature the best and brightest voices in commentary, social and blogging as well as inspiring speakers who leave us feeling energized.
NOTE: We’re still adding speakers and sessions, and shifting some of the timings around so you can expect this to change. In the meantime, you can start plotting what you want to see and who you want to talk to.
New this year
- The FOOD track – more indepth information about writing recipes, taking foodie photographs and upping your food blogging game, as a result of what you told us you want.
- The PRACTICAL track, with more hands-on or knowledge you can use from experts.
- The BIZ track, aimed at influencers with a professional state of mind and interest in making money
- The INSPIRE track, designed to get you fired up and make you think about where you want to go in blogging and life
Each session is part of a stream. Scroll down below the schedule to see a guide to the stream titles to help you choose the right sessions for you.
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| 14:00 – 15:00 | Registration with tea, coffee & cake |
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| 15:00 – 15:05 | Welcome Susanna Scott and Jennifer Howze, BritMums co-founders |
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| 15:05 – 15:35 | Friday Keynote: Comic Relief, Twitter and the power of social media Emma Freud, presenter and broadcaster |
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| 15:40 – 16:25 | Women’s Voices and the Media: Making your voice matter Moderator: Sarah Ebner, The Family Travel Times; Stella Creasy, MP for Walthamstow; Bryony Gordon, The Telegraph; Eleanor Mills, The Sunday Times; Helen Wills, Actually Mummy |
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| 16:25 – 17:00 | Tea and coffee break |
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| 16:20 – 18:20 | Literary Agent Speed Dating You’ll sign up at the event to talk to an agent in person about your fiction or nonfiction book idea. Stay tuned for more details, coming soon. |
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| 17:00 – 17:45 | How I Did It: Success stories from high-profile bloggers INSPIRE Jane Blackmore, Northern Mum; Emma Johnston, Fashion Foie Gras; Ana Silva O’Reilly, Mrs. O Around the World; Annie Spratt, Mammasaurus How to make a recipe your own FOOD, ADV |
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| 17:50 – 18:35 | The power blogging can bring to your life DEN Rachael Lucas, RachaelLucas.com; Melinda, Her Melness Speaks; Cherry Menlove, CherryMenlove.com
Design tips to make your blog look gorgeous DESIGN, ALL
Entrepreneurship and leadership: Inspiration to get where you want to go BIZ, ADV |
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| 18:35 – 19:10 | The Brilliance in Blogging (BiBs) Party |
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| 19:15 – 20:00 | The BiBs Awards Ceremony Presented by Katy Hill, KatyHillsBlog.com |
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| 8:30 – 8:55 | Coffee & pastries |
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| 8:55 – 9:20 | Saturday Keynote Benjamin Dutton-Brooks, Life As a Widower and author of It’s Not Raining Daddy, It’s Happy |
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| 9:25 – 10:05 | How To Be an Agent of Change: Advocacy and charity campaigns INSPIRE Lindsay Atkin, Lilies Are Like YouTuber; Camila Batmanghelidjh, Kids Company; Hayley Goleniowska, Downs Side Up; Chris Mosler, Thinly Spread Podcasting: The hows, wheres and whys CREATE, ALL
The Dos and Don’ts of Blog Giveaways: Hosting legal, fun and successful prize promotions on your blog BIZ, ALL Hands-on video session, part 1: Using your smartphone to create terrific video PRACTICAL |
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| 10:10 – 10:50 | Social media for advanced people: A fast-moving session on understanding social media better ADV Paul Armstrong, HERE/FORTH SEO: Useful tips on the power of SEO and the world beyond keywords BEG
Hands-on video session, part 2: Using your smartphone to create terrific video PRACTICAL |
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| 10:50 – 11:30 | Morning coffee and tea break |
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| 11:30 – 12:15 | Photography with Julia Boggio PRACTICAL, ALL Julia Boggio, Boggio Studios
Collaboration: Working together for bigger traffic and larger impact CREATE
Legal and Accounting: What you absolutely must know if you ever do reviews, receive goodies, use pictures… (so, yes, all of us) BIZ, ALL |
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| 12:20 – 13:05 | Travel Blogging: The latest inspirations CREATE, ALL Moderator: Steve Keenan, Travel Perspective; Trish Burgess, Mum’s Gone To; Simon Calder, The Independent; Emma Raphael, Bavarian Sojourn Food styling and photography: How to make your food pics gorgeous FOOD, ADV
Google+: Learning to love it PRACTICAL, ALL
Beginning blogging: What every beginner and post-beginner needs to know, in simple and clear teaching BEG |
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| 13:10 – 14:10 | Lunch |
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| 14:10 – 14:55 | New Ways to Monetise: Making money with your blog BIZ, ALL Penny Alexander, The A Residence; Helen Neale, KiddyCharts; Sophie Tanner, PropellerNet
How to Instagram Better: Take gorgeous snaps, build followers, be part of the community CREATE, ALL
YouTube: Change your view of it, understand what to do on it, and know what it wants from you to get engagement PRACTICAL, ALL
How to successfully self-publish WRITE |
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| 15:00 – 15:45 | Building Your Food Brand: Success stories FOOD Moderator: Tamsin Smith, radio/TV reporter; Anjum Anand, food presenter and author; MsMarmiteLover, creator of the Underground Restaurant and author; Knackered Mother’s Wine Club, wine expert and author; Ivor Peters, Urban Rajah restaurateur and author
Tech knowledge: Things you didn’t know you could do, but you can! PRACTICAL, ALL |
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| 15:50 – 16:45 | Afternoon coffee & tea
Book signing: Anjum Anand |
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| 16:45 – 17:45 | The Bloggers’ Keynote |
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| 17:45 – 18:15 | Special Appearance from the new musical Good Enough Mums Club |
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Guide to the streams
DEN – Discussion Den, a place where we tackle hot topics. Come ready to join the discussion
WRITE – All about writing and publishing
BEG – Beginning sessions aimed at those finding their feet or refreshing their knowledge
ADV – Advanced sessions targeted to bloggers taking it to the next level
ALL – Sessions aimed at beginners, advanced and everyone in between
BIZ – Teaching how to blog more professionally and earn money
CREATE – Creativity, to spark your imagination and help you achieve your goals
INSPIRE – Firing you up and addressing where you’re going in blogging and life
PRACTICAL – Sessions you’ll leave with practical knowledge