Annie Callanan

Chief Executive // Taylor & Francis

Annie Callanan joined Taylor & Francis as Chief Executive at the end of June 2017.

She has significant leadership experience in business-to-business information services and technology companies, and expertise in delivering digital innovation and operational improvement.

Annie previously served as Chief Executive of Quantros, provider of digital solutions to the healthcare industry. In prior roles she was Chief Operating Officer at technology services firm Systech International, Chief Executive at the global information and electronic services organisation Bowker and Chief Operating Officer at ProQuest, a specialist in delivering knowledge, content and data for academic and corporate researchers and librarians.

Prior to this, as Executive Vice President for the Life Sciences portfolio at Advanstar Communications, Annie oversaw its clinical and industry journals, educational services and conferences. She started her career managing leading brands in print, online publishing and trade shows at Miller Freedman/CMP Media, now part of UBM.

Annie holds an MBA in Finance from New York University. She has completed leadership programmes at Columbia Business School and the SC Johnson Graduate School of Management, and has served on the boards of directors of the American Publishers Association and the International ISBN Agency.

Ros Lynch

Director of Copyright and IP Enforcement //IPO

Ros joined the UK Intellectual Property Office in February 2014 as Director of Copyright and IP Enforcement. As Director, Ros leads the work to shape the direction of policy and operational work in copyright and enforcement, ensuring that the UK legal framework is up-to-date and fit for purpose. The role also involves extensive international engagement both within and outside Europe. Ros holds a PhD in Sociology from the University of Hull and is the co-author of the report ‘Copyright Works’ with Richard Hooper CBE which recommended measures aimed at streamlining copyright licensing in the digital age.

Sana Khareghani

Head of Office for AI // DCMS + BEIS

Holding a BSc in Computer Science and an MBA from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Sana Khareghani has over 20 years’ experience in technology and business across the private and public sectors. She has worked as a software engineer in big corporates and start-ups, as a management consultant advising senior officials throughout North America, Europe and the Middle East, and in HMG, currently and over the past year as Head of the Office for AI – a joint unit between Department for Digital, Media, Culture and Sport (DCMS) and the Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy (BEIS). Sana is also on the Advisory Board of Tortoise Media Global AI Index and Bristol Interactive AI Centre for Doctoral Training.

Catherine Etienne

Senior Associate // Frontier Economics

Catherine Etienne is a Senior Associate in the Public Policy team at Frontier Economics. She has over ten years’ experience evaluating UK government policy and its impact on industry. Much of her recent work has explored policy to support digital technologies and platforms, and how policy can help catalyse innovation. Catherine has been leading Frontier’s ongoing analysis for the Publishers Association on Artificial Intelligence in publishing, including extensive stakeholder discussions, case studies and developing a new industry survey. The study seeks to understand how publishers are applying AI and identify where there may be a need to address barriers that could restrict publishers’ ability to benefit fully from AI in the future.