Alan Rusbridger has been editor of the Guardian since 1995. Rusbridger's career began on the Cambridge Evening News, where he trained as a reporter before first joining the Guardian in 1979. As editor, he helped launch Guardian Unlimited - now guardian.co.uk - and, in 2004, was responsible for the paper's complete redesign. He oversaw the integration of the paper and digital operations, helping to build a website which today attracts more than 30 million unique visitors a month. One of the top 10 global news sites, it has regularly been voted the best newspaper website in the world.

Ms. Lloyd-Davies is a cutting edge producer and director whose award winning documentaries include "Kids with Guns" a series focusing child exploitation and child soldiers in the Democratic Republic of the Congo, "The Most Dangerous Place in the World for Women" also focusing on conflict in the DRC" and "the Baghdad Blogger" about life in post-war Iraq. Ms Lloyd-Davies' films have been on the Royal Television Society Award for Innovation (2005), the RTS Award for Current Affiars, and the European Online Journalism Award. We are very excited to have her joining us for our upcoming conference.

Guy Smallman from South East London has worked as a photojournalist for over ten years. During that time he has covered social and political issues in over 30 countries in Europe, Africa, Asia and Latin America. He was seriously injured in an explosion in 2003 but has since covered the wars in Afghanistan and Lebanon.