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Martin Trickey
from Roedean Symposium
Group Head of Digital at Warner Brothers International TV Production
Martin has had many jobs, including teaching, but he started working in media for an online games company in Budapest in the late 90s. There, he was responsible for the online versions of some really old TV game shows that nobody watches anymore. However, it allowed him to move in 2000 to the BBC, where he ran the early digital teams for Doctor Who, EastEnders and Strictly Come Dancing, as well as helping to develop new formats such as Celebdaq, which won a BAFTA. He left to start the educational channel Teachers TV, before returning to the BBC as an Entertainment and Comedy Commissioner, and ultimately as Head of Multiplatform Production. He is now the Group Head of Digital at Warner Brothers International TV Production, where he leads their global digital strategy. His teams manage content on YouTube, Instagram, Snap, TikTok, and future emerging platforms. Martin’s talk centres around the idea of adapting to change throughout your career. Martin has been lucky to work in an industry which has seen rapid change over the last 20 years. The way we tell stories has evolved with technology, while the fundamentals of storytelling have remained the same.
TANYA STREETER (OR)
Free Diver
Born on the small island of Grand Cayman in 1973, Tanya’s comfort in, and passion for, the ocean began very early and is a constant in her life. During 13 years of education in England, separation from the sea was her toughest challenge. Returning after university with her husband Paul in 1995, Tanya spent time with spearfishing friends and first learned of a sport called “Freediving” in the summer of 1997. For this tenacious, determined young woman, the idea of challenging herself in her favorite environment proved impossible to resist, and thus her World Record breaking career began. Within 6 months of her introduction to freediving, Tanya began breaking records, and between 1998 and 2005 she claimed a total of 10 World Records, including one that she still holds today, the No Limits to 160m which involved diving to 160m and resurfacing, all on a single breath. She had to survive the pressures of the deep and hold her breath for 3 and a half minutes. With that dive, she eclipsed the legends Umberto Pelizzari, Pipin Ferreras, and Loic LeFerme. In 2004, Tanya began to transition from freediver to TV Presenter and has never looked back. Her passion remains under the waves, but today she focuses on her work as an environmentalist, raising global awareness for the importance of protecting the World’s oceans. Her most recent film, A Plastic Ocean, is a highly acclaimed contribution to the wave of change in our attitudes towards plastic pollution. Tanya lives in Austin, Texas, with her husband Paul and their two young children.
