Welcome to our live coverage of the Society of Editors Conference 2015 – the year’s biggest media industry gathering.

You can follow the conference via our live video stream courtesy of the SoE and Silverlink TV, above, and also via the Twitter hashtag #SoEconf2015. All our updates and those of other bloggers and conference-goers using the hashtag can be seen in the live Twitter box below.

We will also be providing full, in-depth coverage of the big stories emerging from the two-day conference, which will include sessions on freedom of information, making the most of social media, the future of news and a keynote address by the Culture Secretary, John Whittingdale.

The full programme for the conference, which is being held at London’s Grange St Paul’s Hotel, can be seen underneath the Twitter box.

#SoEconf2015 Tweets

The full conference programme is as follows:

SUNDAY OCTOBER 18

7.00pm – Society of Editors Lecture 2015, by Alan Rusbridger, former editor of The Guardian

MONDAY OCTOBER 19

9.00am – Welcome by Doug Wills, President, Society of Editors and Managing Editor, Independent titles.

9.15am – Keynote address by John Whittingdale, Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport

10.00am – The Police and the Media.
Amol Rajan, Editor, The Independent
Simon Bailey, Chief Constable, Norfolk Constabulary
Mark Rowley, Assistant Commissioner, Specialist Crime and Operations, Metropolitan Police
Raymond Snoddy, Media commentator.

11.15am – The native opportunity: what is the value for publishers?
Christian Broughton, Digital Editor, The Independent and i
Tiffanie Darke – Commercial Content Director, Method At News, News UK
Stephanie Himoff, UK & Ireland Managing Director, Outbrain
Simon Bucks, Chief Executive, SSVC.

12.00pm – Are traditional media making a comeback?
Sir Martin Sorrell, Chief Executive Officer, WPP
Steve Hewlett, Presenter, BBC Radio 4’s The Media Show

2.00 pm – BBC Trust – What Lies Ahead?
Rona Fairhead, Chairman, BBC Trust
Steve Hewlett, Presenter, BBC Radio 4’s The Media Show

3.15 pm – Freedom of Information.
Jason Collie, Assistant Online Editor, London Evening Standard
Maurice Frankel, Director, Campaign for Freedom of Information
John Battle, Head of Compliance, ITN

4.00 pm – Diversity updates.
Caroline Diehl, Chief Executive, Media Trust
Eleanor Mills, Editorial Director, The Sunday Times and chair of Women in Journalism
Sue Ryan, Media Consultant, Former Managing Editor of Daily Telegraph and Manager of the Mail Trainee Programme
Layth Yousif, Reporter, The Comet
Jonathan Grun, Emeritus Editor, Press Association

4.40 pm – Making the best use of social media.
Steve Anglesey, Digital Content Director, Local World
Matt Cooke, Manager, News Labs, Google
Richard Evans, Head of Social Media & Audience Engagement, Sky News
Sarah Marshall, Social Media Editor, EMEA, Wall Street Journal
Darren Waters, Social Media Editor, Press Association
Alison Gow, Digital Innovation Editor, Trinity Mirror Regionals

TUESDAY OCTOBER 20

9.00 am – 20/20 vision – The Future of News.
ITV Presenter Alastair Stewart
Jonathan Levy, Director of News Gathering and Operations
Sky News, Ian MacGregor, Editor, The Sunday Telegraph
Sarah Pinch, President, Chartered Institute of Public Relations
Sarah Sands, Editor, London Evening Standard

10.00am – The Enduring Relevance of Newspapers, by David Dinsmore, Chief Operating Officer, News UK.

10.45am – New president’s address by Nick-Turner, Digital Strategy Manager, CN Group

11.00am – Conference Closes.