We are pleased to welcome Fearne Cotton to share all about her podcasting journey. The Happy Place Podcast stemmed from Fearne Cotton's Sunday Times Bestselling book Happy which delved into her personal relationship and experience with happiness. Fearne saw The Happy Place Podcast as an opportunity to continue this discussion by inviting guests to join the conversation. Over the last four years, The Happy Place Podcast has welcomed guests including Ellie Golding, Hilary Rodham Clinton, Jada Pinkett Smith, Russell Brand, Gary Barlow and Alicia Keys. To date, the podcast has over 53 million downloads and continues to top the charts. 

The BBC true-crime podcast Gangster follows the extraordinary story of underworld gangster Mr Big Paul Massey. Hear from the team behind the podcast about how they delivered the revelatory story and their tips on handling sensitive stories, maintaining series momentum and getting to the truth! 

What does your future audience look like? High-profile creators debate where new listeners are coming from, and where the opportunities for growth truly lie. Hear from the best in the business at audience analytics.

Acast's experts and successful podcasters lift the curtain on the different ways it can be done.

How to improve your interviewing skills and making the best of your voice.

Join this essential entry-level session with successful creators, sharing advice on finding and building an audience for your podcast.

Join Miranda Sawyer in conversation with the team behind the infamous My Dad Wrote A Porno Podcast - Alice Levine, James Cooper and Jamie Morton. Hear MDWAP trio's journey from first airing in 2015 to live shows at the Sydney Opera House and Royal Albert Hall plus all the lessons they learnt along the way!  

Edith Bowman shares all about her award winning podcast, Soundtracking. A show that brings the world of music and film together, and every week guests are producers, directors and actors from across the industry. They are invited to discuss the music that has influenced their life and film careers. Each interview is interwoven with the guests' chosen music and clips from their films to create an immersive show!

What is it about this medium that has people sharing some of the most intimate moments of their life?

Podcasting is a booming and brands want a piece of the pie. We bring some major commercial brands and platforms together, to mull over the power of podcasting for advertisers.

We delve into how they tell the same story in their unique way.

Hear more from The Guardian at the show.

Are you a secret data geek? Platform experts from the biggest global platforms reveal their analytics tips, for a better understanding of who's listening and smart ways to grow your audience by understanding how to use data to build your brand.

With podcast consumption on the rise and new innovations in podcast advertising, marketers who are ahead of the game are seeing podcasts as an essential part of their media buys. It helps them reach a young and affluent audience at scale, through a medium that demands attention. As podcasting matures, marketers are asking for more accountability of their media spend, along with tools that have the same level of sophistication that advertisers have enjoyed across the rest of digital media.

Join us to hear how Spotify is reimagining what's possible for this uniquely powerful and intimate medium through innovations such as Streaming Ad Insertion (SAI): a new technology that unlocks digital planning, reporting, and measurement and the Spotify Audience Network: an audio-first advertising marketplace that makes it possible for advertisers of all sizes to connect with listeners across a broad range of content both on- and off-Spotify.

Comfort Eating series producer Leah Green and the Guardian’s Executive Editor for Advertising Richard Vine talk through how they made a hit, chart-topping branded podcast for Ocado.

Hear more from The Guardian at the show.

Why podcasts are the perfect place to have a laugh

Celebrity glitz aside, podcasting is still a grassroots sport at heart. We hear some of the best independent creators debate what they think the future holds, for those who choose to go solo.

Cops, killers, gangsters…we can't get enough. In this session we shine a spotlight on the hottest true crime creators, find out why the genre is so huge, and learn how to be successful in this space.