Taking advantage of our new virtual world, we are bringing together speakers from across the whole of the UK and across the breadth of the creative industries.
Director of Sky Arts, Sky
Managing Director of YouTube UK
Co-founder & Creative Director, Eco-Age
Minister of State for Media, Data, and Digital Infrastructure.
Singer-songwriter
Secretary of State for DCMS
Leader of the Opposition
Designer
Cartoonist and Illustrator
Award-winning music composer
CEO, Creative UK
UK & EU, TikTok
musician and artist
Leading Television Writer and Showrunner
Former Minister of State and Chair of Access Creative College
Director of Creative Diversity, BBC
Founder and CEO, Blue Moon
TV and Radio Presenter
Artist and Musician
Chair, Times UP UK
Director of V&A East
Artist
Inventor
Writer and Founder/Artistic Director of Class Festival
Chair, Arts Council England
Street Art Expert & Creator of Street Art On Skates
Business Mentor
The Freelance Bible
Head of Production Services, Creative England
CEO, We Are Punch
Head of Diversity, BFI
Lecturer in Creative Writing
Shape Arts CEO & Artistic Director
Executive Chairman, Intrinsic Labs & Author of “Intrinsic”
Head of Partnerships and Skills, Nations & Regions, Channel 4
Head of Film and Animation, ScreenSkills
Director of Industry and International Affairs, BFI
Founder & Creative Sustainability Officer, Leap
Creative Producer / Game Designer, Biome Collective
Director
Vice-Chancellor, Royal College of Art
Portfolio Lead for Art and Design, FutureLearn
Commercial Director and Inclusion Lead, Advertising Association
Founder of Reel Tours/Quizmaster
Founder of Solas Mind, Psychotherapist MBAP
Senior Researcher and Impact Analyst
Co-Director, We Are Here Scotland CIC
Director, Work Advance; Co-Investigator, Creative Industries Policy and Evidence Centre
Working class academic
CEO, Ffilm Cymru Wales
Professor of Creative Industries, University of Sheffield
Director, We Are Unlimited
Cultural Consultant and Broadcaster
Creative Consultant, The Playmaker Group & Senior Manager, POWER UP
Author, The Model Manifesto
Consultant, screenwriter, actress, teacher and founder of Fresh Voices UK
Poet, performer, and Theatre maker.
Musician
Poet & Performer.
Actor, Writer & Activist
Filmmaker
Curator (Digital Arts/XR)
Director of Digital, Tate
Senior Producer, Birmingham 2022 Festival
Chief Design Officer, Design Council
Artist & Entrepreneur
CEO, BFI
Development Director, XPLOR
Executive Creative Director, Saatchi & Saatchi London
Head of Audience, Victoria & Albert Museum
Lead of Strategic Projects, Google Arts & Culture
Director, Digital Media, National Theatre
Director of Partnerships, Marquee TV
Founder & CEO, Marquee TV
Poet and Writer
Creative & Cultural Skills
Agent for Change, Arts Council Wales
Project Manager, Creative Cardiff
Creator and Comedian
Editor
CEO, The WOW Foundation
Professor of neuroscience
Head of Global Innovation, Unboxed
Director of Development, Five10Twelve
Investment Manager, North of Tyne
Professor of Creative Industries VP Lead Story Futures
Writer and podcaster
Co-founder of Can’t buy my silence
Economic anthropologist, Author, and a Fellow of the Royal Society of Arts
General Manager, Zipcar
Co-Founder, Dark Matter Labs & Architecture 00
Visiting Professor of Practice
Architect & Spatial Designer, Director
V&A Dundee
TV/Radio Presenter
Writer & Director
Director of Strategy and Engagement, English National Opera (ENO)
Director of 505 Films
Journalist
Creative Entrepreneur and Founder, Pudding
Chair of The Demos Workshift Commission
Senior News Reporter, Vice
Media professional
Executive in Charge, Industrial Light and Magic
Future Generations Commissioner for Wales.
Associate Director, Centre for Cultural Value
Director Strategic Partnerships, Arts Council England
Strategic Lead for Culture, North East Lincolnshire Council
Director, Creative Estuary
CEO, Plymouth Culture
Tourism and City Centre Manager, Worcester City Council
Programme Manager, Grimsby Creates
CEO Destination Plymouth and Mayflower 400
Executive Director, The WOW Foundation
Festivals Director, The Arches Worcester Festivals team at Severn Arts
Assistant Producer, The Arches Worcester Festivals team at Severn Arts
Artist Manager to Ellie Prohan and Founder of Freelance Queens
Lead Designer Ustwo games
Managing Director and Co-Founder Peggy Pictures
Visual Artist and Co-Head of Policy Lab
Creative Director Second Home Studios
Head of Programmes FACT, Liverpool
CEO Argonon
Executive Producer + Managing Director Storyboard Studios
Executive Producer, Cambridge University
TV Lead for Sustainability BBC
Chief Executive The Future Economy Company
Development Exec & Storyteller, Storycentral
Head of Strategy, Creative Industries Challenge programmes UKRI
Challenge Director, UK Research & Innovation
Director Ulster Screen Academy, University of Ulster
Head of Arts Technologies, Serpentine
Dance and movement specialist, Artis
Director, NorthInvest & Head of Access to Finance Innovation SuperNetwork
Deputy Vice Chancellor, The Open University
Chief Executive Edinburgh Festival Fringe Society
Director, The Fifth Sector
Academic Dean and D&AD President, Central Saint Martins UAL
Project Director, Arts, Culture & Heritage, South Yorkshire Mayoral Combined Authority
Creative Director, Ludic Rooms
CEO of The Production Guild of Great Britain
Engagement Director, Youth Music
Director of Digital Development, Royal Shakespeare Company
Head of Culture, TikTok EMEA
Creative Director and Executive Producer, Big Light Productions
Chief Executive Officer and Executive Producer, Big Light Productions
Poet and YouTube
Co Director, Rising Arts Agency
Wildlife Presenter
Sales Director,4Wall
Senior Producer and Arts Manager
Senior Director, Big Society Capital
Head of Investment, Creative UK
Head of Delivery, Audience of the Future
CFO/COO, Creative England
Creative business development specialist
Creative Technologist , Immersive Business
Georg Finch |Immersive Specialist
Professor of Digital Games, Immersive Business
Creative producer and Business advisor
Head of Production, Treehouse Digital
Co-Founder & Creative Director, Sun & Moon Studios
Lawyer, Harbottle & Lewis LLP
Head of Skills & Training, Ffilm Cymru Wales (Incoming)
Head of Development & Partnerships , Creative UK
CEO, Oh Yeah Centre
Freelance Producer
Artistic Director, National Theatre Wales
Chief Executive and Director, the Design Museum, London.
Google Music Partnerships Manager UK
International Editor of Variety
Director & Founder
Founder and Director , Marshmallow Laser Feast
Culture Service Manager, Wakefield Council