{"id":8871,"date":"2021-12-14T11:40:33","date_gmt":"2021-12-14T11:40:33","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/aotfstaging.wpengine.com\/?page_id=8871"},"modified":"2021-12-14T11:40:33","modified_gmt":"2021-12-14T11:40:33","slug":"speakers","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/beyondconference.org\/b21\/speakers\/","title":{"rendered":"Speakers"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Speakers<\/h1>

Welcoming 60+ speakers<\/strong>, including experienced and renowned names to new voices from across the creative industries, it’s a pleasure to feature them on the BEYOND 2021 programme.<\/p><\/p>

Alex Lambert<\/h3>

Happy Finish<\/h4>

Creative Director<\/p><\/div><\/div>

Alex McDowell<\/h3>

World Building Institute and the World Building Media Lab<\/h4>

Director<\/p><\/div><\/div>

Charles Golding<\/h3>

CARGO Movement<\/h4>

Creative Director<\/p><\/div><\/div>

Fiona McLaughlin<\/h3>

TAUNT Ltd<\/h4>

Co-founding Director<\/p><\/div><\/div>

Hyojung Sun<\/h3>

Ulster University<\/h4>

Research Associate<\/p><\/div><\/div>

Jo Lansdowne<\/h3>

Watershed <\/h4>

Executive Producer<\/p><\/div><\/div>

Leanne Elliott Young<\/h3>

Institute of Digital Fashion<\/h4>

CEO & Co-Founder<\/p><\/div><\/div>

Mark Lutter<\/h3>

Charter Cities Institute<\/h4>

Executive Director<\/p><\/div><\/div>

Nosa Eke<\/h3>

Writer\/Director<\/p><\/div><\/div>

Noshua Watson<\/h3>

Interwoven Impact<\/h4>

Managing Director<\/p><\/div><\/div>

Rosanna Covacich<\/h3>

The Place Bureau<\/h4>

Co-founder<\/p><\/div><\/div>

Tarek Virani<\/h3>

UWE <\/h4>

Associate Professor of Creative Industries<\/p><\/div><\/div><\/div>

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Alan Hook<\/h3>

Associate Head of School – School of Communication and Media<\/h4>

Ulster University<\/p><\/div>

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Alex Lambert<\/h3>

Creative Director<\/h4>

Happy Finish<\/p><\/div>

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Alex McDowell<\/h3>

Director<\/h4>

World Building Institute and the World Building Media Lab<\/p><\/div>

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Andrew Chitty<\/h3>

Challenge Director<\/h4>

UK Research and Innovation<\/p><\/div>

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Angela Chan<\/h3>

Head of Inclusion \/ Doctoral Researcher<\/h4>

StoryFutures, Royal Holloway, University of London<\/p><\/div>

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Anthony Lilley OBE<\/h3>

Co-Director<\/h4>

Scenario Two<\/p><\/div>

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Baff Akoto<\/h3>

Conceptual Artist<\/h4>

Independent<\/p><\/div>

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Campbell Orme<\/h3>

Product Designer<\/h4>

Facebook Reality Labs<\/p><\/div>

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Charles Golding<\/h3>

Creative Director<\/h4>

CARGO Movement<\/p><\/div>

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Chris Speed<\/h3>

Director Creative Informatics<\/h4>

University of Edinburgh<\/p><\/div>

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David Hesmondhalgh<\/h3>

Professor of Media, Music and Culture<\/h4>

University of Leeds<\/p><\/div>

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Dawn Ellams<\/h3>

Research Fellow, Future Fashion Factory<\/h4>

Royal College of Art<\/p><\/div>

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Declan Keeney<\/h3>

Director of the Ulster Screen Academy<\/h4>

Ulster University<\/p><\/div>

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Deepa Mann-Kler<\/h3>

Chief Executive, Visiting Professor<\/h4>

Neon, Ulster University<\/p><\/div>

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Deirdre Hargey<\/h3>

Minister for Communities<\/h4>

Northern Ireland Executive (Sinn Fein)<\/p><\/div>

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Dominic Lusardi<\/h3>

Advisor\/NED<\/h4>

Digital Thinkers<\/p><\/div>

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Eliza Easton<\/h3>

Head of Policy Unit<\/h4>

Creative Industries Policy and Evidence Centre, Nesta<\/p><\/div>

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Emily Sorrell<\/h3>

Innovation Designer<\/h4><\/div>
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Emma Turner<\/h3>

Head of Film CPD and Future Skills<\/h4>

ScreenSkills<\/p><\/div>

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Eric Carney<\/h3>

Founder\/CTO<\/h4>

The Third Floor<\/p><\/div>

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Fiona McLaughlin<\/h3>

Co-founding Director<\/h4>

TAUNT Ltd<\/p><\/div>

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Frank Lyons MBE<\/h3>

Interim Executive Dean of Arts, Humanities and Social Sciences<\/h4>

Ulster University<\/p><\/div>

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Glenn Patterson<\/h3>

Writer<\/h4><\/div>
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Graham Hitchen<\/h3>

Head of Strategy and Policy, Creative Industries\/Industrial Strategy programmes<\/h4>

UKRI<\/p><\/div>

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Gruff Rhys<\/h3>

Musician<\/h4><\/div>
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Hyojung Sun<\/h3>

Research Associate<\/h4>

Ulster University<\/p><\/div>

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Ian Browne<\/h3>

COO<\/h4>

Ignite NI<\/p><\/div>

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Ingrid Murphy<\/h3>

Academic Lead (Lecturer)<\/h4>

Cardiff MET<\/p><\/div>

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Jade How<\/h3>

Head of Fashion<\/h4>

Lockwood Publishing<\/p><\/div>

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James Turnbull<\/h3>

Producer<\/h4>

Royal Shakespeare Company<\/p><\/div>

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Jane Harris<\/h3>

Professor of Digital Design and Innovation, Director of the Fashion, Textiles and Technology Institute (FTTI, UAL), University of the Arts London<\/h4>

London College of Fashion<\/p><\/div>

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Jo Lansdowne<\/h3>

Executive Producer<\/h4>

Watershed <\/p><\/div>

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Joanne Evans<\/h3>

Creative Industries Impact and Partnerships and Development Manager<\/h4>

University of Exeter<\/p><\/div>

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John Greer<\/h3>

Director of Economic Development<\/h4>

Belfast City Council<\/p><\/div>

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John Willis<\/h3>

Innovation Lead, Knowledge Exchange<\/h4>

Manchester Metropolitan University<\/p><\/div>

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Jon Francombe<\/h3>

Lead Research & Development Engineer<\/h4>

BBC<\/p><\/div>

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Josh Siepel<\/h3>

PEC Work Strand Lead for Creative Clusters, Innovation and Access to Finance<\/h4>

SPRU, University of Sussex and Creative Industries Policy and Evidence Centre <\/p><\/div>

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Karen Cross<\/h3>

Academic Strategic Lead for Fashion Management, Events, Tourism and Hospitality<\/h4>

Robert Gordon University<\/p><\/div>

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Kate Goldsworthy<\/h3>

Co-Director, Centre for Circular Design<\/h4>

University of the Arts London<\/p><\/div>

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Kirsty Fairclough<\/h3>

Reader in Screen Studies, Head of Research and Knowledge Exchange<\/h4>

Manchester Metropolitan University<\/p><\/div>

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Kliph Scurlock<\/h3>

Musician<\/h4><\/div>
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Leanne Elliott Young<\/h3>

CEO & Co-Founder<\/h4>

Institute of Digital Fashion<\/p><\/div>

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Lucy Hammond<\/h3>

Projects Producer<\/h4>

Pilot Theatre<\/p><\/div>

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Maggie Bain<\/h3>

Actor<\/h4>

Royal Shakespeare Company<\/p><\/div>

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Mark Lutter<\/h3>

Executive Director<\/h4>

Charter Cities Institute<\/p><\/div>

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Martin Green CBE<\/h3>

Chief Creative Officer<\/h4>

Unboxed: Creativity in the UK, and Birmingham 2022 Commonwealth Games<\/p><\/div>

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Michael McGlade<\/h3>

Creative Director<\/h4>

Yellow Design<\/p><\/div>

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Mike King<\/h3>

CEO<\/h4>

Numerion Software<\/p><\/div>

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Nicola Osborne<\/h3>

Programme Manager<\/h4>

Creative Informatics <\/p><\/div>

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Nosa Eke<\/h3>

Writer\/Director<\/h4><\/div>
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Noshua Watson<\/h3>

Managing Director<\/h4>

Interwoven Impact<\/p><\/div>

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Parag Khanna<\/h3>

Founder and Managing Director<\/h4>

FutureMap<\/p><\/div>

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Paul Clarke<\/h3>

Senior Lecturer in Performance Studies, Artistic Director<\/h4>

University of Bristol, Uninvited Guests<\/p><\/div>

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Paul Moore<\/h3>

Director of Creative Industries Future Screens NI<\/h4>

Future Screens NI<\/p><\/div>

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Peter Bazalgette<\/h3>

Chairman<\/h4>

ITV plc<\/p><\/div>

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Rachel Nicholson<\/h3>

Head of Institution<\/h4>

Backstage Academy<\/p><\/div>

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Richard Osborne<\/h3>

Associate Professor in Music and the Creative Industries<\/h4>

Middlesex University<\/p><\/div>

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Richard Williams<\/h3>

Chief Executive<\/h4>

Northern Ireland Screen<\/p><\/div>

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Rob Morgan<\/h3>

Creative Director<\/h4>

Playlines<\/p><\/div>

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Robin Moore<\/h3>

Digital Innovation Consultant<\/h4>

Shwsh<\/p><\/div>

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Rosalind Coleman<\/h3>

Producer<\/h4>

Punchdrunk<\/p><\/div>

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Rosanna Covacich<\/h3>

Co-founder<\/h4>

The Place Bureau<\/p><\/div>

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Sarah Ellis<\/h3>

Director of Digital Development<\/h4>

Royal Shakespeare Company<\/p><\/div>

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Sarah Perry<\/h3>

Movement Director<\/h4>

Royal Shakespeare Company<\/p><\/div>

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Se\u00e1n Murray<\/h3>

Film Maker<\/h4>

Relapse Pictures<\/p><\/div>

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Simon Moreton<\/h3>

Senior Research Fellow and Co-I Bristol+Bath Creative R+D<\/h4>

UWE<\/p><\/div>

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Sinead O’Sullivan<\/h3>

Senior Researcher<\/h4>

Harvard Business School<\/p><\/div>

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Susan Hayes Culleton<\/h3>

BEYOND MC<\/h4>

HayesCulleton Group<\/p><\/div>

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Tarek Virani<\/h3>

Associate Professor of Creative Industries<\/h4>

UWE <\/p><\/div>

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Tony Bhajam<\/h3>

Inclusion Producer – Bristol+Bath Creative R+D<\/h4>

Watershed <\/p><\/div>

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