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Paul Smyth
Co-founder, Something & Son
Headline Speakers
CEO, Burning Man
Founder and Artistic Director, Punchdrunk
CEO, Sydney Opera House
Creator, Glastonbury Festival
Global Chief Creative Officer, Facebook
City Storyteller in Residence, Detroit
Director of The Museum of Modern Art
Co-Founder & CEO, Meow Wolf (USA) - named one of the 'Top 5 experiences in the world' by Time Out & investors include George R.R. Martin, Game of Thrones author
Creative Director of Google's Creative Lab
Senior Vice President & Managing Director, The Walt Disney Company ANZ (inc. Lucas Film, Marvel, Pixar)
Executive Creative Director, Magic Leap & Creator, Guardians of the Galaxy (Marvel)
UK Managing Director, Spotify
Artistic Director, The Serpentine Gallery & Senior Program Adviser, The Shed (New York)
CEO, Virgin Unite, Virgin Group
Founder & CEO, Behance
Director, Cultural Institute, Google
Co-Founder, The High Line, New York (USA)
Founder & Director, Secret Cinema (UK)
Artistic Director, Southbank Centre
Visual Strategist, Jet Propulsion Laboratory, NASA (USA)
Co-founder Innocent Drinks, Art Everywhere, Jam Jar and The Reed Page Foundation
Founder & CEO, Mumsnet
Executive Creative Director, Uber
Director, Tate
Director, Creative Lab at Cirque du Soleil Media (Canada)
Historian, Presenter & Founder, History Hit
Executive Vice-Chair & Co-Founder, Eden Project
CEO of Guardian Media Group
Co-curator of Tribeca Immersive, Tribeca
Photographer
Co-Founder & Presenter, Out The Front
CEO, Old Ways, New
Author of the FT Guide to Leadership
CEO, The Studio
Managing Director, Junkee Media
Program Manager, Google Cultural Institute
Co-founder and Chief Product Officer of Canva
Co-Founder & Artist, Blast Theory
Marketing Manager, Brand and Communications, Samsung
Head of Innovation, VICE
Director, Young Henrys Brewing Company
Country Director, Sonos
Presenter, ABC, The Media Report
GM, Giant Dwarf
Editor, VICE
Co-Founder, TABİT
TABİT Kurucu Ortağı
Senior Arts Executive and Project Leader, Dubai Art Season, Dubai Culture and Arts Authority
Chairman, Dubai Film and TV Commission
Chief Operating Officer, Dubai Design District
Founder of Fikra
Director of Programs, Exhibitions and Cultural Collections, Australian Museum
Director of Distribution, Picturehouse Cinemas
Owner, Eau de Vie + Experimental Spirits Co
Co-founder, ATÖLYE
Kurucu Ortak, ATÖLYE
Director, Museum of London
Co-founder, Red Bull Music Academy
Poet, Journalist & Teaching Artist
Chief Strategy Officer, Mindshare
Co-founder and Managing Director, Portable
Director of Development & Business Innovation, Royal Academy of Arts
Head of Occupier Consultancy, CBRE
Chief Digital Advisor, Microsoft
Head of CSR, Samsung
CEO, Time Out
CEO, Fremantle Markets
Media Liaison, Burning Man Festival
Head of Digital Business Development, British Film Institute & Digital Adviser, Manchester City Football Club
NSW Minister for Trade, Tourism and Major Events
Director, Creative Industries in NESTA’s Policy & Research Unit
Manager, Content Partnerships, YouTube
Director, Tate
Co-Founder, The Lowline, New York (USA) - "the world's first underground park"
Presenter, Big Ideas, ABC
Head of Design, Museum of New Zealand Te Papa Tongarewa
Founder and Artistic Director, Punchdrunk
Chief Executive, Freelancer.com
Founder, Nurture Rights (Dinosaur Roar! - Natural History Museum)
Series Producer, BBC Dynasties
Director of External Relations, Google Europe, Middle East and Africa
Founder, Hannah Barry Gallery and Bold Tendencies
Hannah Barry Gallery ve Bold Tendencies Kurucusu
Principal & Founder, Local Projects
Strategy and Insights Director, Right Angle Studio; CEO, Paramount Recreation Club and Golden Age
Global Director, New Business Unit, Unilever
Director, Marketing & Digital, Scentre Group (Westfield Shopping Centres)
Head of Brand Strategy, Twitter
CEO, Royal Opera House
Chief Marketing Officer, Vero - True Social (ex VP Marketing EMEA Monster & Head of Brand Red Bull)
Head of Bloomberg Muse, Europe & Asia, Bloomberg
Artist
Chief Executive, Live Theatre
Executive Director of Transfield Holdings, Chairman of the Arts Advisory Committees at UTS and UWS
Vice President, Intel Fellow, Corporate Strategy Office, Intel Corporation
Founder & CEO, Behance
Co-host, Good Game
Director, Red Room Poetry
Executive Director, ArtPlace America
CEO & Co-Founder Spaceship & Venture Partner, AirTree Ventures
Entrepreneur, Author & Contemporary Thought Leader
Creative Director, The Hospital Club
Joint Chief Executive, Golant Media Ventures
Founder & CEO, Seed&Spark
Founder and Director of Amplify Presentations
Managing Director, Cummins & Partners
Associate Professor - Design, Architecture and Building Faculty, UTS
Digital Initiatives Manager, Vatican Museum
Head of TV, The Drum
Director of the Office of Visitor Services, Smithsonian institution
Experiential Technologist
Director, Design Museum
Design Museum Direktörü
Co-Founder, Frame
Founding Editor-in-Chief, Nocturnal
Art & Design Professor, UNSW & Principal, Boccalatte
Curator, Istanbul Design Biennial
İstanbul Tasarım Bienali Kuratörü
Chief Marketing Officer & Vice President, Learning & Culture, GE
Co-Founder and CEO of Global Street Art
Marketing Controller, ABSOLUT Vodka (Pernod Ricard)
Founder, Bompas & Parr
Co-founder, For The People
Executive Director, The Chamber of Arts and Culture, WA
Co-founder & Executive Producer, Grimm Productions
Soundbender
Head of Content & Platforms, ABC Radio
Managing Director, Techstars
CEO, Ingenious Ventures, Ingenious Media
Chief Technology Officer, Telstra Corporation
Director of Marketing & Communications, Mona
Co-Founder, Work-Shop
Director, Art Gallery of New South Wales
Co-Director, The Shells - Ausflug nach Neu-Friedenwald
Partner at IDEO
DX Lab Leader, State Library of New South Wales
Interim CEO, Office of Innovation and Science Australia (ISA)
CEO, Create, NSW
Founder, The Museum of Everything
Vice President, Head of International Marketing at Yahoo
CEO, Bridgeman Images
Creative Director of Art & Graphics, WeWork
Curator, Department of Theatre & Performance, V&A
Managing Director, MailOnline.com, Daily Mail
Head of Mobile, Mindshare
Co-founder, CultureCrowd
Director of Digital Services, NSW Department of Education (DoE)
Co-Founder, Foundry658 - new Creative Industries Accelerator by State Library Victoria & Australian Centre for the Moving Image (ACMI)
Principal Analyst, Forrester Research
Producer, WireTap & Love Me (CBC), How To Age Gracefully - Canada
Head of Content and Creative Director, Tate Media
Co-founder and CMO, Blippar
Divisional Development Manager, AMP Capital
Director, Digital Designer & Creative Programmer, The Workers (Winner of Tate's IK Prize 2014)
Executive Director, WestWords
Entrepreneur & Creative Broker, PROJUCER
Creative Director, Dark Mofo, MONA’s winter festival
Principal, M.H. Carnegie & Co
Creator and Series Producer of Good Game, ABC
Director of Projects, Sydney, Futurecity
Campaigns Director, 38 Degrees
Acting Director of Policy & Strategy, Arts NSW
Co-Founder, Cake Wines
Co-Founder, Factory 42
Co-founder, Furtherfield
Commercial Director, Oxygen Startups
Co-Founder and COO of Zomato
Innovation Architect, Unit9
Chief Experience Officer (CXO), Australian Centre for the Moving Image (ACMI)
CEO, Culture Counts
Director of Learning and Research, Design Museum
Founder of Fueled
VP of Business Development EMEA at Eventbrite
Director/CEO, NIDA
Founder, PS40
Vice-President, Marketing Getty Images
Creative Economy Champion, Arts and Humanities Research Council (AHRC)
UX Director, IRL Gaming
Sponsorship Manager & Special Projects Manager, Sony Computer Entertainment, Europe
Co-Founder, amigo & amigo
Founder & CEO, Cuseum
Creative Director, United Visual Artists (UVA)
President, BAM / Brooklyn Academy of Music (USA)
Founder, The Common People
Co-Founder, League of Intrapreneurs | Founder, Wisdom Hackers
Vice President & Global Digital Transformational Leader, Microsoft
Founder & CEO, Qorsi
CEO, Plexal
Head of Digital Development, National Theatre (UK)
Creative Producer, Sydney Harbour Foreshore Authority (SHFA)
CEO, Poet in the City
CEO, Western Australian Museum
QI, Museum of Curiosity (BBC Radio 4)
Manager, Cultural Strategy, City of Sydney
Principal, j9.connect.create.curate
Founder & Director, Culture Scouts, Art Pharmacy Consulting (AUS). Member of City of Sydney’s Nightlife and Creative Sector Advisory Panel, director of inaugural Australian The Other Art Fair
Program Lead, Arts and Culture, Bloomberg Philanthropies
Chair of the Board, StartupAUS
Chief Executive, Wasps Artists Studios
Managing Director, 107 Projects
Chair, Chamber of Arts and Culture, WA
Chief Executive, Wasps Studios
Product Marketing Manager, Google
Graduate, UTS Animal Logic Academy
Founder & CEO, iStrategyLabs
CEO, Acme
Marketing Director, Moët Hennessy
Executive Director of Rhizome
Partner Grimshaw Architects
Founder, We are Alfred
Original Programming Manager, Audible (Amazon)
Co-founder and Director, Pozible
Australia Editor, BuzzFeed
Director, Ultimaker UK
CEO, Wikimedia UK
Co-Founder, CultureLabel.com & REMIX Summits
CultureLabel.com ve REMIX Zirveleri Kurucu Ortağı
Head of Google Cultural Institute, Google
New Media Artist
CEO, Screenworks
Developer Platform Evangelist, Microsoft
Co-Founder & Gallery Director, Courtesy of the Artist
Manager, Digital Strategy and Innovation , State Library of NSW
Documentary Programmer, Sundance Film Festival (USA)
General Manager, Brand Partnerships, Digital, Licensing & Spring Productions. FremantleMedia Australia
Sales and Ticketing Manager, National Portrait Gallery
VP, Chief Creative Officer, Facebook
Global Chief Creative Officer, Facebook
Director, Campbelltown Arts Centre
Director of Innovation, Royal College of Art
Head of Digital Transformation, Sydney Opera House
Executive Director, B Lab (B Corp)
Executive Director, Arts NSW
Chief Executive, Arts Council England
Chief Executive & Artistic Director, The Roundhouse
Program Manager, Google Cultural Institute, Google
Manager, Volunteer Development and Change, Emergency Management Victoria
Founder, Futurecity (UK)
Co-Founder, StartSomeGood.com
Founding CEO, MakerSpace &company
Documentary, Sound Art Producer, ABC RN
Research Director, Ipsos Mind & Mood Report
Director/CEO of Melbourne Writers Festival
Chief Editor, Perth Underground
Director Curatorial, Collections and Exhibitions, MAAS
Director, Art Public
Channel Manager, NITV / SBS
Artistic Director/CEO, Urban Theatre Projects
Head of Digital Business Academy, Tech City
Executive Creative Director, Uber
Regional Director, UK & Germany, General Assembly
Head of Partnerships TEDxSydney
Co-host (with Russell Tovey), Talk Art podcast & Director, Counter Editions & Carl Freedman Gallery, Margate
Founder of Nerdworking
Global Creative Director, Cotton On & Co-Founder, Rare & a new platform to champion diversity in the Creative industries supported by Google
Head of YouTube Marketing, YouTube
Marketing Director, Canon UK
Director, Casula Powerhouse Arts Centre
Director, Museum of the City of New York
Founder and Director, Heaps Gay
Founder, Maker Faire (USA) - Dale has been called 'Father of the Maker Movement' & 1.5 million attended Maker Faire events in 38 countries last year
Creative Director, Strategy Development, ABC Innovation
Founder, Secret Garden Festival
Head of Campus, Google
Deputy Director, Questacon
Artistic Director, Shakespeare's Globe
Joint CEO & Co-Founder, Vinomofo
Co-Founder & Director, Village Underground Lisboa
Content Director of Junkee, inthemix, FasterLouder, Same Same and Mess+Noise
Research Associate / Chairperson, Disability and the Performing Arts in Australia: Beyond the Social Model
Content Director, Artshub
Co-founder, The Line: East London Sculpture Walk
Xploro
Co-owner of Coolihawk, Creator of Nambouring
Chief Executive, Knowledge Quarter London
Creator, Glastonbury Festival
Creative Lead, UTS Animal Logic Academy
CEO, BlueChilli
Director, Sky Arts
Street Artist a.k.a. Pure Evil
Founder, Archie Rose
Senior Lecturer, UTS Business School
Founder of AEA
Director of Digital Development, RSC / Royal Shakespeare Company (UK)
Royal Shakespeare Company Dijital Gelişim Direktörü
Marketing Director, Equinox
General Manager, Perth Concert Hall
Programme Director, Network Transformation Programme, Post Office
Director, Sydney Festival
Director, Sydney Festival
Acting Chief Marketing Officer, Sydney Opera House
Creative Director, Calvert 22 Foundation (UK)
Founder, Kizcode
KızCode Kurucusu
Advisor for Arts and Culture, Barangaroo Delivery Authority
Consultant, Who do you think you are? - Senior Lecturer, Macquarie University
Managing Director, Grumpy Sailor
Director of Brand & PR for Moleskine America
Founding Partner, POKE
Founder, Secret Garden Party
Head of New Partnerships, Sydney Opera House & Co-Director Partnerships TEDxSydney
Presenter, Download this Show, ABC
Head of PR, Sky Arts, Sky Movies, Sky 3D. Acting Head of PR, Sky Atlantic
Director, Creative Lab at Cirque du Soleil Media (Canada)
CEO, Bloomberg Associates
Director, New Museum Project, Western Australian Museum
Director, Fini Group (2016 Western Australian of the Year & developer behind Little Creatures, Como, The Treasury etc.)
Creative Director, Fink Group (Bennelong at Sydney Opera House, Quay Restaurant & Otto Ristorante)
Chief Marketing Officer, Bridgeman Images
Principal, Montessori International College
Research Co-ordinator, Swiss Re Institute
Founder, PUREHOUSE
Head of Studio, Niantic London (creators of Beasts of Balance & Pokémon GO, formerly Founder, Hide & Seek)
General Manager, VICE (Australia / NZ)
Director and Co-Founder of Hay Festival
Co-Founder and Managing Director, Thankyou Movement
Founder and Publisher, Concrete Playground
City Storyteller in Residence, Detroit
Chief Operations Officer, Goolarri Media Enterprises, Broome, WA
Senior Curator & Cultural Strategist, Futurecity
Innovation Director, Time Out
Archaeologist, TV Presenter and Writer
Director of Business Initiatives & Partnerships, Art Basel
Co-founder and Game Designer, Playmatics
Head of Strategy, Preloaded
Director, Supple Fox (Creative Producers for Dark MOFO, Mona)
Philosopher, Best-selling Author, Leadership Advisor
Festival Founder & Director of Wine Island
Place Making Lead, Sunshine Coast Council
Professor of the Practice of Journalism, UTS, Co-Director, Centre for Media Transition, former Editor Sydney Morning Herald, Deputy Editor, The Australian
Managing Director EMEA, Bloomberg Media
Head of Marketing, Eventbrite
Science Communicator, Host and Producer, Branch Out Podcast, The Royal Botanic Garden Sydney
Presenter, The Future Tense, ABC
Co-Founder, Power of Engineering & Machinam
Co-founder, RUNA
Founder and CEO of IfWeRanTheWorld
Educator, NGV (National Gallery of Victoria)
Founding Director, Create London
Chief Creative Officer, Sony Pictures Television
Head of the Lab, Google Cultural Institute
Secretary General, The Michelangelo Foundation for Craftsmanship and Creativity
Multiplatform & Online Video Commissioning Editor, Channel 4
CEO, Atlantic Productions
CEO U.S., Mindshare
Business Development Director, iCity
Centenary Professor of Creative & Cultural Research, University of Canberra
CEO, British Games Institute (BGI)
Partner, Deco Publique
Chair, CultureLabel and Creative United
Future Classic Co-Founder
Head of Digital, Sydney Living Museum
Director, Artspace
Staff Writer, Time Out New York
Founder, Edge Investments
Head of Brand & Communications, moo.com
Managing Director Australia & NZ, Ancestry
Co-Owner/Co-Director of Rough Trade
Director, Sydney Living Museums
Chief Executive Officer, Droga5 Sydney
Co-Founder & GM, Zinc
CEO, Burning Man
Visual Strategist, Jet Propulsion Laboratory, NASA (USA)
Artistic Director, Almeida Theatre
Founder & CEO, Spacehive
Co-Founder, Mr & Mrs Smith
Co-Founder, Mr & Mrs Smith
Director of The National Museum of American History
Founder, Museum Hack
Author, Time Traveler's Guide to London (Penguin)
Chief Executive & Director, Hull City of Culture 2017
Founder, Four Pillars Gin
Chief Technology Officer, Royal Opera House
Director, Spectre Studios
Producer, Artangel
Senior Lecturer at the College of Fine Arts, UNSW Australia
Founder and CEO of Snap Fashion
Executive Strategy Director EMEA, Fitch
Creative Director, Natural History Unit and Factual, BBC
Founder & President, Huashan Multiversity; Rotating Chair, China Innovation Service Alliance for Culture & Technology; Vice Director, John Howkins Research Center on Creative Economy, STA; DBA Supervisor, Shanghai Jiaotong University; Guest Professor, Berlin School of Creative Leadership (China)
Partner, CoveyLaw
President, Darlinghurst Business Partnership & Co-owner, The Record Store
Editor, Bloomberg View
Founder, Ghetto Film School
Festival Director, Festival of Thrift (Winner, The Observer Ethical Awards)
President, En Garde Arts
Co-Founder, The High Line, New York (USA)
Co-curator of Tribeca Immersive, Tribeca
Founding Partner, Umbrellium
Presenter, Nine Network & ABC News 24
Trends & Insights Director, Mindshare UK
Mindshare Birleşik Krallık, Trendler ve İçgörü Direktörü
Executive Director - ArtScience Museum (Singapore)
Founder & CEO, Common
Head of Corporate Partnerships, V&A
Dean of the Faculty of Art & Design, UNSW & Chair, Sydney Culture Network
Culture Editor, The Guardian
Culture Editor, Guardian Australia
Dean of Art History at Khan Academy
Head of Business & Audience, Screen Australia
Digital Director, Condé Nast UK
Night Time City Manager, City of Sydney
CEO, YAHOO7
Group Executive, Enterprise Services & Chief Information Officer Commonwealth Bank of Australia
Co-Founder, Neighbourlytics; 2018 Myer Innovation Fellow; 2018 Westpac Social Change Fellow
Director of Strategy & Branding, LaPlaca Cohen
Head of International Development & Senior Producer - Talks & Ideas, Sydney Opera House.
Managing Editor, Buzzfeed
Director, 'A Midnight Visit' & Festival Director, Festival of Dangerous Ideas
IFMGA / NZMGA Mountain and Ski Guide Lead Logistics / Operations - Helambu Relief - Nepal Earthquake 2015
CEO, MAAS (Museum of Applied Arts & Sciences)
Director of Partnerships and Business Development, CrowdRise
Chief Commercial Officer, Dazed Group
Executive Manager, Culture for the City of Sydney
Designer
Chief Executive, Arts Council England
CEO, Sydney Opera House
Co-Founder, Future Crunch
Co-Founder, Gather.ly
Creative Director, NOWNESS
Co-founder, Wildwon
Cofounder, Paloma Powers and Culture™ & Founder, TORTUGA
Global Head of Business Development, Games, RIM Blackberry
Director, Museum of Applied Arts and Sciences (Powerhouse Museum, Sydney Observatory & Powerhouse Discovery Centre)
Commercial Director, Somerset House
President of Marketing, Blippar
Co-Founder, Good Goods and Architecture Commons
General Manager, Nightingale Housing
Manager Strategic Services, Haworth
Head of Marketing, VR World NYC
Independent Brand Thinker and Adviser
Director of Strategic and Commercial Data, Evening Standard, Independent & i
Artistic Director, Melbourne Festival
Vice President and Managing Director, R/GA
Mistress of Make-Believe, Underground Cinema & Secret Squirrel Productions
CEO, Dubai Opera
Co-founder, Unity
CEO and co-founder, Redbubble
CEO, Lonely Planet
Chief Creative Officer of PwC and Chair of AFTRS
Director, Include Arts (UK)
Chief Idea Officer & Author of Speed Thinking & The Idea Accelerator
Managing Director, Icon Pictures / Dendy Cinemas
Digital Director, British Film Institute
British Film Institute Dijital Direktörü
Co-Founder, The Bakery
Senior Director of Partnerships, Asia Pacific TripAdvisor
Director, Sky Arts HD
Co-Founder, Future Crunch
Vice President, Maker Media and Co-founder, Maker Faire
Director, Experience, State Library Victoria
CEO, Airsticks
Founder, Affectors
Business Strategy Lead, Emerging Sectors and Innovation, LendLease
CEO & Founder, Indigital
Founder & CEO, The Dots
Solicitor Director, Terri Janke and Company
Founder, Ripe & Ready
CEO, Huffington Post (Australia)
Entrepreneur, Author & Former Chair, Channel 4
Head of new thinking, Wolff Olins
Chief Creative Officer, Mr President, Founder, CANNT Festival & Co-founder, SheSays
Artistic Director, Battersea Arts Centre
Co-Founder and CEO of Paddle8
Co-Founder & CEO, Meow Wolf (USA) - named one of the 'Top 5 experiences in the world' by Time Out & investors include George R.R. Martin, Game of Thrones author
Director of NEW INC, New Museum
Serial Entrepreneur & Co-Founder, Yoobi, Yes To Inc, French Toast Products & Cheeky Home
Director of Cultural Development, Downtown Brooklyn Partnership & Co-Author, Culture Forward (USA)
Founder & CEO, Radical Media
Founder, FIRST
Director, Creative Industries Federation
General Manager, Microsoft Turkey
Microsoft Turkìye Genel Müdürü
General Manager, Immigration Museum
Chief of Content and Communications Strategy, Smithsonian Institution Archives
Director, Design & Innovation at AMP Customer Solutions
Vice-President, BizSpark, Microsoft
Director, Holly
Founder & Co-Creative Director, Ample Projects
Twitter, Australia
Founder, LIVR - the world’s first virtual reality content platform dedicated to theatre
Curator and Collections Coordinator at Artbank
Artistic Director, Southbank Centre
Director, Expanded Perception and Interaction Centre (EPIC) & Director, Laboratory for Innovation in Galleries, Libraries, Archives and Museums (iGLAM), UNSW Art & Design
Director-Mobile Partnerships EMEA, TripAdvisor
Managing Director, Barbican Centre
Chief Brands Officer, BBC Worldwide
Regional Director, Middle East, Turkey and Africa, Facebook
Orta Doğu, Türkiye ve Afrika Bölge Direktörü, Facebook
Program Manager, Google Arts & Culture
Co-Founder & CEO, Unbound.com
EMEA Fixed Income Electronic Trading Programme Manager, Bloomberg
Deputy Ideas Editor, Quartz (USA)
Programme Director, Creative Economy, Nesta
Director, Creative Economy Programmes, NESTA
Exec. Director, Mouna Zaylah, Head of Cultural Development, Information & Cultural Exchange, Parramatta
Head of Technology, The Guardian
Founder & CEO, Kano
Head of Marketing, Australia and New Zealand, SAP
Chief Executive Officer, SunCentral Maroochydore
Partner & Head of Philanthropy & Social Capital, Koda Capital
Co-founder and CEO, Technology Will Save Us
President for The Trust for Governors Island, New York
Managing Director, URBAN-X
Director, CultureLabel Agency
Music & Nightlife Editor, Time Out Sydney
Mass Crane Dance/ Guerilla Dance Project and The Space/ WIRED Creative Fellow
CEO, myEd
Filmmaker (A Norther Town, The Snowman, The Inquisition) & Head of Documentary, AFTRS
Artistic Director, Music and the Deaf
Executive Creative Director, Magic Leap & Creator, Guardians of the Galaxy (Marvel)
Co-Founder, Fora (former Co-founder, The Bill Chill festival)
Digital Director, Tate
Tate Modern Dijital Direktörü
Development Director, Swan Wharf
Chief Technologist for Innovation, Hewlett Packard Enterprise (Asia-Pacific and Japan)
Associate Professor & Course Director, Bachelor of Creative Intelligence and Innovation, UTS
Creative Director, Boom Natives
Digital Storyteller, Virtual Warrane
Chief Marketing Officer, NBBJ & Author, The Business Romantic
Director of Service Design, Department of Human Services, Australian Government
Director & Co-Founder Gelato Messina
Director, External Relations, Foundation for Young Australians (FYA)
External Relationship Manager, BBC Digital Archive
Director-General, Imperial War Museums
Director, Place Partners
Fempreneur in Residence, Future Leader Labs UTS
Strategic Partnership Manager, Secret Sounds Connect (Splendour in the Grass)
Managing Director, Digital, Evening Standard & The Independent
Acting Assistant Director Industry & Business | TradeStart Manager, South West Development Commission
Team Leader, Green City Force
Head of Programs, Sydney Living Museums
Chief Operating Officer, Noma
Head of Content, Vice
Director, Possibilizer
Associate Professor, American University and author, The Wikipedia Revolution
Interim CEO, The Space & CEO, Magic Lantern Productions
Deputy Director, Co:Lab X - An Innovation Lab of National Gallery Singapore
Director, Global Communications, Lonely Planet
Festival Director, Edinburgh International Festival
Anchor, Bloomberg News & Host of “In The Loop with Betty Liu”
Chancellors Postdoctoral Research Fellow, UTS
Co-founder Games Workshop and the UK Government’s Creative Industries Champion
Digital platforms editor and Head of Culture, Guardian News & Media
Deputy Director of Development, Royal Academy of Arts
VP, Emerging Media, Razorfish
Director, The School of Life Australia
Director of Visual Arts, Australia Council for the Arts
Director, V&A Dundee
Co-Founder and Director, Open Living Labs at Co-Creative Hub
President of Quirky
Chief Creative & Playmaker, Modio3D
Author, 'The Curve' & Founder, Gamesbrief
Co-Founder, Smartify
Head of Value Creation, LEGO Ventures
Director of The Museum of Modern Art
Senior Curator, C3West
Founder, Diversity Matters
Global Chief Digital Officer, Havas Worldwide
Artist
Director, Museum of Contemporary Art Australia
Professor of Music and Media, MIT Media Lab
Group General Manager, New Business Research & Development at Insurance Australia Group
Interim CEO / Launch Director, The Space
Executive Director, Host
Head, Communication and Partnerships Museum Victoria
Executive Director, Chamber of Arts and Culture WA
Manager, Education and Digital Learning, MAAS
Senior Strategist, VICE
Executive Director, Melbourne Festival
Founder, Advanced Narrative
National Funding Scheme for the Arts
Author Success & Content Operations, Envato
Co-Founder, Bankstown Poetry Slam (BPS)
Country Director, British Council
President, Intrepid Sea, Air & Space Museum
Creative Director, Studio TILT
Incoming CEO, Design Museum
Director, Artichoke
Head of Contemporary Music, Sydney Opera House
CEO, Museums Victoria
VP Retail, Optus
Senior Cultural Affairs Officer, City of Toronto
CEO, Screen Australia
Managing Director, Office and Industrial Property, AMP Capital
Club Development Manager
Country Director Turkey, Facebook
Facebook Türkiye Ülke Direktörü
Freelance Placemaking Creative Producer
Head of Creative Services, National Geographic (FOX)
Deputy Chairman, Policy and Resources Committee, City of London Corporation
Founder - We Built This City
Founder & Director, Glider Global; Founder & Director, Conversation Dinners Project, Hard Things to Talk About
Founder, Frame Labs
Author, Online Gravity
Managing Director, The Guardian Australia
President, American Express Foundation & Vice President, Corporate Social Responsibility, American Express
Deputy Video Editor, The Guardian
Managing Director at Portal Entertainment
Presenter, ABC RN, Best of the Festivals & The List
Founder & Managing Director, Spacecubed
Country Manager, Airbnb
Artistic Director, The Cad Factory
Premier of Western Australia
Artistic Director & CEO, Manchester International Festival & The Factory
Founder & CEO, McGregor Coxall
Managing Director, Redspear Safety
Director of Education and Family Programs, Brooklyn Academy of Music
Director & CEO, Australian Museum
Creative Director – Google APAC
EMEA Senior Regional Manager, Google.org
Director, Digital, Marketing and Communications, State Library Victoria
Co-Founder, Bodypass
Director, Somerset House Studios
Senior City Marketing Manager, Eventbrite
Head of Partnerships, FINCH (Former Head of YouTube Content Partnerships, Australia & New Zealand)
Head of Audience Labs, Royal Opera House
Executive Producer, Brooklyn Academy of Music (BAM)
Head of Collaboration, seeper
CEO, Creative Partnerships Australia
Director, Museum of Applied Arts and Sciences (MAAS)
Editor-in-Chief of Renegade Collective magazine
Senior Marketing Manager International, Eventbrite
Deputy Editor, Cities, The Guardian
DIgital Director, National Gallery
Founder & Partner, Linked by Air
Director, Guardian Labs
Head of YouTube Partnerships, AUNZ & Head of Sports Partnerships, YouTube APAC
CEO of Guardian Media Group
Founder, The Yard
Managing Director, Dubai Design District
Director, Aunty Donna
Circuit: National Lead, Tate
Professor of Innovation, University of Cambridge
CEO & Co-Founder, Blippar
Creative Director, Wolff Olins
Lord Mayor of Sydney
Principal, Roberts Day - named as one of the top 50 Creatives Shaping Sydney by City of Sydney
Co-founder & CEO, Girl Geek Academy
Group Digital Creative Director, J. Walter Thompson Worldwide (JWT)
Head of Insight and Innovation, Samsung
Co-Director, Artangel
Managing Director, Komixx Entertainment
Chair, Carriageworks, Chair, Citigroup, Board member, Australia Council for the Arts, Virgin Australia, Transurban, Mirvac, Cover-More Group, President, Australian Council for International Development
Associate Director, Deloitte Access Economics & Co-Author, 'Imagine Sydney' report
Senior Lecturer, UNSW Art & Design
Program Manager and Creative Lead, Google Arts & Culture
Co-Founder, Grabble & Mobula
Director, Strategy, Media and Integrated Marketing, Intel (Asia Pacific)
Chair, Australia Council
President, Downtown Brooklyn Partnership
Culture Crowd
Producer, Animal Logic, Associate Producer, The LEGO Movie
CEO & Co-Founder, Animal Logic (Happy Feet, The LEGO Movie, Peter Rabbit)
CEO & Founder, theculturetrip.com
Arts Correspondent, Bloomberg
Chief Strategy Officer, We Are Social
Program Manager, Google Cultural Institute
Social Commissioner, Greater Sydney Commission
Chair, Creative England
Director, silkyjazz.com
Co-Founder, Art Night
Producer, Albow
Director, Audience Engagement, MCA Australia
Director UTS Advanced MBA, UTS Business School
Festival & Company Manager, York Mediale
Head of Brand Partnerships and Channels Advertising, BBC Worldwide
Senior Director, YouTube EMEA
Podcast and Media Consultant - Former SVP, Original Content Development, Audible (Amazon) & VP Programming, NPR
Managing Director, Wolff Olins
Chancellor’s Fellow in Cultural and Creative Industries, University of Edinburgh
Strategy Director at Wolff Olins
Business Strategist & Lead Coach, Digital Arts & Culture Accelerator (Nesta & Arts Council England)
Director of Learning, Science Museum
Artistic Director, The Serpentine Gallery & Senior Program Adviser, The Shed (New York)
CEO, Virgin Unite, Virgin Group
CEO & Co-Founder, Sofar Sounds (formerly Global Marketing Director, Disney; Global Marketing Director, Coca Cola; and Director of Innovation at Diageo)
Global Head & GM of Mobile and Connected Devices, Bloomberg
Director, Black Cultural Archives
Co-Founder, DegreeArt.com
Global Director of Media & Innovation, GE
Co-Founder, Little Sun
Director, Istanbul Design Biennial
İstanbul Tasarım Bienali Direktörü
CEO, Foundation for Young Australians (FYA)
Founder & CEO, Playmob
Deputy Secretary Arts, Screen & Culture, Create NSW
CEO, Innovation Centre Sunshine Coast P/L
Designer & Filmaker, ZAKPAGE
London Studio, Sonos
Minister for Tourism; Racing and Gaming; Small Business; Defence Issues; Citizenship and Multicultural Interests
Supervising Producer, The Metropolitan Opera: Live in HD
Director, Public Engagement, Museum of Applied Arts & Sciences
Co-Founder, VINE Creatives & Founding Member, We Are Stripes
Co-Founder, Flying Object (2015 winner of the Tate's IK Prize)
Author, Dark Emu
Head of New Media, The Science Museum
Founder, Republic of Everyone
10 Second Ninja & BAFTA Breakthrough Brit
Executive Creative Director, AKQA
CEO, The Content Business & Independent Cinema Association
CEO of Intelligence Squared Group
Director, Creative Economy, British Council
Managing Director, BBC Worldwide (Australia & NZ)
CEO, AFTRS (Australian Film Television and Radio School)
Futurist
Director, The Showroom
Executive Director Innovation & Entrepreneurship, University of Technology Sydney
Co-Director, Serpentine Gallery
Executive Director, Australian Copyright Council (ACC)
Director, Digital Experience & CIO, State Library of NSW
Director, MAMA (Murray Art Museum Albury)
Co-Founder, HolzMarkt Project, Berlin
Managing Director, A/D/O - MINI's (BMW) Creative Space
Innovation Services Leader EMEA, IBM
Managing Editor, Punkee
Associate Experience Director, Huge Inc
Director, Digital Arts & Media, NESTA
Special Projects Manager, Melbourne Symphony Orchestra
CEO, Here East
Director, Manchester International Festival
Creative Director, Jamie Oliver Media Group
Deputy Director, Innovation and Creative Intelligence Unit, UTS
Professor of Economics, RMIT University
Producer, Lost Palace (Historic Royal Palaces)
Founder, Scredible Professional Services
Composer
Founder, iManifest
Head of Design, The J. Paul Getty Museum
Founder and Chairman, Club Kidpreneur
Work Futurist & Head of R&D, Atlassian
Author of the “Key Person of Influence” and “Entrepreneur Revolution“.
Vice President of Licensing & Managing Director of Fashion Week Live IMG Worldwide
Founder, Limited Run
Director, Engagement (Teaching and Learning), Faculty of Engineering and Information Technology (FEIT), and Senior Lecturer, School of Software, UTS
Managing Director, V&A Enterprises
Co-founder & Creative Director, Flying Object
General Director, Creative Industries, Buenos Aires City Government (Argentina)
Creator & Co-Founder, The Lowline
Managing Director, Key Clients, Ipsos MORI
Director of Partnerships, Kickstarter
Director, The Festivalists
Founder & CEO, Theperspective.com
Innovation & Disruptive Technology Specialist/Game Designer/Founder & Curator, Playup Perth
CEO, Watershed & Visiting Professor, University of the West of England
Studio Director, Media Molecule (Creator, LittleBigPlanet & named in Fortune's '10 Most Powerful Women in Gaming')
Co-founder Innocent Drinks, Art Everywhere, Jam Jar and The Reed Page Foundation
CEO, Game Developers Association Australia & Founder, The Arcade
Chief Marketing Officer, Sydney Opera House
Director of Content and Audiences, Royal Collection Trust
Chief Marketing Officer - Asia Pacific, Lenovo
General Manager, Junkee Studio
Founder, School for Startups & formerly of BBC’s Dragons Den
Business Intelligence Strategy and Times & Sunday Times Director, News UK
Director of Development, Art Gallery of NSW
Head of Digital Transformation, Adobe Asia Pacific
CEO, Mindshare Australasia
Founder & Director, Secret Cinema (UK)
Director, The School of Life
Digital Communications Manager, Tate
Head of ABC Audio Studios
Producer, Wyrmwood & Guerilla Films
Chief Content Officer and Executive Editor, Mashable
Storyteller and Creative Entrepreneur
Founder & CEO, Mumsnet
Head of Video, VICE (Australia / NZ)
Founder, Civic and Global Impact Hubs
Business Director, Airbeem
Head of Communications, The Royal Botanic Garden Sydney
Senior Vice President, Brand Marketing, National Geographic Society
Chair, Night Time Industries Association & MD, Time Out (ANZ)
UK Director, Change.org
Partner, Ammunition Group
Executive Director, affectors, Founder of Silamor Studios, Performance Analyst, Cricket NSW
Chief Executive Officer, QUT Creative Enterprise Australia
CEO, ARIA
Percussionist
Founder, 30 Weeks & Founder, Snaps
Creative Producer - Uniqlo Tate Lates
Chief Innovation Officer, Dow Jones
Founder & CEO, Protein
Presented by the School of Life
Editor-in-Chief & Founder at Cool Hunting
CEO, UXC Red Rock Consulting
Chief Executive, Royal Academy of Arts (formerly Director, Van Gogh Museum)
Anchor & Managing Editor, Bloomberg Television
Managing Director, Zero Latency
Audience Development Strategist, YouTube
Strategic Accounts Director, Blippar
Ideas Curator, Broadcaster, Producer & Design Writer
Chief Marketing Officer, Westfield
Head of Digital, National Theatre
Lab Director, Museum of Tomorrow (Brazil)
Head of Arts & Culture Innovation Lab, Nesta (National Endowment for Science, Technology & the Arts) - (UK)
Technology Evangelist & Service Delivery Manager, Microsoft
Director, Media and Audiences, Tate
Chief Merchandising Officer, UNIQLO
Director, Programming & Exhibitions, Royal Museums Greenwich
Chief Branding Officer, Ace Hotel
Managing Director, Blackbird Ventures
Chief Encouragement Officer of The House of St Barnabas
Co-founder, Red Bull Music Academy
MTV VJ
Deputy Director Partnership and Engagement, UTS
Exhibition Manager, Architects of Air & Partner, Studio Memo
Studio Head, Microsoft
Founding Chair, Relaxed Theatre Project
Program Manager, Google Cultural Institute
Director Entrepreneurship, UTS Business School
Director, WOMADelaide
Knowledge Exchange Strategist
Founder & CEO, CodeFirst
Director, ACMI
Senior Marketing Manager, Ancestry.com
Director of Operations, Atlantic Productions
Co-Founder, Soundtrails
Creative Producer, SketchShe
Director of Business Development, MoMA
Co-Director & Co-Founder, Frieze Art Fair
Artistic Director, Dreamthinkspeak
Head of Creative Programming, Historic Royal Palaces (inc. Tower of London, Kensington Palace & Hampton Court Palace) (UK)
Strategy Lead, Smart City Office at City of Melbourne
Founder, STORY
Founder & Executive Director, Green City Force
Historian and Hacker - Associate Professor of Digital Heritage,University of Canberra
Director, Development, YouTube Spaces
New York State President, AT&T
President, ARTstor
Director, Zahn Innovation Center, CCNY
Senior Consultant, The Foundation
Co-Founder, Second Home
Head of Dance Festival Division, MAMA & Company (Lovebox)
General Manager, Eventbrite
Co-Founder & Managing Director, Block
Head of Culture, City Hall, London & Chair, World Cities Culture Forum
Strategy Director, TH_NK
Strategy Programme Manager, Royal Academy of Arts
Executive Director, Arts Council England
Founder, CuriousWorks; Artistic Director, Co-Curious
Country Director, Change.org
Xploro
Chief Science & Technology Officer, The Shed
Co-Director, Frieze Art Fair & Co-Publisher, Frieze Magazine
Chief Executive, Sydney Film Festival
Executive Vice-Chair & Co-Founder, Eden Project
CEO, Bloomberg Media Group, Bloomberg L.P.
Co-Founder Makerversity, Designer, Artist
Director of Marketing and Business Development, Atlantic Productions
Executive Director Sales & Marketing, Foxtel
President, Sunshine Coast Creative Alliance
Director & Creative Director, Factory 42
Factory 42 Direktörü ve Yaratıcı Direktör
Co-founder, Something & Son
Historian, Presenter & Founder, History Hit
Chief of Play (Founding Director, Writer/Director, Strategist), Reuben Feels
Director, Cultural Institute, Google
Co-Founder & CEO, Makers Empire
Director, YLab
Managing Director, Etsy (Australia & Asia)
Arts Policy Advisor, National Endowment for the Arts
Chief Executive Officer, Arts Centre Melbourne
Author, Comedian, Maths Geek ...
Co-Founder and Editorial Director, Narrative.ly
Chief Digital Officer, The Metropolitan Museum of Art
Executive General Manager, The Ethics Centre
Chief Executive of Creative United
Actress, inc. National Theatre, Life’s Too Short, Moulin Rouge
Soundbender
Head of Marketing, Contiki
Co-founder and Creative Director, PRET A DINER
Senior Creative, Secret Cinema (UK)
Microsoft Research
Advocacy & Communications Manager, Knowledge Quarter London
Director, Green Man Festival
YouTube Consumer Marketing Lead, Google
Curator and Researcher
CEO, The Guardian (US)
Senior Designer, Aardman Animations
Games Editor, The Guardian
CEO, Visualise
Director, Projects & Events, Dubai Culture and Arts Authority
Managing Director, Bates Smart
CEO, British Olympic Association
Director & Founder, Left Bank & Co-Curator Australian Pavilion, Venice Biennale
Tate Collectives Producer, Tate Digital
Senior Strategic Project Leader, City of Parramatta
Director of Liverpool Biennial
Author of Design Transitions and Manager, Deloitte Digital
Artist, Blast Theory
Co-founder, GetUp.org.au & Founder, Sydney Alliance
CEO, MakieLab
Vice-President, Experience Design & General Manager, Antenna Lab
Head of Movies Coverage / Documentary Producer, BBC Radio 1 & 1Xtra
Senior Vice President, Youth and Music for Viacom International Media Networks (MTV, Nickelodeon, Paramount), Chief Marketing Officer for VIMN UK
Editor, Nowness
Minister for Local Government, Heritage, and Culture and the Arts
Director of Digital Humanities, UCL
Founder, Nowhere Studios
Nowhere Studios Kurucusu
Head of Partnership Development, BBC Archives
Chief Executive Officer, Virgin Velocity Flyer
Vice-Chancellor, Royal College of Art
Director of Audiences and Development at the Barbican Centre
Independent Researcher
Director, Marketing Solutions, LinkedIn
Vice President, Business Development, Getty Images
Head of Group Sustainability & Community, Corporate Affairs & Sustainability at Westpac Banking Corporation
CEO & Editor-in-Chief, The Outline
CEO, State Library Victoria
Director of National Grantmaking, ArtPlace America
Global Creative Director, Bloomberg
Head of Strategy, UrbanGrowth NSW
Founder, Reset (NYC) (Wellness advisers for Facebook, MTV & formerly VP Talent, Thrive Capital - Warby Parker, Kickstarter, Harry's, Slack & More)
Co-founder, AllSaints & Co-founder, Bolongaro Trevor
Chairman, VR World NYC
National Creative Director Whybin \ TBWA \ Digital Arts Network and Eleven PR.
Founder, Holly & Co (Founder of notonthehighstreet.com and UK Ambassador to Creative Small Businesses)
Co Founder, CultureLabel.com & REMIX Summits
CultureLabel.com ve REMIX Zirveleri Kurucu Ortağı
Executive Manager - Group Brand and Marketing & Chief Marketing Officer, Qantas
Chief Creative Officer, Mindshare
Serial entrepreneur (Co-Founder, Moonlight Cinema Co-Founder, Smiling Mind Co-Founder, The Plato Project & Director, Neometro)
Innovation Fellow & Senior Lecturer, UTS
Head of Design and Placemaking, Battersea Power Station
Executive Director, Major Performing Arts and Artistic Development, Australia Council for the Arts
Creative Director of Google's Creative Lab
General Manager, Miracle Theatre Company
UK Minister for Culture, Communications and Creative Industries
Founder, Garage Sale Trail
Technology entrepreneur and Head of Level39
Vice-President (International), Etsy
Senior Director of Outreach, Indiegogo
Director, Developer and Platform Evangelism at Microsoft Australia
Director of Payments & Multichannel at Etsy
CEO of Positiveluxury.com
Cloud Platform Lead, littleBits
Executive Director, IFP
Founder & Creative Director at Wilderness Festival
Head of Campus, Google Campus
Co-Founder & CTO, Eventbrite.com
Co-founder and CEO of YPlan
Director, Faber Press at Faber & Faber
Executive Creative Director, Creative Lab, Google
Executive Director, Van Alen Institute
Co-Founder & CEO, B.Building
Co-Founder, Bodypass
Cello / Box / Voice
Director, Film-maker, Uncle Friendly
Professor, MBT Director and Head of AGSM Online at University of New South Wales
Analytics Advocate, Google
Chief Operations Officer, Core Product Division, Bloomberg
Director of Policy, West Australian Department of Culture and the Arts
President & CEO, New York Public Radio
Founder & CEO, Marquee TV (Netflix for arts & culture fans)
MD, Canvas (Arts Council England & Rightster.com)
Director of Creative Strategy, Americas & Asia Pacific; Global Head of Antenna LAB, Interactive Design, Antenna International
Director of Elevate Team & Artist in Residence, LinkedIn
Working Director, Aboriginal Productions and Promotions
Artistic Director, White Night Melbourne
Founder, Parlour Gigs
Chief Creative Officer, Fiftysix Creations
Marketing Director, Seedrs
Co-Founder, Code Like a Girl
Senior Vice President & Managing Director, The Walt Disney Company ANZ (inc. Lucas Film, Marvel, Pixar)
Performing Arts Editor/Editorial Team Leader, ArtsHub
Creative Director, FITCH
Co-Founder and CEO, BERG
Head of New Things, CHOICE
Creative Producer
Executive Director, Strategic Development and Advocacy, Australia Council for the Arts
Writer, Broadcaster, CEO, Collingwood Arts Precinct & Founder of Renew Australia
Founder, DigVentures
Street Art Murals Australia (SAMA) Founder, Mountains Youth Services Team
Editor-in-Chief, Time Out New York
Head of Digital Learning, University of the Arts London
Assistant Director, Museum of Contemporary Art’s
Senior Insights Analyst, Fitch
Founder and Honourary President, Teach First; Chair, National Citizen Service Trust; Co-Founder & CEO, tiney.co
Deputy Vice Chancellor (Innovation & Enterprise), UTS
Director, Retronaut
UK Managing Director, Spotify
Chief Edge Officer, Centre for the Edge at Deloitte
Founder, Jack Wills
Head of Exhibition Content, Museum of New Zealand Te Papa Tongarewa
Co-founder of motive & former CMO of RED
President, ACE Hotels
Art & Design Professor, UNSW & CTO, Old Ways, New; former Director of Digital Experience, SFMOMA.
Research & Insights Lead - APAC, VICE
Director, Brand X
Digital Curator, British Library
Musician & Technologist (UK) - “Ground-breaking” (BBC News), “Ingenious” (Fast Company) and “Extraordinary” (Forbes)
Co-Founder and Managing Director, Tatty Devine
Admissions Manager, General Assembly
Editor in Chief, The Memo
Founder, YO! Sushi, YOTEL and YO! Home
Manager, Curtin HIVE (Hub for Immersive Visualisation and eResearch), Curtin University
Director, Baltic Centre for Contemporary Art
Founder / Editor, Popbitch
Assistant Director, Engagement and Development, National Gallery of Australia
Founder, Monda
Founder, Primo Toys
Director, Ogilvy Labs
Co-Founder and Chief Product Officer, Songkick
Editor-in-chief & Co-Founder, The Drum
Director & Curator, Urban Nation (Berlin)
Creator, Mogees
Director of Design, Art Dubai Group & Fair Director, Design Days Dubai
Partner, Deco Publique
Cellist
Co-Founder, Art Night
Account Director, Wolff Olins
Dean of Art and History at Khan Academy
Associate Educator, Teen & Community Programmes, MoMA
