Phil Smith

President, Sunshine Coast Creative Alliance

Phil is an architect and urban designer who has worked alongside renown architects Gerard Murtagh, Gabriel Poole and Lindsay and Kerry Clare. Phil and associate director at multi-disciplinary design firm Deicke Richards, is the current president of the Sunshine Coast Creative Alliance and sits on the Sunshine Coast Council’s Urban Design and Arts Advisory Panels.

Headline Speakers

Michael R. Bloomberg

Marian Goodell

CEO, Burning Man

Felix Barrett

Founder and Artistic Director, Punchdrunk

Louise Herron

CEO, Sydney Opera House

Michael Eavis

Creator, Glastonbury Festival

Mark D'Arcy

Global Chief Creative Officer, Facebook

Aaron Foley

City Storyteller in Residence, Detroit

Glenn D. Lowry

Director of The Museum of Modern Art

Vince Kadlubek

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

Tea Uglow

Creative Director of Google's Creative Lab

Kylie Watson-Wheeler

Senior Vice President & Managing Director, The Walt Disney Company ANZ (inc. Lucas Film, Marvel, Pixar)

Andy Lanning

Executive Creative Director, Magic Leap & Creator, Guardians of the Galaxy (Marvel)

Adam Williams

UK Managing Director, Spotify

Hans-Ulrich Obrist

Artistic Director, The Serpentine Gallery & Senior Program Adviser, The Shed (New York)

Jean Oelwang

CEO, Virgin Unite, Virgin Group

Scott Belsky

Founder & CEO, Behance

Amit Sood

Director, Cultural Institute, Google

Robert Hammond

Co-Founder, The High Line, New York (USA)

Fabien Riggall

Founder & Director, Secret Cinema (UK)

Jude Kelly OBE

Artistic Director, Southbank Centre

Dan Goods

Visual Strategist, Jet Propulsion Laboratory, NASA (USA)

Richard Reed

Co-founder Innocent Drinks, Art Everywhere, Jam Jar and The Reed Page Foundation

Justine Roberts

Founder & CEO, Mumsnet

Paulie Dery

Executive Creative Director, Uber

Maria Balshaw CBE

Director, Tate

Gillian Ferrabee

Director, Creative Lab at Cirque du Soleil Media (Canada)

Dan Snow

Historian, Presenter & Founder, History Hit

Sir Tim Smit

Executive Vice-Chair & Co-Founder, Eden Project

Andrew Miller

CEO of Guardian Media Group

Loren Hammonds

Co-curator of Tribeca Immersive, Tribeca

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Photographer, Publisher & Film Director, Co-Founder, 'Dazed & Confused'

Siobhan Toohill

Co-Founder & Presenter, Out The Front

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Angie Abdilla

CEO, Old Ways, New

Marianne Abib-Pech

Author of the FT Guide to Leadership

Chantal Abouchar

CEO, The Studio

Neil Ackland

Managing Director, Junkee Media

Piotr Adamczyk

Program Manager, Google Cultural Institute

Cameron Adams

Co-founder and Chief Product Officer of Canva

Matt Adams

Co-Founder & Artist, Blast Theory

Holly Adams

Marketing Manager, Brand and Communications, Samsung

Mark Adams

Head of Innovation, VICE

Richard Adamson

Director, Young Henrys Brewing Company

Rennie Addabbo

Country Director, Sonos

Maria Adebowale-Schwarte

Executive Director, Foundation for Future London

Jide Adetunji

Co-Founder, GUAP

Richard Aedy

Presenter, ABC, The Media Report

Nikita Agzarian

GM, Giant Dwarf

Royce Akers

Editor, VICE

Tülin Akın

Co-Founder, TABİT

Tülin Akın

TABİT Kurucu Ortağı

Lubna Al Shamsi

Senior Arts Executive and Project Leader, Dubai Art Season, Dubai Culture and Arts Authority

Jamal Al Sharif

Chairman, Dubai Film and TV Commission

Mohammad Al Shehhi

Chief Operating Officer, Dubai Design District

Salem Al-Qassimi

Founder of Fikra

Steven Alderton

Director of Programs, Exhibitions and Cultural Collections, Australian Museum

Marc Allenby

Director of Distribution, Picturehouse Cinemas

Sven Almenning

Owner, Eau de Vie + Experimental Spirits Co

Kerem Alper

Co-founder, ATÖLYE

Kerem Alper

Kurucu Ortak, ATÖLYE

Sharon Ament

Director, Museum of London

Many Ameri

Co-founder, Red Bull Music Academy

Eunice Andrada

Poet, Journalist & Teaching Artist

Matt Andrews

Chief Strategy Officer, Mindshare

Andrew Apostola

Co-founder and Managing Director, Portable

Charlotte Appleyard

Director of Development & Business Innovation, Royal Academy of Arts

Guy Armitage

Founder & CEO, Zealous

Tony Armstrong

Head of Occupier Consultancy, CBRE

Rita Arrigo

Chief Digital Advisor, Microsoft

Tess Arrioti

Head of CSR, Samsung

Tim Arthur

CEO, Time Out

Natasha Atkinson

CEO, Fremantle Markets

Yomi Ayeni

Media Liaison, Burning Man Festival

Richard Ayers

Head of Digital Business Development, British Film Institute & Digital Adviser, Manchester City Football Club

Stuart Ayres

NSW Minister for Trade, Tourism and Major Events

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Hasan Bakhshi

Director, Creative Industries in NESTA’s Policy & Research Unit

Rachel Ball

Manager, Content Partnerships, YouTube

Maria Balshaw CBE

Director, Tate

Dan Barasch

Co-Founder, The Lowline, New York (USA) - "the world's first underground park"

Paul Barclay

Presenter, Big Ideas, ABC

Ben Barraud

Head of Design, Museum of New Zealand Te Papa Tongarewa

Felix Barrett

Founder and Artistic Director, Punchdrunk

Matt Barrie

Chief Executive, Freelancer.com

Nick Barrington

Founder, Nurture Rights (Dinosaur Roar! - Natural History Museum)

Rupert Barrington

Series Producer, BBC Dynasties

Peter Barron

Director of External Relations, Google Europe, Middle East and Africa

Hannah Barry

Founder, Hannah Barry Gallery and Bold Tendencies

Hannah Barry

Hannah Barry Gallery ve Bold Tendencies Kurucusu

Jake Barton

Principal & Founder, Local Projects

Barrie Barton

Strategy and Insights Director, Right Angle Studio; CEO, Paramount Recreation Club and Golden Age

Jeremy Basset

Global Director, New Business Unit, Unilever

John Batistich

Director, Marketing & Digital, Scentre Group (Westfield Shopping Centres)

Grant Baxter

Head of Brand Strategy, Twitter

Alex Beard CBE

CEO, Royal Opera House

John Beasley

Chief Marketing Officer, Vero - True Social (ex VP Marketing EMEA Monster & Head of Brand Red Bull)

Mark Beech

Head of Bloomberg Muse, Europe & Asia, Bloomberg

Bianca Beetson

Artist

Jim Beirne MBE

Chief Executive, Live Theatre

Luca Belgiorno-Nettis

Executive Director of Transfield Holdings, Chairman of the Arts Advisory Committees at UTS and UWS

Dr Genevieve Bell

Vice President, Intel Fellow, Corporate Strategy Office, Intel Corporation

Scott Belsky

Founder & CEO, Behance

Stephanie “Hex” Bendixsen

Co-host, Good Game

Tamryn Bennett

Director, Red Room Poetry

Jamie Bennett

Executive Director, ArtPlace America

Paul Bennetts

CEO & Co-Founder Spaceship & Venture Partner, AirTree Ventures

Tenille Bentley

Entrepreneur, Author & Contemporary Thought Leader

Michael Berg

Creative Director, The Hospital Club

Mandy Berry

Joint Chief Executive, Golant Media Ventures

Emily Best

Founder & CEO, Seed&Spark

Stewart Bewley

Founder and Director of Amplify Presentations

Rebecca Bezzina

Managing Director, Cummins & Partners

Dr Nimish Biloria

Associate Professor - Design, Architecture and Building Faculty, UTS

Juliana Biondo

Digital Initiatives Manager, Vatican Museum

Dave Birss

Head of TV, The Drum

Samir Bitar

Director of the Office of Visitor Services, Smithsonian institution

Mic Black

Experiential Technologist

Alice Black

Director, Design Museum

Alice Black

Design Museum Direktörü

Pip Black

Co-Founder, Frame

Emma Blake Morsi

Founding Editor-in-Chief, Nocturnal

Michael R. Bloomberg

Suzanne Boccalatte

Art & Design Professor, UNSW & Principal, Boccalatte

Jan Boelen

Curator, Istanbul Design Biennial

Jan Boelen

İstanbul Tasarım Bienali Kuratörü

Linda Boff

Chief Marketing Officer & Vice President, Learning & Culture, GE

Lee Bofkin

Co-Founder and CEO of Global Street Art

Adam Boita

Marketing Controller, ABSOLUT Vodka (Pernod Ricard)

Sam Bompas

Founder, Bompas & Parr

Damian Borchok

Co-founder, For The People

Henry Boston

Executive Director, The Chamber of Arts and Culture, WA

Cat Botibol

Co-founder & Executive Producer, Grimm Productions

Jason Boyd

Soundbender

Linda Bracken

Head of Content & Platforms, ABC Radio

Jon Bradford

Managing Director, Techstars

Patrick Bradley

CEO, Ingenious Ventures, Ingenious Media

Hugh Bradlow

Chief Technology Officer, Telstra Corporation

Robbie Brammall

Director of Marketing & Communications, Mona

Matt Branagan

Co-Founder, Work-Shop

Michael Brand

Director, Art Gallery of New South Wales

Kirsten Brandt

Co-Director, The Shells - Ausflug nach Neu-Friedenwald

Duane Bray

Partner at IDEO

Paula Bray

DX Lab Leader, State Library of New South Wales

Ann Bray

Interim CEO, Office of Innovation and Science Australia (ISA)

Michael Brealey

CEO, Create, NSW

James Brett

Founder, The Museum of Everything

Robert Bridge

Vice President, Head of International Marketing at Yahoo

Victoria Bridgeman

CEO, Bridgeman Images

Jeremiah Britton

Creative Director of Art & Graphics, WeWork

Victoria Broackes

Curator, Department of Theatre & Performance, V&A

James Bromley

Managing Director, MailOnline.com, Daily Mail

Neil Bruce

Head of Mobile, Mindshare

Virginia Buckley

Co-founder, CultureCrowd

Peter Buckmaster

Director of Digital Services, NSW Department of Education (DoE)

Anna Burkey

Co-Founder, Foundry658 - new Creative Industries Accelerator by State Library Victoria & Australian Centre for the Moving Image (ACMI)

Allegra Burnette

Principal Analyst, Forrester Research

Mira Burt-Wintonick

Producer, WireTap & Love Me (CBC), How To Age Gracefully - Canada

Jane Burton

Head of Content and Creative Director, Tate Media

Jess Butcher

Co-founder and CMO, Blippar

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Lino Caccavo

Divisional Development Manager, AMP Capital

Ross Cairns

Director, Digital Designer & Creative Programmer, The Workers (Winner of Tate's IK Prize 2014)

Michael Campbell

Executive Director, WestWords

Joshua Capelin

Entrepreneur & Creative Broker, PROJUCER

Leigh Carmichael

Creative Director, Dark Mofo, MONA’s winter festival

Mark Carnegie

Principal, M.H. Carnegie & Co

Janet Carr

Creator and Series Producer of Good Game, ABC

Sarah Carrington

Director of Projects, Sydney, Futurecity

Maddy Carroll

Campaigns Director, 38 Degrees

Susan Carroll

Acting Director of Policy & Strategy, Arts NSW

Glen Cassidy

Co-Founder, Cake Wines

John Cassy

Founder, Factory 42

Ruth Catlow

Co-founder, Furtherfield

Anthony Catt

Commercial Director, Oxygen Startups

Pankaj Chaddah

Co-Founder and COO of Zomato

Yifei Chai

Innovation Architect, Unit9

Seb Chan

Chief Experience Officer (CXO), Australian Centre for the Moving Image (ACMI)

Michael Chappell

CEO, Culture Counts

Helen Charman

Director of Learning and Research, Design Museum

Rameet Chawla

Founder of Fueled

Limvirak Chea

VP of Business Development EMEA at Eventbrite

Kate Cherry

Director/CEO, NIDA

Michael Chiem

Founder, PS40

Yvonne Chien

Vice-President, Marketing Getty Images

Prof. Andrew Chitty

Creative Economy Champion, Arts and Humanities Research Council (AHRC)

Henry Cho

UX Director, IRL Gaming

Carl Christopher

Sponsorship Manager & Special Projects Manager, Sony Computer Entertainment, Europe

Simone Chua

Co-Founder, amigo & amigo

Brendan Ciecko

Founder & CEO, Cuseum

Matthew Clark

Creative Director, United Visual Artists (UVA)

Katy Clark

President, BAM / Brooklyn Academy of Music (USA)

Adam Clarke

Founder, The Common People

Alexa Clay

Co-Founder, League of Intrapreneurs | Founder, Wisdom Hackers

Laura Clayton McDonnell

Vice President & Global Digital Transformational Leader, Microsoft

Tim Cochran

Founder & CEO, Qorsi

Claire Cockerton

CEO, Plexal

Toby Coffey

Head of Digital Development, National Theatre (UK)

Michael Cohen

Creative Producer, Sydney Harbour Foreshore Authority (SHFA)

Isobel Colchester

CEO, Poet in the City

Jennifer Coleman-Peers

Director of Strategic Initiatives, Institute of Imagination

Alec Coles OBE

CEO, Western Australian Museum

Stevyn Colgan

QI, Museum of Curiosity (BBC Radio 4)

Lisa Colley

Manager, Cultural Strategy, City of Sydney

Janine Collins

Principal, j9.connect.create.curate

Emilya Colliver

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

Anita Contini

Program Lead, Arts and Culture, Bloomberg Philanthropies

Topaz Conway

Chair of the Board, StartupAUS

David Cook

Chief Executive, Wasps Artists Studios

Jess Cook

Managing Director, 107 Projects

Helen Cook

Chair, Chamber of Arts and Culture, WA

David Cook FRICS

Chief Executive, Wasps Studios

Matt Cooke

Product Marketing Manager, Google

Emma Cooney

Graduate, UTS Animal Logic Academy

Peter Corbett

Founder & CEO, iStrategyLabs

Hannah Corbett OBE

CEO, Acme

Elsa Corbineau

Marketing Director, Moët Hennessy

Heather Corcoran

Executive Director of Rhizome

Andrew Cortese

Partner Grimshaw Architects

Stuart Couzens

Founder, We are Alfred

Jesse Cox

‎Original Programming Manager, Audible (Amazon)

Alan Crabbe

Co-founder and Director, Pozible

Simon Crerar

Australia Editor, BuzzFeed

Paul Croft

Director, Ultimaker UK

Lucy Crompton-Reid

CEO, Wikimedia UK

Simon Cronshaw

Co-Founder, CultureLabel.com & REMIX Summits

Simon Cronshaw

CultureLabel.com ve REMIX Zirveleri Kurucu Ortağı

Steve Crossan

Head of Google Cultural Institute, Google

Joseph Crossley

New Media Artist

Ken Crouch

CEO, Screenworks

Lawrence Crumpton

Developer Platform Evangelist, Microsoft

Nina Cueva

Co-Founder & Gallery Director, Courtesy of the Artist

Kate Curr

Manager, Digital Strategy and Innovation , State Library of NSW

Hussain Currimbhoy

Documentary Programmer, Sundance Film Festival (USA)

Zara Curtis

General Manager, Brand Partnerships, Digital, Licensing & Spring Productions. FremantleMedia Australia

Caroline Cutmore

Sales and Ticketing Manager, National Portrait Gallery

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Mark D'Arcy

VP, Chief Creative Officer, Facebook

Mark D'Arcy

Global Chief Creative Officer, Facebook

Michael Dagostino

Director, Campbelltown Arts Centre

Nadia Danhash

Director of Innovation, Royal College of Art

Chris Daniels

Head of Digital Transformation, Sydney Opera House

Alicia Darvall

Executive Director, B Lab (B Corp)

Mary Darwell

Executive Director, Arts NSW

Alan Davey

Chief Executive, Arts Council England

Marcus Davey

Chief Executive & Artistic Director, The Roundhouse

James Davis

Program Manager, Google Cultural Institute, Google

Paul Davis

Manager, Volunteer Development and Change, Emergency Management Victoria

Mark Davy

Founder, Futurecity (UK)

Tom Dawkins

Co-Founder, StartSomeGood.com

Anna Lise De Lorenzo

Founding CEO, MakerSpace &company

Will Dean MBE

Co-Founder of Electronic Theatre & Tough Mudder

Sherre DeLys

Documentary, Sound Art Producer, ABC RN

Laura Demasi

Research Director, Ipsos Mind & Mood Report

Lisa Dempster

Director/CEO of Melbourne Writers Festival

Tessa Dempster

Chief Editor, Perth Underground

Peter Denham

Director Curatorial, Collections and Exhibitions, MAAS

Alfie Dennen

Director, Art Public

Tanya Denning-Orman

Channel Manager, NITV / SBS

Rosie Dennis

Artistic Director/CEO, Urban Theatre Projects

Richard Dennys

Head of Digital Business Academy, Tech City

Paulie Dery

Executive Creative Director, Uber

Julien Deslangles-Blanch

Regional Director, UK & Germany, General Assembly

Catherine Devine

Business Strategy Leader - Libraries & Museums, Microsoft (formerly Chief Digital Officer at the American Museum of Natural History, NYC)

Kate Dezarnaulds

Head of Partnerships TEDxSydney

Robert Diament

Co-host (with Russell Tovey), Talk Art podcast & Director, Counter Editions & Carl Freedman Gallery, Margate

Erdem Dibaz

Founder of Nerdworking

Stefanie DiGiavincenzo

Global Creative Director, Cotton On & Co-Founder, Rare & a new platform to champion diversity in the Creative industries supported by Google

Chris Dodson

Head of YouTube Marketing, YouTube

Susie Donaldson

Marketing Director, Canon UK

Craig Donarski

Director, Casula Powerhouse Arts Centre

Whitney Donhauser

Director, Museum of the City of New York

Kat Dopper

Founder and Director, Heaps Gay

Dale Dougherty

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

Sam Doust

Creative Director, Strategy Development, ABC Innovation

Clare Downes

Founder, Secret Garden Festival

Sarah Drinkwater

Head of Campus, Google

Kate Driver

Deputy Director, Questacon

Dominic Dromgoole

Artistic Director, Shakespeare's Globe

Justin Dry

Joint CEO & Co-Founder, Vinomofo

Mariana Duarte Silva

Co-Founder & Director, Village Underground Lisboa

Tim Duggan

Content Director of Junkee, inthemix, FasterLouder, Same Same and Mess+Noise

Kath Duncan

Research Associate / Chairperson, Disability and the Performing Arts in Australia: Beyond the Social Model

George Dunford

Content Director, Artshub

Clive Dutton OBE

Co-founder, The Line: East London Sculpture Walk

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Mathilde de Bretteville

Xploro

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Wallea Eaglehawk

Co-owner of Coolihawk, Creator of Nambouring

Jodie Eastwood

Chief Executive, Knowledge Quarter London

Michael Eavis

Creator, Glastonbury Festival

Chris Ebeling

Creative Lead, UTS Animal Logic Academy

Sebastien Eckersley-Maslin

CEO, BlueChilli

Phil Edgar-Jones

Director, Sky Arts

Charles Edwards

Street Artist a.k.a. Pure Evil

Will Edwards

Founder, Archie Rose

Dr Melissa Edwards

Senior Lecturer, UTS Business School

Adrian Ellis

Founder of AEA

Sarah Ellis

Director of Digital Development, RSC / Royal Shakespeare Company (UK)

Sarah Ellis

Royal Shakespeare Company Dijital Gelişim Direktörü

Vicky Ellison

Marketing Director, Equinox

Brendon Ellmer

General Manager, Perth Concert Hall

Neil Ennis

Programme Director, Network Transformation Programme, Post Office

Wesley Enoch

Director, Sydney Festival

Wesley Enoch

Director, Sydney Festival

Christina Erskine

Acting Chief Marketing Officer, Sydney Opera House

Ekow Eshun

Creative Director, Calvert 22 Foundation (UK)

Müjde Esin

Founder, Kizcode

Müjde Esin

KızCode Kurucusu

Richard Evans

Advisor for Arts and Culture, Barangaroo Delivery Authority

Tanya Evans

Consultant, Who do you think you are? - Senior Lecturer, Macquarie University

Claire Evans

Managing Director, Grumpy Sailor

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Erik Fabian

Director of Brand & PR for Moleskine America

Nick Farnhill

Founding Partner, POKE

Fred Fellowes

Founder, Secret Garden Party

Felicity Fellows

Head of New Partnerships, Sydney Opera House & Co-Director Partnerships TEDxSydney

Marc Fennell

Presenter, Download this Show, ABC

Manisha Ferdinand

Head of PR, Sky Arts, Sky Movies, Sky 3D. Acting Head of PR, Sky Atlantic

Gillian Ferrabee

Director, Creative Lab at Cirque du Soleil Media (Canada)

George Fertitta

CEO, Bloomberg Associates

Julie Finch

Director, New Museum Project, Western Australian Museum

Adrian Fini

Director, Fini Group (2016 Western Australian of the Year & developer behind Little Creatures, Como, The Treasury etc.)

John Fink

Creative Director, Fink Group (Bennelong at Sydney Opera House, Quay Restaurant & Otto Ristorante)

Alan Firmin

Chief Marketing Officer, Bridgeman Images

Chiray Fitton

Principal, Montessori International College

Corinne Fitzgerald

Research Co-ordinator, Swiss Re Institute

Ryan Fix

Founder, PUREHOUSE

Alex Fleetwood

Head of Studio, Niantic London (creators of Beasts of Balance & Pokémon GO, formerly Founder, Hide & Seek)

Mimi Flemming

General Manager, VICE (Australia / NZ)

Peter Florence, MBE

Director and Co-Founder of Hay Festival

Daniel Flynn

Co-Founder and Managing Director, Thankyou Movement

Rich Fogarty

Founder and Publisher, Concrete Playground

Aaron Foley

City Storyteller in Residence, Detroit

Kira Fong

Chief Operations Officer, Goolarri Media Enterprises, Broome, WA

Sophie Forbat

Senior Curator & Cultural Strategist, Futurecity

Eleanor Ford

Innovation Director, Time Out

Adam Ford

Archaeologist, TV Presenter and Writer

Patrick Foret

Director of Business Initiatives & Partnerships, Art Basel

Nick Fortugno

Co-founder and Game Designer, Playmatics

Hattie Foster

Head of Strategy, Preloaded

Hannah Fox

Director, Supple Fox (Creative Producers for Dark MOFO, Mona)

Dr Jason Fox

Philosopher, Best-selling Author, Leadership Advisor

Kristen Francis

Festival Founder & Director of Wine Island

Jamie Franklin

Place Making Lead, Sunshine Coast Council

Professor Peter Fray

Professor of the Practice of Journalism, UTS, Co-Director, Centre for Media Transition, former Editor Sydney Morning Herald, Deputy Editor, The Australian

Adam Freeman

Managing Director EMEA, Bloomberg Media

Marino Fresch

Head of Marketing, Eventbrite

Vanessa Fuchs

Science Communicator, Host and Producer, Branch Out Podcast, The Royal Botanic Garden Sydney

Antony Funnell

Presenter, The Future Tense, ABC

Felicity Furey

Co-Founder, Power of Engineering & Machinam

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Tyler Gage

Co-founder, RUNA

Cindy Gallop

Founder and CEO of IfWeRanTheWorld

Daniel Garcia

Educator, NGV (National Gallery of Victoria)

Hadrian Garrard

Founding Director, Create London

Wayne Garvie

Chief Creative Officer, Sony Pictures Television

Laurent Gaveau

Head of the Lab, Google Cultural Institute

Barbara Geary-Truan

Secretary General, The Michelangelo Foundation for Craftsmanship and Creativity

Adam Gee

Multiplatform & Online Video Commissioning Editor, Channel 4

Anthony Geffen

CEO, Atlantic Productions

Adam Gerhart

CEO U.S., Mindshare

Richard Gibbs

Business Development Director, iCity

Ross Gibson

Centenary Professor of Creative & Cultural Research, University of Canberra

Rick Gibson

CEO, British Games Institute (BGI)

Elena Gifford

Partner, Deco Publique

David Gilbert

Chair, CultureLabel and Creative United

Chad Gillard

Future Classic Co-Founder

Tim Girling-Butcher

Head of Digital, Sydney Living Museum

Alexie Glass-Kantor

Director, Artspace

Will Gleason

Staff Writer, Time Out New York

David Glick

Founder, Edge Investments

Simon Goble

Head of Brand & Communications, moo.com

Kelly Godfrey

Managing Director Australia & NZ, Ancestry

Stephen Godfroy

Co-Owner/Co-Director of Rough Trade

Mark Goggin

Director, Sydney Living Museums

Sudeep Gohil

Chief Executive Officer, Droga5 Sydney

Ella Goldner

Co-Founder & GM, Zinc

Marian Goodell

CEO, Burning Man

Dan Goods

Visual Strategist, Jet Propulsion Laboratory, NASA (USA)

Rupert Goold

Artistic Director, Almeida Theatre

Chris Gourlay

Founder & CEO, Spacehive

Andew Grahame

Co-Founder, Mr & Mrs Smith

Andrew Grahame

Co-Founder, Mr & Mrs Smith

John L. Gray

Director of The National Museum of American History

Nick Gray

Founder, Museum Hack

Dr Matthew Green

Author, Time Traveler's Guide to London (Penguin)

Martin Green

Chief Executive & Director, Hull City of Culture 2017

Stuart Gregor

Founder, Four Pillars Gin

Rob Greig

Chief Technology Officer, Royal Opera House

Mark Grentell

Director, Spectre Studios

Charmian Griffin

Producer, Artangel

Selena Griffith

Senior Lecturer at the College of Fine Arts, UNSW Australia

Jenny Griffiths

Founder and CEO of Snap Fashion

Piers Guilar

Executive Strategy Director EMEA, Fitch

Michael Gunton

Creative Director, Natural History Unit and Factual, BBC

Marina Guo

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)

Amanda Gupta

Partner, CoveyLaw

Stephan Gyory

President, Darlinghurst Business Partnership & Co-owner, The Record Store

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Nisid Hajari

Editor, Bloomberg View

Joe Hall

Founder, Ghetto Film School

Stella Hall

Festival Director, Festival of Thrift (Winner, The Observer Ethical Awards)

Anne Hamburger

President, En Garde Arts

Robert Hammond

Co-Founder, The High Line, New York (USA)

Loren Hammonds

Co-curator of Tribeca Immersive, Tribeca

Usman Haque

Founding Partner, Umbrellium

Giles Hardie

Presenter, Nine Network & ABC News 24

Sophie Harding

Trends & Insights Director, Mindshare UK

Sophie Harding

Mindshare Birleşik Krallık, Trendler ve İçgörü Direktörü

Honor Harger

Executive Director - ArtScience Museum (Singapore)

Brad Hargreaves

Founder & CEO, Common

Sophie Hargroves

Head of Corporate Partnerships, V&A

Professor Ross Harley

Dean of the Faculty of Art & Design, UNSW & Chair, Sydney Culture Network

Steph Harmon

Culture Editor, The Guardian

Steph Harmon

Culture Editor, Guardian Australia

Dr. Beth Harris

Dean of Art History at Khan Academy

Richard Harris

Head of Business & Audience, Screen Australia

Wil Harris

Digital Director, Condé Nast UK

Libby Harris

Night Time City Manager, City of Sydney

Ed Harrison

CEO, YAHOO7

Michael Harte

Group Executive, Enterprise Services & Chief Information Officer Commonwealth Bank of Australia

Lucinda Hartley

Co-Founder, Neighbourlytics; 2018 Myer Innovation Fellow; 2018 Westpac Social Change Fellow

Maggie Hartnick

Director of Strategy & Branding, LaPlaca Cohen

Danielle Harvey

Head of International Development & Senior Producer - Talks & Ideas, Sydney Opera House.

Nicola Harvey

Managing Editor, Buzzfeed

Danielle Harvey

Director, 'A Midnight Visit' & Festival Director, Festival of Dangerous Ideas

Mal Haskins

IFMGA / NZMGA Mountain and Ski Guide Lead Logistics / Operations - Helambu Relief - Nepal Earthquake 2015

Lisa Havilah

CEO, MAAS (Museum of Applied Arts & Sciences)

Emily Hawkins

Director of Partnerships and Business Development, CrowdRise

Will Hayward

Chief Commercial Officer, Dazed Group

Rachel Healy

Executive Manager, Culture for the City of Sydney

Wayne Hemmingway MBE

Designer

Darren Henley OBE

Chief Executive, Arts Council England

Louise Herron

CEO, Sydney Opera House

Dr Angus Hervey

Co-Founder, Future Crunch

Andy Hewitt

Co-Founder, Gather.ly

Anna Higgs

Creative Director, NOWNESS

Sally Hill

Co-founder, Wildwon

Andrea Hill

Cofounder, Paloma Powers and Culture™ & Founder, TORTUGA

Volker Hirsch

Global Head of Business Development, Games, RIM Blackberry

Rose Hiscock

Director, Museum of Applied Arts and Sciences (Powerhouse Museum, Sydney Observatory & Powerhouse Discovery Centre)

Mark Hislop

Commercial Director, Somerset House

Omaid Hiwaizi

President of Marketing, Blippar

Eric Ho

Co-Founder, Good Goods and Architecture Commons

Jessie Hochberg

General Manager, Nightingale Housing

Martin Hoelzl

Manager Strategic Services, Haworth

Jason Hoffman

Head of Marketing, VR World NYC

Michel Hogan

Independent Brand Thinker and Adviser

Jo Holdaway

Director of Strategic and Commercial Data, Evening Standard, Independent & i

Jonathan Holloway

Artistic Director, Melbourne Festival

Jon Holloway

Vice President and Managing Director, R/GA

Tamasein Holyman

Mistress of Make-Believe, Underground Cinema & Secret Squirrel Productions

Jasper Hope

CEO, Dubai Opera

Gerry Hopkinson

Co-founder, Unity

Martin Hosking

CEO and co-founder, Redbubble

Daniel Houghton (USA)

CEO, Lonely Planet

Russel Howcroft

Chief Creative Officer of PwC and Chair of AFTRS

Kirsty Hoyle

Director, Include Arts (UK)

Dr Ken Hudson

Chief Idea Officer & Author of Speed Thinking & The Idea Accelerator

Greg Hughes

Managing Director, Icon Pictures / Dendy Cinemas

Clive Humby OBE

Clive Humby OBE - Chief Data Scientist, Starcount & Co-founder, Dunnhumby (created Tesco Clubcard & ACORN geodemographic system)

Edward Humphrey

Digital Director, British Film Institute

Edward Humphrey

British Film Institute Dijital Direktörü

Andrew Humphries

Co-Founder, The Bakery

Aaron Hung

Senior Director of Partnerships, Asia Pacific TripAdvisor

James Hunt

Director, Sky Arts HD

Tané Hunter

Co-Founder, Future Crunch

Sherry Huss

Vice President, Maker Media and Co-founder, Maker Faire

Justine Hyde

Director, Experience, State Library Victoria

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Alon Ilsar

CEO, Airsticks

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Matt Jackson

Founder, Affectors

Lily Jacobs

Business Strategy Lead, Emerging Sectors and Innovation, LendLease

Mikaela Jade

CEO & Founder, Indigital

Pip Jamieson

Founder & CEO, The Dots

Terri Janke

Solicitor Director, Terri Janke and Company

Nick Jankel

Founder, Ripe & Ready

Chris Janz

CEO, Huffington Post (Australia)

Luke Johnson

Entrepreneur, Author & Former Chair, Channel 4

Robert Jones

Head of new thinking, Wolff Olins

Laura Jordan Bambach

Chief Creative Officer, Mr President, Founder, CANNT Festival & Co-founder, SheSays

David Jubb

Artistic Director, Battersea Arts Centre

Aditya Julka

Co-Founder and CEO of Paddle8

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Vince Kadlubek

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

Julia Kaganskiy

Director of NEW INC, New Museum

John Kaldor AM

Lance Kalish

Serial Entrepreneur & Co-Founder, Yoobi, Yes To Inc, French Toast Products & Cheeky Home

Andrew Kalish

Director of Cultural Development, Downtown Brooklyn Partnership & Co-Author, Culture Forward (USA)

Jon Kamen

Founder & CEO, Radical Media

Dean Kamen

Founder, FIRST

John Kampfner

Director, Creative Industries Federation

Murat Kansu

General Manager, Microsoft Turkey

Murat Kansu

Microsoft Turkìye Genel Müdürü

Elizabeth Kanter

Director of Global Public Policy, TikTok

Stella Kanu

Founder & Executive Producer, Black Women in Theatre and Executive Director, LIFT Festival

Rohini Kappadath

General Manager, Immigration Museum

Effie Kapsalis

Chief of Content and Communications Strategy, Smithsonian Institution Archives

Munib Karavdic

Director, Design & Innovation at AMP Customer Solutions

Bindi Karia

Vice-President, BizSpark, Microsoft

Zina Kaye

Director, Holly

Lucy Keeler

Founder & Co-Creative Director, Ample Projects

Angus Keene

Twitter, Australia

Leo Kellgren-Parker

Founder, LIVR - the world’s first virtual reality content platform dedicated to theatre

Miriam Kelly

Curator and Collections Coordinator at Artbank

Jude Kelly OBE

Artistic Director, Southbank Centre

Sarah Kenderdine

Director, Expanded Perception and Interaction Centre (EPIC) & Director, Laboratory for Innovation in Galleries, Libraries, Archives and Museums (iGLAM), UNSW Art & Design

Rory Kenny

Director-Mobile Partnerships EMEA, TripAdvisor

Sir Nicholas Kenyon

Managing Director, Barbican Centre

Julia Kenyon

Chief Brands Officer, BBC Worldwide

Ari Kesisoglu

Regional Director, Middle East, Turkey and Africa, Facebook

Ari Keşişoğlu

Orta Doğu, Türkiye ve Afrika Bölge Direktörü, Facebook

Suhair Khan

Program Manager, Google Arts & Culture

Dan Kieran

Co-Founder & CEO, Unbound.com

Declan Kilcline

EMEA Fixed Income Electronic Trading Programme Manager, Bloomberg

Georgia Frances King

Deputy Ideas Editor, Quartz (USA)

Jon Kingsbury

Programme Director, Creative Economy, Nesta

Jon Kingsbury

Director, Creative Economy Programmes, NESTA

John Kirkman

Exec. Director, Mouna Zaylah, Head of Cultural Development, Information & Cultural Exchange, Parramatta

Jemima Kiss

Head of Technology, The Guardian

Alex Klein

Founder & CEO, Kano

Ray Kloss

Head of Marketing, Australia and New Zealand, SAP

John Knaggs

Chief Executive Officer, SunCentral Maroochydore

David Knowles

Partner & Head of Philanthropy & Social Capital, Koda Capital

Bethany Koby

Co-founder and CEO, Technology Will Save Us

Leslie Koch

President for The Trust for Governors Island, New York

Micah Kotch

Managing Director, URBAN-X

Toby Kress

Director, CultureLabel Agency

Jordan Kretchmer

Music & Nightlife Editor, Time Out Sydney

Laura Kriefman

Mass Crane Dance/ Guerilla Dance Project and The Space/ WIRED Creative Fellow

Rowan Kunz

CEO, myEd

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Rachel Landers

Filmmaker (A Norther Town, The Snowman, The Inquisition) & Head of Documentary, AFTRS

Danny Lane

Artistic Director, Music and the Deaf

Andy Lanning

Executive Creative Director, Magic Leap & Creator, Guardians of the Galaxy (Marvel)

Katrina Larkin

Co-Founder, Fora & Co-founder, The Bill Chill festival

Ros Lawler

Digital Director, Tate

Ros Lawler

Tate Modern Dijital Direktörü

Rufus Lawrence

Development Director, Swan Wharf

Roger Lawrence

Chief Technologist for Innovation, Hewlett Packard Enterprise (Asia-Pacific and Japan)

Bem Le Hunte

Associate Professor & Course Director, Bachelor of Creative Intelligence and Innovation, UTS

Charlie Leahy

Creative Director, Boom Natives

Brett Leavy

Digital Storyteller, Virtual Warrane

Tim Leberecht

Chief Marketing Officer, NBBJ & Author, The Business Romantic

Cybelle Ledez

Director of Service Design, Department of Human Services, Australian Government

Declan Lee

Director & Co-Founder Gelato Messina

Bronwyn Lee

Director, External Relations, Foundation for Young Australians (FYA)

Richard Leeming

External Relationship Manager, BBC Digital Archive

Diane Lees CBE

Director-General, Imperial War Museums

Kylie Legge

Director, Place Partners

Carli Leimbach

Fempreneur in Residence, Future Leader Labs UTS

Nicole Lembke

Strategic Partnership Manager, Secret Sounds Connect (Splendour in the Grass)

Zach Leonard

Managing Director, Digital, Evening Standard & The Independent

Mat Lewis

Acting Assistant Director Industry & Business | TradeStart Manager, South West Development Commission

Andrew Lewis

Team Leader, Green City Force

Sophie Lieberman

Head of Programs, Sydney Living Museums

Ben Liebmann

Chief Operating Officer, Noma

Alex Light

Head of Content, Vice

Ronald Ligtenberg

Director, Possibilizer

Andrew Lih

Associate Professor, American University and author, The Wikipedia Revolution

Anthony Lilley OBE

Interim CEO, The Space & CEO, Magic Lantern Productions

Kevin Lim

Deputy Director, Co:Lab X - An Innovation Lab of National Gallery Singapore

Laura Lindsay

Director, Global Communications, Lonely Planet

Fergus Linehan

Festival Director, Edinburgh International Festival

Betty Liu

Anchor, Bloomberg News & Host of “In The Loop with Betty Liu”

Dr Mark Liu

Chancellors Postdoctoral Research Fellow, UTS

Ian Livingstone CBE

Co-founder Games Workshop and the UK Government’s Creative Industries Champion

Caspar Llewellyn Smith

Digital platforms editor and Head of Culture, Guardian News & Media

Angharad Lloyd-Jones

Deputy Director of Development, Royal Academy of Arts

Jeremy Lockhorn

VP, Emerging Media, Razorfish

Kaj Lofgren

Director, The School of Life Australia

Julie Lomax

Director of Visual Arts, Australia Council for the Arts

Philip Long

Director, V&A Dundee

Femi Longe

Co-Founder and Director, Open Living Labs at Co-Creative Hub

Doreen Lorenzo

President of Quirky

Wayne Losey

Chief Creative & Playmaker, Modio3D

Nicholas Lovell

Author, 'The Curve' & Founder, Gamesbrief

Anna Lowe

Co-Founder, Smartify

Robert Lowe

Head of Value Creation, LEGO Ventures

Glenn D. Lowry

Director of The Museum of Modern Art

Anne Loxley

Senior Curator, C3West

Kai Lutterodt

Founder, Diversity Matters

Sean Lyons

Global Chief Digital Officer, Havas Worldwide

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Cath le Couteur

Artist

M ↑

Elizabeth Ann Macgregor OBE

Director, Museum of Contemporary Art Australia

Tod Machover

Professor of Music and Media, MIT Media Lab

Louisa Mackay

Group General Manager, New Business Research & Development at Insurance Australia Group

Ruth Mackenzie CBE

Interim CEO / Launch Director, The Space

Bob Mackintosh

Executive Director, Host

Rod Macneil

Head, Communication and Partnerships Museum Victoria

Shelagh Magadza

Executive Director, Chamber of Arts and Culture WA

Peter Mahony

Manager, Education and Digital Learning, MAAS

Melanie Mahony

Senior Strategist, VICE

Kath Mainland

Executive Director, Melbourne Festival

Dr Carol Major

Founder, Advanced Narrative

William Makower

National Funding Scheme for the Arts

Natalia Manidis

Author Success & Content Operations, Envato

Sara Mansour

Co-Founder, Bankstown Poetry Slam (BPS)

Nick Marchand

Country Director, British Council

Susan Marenoff-Zausner

President, Intrepid Sea, Air & Space Museum

Oliver Marlow

Creative Director, Studio TILT

Tim Marlow

Incoming CEO, Design Museum

Helen Marriage

Director, Artichoke

Ben Marshall

Head of Contemporary Music, Sydney Opera House

Lynley Marshall

CEO, Museums Victoria

Frances Martin

VP Retail, Optus

Lori Martin

Senior Cultural Affairs Officer, City of Toronto

Graeme Mason

CEO, Screen Australia

Louise Mason BA, LLB (Hons)

Managing Director, Office and Industrial Property, AMP Capital

James Mathie

Club Development Manager

Derya Matras

Country Director Turkey, Facebook

Derya Matras

Facebook Türkiye Ülke Direktörü

Ged Matthews

Freelance Placemaking Creative Producer

Richard Mayer

Head of Creative Services, National Geographic (FOX)

Jeremy Mayhew

Deputy Chairman, Policy and Resources Committee, City of London Corporation

Alice Mayor

Founder - We Built This City

Lekki Maze

Founder & Director, Glider Global; Founder & Director, Conversation Dinners Project, Hard Things to Talk About

Luisella Mazza

Head of Global Programs & Operations, Google Cultural Institute

Justin McArdle

Founder, Frame Labs

Paul X. McCarthy

Author, Online Gravity

Ian McClelland

Managing Director, The Guardian Australia

Timothy J. McClimon

President, American Express Foundation & Vice President, Corporate Social Responsibility, American Express

Fred McConnell

Deputy Video Editor, The Guardian

Julian McCrea

Managing Director at Portal Entertainment

Cassie McCullagh

Presenter, ABC RN, Best of the Festivals & The List

Brodie McCulloch

Founder & Managing Director, Spacecubed

Sam McDonagh

Country Manager, Airbnb

Vic McEwan

Artistic Director, The Cad Factory

Hon Mark McGowan

Premier of Western Australia

John McGrath

Artistic Director & CEO, Manchester International Festival & The Factory

Adrian McGregor

Founder & CEO, McGregor Coxall

Wayne McGregor CBE

British Choreographer & Director, and Artistic Director, Studio Wayne McGregor

Barry McGuire

Managing Director, Redspear Safety

Vaughn McGuire

Steven McIntosh

Director of Education and Family Programs, Brooklyn Academy of Music

Kim McKay AO

Director & CEO, Australian Museum

Tara Mckenty

Creative Director – Google APAC

Stuart McLaughlin

EMEA Senior Regional Manager, Google.org

Peter McMahon

Director, Digital, Marketing and Communications, State Library Victoria

Carla McMillan

Co-Founder, Bodypass

Marie McPartlin

Director, Somerset House Studios

Katie McPhee

Senior City Marketing Manager, Eventbrite

Felicity McVay

Head of Partnerships, FINCH (Former Head of YouTube Content Partnerships, Australia & New Zealand)

Annette Mees

Head of Audience Labs, Royal Opera House

Joseph V. Melillo

Executive Producer, Brooklyn Academy of Music (BAM)

Mitra Memarzia

Head of Collaboration, seeper

Fiona Menzies

CEO, Creative Partnerships Australia

Dolla Merrillees

Director, Museum of Applied Arts and Sciences (MAAS)

Lisa Messenger

Editor-in-Chief of Renegade Collective magazine

Elsita Meyer-Brandt

Senior Marketing Manager International, Eventbrite

Chris Michael

Deputy Editor, Cities, The Guardian

Chris Michaels

DIgital Director, National Gallery

Dan Michaelson

Founder & Partner, Linked by Air

Aaron Michie

Director, Guardian Labs

Ed Miles

Head of YouTube Partnerships, AUNZ & Head of Sports Partnerships, YouTube APAC

Andrew Miller

CEO of Guardian Media Group

Jay Miller

Founder, The Yard

Lindsay Miller

Managing Director, Dubai Design District

Max Miller

Director, Aunty Donna

Mark Miller

Circuit: National Lead, Tate

Dr Tim Minshall

Professor of Innovation, University of Cambridge

Ambarish Mitra

CEO & Co-Founder, Blippar

Chris Moody

Creative Director, Wolff Olins

Clover Moore

Lord Mayor of Sydney

Stephen Moore

Principal, Roberts Day - named as one of the top 50 Creatives Shaping Sydney by City of Sydney

Sarah Moran

Co-founder & CEO, Girl Geek Academy

Jay Morgan

Group Digital Creative Director, J. Walter Thompson Worldwide (JWT)

Caroline Morgan

Head of Insight and Innovation, Samsung

Michael Morris

Co-Director, Artangel

Amanda Morrison

Managing Director, Komixx Entertainment

Sam Mostyn

Chair, Carriageworks, Chair, Citigroup, Board member, Australia Council for the Arts, Virgin Australia, Transurban, Mirvac, Cover-More Group, President, Australian Council for International Development

Michelle Mountford

Associate Director, Deloitte Access Economics & Co-Author, 'Imagine Sydney' report

Matt Muir

Writer & Journalist

Lizzie Muller

Senior Lecturer, UNSW Art & Design

Freya Murray

Program Manager and Creative Lead, Google Arts & Culture

Daniel Murray

Co-Founder, Grabble & Mobula

Jayant Murty

Director, Strategy, Media and Integrated Marketing, Intel (Asia Pacific)

Rupert Myer

Chair, Australia Council

Regina Myer

President, Downtown Brooklyn Partnership

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Penny Nagle

Culture Crowd

Amber Naismith

Producer, Animal Logic, Associate Producer, The LEGO Movie

Zareh Nalbandian

CEO & Co-Founder, Animal Logic (Happy Feet, The LEGO Movie, Peter Rabbit)

Dr Kris Naudts

CEO & Founder, theculturetrip.com

Farah Nayeri

Arts Correspondent, Bloomberg

Mobbie Nazir

Chief Strategy Officer, We Are Social

Lauren Nemroff

Program Manager, Google Cultural Institute

Heather Nesbitt

Social Commissioner, Greater Sydney Commission

John Newbigin

Chair, Creative England

Antuong Nguyen

Director, silkyjazz.com

Philippine Nguyen

Co-Founder, Art Night

Hannah Nicklin

Producer, Albow

Gill Nicol

Director, Audience Engagement, MCA Australia

Dr Natalia Nikolova

Director UTS Advanced MBA, UTS Business School

Rachael Norton-Drew

Festival & Company Manager, York Mediale

Katrina Norton-Knight

Head of Brand Partnerships and Channels Advertising, BBC Worldwide

Stephen Nuttall

Senior Director, YouTube EMEA

Eric Nuzum

Podcast and Media Consultant - Former SVP, Original Content Development, Audible (Amazon) & VP Programming, NPR

Ije Nwokorie

Managing Director, Wolff Olins

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David O'Brien

Chancellor’s Fellow in Cultural and Creative Industries, University of Edinburgh

Nick O'Flaherty

Strategy Director at Wolff Olins

Ellen O'Hara

Business Strategist & Lead Coach, Digital Arts & Culture Accelerator (Nesta & Arts Council England)

Tom O'Leary

Director of Learning, Science Museum

Hans-Ulrich Obrist

Artistic Director, The Serpentine Gallery & Senior Program Adviser, The Shed (New York)

Jean Oelwang

CEO, Virgin Unite, Virgin Group

Rafe Offer

CEO & Co-Founder, Sofar Sounds (formerly Global Marketing Director, Disney; Global Marketing Director, Coca Cola; and Director of Innovation at Diageo)

Oke Okaro

Global Head & GM of Mobile and Connected Devices, Bloomberg

Arike Oke

Director, Black Cultural Archives

Elinor Olisa

Co-Founder, DegreeArt.com

Sam Olstein

Global Director of Media & Innovation, GE

Frederik Ottesen

Co-Founder, Little Sun

Deniz Ova

Director, Istanbul Design Biennial

Deniz Ova

İstanbul Tasarım Bienali Direktörü

Jan Owen AM

CEO, Foundation for Young Australians (FYA)

Jude Ower

Founder & CEO, Playmob

Alex O’Mara

Deputy Secretary Arts, Screen & Culture, Create NSW

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Mark Paddenburg

CEO, Innovation Centre Sunshine Coast P/L

Alison Page

Designer & Filmaker, ZAKPAGE

Tom Panton

London Studio, Sonos

Hon. Paul Papalia MLA

Minister for Tourism; Racing and Gaming; Small Business; Defence Issues; Citizenship and Multicultural Interests

Elena Park

Supervising Producer, The Metropolitan Opera: Live in HD

Michael Parry

Director, Public Engagement, Museum of Applied Arts & Sciences

Nene Parsotam

Co-Founder, VINE Creatives & Founding Member, We Are Stripes

Tim Partridge

Co-Founder, Flying Object (2015 winner of the Tate's IK Prize)

Bruce Pascoe

Author, Dark Emu

Dave Patten

Head of New Media, The Science Museum

Ben Peackock

Founder, Republic of Everyone

Dan Pearce

10 Second Ninja & BAFTA Breakthrough Brit

Jonathan Pease

Executive Creative Director, AKQA

Adrianne Pecotic

CEO, The Content Business & Independent Cinema Association

Yana Peel

CEO of Intelligence Squared Group

Beatrice Pembroke

Director, Creative Economy, British Council

Jon Penn

Managing Director, BBC Worldwide (Australia & NZ)

Neil Peplow

CEO, AFTRS (Australian Film Television and Radio School)

Grayson Perry CBE RA

Turner Prize-winning Ceramicist and Artist

Mark Pesce

Futurist

Emily Pethick

Director, The Showroom

Margaret Petty

Executive Director Innovation & Entrepreneurship, University of Technology Sydney

Julia Peyton-Jones

Co-Director, Serpentine Gallery

Fiona Phillips

Executive Director, Australian Copyright Council (ACC)

Robin Phua

Director, Digital Experience & CIO, State Library of NSW

Bree Pickering

Director, MAMA (Murray Art Museum Albury)

Ania Pilipenko

Co-Founder, HolzMarkt Project, Berlin

Nate Pinsley

Managing Director, A/D/O - MINI's (BMW) Creative Space

Hugo Pinto

Innovation Services Leader EMEA, IBM

Tom Pitney

Managing Editor, Punkee

Nick Pleydell-Pearce

Associate Experience Director, Huge Inc

Tim Plyming

Director, Digital Arts & Media, NESTA

Andrew Pogson

Special Projects Manager, Melbourne Symphony Orchestra

Gavin Poole

CEO, Here East

Alex Poots

Director, Manchester International Festival

Claire Postans

Creative Director, Jamie Oliver Media Group

Monique Potts

Deputy Director, Innovation and Creative Intelligence Unit, UTS

Jason Potts

Professor of Economics, RMIT University

Tim Powell

Producer, Lost Palace (Historic Royal Palaces)

Penny Power OBE

Founder, Scredible Professional Services

Paola Prestini

Composer

Jo Pretyman

Founder, iManifest

Merritt Price

Head of Design, The J. Paul Getty Museum

Creel Price

Founder and Chairman, Club Kidpreneur

Dom Price

Work Futurist & Head of R&D, Atlassian

Daniel Priestley

Author of the “Key Person of Influence” and “Entrepreneur Revolution“.

Matthew Primack

Vice President of Licensing & Managing Director of Fashion Week Live IMG Worldwide

Dan Prior

Founder, Limited Run

Dr Julia Prior

Director, Engagement (Teaching and Learning), Faculty of Engineering and Information Technology (FEIT), and Senior Lecturer, School of Software, UTS

Jo Prosser

Managing Director, V&A Enterprises

Tom Pursey

Co-founder & Creative Director, Flying Object

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Diego Radivoy

General Director, Creative Industries, Buenos Aires City Government (Argentina)

James Ramsey

Creator & Co-Founder, The Lowline

James Randall

Managing Director, Key Clients, Ipsos MORI

Kendel Ratley

Director of Partnerships, Kickstarter

Matt Ravier

Director, The Festivalists

Daniel Ravner

Founder & CEO, Theperspective.com

Dr. Kate Raynes-Goldie

Innovation & Disruptive Technology Specialist/Game Designer/Founder & Curator, Playup Perth

Clare Reddington

CEO, Watershed & Visiting Professor, University of the West of England

Siobhan Reddy

Studio Director, Media Molecule (Sony Interactive Entertainment; Creator, LittleBigPlanet & named in Fortune's '10 Most Powerful Women in Gaming')

Richard Reed

Co-founder Innocent Drinks, Art Everywhere, Jam Jar and The Reed Page Foundation

Tony Reed

CEO, Game Developers Association Australia & Founder, The Arcade

Anna Reid

Chief Marketing Officer, Sydney Opera House

Jemima Rellie

Director of Content and Audiences, Royal Collection Trust

Nick Reynolds

Chief Marketing Officer - Asia Pacific, Lenovo

Josh Rich

General Manager, Junkee Studio

Doug Richard

Founder, School for Startups & formerly of BBC’s Dragons Den

Charlotte Richards

Business Intelligence Strategy and Times & Sunday Times Director, News UK

John Richardson

Director of Development, Art Gallery of NSW

Scott Rigby

Head of Digital Transformation, Adobe Asia Pacific

Katie Rigg-Smith

CEO, Mindshare Australasia

Fabien Riggall

Founder & Director, Secret Cinema (UK)

Morgwn Rimel

Director, The School of Life

Jesse Ringham

Digital Communications Manager, Tate

Kellie Riordan

Head of ABC Audio Studios

Tristan Roache-Turner

Producer, Wyrmwood & Guerilla Films

Jim Roberts

Chief Content Officer and Executive Editor, Mashable

Matty Roberts

Storyteller and Creative Entrepreneur

Justine Roberts

Founder & CEO, Mumsnet

Katy Roberts

Head of Video, VICE (Australia / NZ)

Jonathan Robinson

Founder, Civic and Global Impact Hubs

Mariano Robles

Business Director, Airbeem

Daniel Rockett

Head of Communications, The Royal Botanic Garden Sydney

Dawn Rodney

Senior Vice President, Brand Marketing, National Geographic Society

Michael Rodrigues

Chair, Night Time Industries Association & MD, Time Out (ANZ)

Brie Rogers Lowery

UK Director, Change.org

Matt Rolandson

Partner, Ammunition Group

Ben Romalis

Executive Director, affectors, Founder of Silamor Studios, Performance Analyst, Cricket NSW

Anna Rooke

Chief Executive Officer, QUT Creative Enterprise Australia

Dan Rosen

CEO, ARIA

Ian David Rosenbaum

Percussionist

Vivian Rosenthal

Founder, 30 Weeks & Founder, Snaps

Liat Rosenthal

Creative Producer - Uniqlo Tate Lates

Edward Roussel

Chief Innovation Officer, Dow Jones

William Rowe

Founder & CEO, Protein

Robert Rowland Smith

Presented by the School of Life

Josh Rubin

Editor-in-Chief & Founder at Cool Hunting

Jonathan Rubinsztein

CEO, UXC Red Rock Consulting

Axel Rüger

Chief Executive, Royal Academy of Arts (formerly Director, Van Gogh Museum)

Stephanie Ruhle

Anchor & Managing Editor, Bloomberg Television

Tim Ruse

Managing Director, Zero Latency

Kate Rushworth

Audience Development Strategist, YouTube

Kate Russell

Strategic Accounts Director, Blippar

Janne Ryan

Ideas Curator, Broadcaster, Producer & Design Writer

Myf Ryan

Chief Marketing Officer, Westfield

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David Sabel

Head of Digital, National Theatre

Marcela Sabino

Lab Director, Museum of Tomorrow (Brazil)

Fran Sanderson

Head of Arts & Culture Innovation Lab, Nesta (National Endowment for Science, Technology & the Arts) - (UK)

Michelle Sandford

Technology Evangelist & Service Delivery Manager, Microsoft

Marc Sands

Director, Media and Audiences, Tate

Steven Sare

Chief Merchandising Officer, UNIQLO

Mike Sarna

Director, Programming & Exhibitions, Royal Museums Greenwich

Kelly Sawdon

Chief Branding Officer, Ace Hotel

Niki Scevak

Managing Director, Blackbird Ventures

Sandra Schembri

Chief Encouragement Officer of The House of St Barnabas

Torsten Schmidt

Co-founder, Red Bull Music Academy

Krit Schmidt

MTV VJ

Ann Schoefer

Deputy Director Partnership and Engagement, UTS

Eric Schrijver

Exhibition Manager, Architects of Air & Partner, Studio Memo

Lee Schuneman

Studio Head, Microsoft

Becky Schutt

Founding Chair, Relaxed Theatre Project

Lucy Schwartz

Program Manager, Google Cultural Institute

Associate Professor Jochen Schweitzer

Director Entrepreneurship, UTS Business School

Ian Scobie AM

Director, WOMADelaide

Councillor Jess Scully

Knowledge Exchange Strategist

Ryan Seashore

Founder & CEO, CodeFirst

Katrina Sedgwick

Director, ACMI

Nigel Seeto

Senior Marketing Manager, Ancestry.com

Ruth Sessions

Director of Operations, Atlantic Productions

Hamish Sewell

Co-Founder, Soundtrails

Shae-Lee Shackleford

Creative Producer, SketchShe

Ruth Shapiro

‎Director of Business Development, MoMA

Amanda Sharp

Co-Director & Co-Founder, Frieze Art Fair

Tristan Sharps

Artistic Director, Dreamthinkspeak

Deborah Shaw

Head of Creative Programming, Historic Royal Palaces (inc. Tower of London, Kensington Palace & Hampton Court Palace) (UK)

Bonnie Shaw

Strategy Lead, Smart City Office at City of Melbourne

Rachel Shechtman

Founder, STORY

Lisbeth Shepherd

Founder & Executive Director, Green City Force

Tim Sherratt

Historian and Hacker - Associate Professor of Digital Heritage,University of Canberra

Timothy Shey

Director, Development, YouTube Spaces

Marissa Shorenstein

New York State President, AT&T

James Shulman

President, ARTstor

Lindsay Siegel

Director, Zahn Innovation Center, CCNY

John Sills

Senior Consultant, The Foundation

Rohan Silva

Co-Founder, Second Home

Rob Silver

Head of Dance Festival Division, MAMA & Company (Lovebox)

Phil Silverstone

General Manager, Eventbrite

Tanya Sim

Co-Founder & Managing Director, Block

Justine Simons

Head of Culture, City Hall, London & Chair, World Cities Culture Forum

Lea Simpson

Strategy Director, TH_NK

Tamzin Simpson

Strategy Programme Manager, Royal Academy of Arts

Moira Sinclair

Executive Director, Arts Council England

Shakthidharan Sivanathan

Founder, CuriousWorks; Artistic Director, Co-Curious

Karen Skinner

Country Director, Change.org

Ben Skinnner

Xploro

Kevin Slavin

Chief Science & Technology Officer, The Shed

Matthew Slotover

Co-Director, Frieze Art Fair & Co-Publisher, Frieze Magazine

Leigh Small

Chief Executive, Sydney Film Festival

Sir Tim Smit

Executive Vice-Chair & Co-Founder, Eden Project

Justin B. Smith

CEO, Bloomberg Media Group, Bloomberg L.P.

Joseph Smith

Co-Founder Makerversity, Designer, Artist

Emily Smith

Director of Marketing and Business Development, Atlantic Productions

Ed Smith

Executive Director Sales & Marketing, Foxtel

Phil Smith

President, Sunshine Coast Creative Alliance

Dan Smith

Director & Creative Director, Factory 42

Dan Smith

Factory 42 Direktörü ve Yaratıcı Direktör

Paul Smyth

Co-founder, Something & Son

Dan Snow

Historian, Presenter & Founder, History Hit

Isabel Soden

Chief of Play (Founding Director, Writer/Director, Strategist), Reuben Feels

Amit Sood

Director, Cultural Institute, Google

Jon Soong

Co-Founder & CEO, Makers Empire

Dhakshy Sooriyakumaran

Director, YLab

Helen Souness

Managing Director, Etsy (Australia & Asia)

Caralyn Spector

Arts Policy Advisor, National Endowment for the Arts

Claire Spencer

Chief Executive Officer, Arts Centre Melbourne

Adam Spencer

Author, Comedian, Maths Geek ...

Brendan Spiegel

Co-Founder and Editorial Director, Narrative.ly

Sree Sreenivasan

Chief Digital Officer, The Metropolitan Museum of Art

Ed St John

Executive General Manager, The Ethics Centre

Mary-Alice Stack

Chief Executive of Creative United

Kiruna Stamell

Actress, inc. National Theatre, Life’s Too Short, Moulin Rouge - on representations of disability and the disabled experience

Illia Statkevych

Soundbender

Vanessa Stavrou

Head of Marketing, Contiki

Olivia Steele

Co-founder and Creative Director, PRET A DINER

Eftihia Stefanidi

Senior Creative, Secret Cinema (UK)

Helene Steiner

Microsoft Research

Daniel Stevens

Advocacy & Communications Manager, Knowledge Quarter London

Fiona Stewart

Director, Green Man Festival

Michael Stocks

YouTube Consumer Marketing Lead, Google

Lois Stonock

Curator and Researcher

Eamonn Store

CEO, The Guardian (US)

Gavin Strange

Senior Designer, Aardman Animations

Keith Stuart

Games Editor, The Guardian

Henry Stuart

CEO, Visualise

Moza Suwaidan

Director, Projects & Events, Dubai Culture and Arts Authority

Simon Swaney

Managing Director, Bates Smart

Bill Sweeney

CEO, British Olympic Association

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Michelle Tabet

Director & Founder, Left Bank & Co-Curator Australian Pavilion, Venice Biennale

Leyla Tahir

Tate Collectives Producer, Tate Digital

Alicia Talbot

Senior Strategic Project Leader, City of Parramatta

Sally Tallant

Director of Liverpool Biennial

Dr Lauren Tan

Author of Design Transitions and Manager, Deloitte Digital

Nick Tandavanitj

Artist, Blast Theory

Amanda Tattersall

Co-founder, GetUp.org.au & Founder, Sydney Alliance

Alice Taylor

CEO, MakieLab

Jessica Taylor

Vice-President, Experience Design & General Manager, Antenna Lab

Andy Taylor

Head of Movies Coverage / Documentary Producer, BBC Radio 1 & 1Xtra

Kerry Taylor

Senior Vice President, Youth and Music for Viacom International Media Networks (MTV, Nickelodeon, Paramount), Chief Marketing Officer for VIMN UK

Terence Teh

Editor, Nowness

Hon David Templeman MLA

Minister for Local Government, Heritage, and Culture and the Arts

Professor Melissa Terras

Director of Digital Humanities, UCL

Burak Tezateser

Founder, Nowhere Studios

Burak Tezateser

Nowhere Studios Kurucusu

Bill Thompson

Head of Partnership Development, BBC Archives

Neil Thompson

Chief Executive Officer, Virgin Velocity Flyer

Dr Paul Thompson

Vice-Chancellor, Royal College of Art

Leonora Thomson

Director of Audiences and Development at the Barbican Centre

Charlie Tims

Independent Researcher

Matt Tindale

Director, Marketing Solutions, LinkedIn

Christian Toksvig

Vice President, Business Development, Getty Images

Siobhan Toohill

Head of Group Sustainability & Community, Corporate Affairs & Sustainability at Westpac Banking Corporation

Joshua Topolsky

CEO & Editor-in-Chief, The Outline

Kate Torney

CEO, State Library Victoria

F. Javier Torres

Director of National Grantmaking, ArtPlace America

Damian Totman

Global Creative Director, Bloomberg

David Tow

Head of Strategy, UrbanGrowth NSW

Liz Tran

Founder, Reset (NYC) (Wellness advisers for Facebook, MTV & formerly VP Talent, Thrive Capital - Warby Parker, Kickstarter, Harry's, Slack & More)

Stuart Trevor

Co-founder, AllSaints & Co-founder, Bolongaro Trevor

Leo Tsimmer

Chairman, VR World NYC

Russ Tucker

National Creative Director Whybin \ TBWA \ Digital Arts Network and Eleven PR.

Holly Tucker MBE

Founder, Holly & Co (Founder of notonthehighstreet.com and UK Ambassador to Creative Small Businesses)

Peter Tullin

Co Founder, REMIX Summits & CultureLabel.com

Peter Tullin

CultureLabel.com ve REMIX Zirveleri Kurucu Ortağı

Steph Tully

Executive Manager - Group Brand and Marketing & Chief Marketing Officer, Qantas

Sam Turley

Chief Creative Officer, Mindshare

James Tutton

Serial entrepreneur (Co-Founder, Moonlight Cinema Co-Founder, Smiling Mind Co-Founder, The Plato Project & Director, Neometro)

Jason Twill

Innovation Fellow & Senior Lecturer, UTS

Dave Twohig

‎Head of Design and Placemaking, Battersea Power Station

Lissa Twomey

Executive Director, Major Performing Arts and Artistic Development, Australia Council for the Arts

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HAM the Illustrator

Illustrator, Music Producer & Visual Storyteller

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Tea Uglow

Creative Director of Google's Creative Lab

Annie Ukleja

General Manager, Miracle Theatre Company

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Ed Vaizey

UK Minister for Culture, Communications and Creative Industries

Andrew Valder

Founder, Garage Sale Trail

Eric Van der Kleij

Technology entrepreneur and Head of Level39

Nicole Vanderbilt

Vice-President (International), Etsy

John Vaskis

Senior Director of Outreach, Indiegogo

Sarah Vaughan

‎Director, Developer and Platform Evangelism at Microsoft Australia

Camilla Velasquez

Director of Payments & Multichannel at Etsy

Diana Verde Nieto

CEO of Positiveluxury.com

Colin Vernon

Cloud Platform Lead, littleBits

Joana Vicente

Executive Director, IFP

Jo Vidler

Founder & Creative Director at Wilderness Festival

Eze Vidra

Head of Campus, Google Campus

Renaud Visage

Co-Founder & CTO, Eventbrite.com

Rytis Vitkauskas

Co-founder and CEO of YPlan

Henry Volans

‎Director, Faber Press at Faber & Faber

Steve Vranakis

Executive Creative Director, Creative Lab, Google

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David van der Leer

Executive Director, Van Alen Institute

Ricardo van Loenen

Co-Founder & CEO, B.Building

Georgia van Tiel

Co-Founder, Bodypass

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Abi Wade

Cello / Box / Voice

Rhett Wade-Ferrell

Director, Film-maker, Uncle Friendly

Nick Wailes

Professor, MBT Director and Head of AGSM Online at University of New South Wales

Daniel Waisberg

Analytics Advocate, Google

Gerald Walker

Chief Operations Officer, Core Product Division, Bloomberg

Colin Walker

Director of Policy, West Australian Department of Culture and the Arts

Laura Walker

President & CEO, New York Public Radio

Simon Walker

Founder & CEO, Marquee TV (Netflix for arts & culture fans)

Simon Walker

MD, Canvas (Arts Council England & Rightster.com)

Alice Walker

Director of Creative Strategy, Americas & Asia Pacific; Global Head of Antenna LAB, Interactive Design, Antenna International

Brett Wallace

Director of Elevate Team & Artist in Residence, LinkedIn

Dr Richard Walley OAM

Working Director, Aboriginal Productions and Promotions

Andrew Walsh

Artistic Director, White Night Melbourne

Matt Walters

Founder, Parlour Gigs

Isuru Wanasinghe

Chief Creative Officer, Fiftysix Creations

Alysia Wanczyk

Marketing Director, Seedrs

Ally Watson

Co-Founder, Code Like a Girl

Kylie Watson-Wheeler

Senior Vice President & Managing Director, The Walt Disney Company ANZ (inc. Lucas Film, Marvel, Pixar)

Richard Watts

Performing Arts Editor/Editorial Team Leader, ArtsHub

Nathan Watts

Creative Director, FITCH

Matt Webb

Co-Founder and CEO, BERG

Viveka Weiley

Head of New Things, CHOICE

Randy Weiner

Creative Producer

Wendy Were

Executive Director, Strategic Development and Advocacy, Australia Council for the Arts

Marcus Westbury

Writer, Broadcaster, CEO, Collingwood Arts Precinct & Founder of Renew Australia

Lisa Westcott Wilkins

Founder, DigVentures

Jarrod Wheatly

Street Art Murals Australia (SAMA) Founder, Mountains Youth Services Team

Terri White

Editor-in-Chief, Time Out New York

David White

Head of Digital Learning, University of the Arts London

Jonny White

Founder, Ticket Tailor

Heather Whitely Robertson

Assistant Director, Museum of Contemporary Art’s

Jim Whyte

Senior Insights Analyst, Fitch

Brett Wigdortz OBE

Founder and Honourary President, Teach First; Chair, National Citizen Service Trust; Co-Founder & CEO, tiney.co

Professor Glenn Wightwick

Deputy Vice Chancellor (Innovation & Enterprise), UTS

Chris Wild

Director, Retronaut

Adam Williams

UK Managing Director, Spotify

Peter Williams

Chief Edge Officer, Centre for the Edge at Deloitte

Peter Williams

Founder, Jack Wills

Frith Williams

Head of Exhibition Content, Museum of New Zealand Te Papa Tongarewa

Nia Williams

Director of Learning & Engagement, St Fagans National Museum of History

Jen Willig

Co-founder of motive & former CMO of RED

Brad Wilson

President, ACE Hotels

Keir Winesmith

Art & Design Professor, UNSW & CTO, Old Ways, New; former Director of Digital Experience, SFMOMA.

Stephanie Winkler

Research & Insights Lead - APAC, VICE

James Winter

Director, Brand X

Stella Wisdom

Digital Curator, British Library

Beatie Wolfe

Musician & Technologist (UK) - “Ground-breaking” (BBC News), “Ingenious” (Fast Company) and “Extraordinary” (Forbes)

Rosie Wolfenden MBE

Co-Founder and Managing Director, Tatty Devine

Ben Wong

Admissions Manager, General Assembly

Alex Wood

Editor in Chief, The Memo

Simon Woodroffe OBE

Founder, YO! Sushi, YOTEL and YO! Home

Dr Andrew Woods

Manager, Curtin HIVE (Hub for Immersive Visualisation and eResearch), Curtin University

Godfrey Worsdale

Director, Baltic Centre for Contemporary Art

Camilla Wright

Founder / Editor, Popbitch

Alison Wright

Assistant Director, Engagement and Development, National Gallery of Australia

Kristyn Wuebbolt

Founder, Monda

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Filippo Yacob

Founder, Primo Toys

Nicole Yershon

Director, Ogilvy Labs

Michelle You

Co-Founder and Chief Product Officer, Songkick

Gordon Young

Editor-in-chief & Co-Founder, The Drum

Yasha Young

Director & Curator, Urban Nation (Berlin)

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Bruno Zamborlin

Creator, Mogees

Cyril Zammit

Director of Design, Art Dubai Group & Fair Director, Design Days Dubai

Lauren Zawadzki

Partner, Deco Publique

Jeffrey Zeigler

Cellist

Ksenia Zemtsova

Co-Founder, Art Night

Danielle Zezulinski

Account Director, Wolff Olins

Dr. Steven Zucker

Dean of Art and History at Khan Academy

Calder Zwicky

Associate Educator, Teen & Community Programmes, MoMA