Kickstart 2024 with bold new ideas and collaborators at REMIX Summit London 2024 on 30-31 January – your field guide to the future… revolutionary ideas that will transform culture and the creative industries, creative cities and the creative economy.
Two days crammed with inspirational talks, discussions and networking… an ‘annual download’ of inspirational talks, intimate ‘Follow the Speaker’ discussions and unmissable networking opportunities. Swap notes with new collaborators from across the creative sectors, business, technologists, policy makers and media.
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HEAR FROM 50+ PIONEERING CREATIVE LEADERS INCLUDING:
- THANGAM DEBBONAIRE MP – Shadow Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport on her vision for the UK’s cultural and creative sectors
- Tim Reeve – Deputy Director & Chief Operating Officer, V&A sharing his vision for the V&A East, Storehouse and Young V&A projects
- Jean-Baptiste Hardoin – Creative Director, MOMENT FACTORY – “the most innovative live event company in the world” (Fast Company) on the sensational new Aura Invalides immersive experience in Paris
- John McGrath – CEO & Artistic Director, FACTORY INTERNATIONAL on ‘inventing tomorrow together’ and the new Aviva Studios
- Michael Stein – CTO, FRAMESTORE, the Oscar-winning creative studio working across film, immersive and advertising (Barbie, Wonka, Black Mirror, Guardians of the Galaxy) on creating storyworlds across converging channels
- Laura Herman – Senior Research Lead, ADOBE & Researcher, OXFORD INTERNET INSTITUTE on emerging tech’s impact on artistic practices
- KAREN PALMER, Storyteller from the Future & SXSW 2023’s XR Experience Winner on bias, surveillance and decolonising AI
- Gaming legend MILES JACOBSON OBE – Studio Director, SPORTS INTERACTIVE (creators of the global sensation Football Manager) on the future of gaming in conversation with CHRIS MICHAELS
- JEFFERSON HACK – Curator, Creative Director and Co-founder of DAZED MEDIA in conversation with Suhair Khan – Chair, STUDIO WAYNE MCGREGOR & Founder, OPENENDED DESIGN
- Kesang Ball & Sam Blenkinsopp – Co-founders, TRIPPIN on the journey to connect travel, creativity and diverse global communities
- Richard Slaney – CEO, LIGHTROOM, immersive experience feat. David Hockney’s Bigger & Closer (not smaller & further away) plus The Moonwalkers: A Journey with Tom Hanks
- Mobbie Nazir – Global Chief Strategy Officer, WE ARE SOCIAL on ‘The Social Reckoning: 2024 trends’
- Matthew Sanders – Education and VR Director, Global Affairs, META in conversation with John Cassy, Founder, FACTORY 42
- Ulrich Schrauth, XR & Immersive Programme Lead, BFI LONDON FILM FESTIVAL on immersive art and the physical space
- Jessica Tarrant – Content Director, YOTO – the multi award-winning screen-free audio player for children (“The new Walkman” – The Times)
- Axel Ruger – Chief Executive, ROYAL ACADEMY OF ARTS and former Director, Van Gogh Museum
- Richard Ayers – Founder, REMATCH, ‘The Sporting Time Machine’ which recreating iconic sporting moments through immersive theatrical events such as the Rumble in the Jungle and the classic Borg vs McEnroe 1980 Wimbledon Final
- Nick Moran – Director, PHANTOM PEAK – vast, fully immersive, open world experience (“The number one thing to do in London this year” – The Thrillist)
- Graham MacVoy – Co-Founder & Managing Director, WAKE THE TIGER ‘Amazement Park’ on what it takes to build a world. Named as one of the world’s top immersive experiences by blooloop
- Nik Wyness – Head of Marketing & Engagement, TANK MUSEUM on how they became the most watched museum in the world on YouTube (100m views, 600K subscribers generating 1/3 of the museums income)
- Freya Salway – Creative Lead, GOOGLE ARTS & CULTURE on successful collaborations in creative R&D
- Ros Lawler – Chief Operating Officer, NATIONAL PORTRAIT GALLERY on their stunning transformation and vision for the future
- Holly Bishop – Chief Operating & Commercial Officer, NME NETWORKS on collectability, the return of print magazines and changing tastes
- Charlotte Appleyard – Director of Development & Business Innovation, ROYAL ACADEMY OF ARTS on the history of creativity and the possibility of an AI future
- Gavin Poole – CEO, HERE EAST on the makers of the future
- Acclaimed artist MORAG MYERSCOUGH (dubbed the ‘Queen of Colour’) on bringing joy and belonging into public spaces
- Tom Rogers – Creative Digital Producer, ROYAL BIRMINGHAM BALLET merging ballet, theatre and immersive tech for a virtual stage
- Sam Bompas on lessons from developing the forthcoming permanent immersive attraction MUSEUM OF SHAKESPEARE
- Adam Farrar – Director of Commercial & Visitor Experience, NATURAL HISTORY MUSEUM on a movement for Urban Nature
- Internationally-renowned multidisciplinary artist and designer JASON BRUGES on navigating the space between art, tech, architecture and interactive design
- Neil Griffiths – CEO & Co-Founder, ARTS EMERGENCY on fair starts in the arts for young people
- Nick Hodder – Assistant Director of Digital Transformation, IMPERIAL WAR MUSEUM on what defines a museum in the digital age
- Evie Manning, Co-Artistic Director – COMMON WEALTH on revolutionising creative education
- DARREN EMERSON – Award-winning Immersive Artist & Director, ‘In Pursuit of Repetitive Beats’
- Justin McGuirk – Director, FUTURE OBSERVATORY (coordinated by the DESIGN MUSEUM) on the green transition
- Performance Artist, Songwriter & Philosopher SARASARA on ‘taking back the tech: women versus digital capitalism’
- Tom Allot – Co-founder, OUTCROP on creating a ‘green social club’
- Jonny White – Founder, TICKET TAILOR on their “Growth on Purpose” mantra as a B Corp
- Stacey Langham – Head of Corporate Partnerships: Luxury, ROYAL ACADEMY OF ARTS on the changing face of luxury brand sponsorships
- Sophie Brendel – Director of Audiences, Commercial & Digital, V&A on reaching audiences across physical and digital
- Prof Krzysztof Pelc – Professor of International Relations, OXFORD UNIVERSITY & Author, ‘Beyond Self-Interest: Why the Market Rewards Those Who Reject It’ on the market value of God, Love, and Passion
- Lindsey Hall – CEO, REAL IDEAS on democratising immersive tech – harnessing the power of immersive for social and environmental change
- Samantha King – Head of Programmes, VIVE ARTS (HTC) on transformative art/tech collaborations
- Saj Huq – Chief Commercial Officer, PLEXAL on continuous innovation
- Sally Lockey – Director, RIGHT UP OUR STREET on hyperlocal audiences
- Emma-Jane Benning & Sarah Blowers – Co-founders & Co-Artistic Directors, STRIKE A LIGHT on what could happen if we let artists be artists
- Lauren Zawadzki & Elena Jackson – Co-Directors, NATIONAL FESTIVAL OF MAKING on supercharging Blackburn: how one weekend festival is changing the narrative of a 1000 year old town
NEW PANELS ANNOUNCED!
FUTURE ART AND CULTURE: THE NEXT GENERATION
Presented in partnership with BRITISH UNDERGROUND
Each year since 2017, Future Art and Culture (FAC) has showcased the best of UK art and tech at SXSW in Austin, Texas. In 2023 projects that exhibited as part of FAC won 3 major awards. Hosted by Crispin Parry, Chief Exec of British Underground, with B3 Media’s Marc Boothe, this panel explores the work and ambitions for the future of four of its emerging artists, supported in a programme with B3 Media – Comfort Arthur (Animator, Writer); Dzifa Benson (Writer, Producer, Performance Maker); Jeremiah Brown (Writer, Spoken Word Artist, Actor); and Marcus Joseph (Musician, Spoken-Word Artist).
MARCHING INTO THE 6th INDUSTRIAL REVOLUTION
Presented in partnership with THE SPACE
Hosted by The Space’s Exec Producer for Innovation, Harmeet Chagger-Khan, this panel explores the future potential of AI and how it can help us to create cultural and global shifts, including opportunities to shift socio-political storytelling. How can we learn from the Industrial Revolution and take all of humanity with us? Featuring Elena Simperl (Director of Research, OPEN DATA INSTITUTE); Alan Warburton (Artist working with CGI, VR, AR, installation and sculpture); and Karen Palmer, ‘Storyteller from the Future’ & SXSW 2023 XR Experience Winner.