January 10, 2025

Kickstart 2025 at REMIX Summit London – Final(ish) line-up now live

There’s only ONE way to kickstart 2025… A room packed full of hundreds of visionary thinkers and doers: on-stage and off.

REMIX Summit London is your field guide to the future. Two days packed with inspirational talks, discussions and networking – short Main Stage talks followed by ‘Follow the Speaker’ discussions so you can deep dive into the topics you want to focus on. Plus all talks available digitally on-demand afterwards, so you won’t miss a thing.

View the full schedule and speaker bios…

65+ Inspirational Speakers now announced:

  • Dr Helen Charman – V&A‘s Director of Learning, National Programmes and YOUNG V&A in conversation with Sophie Brendel (former Director of Audiences, V&A) on reaching Gen Alpha
  • Megan Wastell – Global Creative Director, MERLIN ENTERTAINMENTS (LEGOland, Sea Life, Madame Tussauds, Warwick Castle, Alton Towers, The Dungeons and more) on dreaming big ideas and making magic through experience design and storytelling
  • Agnès Abastado – Deputy Director of Digital, MUSÉE D’ORSAY on harnessing immersive at the museum
  • Robert Jones – Associate Artistic Director, SADLER’S WELLS on developing a new kind of venue for dance at Sadler’s Wells East
  • ‘Architect of Joy’ YINKA ILORI MBE, in conversation with Charlotte Appleyard, Director of Development & Business Innovation, ROYAL ACADEMY OF ARTS
  • GRAND THEFT HAMLET (2024 SXSW Best Feature Doc, BAFTA longlisted, 2x BIFA Awards) Co-directors Pinny Grylls & Sam Crane on mounting a full production of Shakespeare’s Hamlet inside the ultra violent world of Grand Theft Auto, shot entirely in game
  • THE NATIONAL GALLERY hosts a panel of creators to discuss what meaningful engagement looks like – for creators, organisations and audiences: ADECHE ATELIER (Artists, storytellers and content creators); SOPHIA SMITH GALER (Multi-award-winning journalist and content creator); and LIZZIE ACKER (TV personality & neurodiversity advocate)
  • Erin Dragotto – Executive Director, MUSEUM OF ART + LIGHT (Kansas, USA) – on blending immersive, digital, and physical artistic experiences under one roof from inception
  • Sean Lee – CEO, d’strict & Producer, ARTE MUSEUM – a global immersive exhibition with over 8 million guests across South Korea, U.S., China, and UAE – on the digital canvas for spatial art experiences
  • Sharon Ament – Director, LONDON MUSEUM on the once-in-a-generation opportunity to reconceive what a museum for London can be
  • Julien Fleury – Creative Lead, SNAPCHAT AR STUDIO on its 3.5 trillion engagements with Augmented Reality in the last year, and how AR is reshaping arts and culture from storytelling to storyliving
  • Michael Rodrigues – 24-HOUR ECONOMY COMMISSIONER (SYDNEY & NSW, AUSTRALIA) on creating vibrant, diverse, safe and inclusive towns and cities after dark
  • Sam Jackson – Controller, BBC RADIO 3 & BBC PROMS on new listening habits and the intersection of wellbeing and classical music
  • Ana Brzezinska – Former Immersive Curator, TRIBECA (USA) on immersive as a recognised, independent creative discipline
  • Professor Will Saunders MBE – Chief Creative Officer, CoSTAR (a £51.1million investment in the UK’s first National R&D Lab for the Creative Industries) on the next chapter for R&D and storytelling
  • Laura Herman – Senior Research Lead, ADOBE & Researcher, OXFORD INTERNET INSTITUTE in conversation with Rachel Walker – Head of Digital Product & Infrastructure, ROYAL ACADEMY OF ARTS on the impact of AI on the gallery and artistic practice
  • Esme Ward – Director, MANCHESTER MUSEUM on creating the world’s most inclusive, imaginative and caring museum
  • Andrew McGuinness, CEO & Amy Farrant, CMO – LAYERED REALITY on creating their major new “time travel” immersive show for 2025, ELVIS EVOLUTION
  • Robin McNicholas – Co-founder & Director, MARSHMALLOW LASER FEAST (MLF) on reinterpreting human perception and navigating with your senses
  • Tamsin Ace – Director, EAST BANK at Queen Elizabeth Olympic Park on shaping London’s newest £1.1bn cultural quarter – the UK’s largest cultural project in generations
  • Jo Lansdowne – Exec Producer, PERVASIVE MEDIA STUDIO on sharing the world with other minds
  • Paul Greenwood – Global Head of Research & Insight, WE ARE SOCIAL on Think Forward 2025: The Liveable Web consumer trends
  • Dan Phelan – Director of Communications, Digital & Marketing, NATURAL HISTORY MUSEUM on the museum as a catalyst for climate action and their £550m revamp
  • May Abdalla – Emmy-nominated XR creator & CEO, ANAGRAM on encountering art and culture where you least expect it
  • Jo Lansdowne – Executive Producer, PERVASIVE MEDIA STUDIO, WATERSHED on reimagining AI: sharing the world with other minds
  • Michael Kill – CEO, NIGHT TIME INDUSTRIES ASSOCIATION (NTIA) on nurturing 24-hour towns and cities
  • Lucy Schwartz – Program Manager, GOOGLE ARTS & CULTURE on making art available for everyone, everywhere
  • Chris Cummings – CEO, ICONIC (USA) (partners include Art Basel, Jackson Pollock Studio, Rockwell estate & White House Historical Association) on integrating art institutions and emerging digital networks
  • Ryan Amstad – POPHOUSE ENTERTAINMENT (ABBA Voyage, Kiss, Cyndi Lauper, Avicii, Swedish House Mafia) on new production development
  • Randel Bryan – Managing Director, SXSW EUROPE on launching SXSW London
  • Jonathan Reekie CBE – Director, SOMERSET HOUSE TRUST on innovation in place
  • Carlota Dochao Naveira – Curator & Founder, VIV ARTS on enabling a sustainable financial future for immersive artistic experiences
  • Lawrence Chiles – Head of Digital Services, NATIONAL GALLERY on web-based storytelling and their new virtual gallery
  • Samantha King – Head of Programme, VIVE ARTS (HTC) on the future of location-based arts experiences and immersive distribution models
  • Robyn Landau – Neuroaesthetics Designer & Co-founder, KINDA on making art, culture and tech work harder for wellbeing
  • Dr Dan Ford – Senior Associate Producer, BRITISH UNDERGROUND; Marc Boothe – Founder & Creative Director, B3 MEDIA in conversation with artists BETTY LI (FEYU) (Multimedia artist and filmmaker), HANNAH OLIVER (Lens-based storyteller) and JAY OLIVER YIP (film and immersive storytelling)
  • Maitreyi Maheshwari – Head of Programme, FACT on how artists are playing games as a way to challenge conventional storytelling
  • Alexandre Roux – Director of Strategy & Development, LUCID REALITIES & UNFRAMED COLLECTION on innovative distribution and business models for location-based art experiences
  • Ollie Jones – Co-founder & CEO, SWAMP on breaking the mould: the wildcard approach to fearless storytelling
  • Sally Currie, Interim CEO & Tim Yates, Research & Innovation Executive – DRAKE MUSIC plus musician JOHN KELLY on music, disability and tech
  • Verity McIntosh – Director & Principal Investigator, IMMERSIVE ARTS – the new £6m UK-wide programme for artists to explore immersive tech
  • Anna Rowe – Project Lead, FIGURATIVE PHILANTHROPY FOR ARTS & CULTURE on place-based philanthropy
  • Dr Will Dutta – CEO, SOUND & MUSIC in conversation with Provhat Rahman – Co-founder, DAYTIMERS & DIALLED IN and journalist EMMA WARREN on creating a scene: placemaking and DIY curators
  • Gavin Poole – CEO, HERE EAST on innovation ecosystems
  • Kevin Osborne – Founder & Chief Executive, CREATE EQUITY & Fran Sanderson – CEO, FIGURATIVE on reimagining creative finance
  • DONNACADH O’BRIAIN – Olivier Award-Winning Director, Experience Designer & Story Architect on how parenting has informed the mechanics of Peppa Pig Immersive
  • ALEXANDER WHITLEY – Award-Winning Choreographer & Creative Director, DIGITAL BODY FESTIVAL, on VP and XR in artistic practices
  • DOMINIC COOLS-LARTIGUE – Street Food Entrepreneur – founder of DALSTON YARD & STREET FEAST; Host of Channel 4’s ‘Cooking Up A Fortune‘ on launching a new ‘cultural playground’
  • Internationally-renowned multidisciplinary artist and designer JASON BRUGES on regenerating spaces
  • Paloma Strelitz – Creative Director, PATCH & Co-founder, ASSEMBLE (Turner Prize-Winning architecture and social-impact studio) on creative reuse of spaces in locations like York
  • Moin Roberts-Islam – Technology & Innovation Manager, FASHION INNOVATION AGENCY, London College of Fashion, UAL on lessons from future fashion
  • Jon Ross – Founder, CRUSH! FESTIVAL; Co-founder, MOTHERSHIP GROUP (Queen of Hoxton, Patterns…) on rescuing cultural ecosystems
  • Zak Avery – Community & Culture Director, &SOUL on soulful spaces to nurture individuals, empower communities and awaken change
  • Harmeet Chagger-Khan – Head of Digital & Innovation, THE SPACE & Creative Director, SURFING LIGHT BEAMS on story as North Star
  • Guy Armitage – Author, ‘Everyone is Creative’ and Founder & CEO, ZEALOUS on reclaiming your creativity
  • James Bowthorpe – a-r-c-s (APPLIED RESEARCH CREATIVE STUDIO) on measuring social impact in placemaking

Full schedule, speaker bios and tickets available online here.

With HUGE thanks to all our amazing #REMIXLDN partners: Founding Partners Bloomberg Philanthropies and Google Arts & Culture; Host Partners HERE EAST and the Royal Academy of Arts; Reception Hosts Jason Bruges Studio and Somerset House; Event Partners Kiosk World, Margaret and Ticketing Partner Ticket Tailor; and Community Partners Clore Leadership, The Space and Art Fund.