Schedule

Day One

Wednesday 24th April

We’ll welcome delegates from 9.15am for teas, coffees, and networking. The first session will start at 10am.

10am

Welcome

Ash Mann
Producer, Digital Works

10.10am-10.45am

A decade of digital: reflections on a transformational journey at the V&A

Kati Price
Head of Experience & Digital, Victoria & Albert Museum

10.45am-11.20am

The journey to 1 million digital subscribers: navigating the 21st century transformation of a 140-year-old organisation

Aled John
Director, FT Strategies

11.20am-11.45am

Break

11.45am-12.30pm

Funding reimagined: digitally-enabled dialogues and transformative partnerships

Hilary Knight
Senior Consultant, AEA Consulting

Seva Phillips
Head of Arts & Culture Finance, Nesta

Helen Page
Global brand and business leader

Maxine Mackie
Founder, Label Ventures

12.30pm-1.30pm

Lunch

1.30pm-2.15pm

Navigating digital power: pitfalls, questions, and considerations explored

Dr Francesca Sobande
Senior Lecturer in Digital Media Studies, Cardiff University

Dominique Barron
Design Researcher, Careful Industries

temi lasade-anderson
PhD candidate, King’s College London, and Fellow at the Centre of Advanced Internet Studies

Katie Moffat
Director of Sector Strategy, Substrakt

2.15pm-3pm

Beyond bricks and mortar: why digital audiences matter

Alex Ayling
Head of Content & Editorial: Digital Consumer Engagement, The LEGO Group

Alex Bayley
Chief Marketing Officer, National Theatre

Jane Finnis
Consultant Director, The Audience Agency

Nik Wyness
Head of Marketing and Engagement, The Tank Museum

3pm-3.30pm

Break

3.30pm-4.15pm

The digital canvas: global perspectives on the creative potential of digital

Robin McNicholas
Founder and Creative Director, Marshmallow Laser Feast

Samantha King
Head of Programme, VIVE Arts

Derek Richards
Head of Broadcast and Digital, The Roundhouse

Egill Sæbjörnsson
Visual artist and musician

Annette Mees
Artistic Director, Audience Labs

4.15pm-5pm

From numbers to action: driving change with digital insights

Oliver Mantell
Director of Evidence & Insights, The Audience Agency

Christina Østerby
Commercial Director, Royal Opera House

Aled John
Director, FT Strategies

Katy Ashton
Director, People’s History Museum

5pm-5.45pm

The need for digital imagination

Seb Chan
CEO, ACMI

5.45pm

Closing

Ash Mann
Producer, Digital Works

Day Two

Thursday 25th April

We’ll welcome delegates from 9am for teas, coffees, and networking. The first session will start at 9.30am.

9.30am

Welcome

Ash Mann
Producer, Digital Works

9.35am-10.25am

Reality check: navigating the impact of inaccessible products and services

Shani Dhanda
Broadcaster, activist and entrepreneur

10.25am-11.10am

Designing for impact: what sets apart truly effective digital brands?

Daniel Alcorn
Design Lead, Substrakt and Co-Founder, Birmingham Design Festival

Priyjah Paramasivam
Design Director, Ragged Edge

Nicola Place
Co-Founder, Studio Build

11.10am-11.30am

Break

11.30am-12.10pm

Understanding motivation: a journey into human behaviour and decision-making in digital environments

Richard Shotton
Author and Consultant

12.10pm-1.10pm

Lunch

1.10pm-1.50pm

Context is everything: bad patterns & best practice for digital journeys

Craig Sullivan
CEO, Optimize or Die

1.50pm-2.35pm

Thinking like a publisher: unlocking the value of editorial content

Matt Locke
Director, Storythings

Danny Birchall
Freelance Content Strategist

Zosia Poulter
Content Strategist, Substrakt

Chris Sullivan
Freelance content producer and strategist

2.35pm-2.55pm

Break

2.55pm-3.40pm

From horror to harmony: a fast-paced journey through the reality of delivering digital projects

David Cotton
Web Editor and Developer, Henry Moore Foundation

Eva Liparova
Freelance product strategist

Glen Docherty
Director of Delivery, Substrakt

Lindsey Cook
Director of Communications, Marketing & External Relations, Garsington Opera

3.40pm-4.20pm

Digital marketing unwrapped: insights from Capacity Interactive’s benchmark analysis

Priya Iyer Doshi
President, Capacity Interactive

4.20pm-4.55pm

Designing for all: the Exception Method for inclusive design

Dawood Sufi
CEO, Studio Exception

4.55pm-5.10pm

Break

5.10pm-5.45pm

Digital-first realities: insights from Watershed

Clare Reddington
CEO, Watershed

5.45pm

Closing

Ash Mann
Producer, Digital Works