University of Suffolk Unlocked: Creative Industries

This event brings together higher education leaders, business professionals, policymakers, and industry experts from the creative sector to foster collaboration, exchange knowledge, and develop strategies that drive innovation, growth, and sustainability within the creative industries.

Agenda

Time	Event	Event Description
9.00am - 9.30am	Arrivals & Registration
9.30am - 9.45am	Welcome
9.45am-10.30am	Opening Keynote	Rosy Greenlees OBE, Creative and Cultural Industries.
10.30am-11.00am	Panel 1: The Business of Creativity	Chaired by Alice Hardaker, Director of Primadonna Festival. Panel members: Andrew Keedle, Undergraduate Student (UoS); Jayne Knight, Project Manager: Place Making (Creative Health & Wellbeing), Suffolk County Council; Katie Ward, Award Winning Author; Mark Edwards, Associate Professor in Photography (UoS). Sue Williamson MBE, Vice Chair of Trustee Board, The Reading Agency. Further panel members to follow.
11.00am-11.15am	Break
11.15am-11.45am	Panel 2: Education, Creative Industries & Skills	Chaired by Douglas Rintoul, Chief Executive and Artistic Director of the New Wolsey Theatre. Panel members: Andrew Worrall, Postgraduate researcher (UoS); Joanna Carrick, Artistic Director, Red Rose Chain; Lindsey Scott, Course leader for MA Creative and Critical Writing; Nigel Ball, Head of Arts (UoS) . Further panel members to follow.
11.45am-12.30pm	Panel 3: Building Creative Communities	Chaired by Rosalind Parker, Director of Sizewell Creative. Panel members: Aishani Jayasinghe, Senior Lecturer in Architecture (UoS); Elma Glasgow, Community Engagement Consultant, Elma Glasgow Consulting; Jim Horsfield, Operations and Business Development Manager, Screen Suffolk; Kath Cockshaw, Projects Director, Placemaking and Heritage, Art Historian, Director EcoAttractions; Lucy Bayliss, Head of Creative Programmes, Dance East; Nathan James, Creative Director, Softwood Books. Further panel members to follow.
12.30pm - 1.30pm	Lunch	(Networking & Marketplace)
1.30pm - 2.30pm		Workshop 1: Navigating Creative Funding Opportunities. Workshop 2: Navigating Internships: Opportunities, Challenges and Best Practices. Led by Mars El Brogy, Award Winning Broadcaster and Journalist, and Tom Hardy, Employer Engagement Consultant (Careers, Employability and Enterprise) Workshop 3: Setting up your own Creative Business. Led by Amy Wragg, Poet, Visual Artist, Event Producer, Zine Maker and Founder of getonthesoapbox, and Nathan James, Creative Director, Softwood Books.
2.30pm-3.30pm	Arts Unlocked: Showcasing Student Talent

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