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Speakers

Athena Stevens

Writer, performer, director and social activist

Tarek Iskander

Artistic Director & CEO, Battersea Arts Centre

Ahmet Ahmet

Head of Get Into Theatre

Alistair Smith

Editor, The Stage

Amanda Parker

Founder, Inc Arts UK

Andrew Lloyd Webber

Composer and theatre owner

Annabel Turpin

Chief Executive & Artistic Director, ARC

Dr Dave O'Brien

Chancellor’s Fellow in Cultural and Creative Industries

Grace O'Keefe

Stage Directors UK

Jack Gamble

Public Campaign for the Arts

Nick Clark

Features editor, The Stage

Lyn Gardner

Associate editor, The Stage

Paule Constable

Lighting designer

Mark Twum-Ampofo

Head of Theatre Team, Moore Kingston Smith

Matthew Xia

Artistic Director, Actors Touring Company

Nica Burns

Chief executive, Nimax Theatres

Stefania Licari

Doctor and actor

David Brownlee

Managing Director, Purple Seven

Suba Das

Artistic Director & Chief Executive, High Tide

Toby Coffey

Head of digital development, National Theatre

Andrew Miller

Cultural consultant, broadcaster & disability champion

Robin Cantrill-Fenwick

Chief Executive, Baker Richards

Katy Raines

Founding partner, Indigo Ltd

Lorne Campbell

Artistic Director, National Theatre Wales

Carolyn Forsyth

Executive Director & (joint) CEO, Talawa

Shona McCarthy

Chief Executive, Edinburgh Fringe Festival

An-Ting Chang

Artistic Director, Chinese Arts Now

Oliver Dowden

Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport

Grainne Peat

Managing Director of the Event Cinema Association

Byron Harrison

Charcoalblue

Ed Vaizey

Member of the House of Lords

Mildred Yuan

Agent, United Agents

Laura Donnelly

Casting director

Matt Hemley

News editor, The Stage

Matthew Dunster

Director and writer

Dan Shelley

Production Managers Forum

Julian Bird

CEO, SOLT & UK Theatre

Eleanor Lloyd

Producer

David Mumeni

Artistic Director & Founder, Open Door

Natalie Ibu

Artistic Director and Joint Chief Executive, Northern Stage

Tabby Lamb

Writer, performer and activist

Prema Mehta

Lighting designer

Becky Sanneh

Student, Trinity Laban

Keisha Thompson

Writer, performance artist and producer

Katy Marks

Director, Citizens Design Bureau Architects

Lucy Osborne

Theatre designer and co-founder of studio three sixty

Debbie Hannan

Director

Orla O'Loughlin

Vice Principal and Director of Drama, Guildhall School of Music & Drama

Michelle Rolfe

Producer, Stage Sight

James Graham

Playwright

Jamie Njoku-Goodwin

CEO, UK Music

Kandy Rohmann

Operations Manager, Parents & Carers in Performing Arts

Ramzi DeHani

Actor

Fiona Morris

CEO and Creative Director, The Space

Paddy Dillon

Theatre Green Book Coordinator

Kris Nelson

Artistic Director/CEO, LIFT

Kash Bennett

Managing Director & Producer, National Theatre Productions

Jennie Green

Director, Great Leap Forward

Simon Erridge

Director, Bennetts Associates

Jon Morgan

Director, Theatres Trust

Ryan Metcalfe

Managing director, Preevue

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