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GOVERNANCE NOW 2021

THURSDAY 18 & FRIDAY 19 NOVEMBER 2021

09:00am - 5:30pm each day

Speakers

Moira Sinclair, OBE

Moira Sinclair, OBE

Welcome Keynote, Chief Executive, Paul Hamlyn Foundation

Leah McGurk

Leah McGurk

Session Facilitator, Operations and Projects Manager, Inc Arts UK

Baroness Lola Young of Hornsey

Baroness Lola Young of Hornsey

Chair, Keynote Panel, Climate Emergency & Sustainability, Independent Member of the House of Lords

Elise Davison

Elise Davison

Session Speaker, Artistic Director & CEO, Taking Flight

Leah McGurk

Leah McGurk

Session Facilitator, Operations and Projects Manager, Inc Arts UK

Amanda Parker

Amanda Parker

Plenary Keynote Interlocutor, Race & Decolonisation, Founder and Chief Executive, Inc Arts

Prue Skene, CBE

Prue Skene, CBE

Session Facilitator, Head Governance Associate, Clore Leadership

Dr Priya Singh

Dr Priya Singh

Keynote Speaker - Race and Decolonisation, Chair, NCVO

Keith Arrowsmith

Keith Arrowsmith

Session Facilitator, Partner, Head of Legal, Clore Leadership

James Avery

James Avery

Session Speaker, Deputy Chief Nurse Barking, Havering and Redbridge Univesity Hospitals NHS Trust

Margaret Hanson

Margaret Hanson

Session Speaker, CEO Imagine Independence

Professor Andrew Corbett Nolan

Professor Andrew Corbett Nolan

Session Speaker, Co-Chair, Access All Areas

Steph Back

Steph Back

Session Speaker, Participation, Access & Inclusion Officer, Taking Flight

Angharad Wynne Jones

Angharad Wynne Jones

Keynote Panel, Climate Emergency & Sustainability, Head of Creative Engagement-Arts Centre Melbourne

David Bryan, CBE

David Bryan, CBE

Session Speaker, Chair, Creative Lives

Professor Tom Shakespeare

Professor Tom Shakespeare

Keynote Speaker, Ableism, Prof of Disability Research, London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine

Robin Simpson

Robin Simpson

Session Speaker, Robin Simpson, Chief Executive, Creative Lives

Dr Darren Henley, OBE

Dr Darren Henley, OBE

Welcome Keynote, Chief Executive, Arts Council England

Alison Tickell

Alison Tickell

Plenary Keynote, Climate Emergency & Sustainability, CEO, Julie’s Bicycle

Jenny Gilruth MSP

Jenny Gilruth MSP

Plenary Panel, Climate Emergency & Sustainability, Minister for Culture, Europe & International Dev

Claire Somerville

Claire Somerville

Session Speaker, Chief Executive of Babylon ARTS

Charlene Salter

Charlene Salter

Session Speaker, Co-Chair, Access All Areas

Paul Christian

Paul Christian

Session Speaker, Co-Chair, Access All Areas

Sarah Pickthall

Sarah Pickthall

Session Speaker, Co-Chair, Access All Areas

Tom Fadden

Tom Fadden

Session Speaker, Founder of Purple Reach

Anisa Morridadi

Anisa Morridadi

Closing Address, Founder & CEO, Beatfreeks

Jo Verrent

Jo Verrent

In Practice Pres., Ableism, Senior Producer, Unlimited

Sarah Nicolls

Sarah Nicolls

In Practice Pres., Climate & Sustainability, Director, Inside Out Piano Project & Future Piano Ltd.

Tom Ryalls

Tom Ryalls

In Practice Pres., Ableism, Head of Development, Stockroom Productions, Trustee, Unlimited

Zoe Lafferty

Zoe Lafferty

In Practice Pres., Climate & Sustainability, Associate Director of the Freedom Theatre of Palestine

Eliki Reade

Eliki Reade

In Practice Pres., Climate & Sustainability, Co-Chair for the SEVENTH Gallery Board

Lana Nguyen

Lana Nguyen

In Practice Pres., Climate & Sustainability, Current Australia Council Future Leader for 2020/2021

David Johnson

David Johnson

Session Speaker, Director of Strategy and Programmes at Cause4

Schedule highlights

  • Networking

    Nov 18 09:00AM–09:50AM GMT

    Hopin open for delegates

    Delegates can access Miro boards, resources and network

  • Main Plenary

    Nov 18 09:50AM–10:00AM GMT

    Welcome from the Organisers - Clore Leadership and the Cultural Governance Alliance

    Arrivals, Welcome, Housekeeping
  • Main Plenary

    Nov 18 10:00AM–10:20AM GMT

    Welcome Keynote Address

  • Main Plenary

    Nov 18 10:20AM–10:30AM GMT

    Break

  • Main Plenary

    Nov 18 10:30AM–11:30AM GMT

    Curating the Civic Space in the Climate Emergency

    Plenary Keynote and Panel

  • Networking

    Nov 18 11:30AM–11:45AM GMT

    Networking Break

  • Sessions

    Nov 18 11:45AM–12:30PM GMT

    In Practice Presentations: Climate Resilience

    Breakout option 1

  • Sessions

    Nov 18 11:45AM–12:30PM GMT

    In Practice Presentation: Pioneering new practice

    Breakout option 2

  • Sessions

    Nov 18 11:45AM–12:30PM GMT

    In-Practice Presentation: Cultural Resistance

    Breakout option 3

  • Networking

    Nov 18 12:30PM–01:20PM GMT

    Lunchbreak

    Delegates can access Miro boards, resources and network

  • Main Plenary

    Nov 18 01:20PM–01:30PM GMT

    Welcome from the Organisers - Clore Leadership and the Cultural Governance Alliance

  • Main Plenary

    Nov 18 01:30PM–02:20PM GMT

    Keynote Address: ‘Re-designing Cultural Governance to Challenge Ableism’

  • Networking

    Nov 18 02:20PM–02:40PM GMT

    Break

    Delegates can access Miro boards, resources and network

  • Sessions

    Nov 18 02:40PM–03:30PM GMT

    In Practice Presentation: What does a board meeting look like?

    Breakout option 1

  • Sessions

    Nov 18 02:40PM–03:30PM GMT

    'How taking time, saves time’ Tips and techniques for making board meetings more meaningful



    Sarah Pickthall (co-chair, coach & inclusive culture specialist – Access All Areas Theatre Company) 

    Charlene Salter (co-chair, performer, Access All Areas Theatre Company)

    Paul Christian (deputy co-chair, performer, Access All Areas Theatre Company)

  • Sessions

    Nov 18 02:40PM–03:30PM GMT

    Breaking Down Barriers to Inclusion

     ‘Your Governance Journey’ with Tom Fadden, founder of Purple Reach (www.purplereach.co.uk) a disability consultancy founded on the social model that helps businesses and other organisations to better understand disability and how to be more inclusive. 


    This session will explore what disability and inclusion means in terms of governance of organisations and beyond the board room. Tom will share his personal journey and what he has learnt so far including how to be more inclusive and why this is important and the benefits of doing so. There will then be a Q&A with the session's audience.