Courtney Bates

Project Manager

The New Real

Speaker Biography

Courtney is the Project Manager for The New Real, she focuses on the intersection of AI and the arts and produces insightful resources for the arts community for future thinking and work with AI and emerging technologies. Previously, she served as the Programme and Finance Administrator for Creative Informatics, a UK Creative Cluster Programme, supporting R&D funding in the creative industries. Formerly, Courtney was Executive Director of both The Flowertown Players and Threshold Repertory Theatre in Charleston, SC before moving to Edinburgh. She holds a MA in Arts, Festival, and Cultural Management from Queen Margaret University and a BA in Arts Management from The College of Charleston.

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