Andy Burnham

Mayor of Greater Manchester

Greater Manchester Combined Authority

Matjaz Vidmar

Deputy Director

The New Real

Katie Popperwell

Chair of Manchester City of Literature

CET / Freelance

Kady Marriott

Associate Partner

WithYouWithMe

Paul Dennett

Mayor of Salford

Salford City Council

Goran Nenadic

Co-Investigator – Our Heritage, Our Stories

University of Manchester

Ruth Mariner

Creative Director / Narrative Designer

Ketil Moland Olsen

Senior Project Manager

Media Cluster Norway

Ian Thomas

Head of Evidence

British Council

Guy Gadney

Founder & CEO

Charisma.ai

Jay Taylor

England National Coordinator

Music Venue Trust

Hannah Andrews

Director of Digital Innovation (Arts)

British Council

Fiona Kilkelly

Head of Enterprise & Commercialisation

CoSTAR National Lab

Tara Collingwoode-Williams

Co-Founder

Black XR Network

Helena Daffern

Professor in Music Technology

The University of York

Dan Wallman

Founder

TechNative Digital

Rachel Parent

Co-Executive Director

Hub Montreal

Emma Cooper

Knowledge Transfer Manager – Creative Industries

Innovate UK Business Connect

Adam Hart

Lecturer in Music Technology

University of Salford, Manchester

Ian S Dixon

Head of Access to Finance

GM Business Growth Hub

Julia Fawcett

CEO

The Lowry

Marie-Claire Daly

Head of Culture

Greater Manchester Combined Authority

Melanie Woods

Chair of Creative Intelligence

University of Dundee

Leah Kurta

Co-Founder

IDA XR Studio

Iain Bennett

Director

The Fifth Sector

Andy Miah

Chair of Science Communication & Future Media

University of Salford, Manchester

Jahnavi Phalkey

Founding Director

Science Gallery Bengaluru

Martyn Evans

Creative Director

Landsec & MediaCity

Genevieve Pace

Senior Relationship Manager, Creative Economy

British Council

Jude Kelly

CEO and Founder

The WOW Foundation

Paul Rodgers

Professor of Design

University of Strathclyde

Jacob Ellis

Director of External Relations and Culture

Future Generations Commissioner for Wales

Jo Patterson

Professor

Welsh School of Architecture, Cardiff University

Eloise Perrot

Business Development Executive- Creative, Digital and Tech

MIDAS

Sarah Giles

Director, Culture

British Council

Joe Heys

Senior Policy Officer – Culture & Night Time Economy

GMCA

Tom Adeyoola

Tech Entrepreneur

Extend Ventures

Lee Walters

Chief Executive Officer

Ffilm Cymru Wales

Paul Moore

Director

Future Screens NI

April Sotomayor

Head of Industry Sustainability

BAFTA albert

Lorna Hughes

Professor, Digital Humanities and Dean for Global Engagement

University of Glasgow

Justin Lewis

Director

Media Cymru

Will Saunders

Creative Head, CoSTAR National Lab

StoryFutures

Sara Whybrew

Director of Skills and Workforce Development

BFI

Mariana Aymerich

General Director

Festival Internacional Cervantino

Rachel Davies

Commissioning Editor

BBC, Pop Music Television

Hannah Barker

Co-Investigator – Our Heritage, Our Stories

University of Manchester

Santana Guerout

Chief Programming Officer

Band on the Wall / Inner City Music

Nihal Arthanayake

TV Presenter and Broadcaster

Corey (aka Superlative) Brown

Rapper / Music Producer

Werasak Surareungchai

Director

FreakLab

Andrew Chitty

Professor of Creativity & Innovation

Loughborough University London

Joe Gabriel

Sr. Developer Relations Lead

Niantic

Tilly Ashton

Sustainability Consultant

Severn Screen

Shanaz Gulzar

Creative Director

Bradford City of Culture

Kamya Ramachandran

Founder-Director

BeFantastic

Rebecca Swarray

Senior Policy Officer – Culture and Creative Policy

Greater Manchester Combined Authority

Robyn Winfield-Smith

Founder-Director

Liminal Stage Productions

Hector (aka Xquizified) Dibakoane

Cultural Curator and Storyteller

Makers Valley

Sarah Ellis

Director of Digital Development

Royal Shakespeare Company

Laura Partridge

Associate Director

Arts and Humanities Research Council

Brian Afande

CEO

BlackRhino VR

Daniel Strutt

Senior Lecturer

Goldsmiths, University of London

Courtney Bates

Project Manager

The New Real

Will Humphrey

Creative Director

Sugar Creative Studio

Patrick Bradley

Managing Partner

Station 12

Neil McDonnell

Professor of Philosophy and XR Technology

University of Glasgow

Anastasiya Volkova

Head of Art Programmes

Ukrainian Institute

Gill Wildman

Director

Upstarter

Victoria Eyton

Co-Founder

Ida XR Studio

Alexander Whitley

Artistic Director

Alexander Whitley Dance Company

Pauline Mackay

Co-Investigator: Museums in the Metaverse

University of Glasgow

Moky Makura

Executive Director

Africa No Filter

Sarah Brin

Creative Technology Consultant

Sarah Brin Consulting Services

Keisha Thompson

Independent Artist / Producer

Joanne Dunn

Founder / Director

Marion Centre of Excellence

Graeme Farrow

Chief Creative and Content Officer

Wales Millennium Centre

Lamberto Coccioli

Professor of Music and Technology

Birmingham City University

Ruth Hollis

Chief Executive

Spirit of 2012

Verity McIntosh

Associate Professor of Virtual & Extended Realities

University of the West of England

Catherine Baker

Reader in 20th Century History

University of Hull

Sarah Atkinson

Professor of Screen Media

King’s College London

Tasha Moorhouse

Innovation Specialist – Digital

GM Business Growth Hub

Natalia Palombo

Director

Many Studios / Freelance

Zune Htet

3D artist

Nadin Kokciyan

Lecturer in Artificial Intelligence

University of Edinburgh

Ceri Hand

Founder and Managing Director

Ceri Hand Ltd

Kiran Sethi

Programme Manager

Factory International

Kate Tague

Chief Executive Officer

BOA Group

Marlen Komorowski

Senior Research Fellow

Cardiff University

Winn Faria

Creative Industries Lead

BridgeAI, IUKBC

Sara El-Hanfy

Head of Artificial Intelligence & Machine Learning

Innovate UK

Laia Gasch

Director

World Cities Culture Forum

Navtej Purewal

Professor of Anticolonial and Decolonial Politics and Praxes

University of the Arts London

Nicalia ThompSon

Co-Founder

Black XR Network

Hilary Knight

Cultural Consultant

Clorama Dorvilias

Product Manager

Google

Anya Elvin

Optical Systems Analyst

Aralia Systems Ltd

Christine Cort

Company Director

CC & Friends

Jonathan Lloyd

Co-founder and CEO

CGHero

Rebecca Madgin

Professor of Urban Studies

University of Glasgow

Greg Mothersdale

Producer

Media Cymru

Richard Koeck

Professor, Director of CAVA | Centre for Architecture and the Visual Arts

University of Liverpool