

Independent Festival Producer
Artist & Environmental Campaigner, Ackroyd & Harvey
Chief Executive, Visit England
Doris Duke Charitable Foundation
Artist
EU Representation in the UK
Creative Director, Cathedral Group
Harvard iLab
CEO, Durham County Council
Programme Manager, Federation Square
Artist, Developer, Loeb Fellow
Writer, Broadcaster & Art Historian
Director, Arts Council England North
Co-Chair, Cultural Partnership for North East England
eat Newcastle
Canary Group, Loeb Fellow
One Roof Global Consulting, Loeb Fellow
Curator, Kielder Art and Architecture
Founder of Cityworks, Loeb Fellow
Art Means Business aimed to provoke and challenge accepted thinking. It offered insights and case studies from the UK and beyond, showing how artists and the creative industries offer innovative solutions to many of the challenges facing 21st century society.
The conference discussed themes of trade, economic impact, sustainability, transport and housing –topics not normally associated with the arts.
Speakers included visionaries and policymakers from the worlds of arts, urban planning, politics and business. This fascinating day left participants with a wealth of new ideas and new ways of thinking about how our cities are designed and managed.