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Economist, journalist and broadcaster, J.P. Morgan
Former Chair, Arts Council, England
Co-Founder, Light Follows Behaviour & Social Light Movement
Writer and Broadcaster
Visual Artist
Founder, MyShelter Foundation
Studio Director, NOVAK
Director, Institute for Computational Cosmology, Durham University
Chief Executive, Polyphotonix
Director, Artichoke
Deputy Mayor for Education & Culture of London
Brain cancer researcher and paediatric oncologist
Managing Director, FCB Joburg
Minister in training for non-religious people Divinity School, Harvard University
Architect and Rauschenberg Artist as Activist Fellow
Principal, St John’s College, Durham University
Director, Fête Des Lumières
Hosted by Artichoke in association with Durham County Council, Light, Art, the Universe and Everything explored how light can change the world through science, the arts, spirituality and public space.
The conference programme was inspired by UNESCO’s International Year of Light, which championed the importance and potential of light throughout 2015. Light, Art, the Universe and Everything brought together local, national and international experts and pioneers working across medicine, culture, technology, the environment, religion, architecture and education.
Delegates came from across the UK and beyond to hear how the speakers are changing people’s lives: from revolutionising medicine and bringing light to communities without electricity, to transforming the places we live with amazing art installations and ground-breaking building design.