Design · Other
Hosted by techSPARK
The closing morning of the Brazen Summit, techSPARK's festival week, on where creativity, culture and technology meet.
Margaret Heffernan opens with a keynote on why creativity is essential for organisations in uncertain times. Composer Beatie Wolfe, SXSW London's Adem Holness and Robin Thorn of Thawney and Beat Blocks then talk spatial audio. Ottilie Culloty of drone show company Celestial and Graham MacVoy of Wake The Tiger cover building immersive experiences for hundreds of thousands of visitors, the Bristol Beacon rebrand team follow, and the Blue Planet III team close on low-light cameras and immersive formats. 09:30 to 13:00.
Paid: tickets from £45 on Eventbrite, no refunds. Week passes are sold through techSPARK.
a strong line-up joining creative tech with Bristol's live-events and natural-history strengths in one room. Best for founders, producers and technologists in music tech, immersive and the wider creative industries.
Margaret Heffernan · Author and former CEO
Beatie Wolfe · Conceptual Artist and Composer
Adem Holness · Head of Music, SXSW London
Robin Thorn · Creative Technologist, Thawney and Beat Blocks
Ottilie Culloty · Head of Global Sales and Marketing, Celestial
Graham MacVoy · Co-Founder, Wake The Tiger
Nick Eagleton · Co-Founder, Saboteur
Andy Boreham · Director of Audiences, Bristol Beacon
St Nicholas Church, Saint Nicholas Street, Bristol, BS1 1UE
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Robin Thorn
Creative Technologist, Thawney and Beat Blocks
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