Heart of Glass / A Modest Proposal
HANNAH FIRTH Hannah Firth is Deputy Director / Director of Programme at Chapter Arts Centre in Cardiff (
www.chapter.org) where she is responsible for exhibitions, residencies, events and publications for the visual and live arts programme. She leads on cross-art form activity - incorporating visual art, film, theatre, dance, music and performance - at the centre, and is also a member of the Strategic Management Team, which steers all aspects of Chapter’s operations and organisational development.
In 2007 Hannah was Curator for Wales at the Venice Biennale of Art, presenting a critically acclaimed exhibition of works by Richard Deacon, Heather and Ivan Morison and Merlin James. She is a Co-Director of May You Live In Interesting Times: Cardiff’s Occasional Festival of Creative Technology; a member of the Steering Committee for Cardiff Contemporary - a biennial city-wide festival of visual art; provides professional development support for a range of organisations and institutions and is a contributor to a number of publications. Prior to working at Chapter Hannah was Curator / Acting Director at Stills Gallery in Edinburgh and Managing Editor for A-N Magazine based in the north-east of England.
JOHN WHALING
John leads on all aspects of the Liverpool City Region’s (LCR) innovation agenda at the Liverpool City Region Local Enterprise Partnership (LEP). His focus is to maximise the economic growth potential of the LCR’s distinctive, internationally significant assets and capabilities, which is driven by a dedicated Innovation Board. Prior to joining the LEP, John was a core member of the Liverpool Vision team that successfully developed and delivered the UK’s inaugural International Festival for Business (IFB 2014). This followed 10 plus years with St Helens Council, primarily as Head of Service for Economic Development. During this time, he secured more than £50 million in external funding and realised a range of innovative regeneration programmes at the intersection between the public and private sectors. These included a national City Growth Strategy pilot (a prototype for the LEP model); the only first round Local Enterprise Growth Initiative in north-west England. Also, the creation of DREAM, the landmark 20-metre high sculpture by a world-renowned artist on a former colliery that starred in Channel 4’s 2009 Big Art Project series. Prior to that, John worked on EU policy and funding in Greater Manchester, following two years in Brussels working in and for the European Commission.
TOM ROWLANDS Tom is FutureEverything’s Programme Manager. FutureEverything is an award-winning innovation lab for digital culture and annual festival established in Manchester in 1995. With several years’ experience in the digital industry, previous roles include project management, capacity planning and marketing campaign management for a range of private, third and public sector clients. Tom has a passion for innovative modes of production, service delivery and value generation, be it environmental, social, or economic. Much of Tom’s work at FutureEverything focuses on data, smart cities and open innovation, harking from an earlier interest in peer production and civic participation. A particular interest is how collaborative development activity can lead to new private sector innovation, and conversely, how private sector profit can help fund social innovation.
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