Art, investment and cities, RIBA, 25th January 2018
Future Cites Forum 7: Art, investment & cities – at RIBA Portland Place, 25th January
08.30 am Networking, registration and coffee: fourth floor, outside The Council Chamber.
0900 am
Opening presentation on the Royal Academy of Arts, London, 250th celebrations
Charles Saumarez Smith (Chief Executive, Royal Academy of Arts)
0920 am
The challenges, opportunities and changing role for private collections and galleries
Charles Saumarez Smith, Chief Executive, Royal Academy of Arts
James Knox (Director, Fleming Wyfold Foundation)
Whitney Hintz (Curator, Hiscox Collection)
Preston Benson (Managing Director, Cromwell Place)
Amanda Gray (Managing Associate, Mishcon de Reya LLP)
1000 am
Public art collections, sponsorship and impact on cities
Amy Ross (Development Director, Art Fund)
Michel Driessen (Senior Partner, EY Transaction Advisory Services)
Simon Wallis (Director, Hepworth Wakefield)
Christine Riding (Head of Art, The Queen’s House at Royal Museums Greenwich)
1040 am
Culture, retail and the future high street
Tim Wheadon (Chief Executive, Bracknell Forest Council)
Martyn Chase (Director, Stanhope PLC)
John Percy (Head of Retail Development, Cushman & Wakefield)
Robert Bentley (Director, Benoy Architects)
Michael Sheridan (Chairman, Sheridan & Co)
1120 am
Major cultural projects
Paula Murray (Director of Culture, Croydon Council)
Rod Hebden (Director, Swindon Museums & Art Gallery Trust)
Angela McConville (Chief Executive, Old Royal Naval College, Greenwich)
Rudy Capildeo (Partner, Boodle Hatfield LLP and Trustee, William Morris Gallery)
Tateo Nakajima, Director - Arts, Culture & Entertainment, Arup
1200 pm
Art and culture and city tourism
Dr Bridget McConnell (CEO, Glasgow Life – Glasgow’s seven museums and art galleries)
Rebecca Ball (Director, Sunderland 2021) and Simon Watkinson (Artist)
Cllr Jonathan Simpson (London Borough of Camden)
Anna Williams (COO, Birmingham Royal Ballet)
Ros Kerslake (Chief Executive, Heritage Lottery Fund)
1240pm
Closing drinks