Click HERE to see our Convergence Symposium full programme.

The Convergence Symposium is brought to you by SHIFT, The Weave and The Skills and Growth Company.

Featuring Symposium speakers:

Mike Stubbs, FACT Liverpool www.fact.co.uk

Dave Thomas, Siemens www.siemens.com

Erinma Ochu, Squirrel Nation http://squirrelnation.co.uk

Catherine Allen, Limina Immersive www.liminaimmersive.com

Gemma May Latham, Digital Artist www.gemmamaylatham.co.uk

Helen Woollacott, The Skills & Growth Company www.skillsandgrowth.co.uk

Ruth McCullough, Abandon Normal Devices www.andfestival.org.uk

Rowan Hoban, Wild Rumpus www.wildrumpus.org.uk

Hilary Stephenson, Sigma www.wearesigma.com

Bill Carr, Carpe Diem  www.carpe-diem.co.uk

Ben McManus, Wavemaker Stoke http://wavemaker.org.uk

Martyn Evans, Manchester Metropolitan University www.art.mmu.ac.uk/profile/mevans

Claire Tymon, Placeshakers www.placeshakers.co.uk

Denise Proctor, Chair of Weave http://www.weave.org.uk/

James Medd, Artist, Technician http://www.jamesmedd.co.uk/

Andrew Robinson, Foundation for Digital Creativity http://www.foundationfordigitalcreativity.org.uk/blog/

Monica Tailor, McCann https://www.mccann.com/

Sarah Levitt, Culture and Heritage consultant

Lucie Fitton, The Audience Agency https://www.theaudienceagency.org/our-team/lucie-fitton

Town Talk speakers:

Sarah Bird, Wild Rumpus  www.wildrumpus.org.uk

David Gooda, Barnaby Festival https://barnabyfestival.org.uk/

Cynthia Nitikin, PPS https://www.pps.org/

John Hartshorn, Macclesfield Community ArtSpace https://macclesfieldcommunityartspace.com/

Roxy Robinson, bluedot https://www.discoverthebluedot.com/

Abigail Gilmore, University of Manchester https://www.alc.manchester.ac.uk/icp/

Julian Cobley, The Skills and Growth Company  www.skillsandgrowth.co.uk

Artist Exhibition:

Laurence Payot – visual & digital artist www.laurencepayot.com/work/living-sculpture-virtual/

Scanner – sound artist & composer www.scannerdot.com

Makerlab:

Adam Sadiq – Learning Technologist FACT FUTURES www.fact.co.uk

Tim Brunsden – Re-Dock artist collective http://re-dock.org

Dr Jessica Symons – Create Economy Fellow www.visioninglab.com

Billy White – Clicks and Links http://clicksandlinks.com/

Arup https://www.arup.com/

AND Festival www.andfestival.org.uk

Patterncraft http://patterncraft.co/

Code Club https://www.codeclub.org.uk/

Chris Ball chrisballprojects.co.uk

And feedback corner with The Audience Agency https://www.theaudienceagency.org

Registration opens at 12pm. See you there!