Join for 2 days of inspiring talks
Digital technologies are transforming the way the world operates. For creative organisations and individuals, digital tools are supporting innovation, enhancing creativity and opening up new possibilities to collaborate, share, tell stories, and express ideas and profile talent. Central to this is the role of creativity and its ability to inspire, inform, and record the lives and experiences of communities and individuals across all artforms and sectors of society.
As artists and audiences embrace new mediums and possibilities, we will explore the ways in which creativity is shaping – and being shaped by – digital tools and ask how digital tools can serve creative practices in ways that engage a variety of audiences.
Digital Culture Talks / 25 will continue the focus of DCT1, providing opportunities for thought leadership key notes and panel discussions from artists, industry practices to include digital activities and technologies. Day 1 of this 2-day conference will highlight and profile the work of creative organisations, community groups and artists using digital to improve access, inclusion and empower their local communities. We’ll also explore the opportunities and challenges of social networks and platforms.
An event from The Space in partnership with Birmingham City University, Create Central, STEAMhouse and West Midlands Combined Authority.
Day One – 12 February
Day 1 of the conference will cover digital accessibility, inclusion and community and covering reducing online harms and how to make social media and online communities safer.
Digital technologies are transforming the way the world operates. For creative organisations and individuals, digital tools are supporting innovation, enhancing creativity and opening up new possibilities to collaborate, share, tell stories, and express ideas and profile talent. Central to this is the role of creativity and its ability to inspire, inform, and record the lives and experiences of communities and individuals across all artforms and sectors of society.
Day Two – 13 February
Day 2 of this 2-day conference will examine the role of artists and storytellers in a digital world and profile the work of creative organisations, community groups and artists in the West Midlands. This event will be hosted at the Belmont Suite in STEAMhouse, Birmingham.
Digital technologies are transforming the way the world operates. For creative organisations and individuals, digital tools are supporting innovation, enhancing creativity and opening up new possibilities to collaborate, share, tell stories, and express ideas and profile talent. Central to this is the role of creativity and its ability to inspire, inform, and record the lives and experiences of communities and individuals across all artforms and sectors of society.
Speakers Include:
Zoe Partington – Acting CEO DaDa, Artist and Disability Consultant
Parminder Dosanjh – Creative Director, Creative Black Country
Rachel Farrer – Associate Director, Cultural and Community Engagement Innovation Ecosystem, Coventry University
Jo Capper – Collaborative Programme Curator, Grand Union
Catherine Allen – CEO and Lead Consultant, Limina Immersive
Dr Rianna Walcott – Assistant Professor of Communication, University of Maryland
Haydn Corrodus – Digital & Social Media Strategist, Trainer, Speaker
Rowan Kerek-Robertson – Social Media Specialist
Charlotte Newberry -Social Media Manager, Historic Royal Palaces
Becks Turner – Senior Social Media and Content Manager, Southbank Centre
- Richard Willacy – General Director, Birmingham Opera Company
- Tom Rogers – Creative Content Producer, Birmingham Royal Ballet
- Lamberto Coccioli – Project lead, CreaTech Frontiers, Professor of Music and Technology at the Royal Birmingham Conservatoire (BCU)
- Louise Latter – Head of Programme, BOM
- Rachel Davis – Director of Warwick Enterprise, University of Warwick
- Javaad Alipoor – Artistic Director, Javaad Alipoor Company
- Laura Horton – Writer
- Corey Baker – Multi-award winning artist
- Cathy Mager – Artist, Curator, Producer
Day 2 is a hybrid-event. To join in-person, click this link:
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