Participants
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05.06.09James BirchallJames Birchall is Head of Digital for Kudos Records Ltd, a physical and digital distributor with a 17 year history in dance, soul, funk and hip hop. Having followed a post- music degree career in web development and online media, James spent a number of years developing web and intranet solutions for British Gas, Benfield Sports International, Classical.com and CIDA amongst many others, before returning to the musical fold. In the last three years he has redeveloped Kudos' digital platform from scratch, allowing for greater reach, accuracy and efficiency of asset delivery, store placement and reporting. James also works as a ...
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05.06.09Andre KtoriSANDPIT PROJECT DIRECTOR Acting Head, Design Department Newport School of Art Media and Design University of Wales Newport Working in computer music for over 25 years (yes the BBC Acorn, the Apple IIe and Commodore 64) Andre is best known for his work in Interactive Music. He founded the Interactive Music collective AudioRom in the mid 90’s creating enhanced interactive music CD’s such as ShiftControl winning a BAFTA for Design, a Mila Dor for entertainment in Cannes and a Millennium Award for Design and Innovation. AudioRom’s interactive music installations have been internationally exhibited at galleries such as The Tate Britain, Museu d'Art Contemporani ...
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05.05.09Carl MorrisHello, my name is Carl and I help people to understand and converse on the social web. I work freelance and also as a partner in NativeHQ, an online media consultancy and training provider based in Cardiff. At the moment we are working with National Theatre Wales to develop a website and strategy which is open, friendly and inclusive. We hope this contradicts what many would associate with the often austere theatre scene in this country, towards a more human approach and away from glib talk of getting "bums on seats" and so on. While at university I originally studied Computer Science ...
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05.03.09Stuart NeilStuart Neil is a Senior Lecturer for the University of Wales Institute, Cardiff and was the Programme Director for Design for Interactive Media BA/BSc (hons) for the Cardiff School of Art & Design from 2004 to 2007, and is now the Programme Director for Mobile, Web and Game Design BA/BSc (hons). He previously worked within the interactive media sector for numerous years and gained awards including a BAFTA. Stuart is the Managing Director of Deft Design since 1996 and is the Education Director for ‘Pedestrian Arts’ Charitable Non-Profit National Arts Company and is a board director for Bulb Roots a ...
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05.03.09John RostronJohn Rostron is a live music promoter of gigs in Cardiff. Until recently he was also Commerical Director at The Point in Cardiff Bay – overseeing all programming and promotion of the venue. With Radio 1 DJ Huw Stephens he organizes the now annual Sŵn Festival which takes place across a dozen venues in Cardiff through one Autumn weekend. He’s also created other Sŵn events including concerts at the ICA, tours of Wales, and forthcoming Sŵn concerts in New York, Iceland and 2010’s SXSW. Recently he created the Association of Promoters and Events Cardiff (APE Cardiff) a body representing all ...
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05.03.09Dave HaynesDave Haynes is Head of Business Development at SoundCloud, the innovative online platform for sending and receiving music. Dave started his career in the music business nearly a decade ago, managing a local record shop, DJ-ing across Europe and running an independent record label. The last 5 years have been spent focused on digital distribution in its various forms, from setting up one of the first specialist MP3 download stores to working at two of the leading independent digital music aggregators in Europe. Outside of work Dave is a keen blogger on all subjects relating to digital music and social media. ...
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05.01.09Fiona KilkellyInteractive Media Manager ,Skillset Fiona is as Interactive Media Manager at Skillset, the Sector Skills Council for the Creative Media Industries where she works with industry to identify sector specific skills and business needs and develops a range of targeted interventions to support growth and innovation across the UK. Fiona has wide-ranging creative, production and managerial experience across the arts, cultural and public sectors. She has directed a number of important arts and media festivals, including the Galway International Film Fleadh; the Irish International Childrens Arts Festival; devised and delivered nationwide training programmes for the Irish film and television industry; produced websites for ...
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05.01.09Anthony AckenhoffAnthony is a co-founder of FRUKT. He looks after the commercial development of the business and also provides clients with strategic advisory. Anthony's background includes management consultancy, record labels, mobile companies, and an MBA. His forte (so other people insist) is building new commercial opportunities, and is really loves bringing music, new business models and brands together. He actually thinks his job is fun, but not quite as much fun as singing in a pub after watching Wales play rugby.
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05.01.09Paul BennunPaul Bennun is co-owner and Director of Strategy of Somethin' Else, a leading cross-platform production company in the UK and has been a game designer, entertainment producer and broadcaster. Somethin' Else is the largest radio independent, TV entertainment indie and a major interactive content producer, in which it has been active for almost a decade. Paul leads the Company's interactive department and future product / business strategy. He holds internationally recognised awards in games, radio, mobile technology and interactive broadcasting such as Bafta Awards, Sony Radio Academy Awards and the GSM Association Awards. A trustee of arts commissioner Artangel and the ...
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05.01.09Ron BerryRon Berry is Business Advisor for the Isle of Man. The Isle of Man is already a key location for high-tech financial services and is continually developing its legal and technological infrastructure to meet the growing business demands of e-business operations. Its location, telecommunications structure and low tax environment enable it to attract e-businesses from around the world. The Isle of Man offers secure servers with industry standard telecommunications access to the Internet. Comprehensive support services include complete website design, software, and hardware suppliers, e-business solutions providers and Internet payment gateway facilities, along with international tax and legal advice and company ...
