The Digital City Festival Advisory Board brings together key industry voices to shape the agenda for DCF2021 Click to find out more about our 2021 board members below:
Loading Amul Batra Chief Partnerships Officer, Northcoders linkedin Dan Sodergren Co-Founder, YourFLOCK.co.uk linkedin twitter Rebecca Rae-Evans Founder, Tech for Good Live twitter linkedin Nelson Beaumont-Laurencia Head of Events & Sponsorship, CityCo linkedin Beth Hewitt Director Nations and Regions: Media Futures , School of Arts, Media and Creative Technology, University of Salford linkedin twitter Shirley Benson Lead Producer Digital Cities Virtual, BBC linkedin twitter Sacha Lord Night Time Economy Advisor, Greater Manchester linkedin twitter Chris Fletcher Policy, Campaigns and Communications Director, Greater Manchester Chamber of Commerce linkedin Mellissa Flowerdew-Clarke Marketing Director UK, Dept linkedin Amy Newton Founder, Inclusively Tech twitter linkedin Nigel Jones Sector Specialist: Tech, Digital and Creative, Department for International Trade – Northern Powerhouse Investment Hub | UK Regions link Phil Swan Chief Information Officer , Greater Manchester Combined Authority twitter linkedin Naomi Timperley Co-founder, Tech North Advocates twitter linkedin Lauren Coulman Founder and CEO, Noisy Cricket C.I.C linkedin Sheona Southern Managing Director, Marketing Manchester linkedin Martin SFP Bryant Founder, Big Revolution linkedin twitter Marlon Hope Head of Product, Planixs linkedin Herb Kim Founder & Curator, TEDxManchester & Thinking Digital, Newcastle linkedin Lou Cordwell OBE Founder & CEO, magneticNorth twitter linkedin Jon Corner Chief Digital Officer, City of Salford linkedin Dave Jones Chair, UK IT Leaders Group linkedin Jude Holmes Head of External Relations and Marketing, Made Smarter linkedin Richard Jeffery Director of Business Growth, The Growth Company linkedin Sunil Mistry Director of AI, Atos linkedin Liz Scott Head of Entrepreneur Engagement, Tech Nation linkedin twitter Andy Miah, PhD Chair of Science Communication & Future Media, University of Salford twitter linkedin Kirsty Fairclough Reader in Screen Studies, School of Digital Arts, Manchester Metropolitan University twitter linkedin Shaun Hinds Chief Executive, Manchester Central linkedin Tim Newns Chief Executive, MIDAS linkedin Patricia Keating Director, Tech Manchester linkedin Stuart Clarke Festival Director, Leeds Digital linkedin Sean Fielding Leader of the Council, Oldham Council linkedin