Cultural Policy & Evaluation Summit Agenda

The Cultural Policy & Evaluation Summit outline and programme are available on the main page.

Day 1

Event Chairs

• Cory Barrett
• Priya Gondalia

Introduction to programme

• Cory Barrett, Creative Director & Coventry City of Culture Transforming Leadership Programme

Introductions: The road ahead

• Laura Nyahue, Creative Director, Maokwo Arts
• Franco Bianchini, AHRC Centre for Cultural Value, University of Leeds
• Martin Sutherland, Executive Director, Coventry City of Culture Trust
• Martin Reeves, Chief Executive, Coventry City Council

What are the opportunities for culture-led growth?

• Julia Goldsworthy, Director of Strategy, West Midlands Combined Authority
• Laura Dyer, Deputy Chief Executive Places and Engagement, Arts Council England
• Moira Sinclair, CEO, Paul Hamlyn Foundation

What difference can a year make?

• Phil Batty, Head of Ceremonies, Culture and Queen’s Baton Relay Commonwealth Games 2022, Executive Director Festival UK 2022 and formerly Director of Public Engagement Hull UK CoC 2017
• Carrie Cooke, Deputy Director, Festival, City of Culture and Major Events, Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport
• Clare Coghill, Leader Waltham Forest Borough Council

How can cultural mega-events actively challenge racial inequalities?

• Elizabeth Lawal, Producer, Coventry City of Culture Trust
• Doreen Foster, CEO, Warwick Arts Centre
• Shanaz Gulzar, Chair, Bradford UK CoC 2025 Board

Levelling up; how can ‘seldom heard’ communities and individuals impact on policy?

• Chenine Bhathena, Creative Director, Coventry City of Culture Trust
• Louise Yates, Director at Back to Ours, Hull
• Chris Rolls, Hull UK CoC 2017 & Coventry UK CoC 2021 learning consultant, 64 Million Artists

Research as cultural practice; supporting communities.

• Jackie Hodgson, Warwick research lead, Deputy Pro Vice-Chancellor, University of Warwick
• Emma Meehan, Cooking Connections Coventry, Coventry University
• Nadine Holdsworth, Homeless Monopoly, University of Warwick
• Daniele Lorenzini, Carolina Rito & Federico Testa, Life Futures, Coventry University & University of Warwick

Research as cultural practice; giving space and voice to the seldom heard

• Neil Forbes, Director Institute for Creative Cultures, Coventry University
• Rosa Cisneros, Roma Allotment, Coventry University and Heidi Ashton, University of Warwick
• Saba Hussain, Call The Midwives, Coventry University
• Michele Aaron, SAVI: Social Action Video Initiative, University of Warwick

Day 2

Event Chair

• Emily Lauren Jones

Introduction to programme and Day One recap and reflections

• John Knell: Summit Rapporteur

Cultural priorities for UKRI research

• Christopher Smith, Executive Chair of the Arts and Humanities Research Council (AHRC) and International Champion for UK Research and Innovation (UKRI)

The social value turn in cultural policy-making and funding requirements

• Jonothan Neelands, Academic Lead for Research and Evaluation for the Coventry City of Culture Trust, University of Warwick
• Tarek Iskander, AD and CEO, Battersea Arts Centre
• Harman Sagger, Chief Economist, Department of Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, Chair Coventry UK CoC 2021 Technical Reference Group

Re-balancing the social and economic value of culture

• Graham Russell, Amion Consultants, Economic Impact Assessment for Coventry UK CoC 2021
• Mandy Barnett, Director of MBA Associates, Social Value Assessment of Coventry UK CoC 2021
• Ingrid Abreu-Scherer, Civil Society Lead, What Works Centre For Wellbeing, Technical Reference Group, Coventry UK CoC 2021

Research as cultural practice; supporting public health policy

• Chaired by Karamjit Singh, Chair of the University Hospitals of Leicester NHS Trust and Culture Growth Coventry
• Michael Loizou and Deborah Biggerstaff : Digital Participative Visual Arts Intervention for People with Dementia, Coventry University and University of Warwick/Warwick Medical School
• Sally Pezaro and Kerry Wykes : Humans not Heros, Coventry University
• Oliver Scott: Route 10, Mercurial Dance

Developing place-based needs assessments to shape social and cultural policy and funding:

• Si Chun Lam: Senior Data Analyst, Insights Team Coventry City Council
• Mark Scott: Monitoring and Data Manager, Coventry City of Culture Trust
• Katy Raines: Director, Indigo Consultants

Making sense of evaluation – towards a common policy

• Ben Walmsley: Director, AHRC Centre for Cultural Value, University of Leeds
• Eliza Easton: Head of Policy Unit, AHRC Creative Industries Policy and Evidence Centre, Nesta, Coventry UK CoC 2021 Technical Reference Group

Take outs and takeaways – plenary discussion

• Chaired by: Beatriz Garcia: Associate Director, Centre for Cultural Value, University of Liverpool
• Chenine Bhathena, Creative Director, Coventry City of Culture Trust
• John Knell, Summit Rapporteur
• Cory Barret, Creative Director & City of Culture Transforming Leadership Programme
• Glenn Burgess, Principal Investigator, AHRC Cities of Culture Network, University of Hull
• Laura Nyahue, Creative Director, Maokwo Arts