SPEAKERS
Robert Jones, Head of New Thinking at Wolff Olins, London
Robert Jones is head of new thinking at Wolff Olins, the brand consultants. He is author of The Big Idea (Profile Books, 2000), and is currently writing Brand Next. Over the last fifteen years, Robert has helped over fifty organisations, in the UK and globally, to find their big idea, ranging from Credit Suisse to Amnesty International. Robert is deeply involved in cultural and heritage organisations, and has worked with Tate, the National Trust, Historic Royal Palaces, CABE, the Aldeburgh Festival, the National Portrait Gallery and the National Maritime Museum. For six years, Robert was a member of the Council of the National Trust. Robert teaches branding for the Clore Leadership Programme and the Museum Leadership Programme.
Amitava Chattopadhyay, the L'Oréal Chaired Professor in Marketing-Innovation and Creativity-Professor of Marketing at INSEAD, Singapore
Amitava holds a Ph.D. from the University of Florida and a PGDM from the Indian Institute of Management, Ahmedabad. Professor Chattopadhyay is an expert on branding. His research has focused on branding, communications, and new product development and marketing, and the research has appeared in several journals including the Journal of Marketing Research, Journal of Consumer Research, Journal of Marketing, Marketing Science, Management Science and Long Range Planning. He is on the editorial review boards of the Journal of Consumer Psychology, International Journal of Research in Marketing, Journal of International Business Studies, and the International Journal of Research in Marketing, among others. He has been a member of the Advisory Board of the Association for Consumer Research. For his research, he has been the recipient of the Robert Ferber Award. Professor Chattopadhyay has developed and taught courses on branding, marketing strategy, and communication strategy for MBA and Ph.D. students. He has taught in executive programs/consulted with multinational firms in Europe, The Americas, Asia, Australia and Africa. He is on the board of directors/advisory boards of several companies
Juan Gabral, Creative Partner, Fallon Agency, London
Juan studied graphic design and painting before starting his career in advertising as a creative at Agulla & Baccetti in Argentina where he worked on Telecom, Renault, Sprite and HSBC among others. He moved to Mother in 2001 to work on Orange, The Observer and Campbell's Fray Bentos. He joined Fallon in 2004 and has worked on BBC, Sony (including BRAVIA 'Balls', 'Paint', 'Play-Doh'), Cadbury (including the 'Gorilla' commercial for Cadbury Dairy Milk, which he also directed) and the Tate (awarded Grand Prix at Cannes 2006). Juan's accolades include seven Cannes Lions, One Show Grand Prix (2007), two BTAA Grand Prix (2007), Epica Grand Prix (2007), three Clio Gold, two D&AD Yellow Pencils, two Creative Circle Grand Prix (2006, 2008) and the Argentinean Creative Circle Grand Prix to name a few.
Masina Malepeai Frost, Head of the Director's Office, Tate, London
Masina is Head of the Director's Office and Secretary to the Board of Trustees at Tate, with responsibility for guiding Tate's strategy; corporate governance; internal and external policy; and external relations functions. After concentrating in urban studies and politics at Brown University, Masina was based in the US, Brazil, and Switzerland working for the strategy consulting firm Monitor Group, which was founded in 1983 by Harvard strategy expert Michael Porter. Masina specialised in the areas of corporate and commercial and marketing strategy, working for a range of international clients in the consumer and retail industries. Since 2004, Masina has worked with top cultural organisations in New York and London on a variety of topics relating to corporate and marketing strategy. Masina also has an MBA from Harvard Business School.
Patrick Walker Director of Video Partnerships, YouTube/Google, Europe, Middle East and Africa
Patrick Walker joined Google in January 2006 to lead the development of content strategy and partnerships for Google Video in Europe, the Middle East and Africa. He has over 15 years of experience in the television, radio and online media industry, including his tenure as General Manager of International Video Services for RealNetworks, where he was instrumental in launching Real's first premium audio and video services in Europe, Asia and Latin America. While at Real, Patrick was also responsible for developing direct-to-consumer broadband video products with partners such as UEFA, BBC Worldwide and Channel 4. Patrick began his career in international media and technology as a TV producer for Japan's public broadcaster, NHK. While in Tokyo, he produced and directed award-winning educational and documentary TV programmes and participated in the launch of the world's first HDTV channel.He later joined BBC News a Senior Broadcast Journalist in Japan and South East Asia. Returning to London in 2000, Patrick accepted a role with TWI's management team to launch one of the earliest 'converged' web and TV services.Patrick holds a Master's degree in International Administration, Planning and Social Policy from Harvard and a Bachelor's degree in Journalism from the University of Southern California. He also studied at Keio University in Tokyo and the University of Paris.
Damien Whitmore, Director of Public Programmes, Victoria and Albert Museum, London
Damien Whitmore has worked in the arts and media for nearly 20 years, having been Director of Communications at the Tate Gallery where he was responsible for public relations, marketing and setting up Tate Magazine in 1994.
In 2000, he oversaw and directed the complete rebranding of Tate including the hugely successful launch of Tate Modern. Currently Director of Public Programmes at the V&A, Damein oversees the V&A's exhbitions programme and has rebranded the organisation, launched the widely acclaimed V&A Magazine and more than doubled attendance figures.
Jillian Marsh, Head of Marketing, British Museum, London
Jillian Marsh joined the British Museum in February 2005 after working at the National Gallery in London. Prior to her relocation to the United Kingdom four years ago, Jillian was responsible for developing the marketing campaign to support the launch of Brisbane City Council's key 'Creative City' project - Museum of Brisbane. Jillian has worked in senior consultant roles at three of Australia's leading integrated marketing and public relations consultancies and has undertaken investor relations, issues management, marketing communications and brand development projects for clients in sectors ranging from science and defence to tourism and the arts.
Hannah Boulton, Head of Press and PR, British Museum, London
Hannah Boulton is the Head of Press and PR at the British Museum. In her seven years at the Museum she has been involved in large-scale press campaigns for the opening of the Great Court and the Enlightenment Gallery and for special exhibitions including Ancient Persia, Michelangelo Drawings and most recently The First Emperor: China's Terracotta Army. She has also worked on campaigns to highlight damage to Iraq's cultural heritage. Previously she worked with the fashion media promoting clothing and beauty brands for Harvey Nichols.
Dan Porter, Graphic Facilitator, London
Dan Porter worked at Arken Museum for Moderne Kunst in Copenhagen and at Tate Modern in London before setting up his own company to produce innovative interpretation media for museums and galleries. He won a BAFTA as designer/producer of i-Map, an interactive tool for Tate Online aimed at the visually impaired. He has also worked widely as a creative consultant, using rapidly conceived graphics to help capture discussion, map ideas and communicate strategy. Assignments have ranged from product design sessions with Nokia in Scandinavia to health initiative workshops with the World Health Organization in Africa. Other clients include BP, Orange, Diageo and the UK Home Office.
Arthur Cohen, Chief Executive Officer, LaPlaca Cohen, New York
Arthur Cohen supervises LaPlaca Cohen, the leading cultural marketing organisation in the United States. Clients include The Metropolitan Museum of Art, the National Gallery, Los Angeles Philharmonic, Philadelphia Museum of Art, Smithsonian Museum, Hollywood Bowl, J Paul Getty Museum, New York Botanical Garden, SFMoMA, and many others. Cohen is recognised as a leading authority on communicating with cultural audiences and has lectured on this and related topics throughout the United States and Europe.
Will Gompertz, Director of Tate Media, Tate, London
Will is Director of Tate Media with responsibility for Digital/Online, TV, Communications (Press and Marketing, Design and Print), TATE ETC. (magazine publishing), Membership and the Box Office as well as all major public events, such as The Long Weekend, and promotional ventures.
Biography:
- Director of Tate Media since 2006
- 2002 to 2006 - Director of Communications, Tate
- 1996 to 2002 - Founding director of Purple House, publishing many titles including ZOO, the visual arts quarterly
- 1990 to 1996 - Founding director of Shots Ltd, a publishing company specialising in the moving image
Will Gompertz is a Board member of the National Campaign for the Arts and Chair of the National Museum Directors' Conference Marketing Group.
http://www.tate.org.uk/
Gail Dexter Lord, Co President, Lord Cultural Resources, London
Gail Dexter Lord is Co-President of Lord Cultural Resources, the world's largest cultural planning firm, having conducted more than 1,600 projects in 41 countries. Gail is committed to assisting museums, communities and cities to develop and communicate their cultural resources. She has assisted in the establishment of many new museums such as the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture and the Canadian Museum for Human Rights. Her clients include: Tate Modern, Louvre Lens, Museo Guggenheim Bilbao and the National Art Museum of China. Gail is an internationally recognised speaker and author. Her most recent book is "The Manual of Strategic Planning for Museums," co-authored with Kate Markert.
George Oates, Senior Program Manager, Flickr
George Oates is an award-winning, world-renowned web designer. A member of the founding team that built Flickr, she is fascinated by collaboration, organic information systems and virtual society. For the past four years, she was the Lead Designer of flickr.com, and has recently transitioned into the role of Senior Program Manager. Her first project in the new role is The Commons on Flickr, an opportunity for Flickr members to participate in describing the world's publicly held photography collections. Her goal now is to continue dialogue with interested institutions around the world and to grow the Commons program carefully.
Naomi Grattan, Director of Communications, Canadian Museum Association
Naomi is the Director of Communications for the Canadian Museums Association. She has worked in museum communications for the past 7 years, with the CMA, the Canadian War Museum, the International Centre for the Study of the Preservation and Restoration of Cultural Property based in Rome, and the MacLaren Art Centre, a regional Canadian gallery. Prior to museums, Naomi was a brand manager and interface designer in the high tech sector. She has a honours degree in Rhetoric and Writing from the University of Waterloo.
Nigel Semmens, Head of Communications, the National Gallery
Nigel Semmens is Head of Communications at the National Gallery. Prior to that he worked for the British Council in London, first as Director of Press and Public Relations managing the British Council's relationship with the media and Parliament and overseeing the production of corporate literature, and then as Director of Business Relations with responsibility for fundraising. He has also worked for Sotheby's as Senior Press Officer and the South Bank Centre in London.
Monica da Cortà Fumei. Head of Marketing, Communications and Press Office, Musei Civici Veneziani
Monica da Cortà Fumei has worked in cultural activities in Venice since 1978. From 1981 to 2001 she coordinated the organisation of numerous exhibitions at various museums, including the Doge's Palace, the Museo Correr and Ca' Rezzonico. Covering different aspects of history and art history, these events involved her in forming work groups with major experts in the field and in collaborating with important international institutions.The experience acquired also in the communication of exhibitions she applied when she has been Head of Marketing and Communications for the Musei Civici Veneziani since 1999. Here, the various methods and techniques of communication have been applied to guarantee that the cultural resources of this group of museums are most fully - and profitably - exploited by the public. To this end, Monica has published books, guides and CD ROMs with various publishers. She has also produced children's books and essays on marketing and management in the museum sector.
Giandomenico Romanelli, Director- Musei Civici Veneziani
Born in Venice on 1 February 1945, Giandomenico Romanelli took his degree in Literature from Padua University in March 1969, thereafter working as a researcher in that university's Institute of Art History. In 1972 he was appointed to teach the History of Architecture at the IUAV in Venice, a position for which he was subsequently awarded tenure. At present he lectures on Museology and History of Collecting at the Venice University of Ca' Foscari. He was appointed Director of the Musei Civici Veneziani in 1979, and since 2000 has also been Head of the Venice City Council's Cultural Activities Dept. He was also a member of the Committee responsible for setting up the Italian National Museum System. He has been a member of the National Council for Cultural Heritage and of that council's Artistic and Historical Heritage Committee. He is currently President of the Academic Board of the Musei Tridentini. He has published numerous books and essays on the history of architecture and urban planning, with particular reference to Venice and the Veneto and the periods of the 18th, 19th and 20th century. Working in collaboration with Venice City Council, he has since 1979 organised and curated a number of exhibitions regarding art and art history, both in Europe and America.
