31st August — 4th September 2026
(past and present)
Meet the speakers behind SHIFT talks, workshops and conversations.
Rachael Arnold
CEO & Co-Founder of Creative Entrepreneurs Club
Sandy Thomson
Writer and Director
Gillian Garrity
Executive Producer
Patricia Fleming
Founding Director
Barrington Reeves
Founder & Creative Director
Michael Hines
BAFTA winning Film & TV Director
Laura Griffin
Brand Strategist
Aarti Joshi
Coach, Presenter & Marketing Consultant
Briana Pegado
Social Entrepreneur
Emma Ford
Music Supervisor & Manager
Dan Bravo
Actor
Rob Morrison
Architect & Social Entrepreneur
Brian Baglow
Writer, Designer and Founder
Kathryn Welch
Creative Practitioner
Heather Parry
Author and Editor
Anne McKinnon
Director and Co-owner
Roman Rappak
Creative Director and Co-owner
Medeia Cohan-Petrolino
Creative Project Leader
Robert Patience
Founder & Designer
David Nicholls
Accountant
Alex Watt
Lawyer
Billie Adele
Contemporary Artist
Jack Nurse
Director and Theatre-Maker
Lucy Nurnberg
Spatial Designer and Event Promoter
David MacPherson
Writer, Creator and Showrunner
Ruth Switalski
Art Psychotherapist
Ollie Barbieri
Digital 3D Artist
Emma Walton
Producer and Project Manager
Iona Fyfe
Singer
Jamie Bankhead
Founder
Lindsay Dunbar
Innovation Producer
George Dyson
Director and Motion Designer
Maria Than
Creative Technologist
Molly Hankinson
Visual Artist
Sam Eccles
Independent Consultant and Facilitator
Panda McGlone
Street Artist
Jaclyn Fauteux
Creative Producer
Michiel Turner
Multidisciplinary Artist and Facilitator
Robbie Gordon
Theatre-Maker
Bob Winton
Video Producer
Abbie Freeman
SHIFT Staff
Bristy Azmi
Laura Bracey Curry
Harry Watson
Jo McCloy-Jones
