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
Alexis Ffrench
Musician and Composer
Gillian Garrity
Executive Producer
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
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
David Nicholls
Accountant
Billie Adele
Contemporary Artist
Jack Nurse
Director and Theatre-Maker
David MacPherson
Writer, Creator and Showrunner
Emma Walton
Producer and Project Manager
Iona Fyfe
Singer
Jamie Bankhead
Founder
Lucy Nurnberg
Spatial Designer and Event Promoter
Lindsay Dunbar
Innovation Producer
George Dyson
Director and Motion Designer
Maria Than
Creative Technologist
Molly Hankinson
Visual Artist
Sam Eccles
Independent Consultant and Facilitator
Alex Watt
Lawyer
Panda McGlone
Street Artist
Jaclyn Fauteux
Creative Producer
Michiel Turner
Multidisciplinary Artist and Facilitator
Robbie Gordon
Theatre-Maker
Bob Winton
Video Producer
Eliza Hatch
Photographer and founder of Cheer Up Luv
Andrew Dobbie
CEO of MadeBrave
Alice Zoo
Photographer and Writer
Dayna McAlpine
Deputy Editor of HuffPost UK
Liam Shortall
Composer and Producer
Shilpa T-Hyland
Director
Francesca Hess
Writer and Actor
Hannah Kathryn Kelso
BAFTA and BIFA Nominated Writer
Carol Sinclair
Ceramicist
Niki Hutchison
Business and Marketing Expert
Prince Taylor
Producer
Andrew Davis
Keynote Speaker
Aqsa Arif
Adam Koszary
Social Media and Content Specialist
Philip Hannay
Managing Director of Cloch Solicitors
Sally Farrant
Finance Coach
Abbie Freeman
Graphic Designer and Facilitator
Bristy Azmi
Designer and Co-Founder
Laura Bracey Curry
Artist and Founder
Harry Watson
Graphic Designer and Co-Founder
Jo McCloy-Jones
Camera Assistant