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Professional Activities

My work is mainly outward facing. I work as expert advisor with organisations across the globe, focusing in the area of international cultural policy, urban policy making and major event hosting.

Conference Roles

  • Keynote | The Legacy of European Capitals of Culture, Keynote/Plenary by Invitation (Actors of Urban Change, 2019)
  • Keynote | National Events Conference, Keynote/Plenary by Invitation (Events Scotland, 2019)
  • Opening Keynote: Spaces and Places of Culture, Keynote/Plenary by Invitation (Media, Communication and Cultural Studies Association, 2013)
  • European Culture Contact Points Meeting, Keynote/Plenary by Invitation (Euclid, 2008)
  • National Creative Industries Conference, Keynote/Plenary by Invitation (Civic Agenda, 2008)
  • London 2012 Regional Creative Programmers, by Invitation (London Organising Commitee for the Olympic Games, 2008)
  • The Big Question : The Changing Role of Research in Bidding for, and Measuring the Impact of, Large-, Keynote/Plenary by Invitation (Arts Research Digest, 2008)
  • Members of European Parliament meeting, by Invitation (Liverpool City Council, 2008)
  • Looking in on the City. Who is in and who is out?,, by Invitation (BA Festival of Science, 2008)
  • Leisure Studies Association Conference, Keynote/Plenary by Invitation (Liverpool John Moores University, 2008)
  • After the Event: Culture and Sport, Access and Legacies, Keynote/Plenary by Invitation (Substance (Manchester), 2008)
  • The Olympic Arts Festival, International Symposium, Keynote/Plenary by Invitation (University of Chicago, 2008)
  • Eurocities Culture Forum, Keynote/Plenary by Invitation (Eurocities, 2008)
  • Guest Speaker: 9th Session of National Olympic Academy and National Olympic Committee Presidents, by Invitation (The International Olympic Academy, 2008)
  • The Olympic Legacy: People, Place, Enterprise, Keynote/Plenary by Invitation (University of Greenwich, 2008)
  • 9th Joint International Session for Presidents or Directors of National Olympic Academies and Offici, Keynote/Plenary by Invitation (International Olympic Academy, 2008)
  • Centennial Dinner of the Royal Society of Arts, Keynote/Plenary by Invitation (Royal Society of Arts, 2008)
  • Polish Cities and Regions Promotion Festival, Keynote/Plenary by Invitation (City of Warsaw, 2008)
  • Developing the Evidence Base for Culture in Regeneration, Keynote/Plenary by Invitation (DCMS, 2008)
  • Keynote Speech: The impacts of culture led regeneration, Keynote/Plenary by Invitation (Royal Society of Arts, 2007)
  • Keynote: Royal Society of Arts Lecture, Keynote/Plenary by Invitation (Royal Society of Arts, 2007)
  • Guest speech: Creative Clusters and DCMS special seminar, by Invitation (Creative Clusters and DCMS, 2007)
  • Invited plenary speaker: European Capitals of Culture, by Invitation (The State Government of North Rhine-Westphalia, 2007)
  • Keynote: Cultural Policy and Communal Goverment Reform, Keynote/Plenary by Invitation (Danish Ministry of Culture, 2007)
  • Invited plenary Speaker: Cities and Cultural Industries, by Invitation (Mayor of Istanbul, 2007)
  • Invited speaker: Social and Cultural Legacy Workshop, by Invitation (UK Sport and PMP Legacy Ltd., 2007)
  • Invited plenary speaker: We Are The Media, by Invitation (The Annenberg School of Communication, University of Pennsylvania, 2006)
  • Invited Plenary Speaker: The New Media at the Olympics: Citizen Journalists and Non-accredited Media, by Invitation (National Center for Radio and Television Studies, Communication University of China, 2006)
  • 4th International Forum on the Beijing Olympic Games, by Invitation (Humanistic Olympic Studies Centre, Renmin University, Beijing, 2006)
  • Chair of Session: World Summit on Arts and Culture, Keynote/Plenary by Invitation (International Federation of Arts Councils and Cultural Agencies, 2006)
  • Keynote Speech: The London Games of 2012, Keynote/Plenary by Invitation (Association of London Government, 2005)

Organisations I have been associated with

  • United Cities and Local Governments (2009 - present)
  • International Olympic Committee (2015 - present)
  • European Parliament (2012 - 2013)
  • Institute of Cultural Capital (2011 - present)
  • London Organising Committee for the Olympic Games (2011 - 2013)
  • London Organising Committee for the Olympic Games (2006 - 2008)

Professional Body Memberships

  • European Commission (Member, European Capital of Culture Selection and Monitoring Committee, 2017 - present)
  • International Olympic Committee (Member, Culture and Olympic Heritage Commission, 2015 - present)
  • Arts and Humanities Research Council (Member Strategic Peer Review College, 2012 - present)
  • Royal Society for the Arts (Full membership, 2008 - 2010)

Other Administrative or Committee Roles

  • Director, Institute of Cultural Capital
  • Head of Research, Institute of Cultural Capital (www.iccliverpool.ac.uk)
  • Director of Impacts 08 - European Capital of Culture Research Programme (www.impacts08.net)