An artist, creative producer, and mentor working under the name ENNÈ, Nakisha has spent her career moving fluidly between music, visual arts, touring culture, and community-led creative development. Nakisha founded Grounded: Growing Creative Pathways in Malvern. The platform exists to support emerging artists through mentorship, fellowships, studio partnerships, and public showcases—rooted in community, but firmly connected to industry.

For decades, businesses have organised their data around a central assumption: gather everything in one place, secure it there, and extract value from it later. Andrew Hopkins thinks that assumption no longer holds. After a career spanning consulting, mobility, the Internet of Things, digital products and business transformation, Andrew has arrived at a deceptively simple question: if data is now created and used across billions of devices simultaneously, why do we still mana

Vanessa Hastings is a corporate creative facilitator and founder of Crafty Team Building, delivering art, craft and wellbeing workshops that improve employee engagement, team connection, workplace culture and collaboration for organisations worldwide.

Angela Kennedy FRSA is a trauma-informed leadership consultant, executive coach and organisational wellbeing specialist helping leaders, teams and organisations improve workplace culture, staff wellbeing, resilience and sustainable change.

Bill Irvine is a children's book author, illustrator, and storyteller whose work is dedicated to encouraging curiosity, imagination, and a sense of adventure in young readers.

Alisha Forrester Scott is an entrepreneur, creative producer, artist, author, poet, consultant, and lifelong explorer of ideas. Originally from Arizona and now dividing her time between the United States and Mexico, she has built a career that bridges the worlds of business and creativity with equal enthusiasm.

If there were an Olympic event for finding connections between seemingly unrelated ideas, Dan Turello would probably be on the podium.

Terry Hyde is a UK psychotherapist and former professional dancer specialising in dance psychology, neurodiversity, performance anxiety, burnout recovery and mental wellbeing for dancers and performing artists.

Susan Fraser-Hughes is a contemporary charcoal artist and fine arts researcher creating detailed charcoal drawings exploring light, memory, nature and human connection. Based in Vancouver, her internationally exhibited work blends realism, emotion and philosophical inquiry.

Award-winning contemporary artist Boguslawa Bryska creates expressive landscape and abstract paintings inspired by light, emotion, memory, and atmosphere. Based in Swindon, UK, her calming fine art is gaining international recognition across Europe.

Morten Klementsen is a Norwegian digital artist ranked in Lürzer’s Archive Top 10, creating 15K ultra-high-resolution artworks exploring identity, psychology, and human resilience, while hosting global art conversations on TopArt.

Ingela Johansson is an international contemporary artist creating expressive mixed-media artworks and leading creative workshops. Her work combines colour, texture, and mindfulness to promote emotional wellbeing, creativity, and artistic flow.

Mélodie Xu Yang is a cultural mediator specialising in international exhibitions, creative programming and cross-cultural collaboration, connecting artists and audiences through accessible and engaging cultural projects. Writing the stories of the arts.

Ilaria Albano is an art curator and cultural project manager specialising in exhibition coordination, event production and international cultural projects across Europe, the UK and US.

Rachel Shelmerdine is a highly respected business advisor, leadership coach and trusted confidante to senior creative leaders and design businesses.

Parisa Golchoubian is an independent creative director and founder of her own design studio, specialising in branding, visual identity and art direction, working directly with clients to create clear, thoughtful and visually distinctive brand experiences.

Alex Harper is founder of Women of Culture, a global platform supporting women in the arts, as well as a Freelance Graphic Designer and Art Director at Artfull Design and founding member of Dreamers // Doers, a female-focused entrepreneurial network.

Delile Ndumo is a writer and mental health advocate creating honest content about bipolar disorder, creativity, and lived experience through poetry, storytelling, and social media platforms.

Adam Nassor is a digital marketing strategist helping creators and businesses grow online through content strategy, audience development, and scalable systems designed to increase visibility and long-term engagement.

John Deery is an award-winning British film director, producer and screenwriter, and founder of The Public Speaking Course. He leads Joejack Entertainment and delivers 5-Star rated public speaking training for global businesses and professionals.