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Speakers corner
FEBRUARY 2019 | SPEAKERS
The Event
Production Show’s
Main Stage line-up
is all-killer-no-filler.
Here are just a few of
the speakers to look
out for…
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1. Harvey Goldsmith
CBE
The man behind some
of the world’s most
prominent events,
including Live Aid,
Led Zeppelin’s reunion
in 2007 and tours by
bands including The
Rolling Stones, Queen,
Pink Floyd and U2. He
recently co-founded
a new ‘agency for
agencies’, Nvisible.
2. Deborah
Armstrong
Armstrong, who is
behind the world-
famous Shangri-La
at Glastonbury
Festival, founded an
agency, Strong & Co,
which boasts clients
including Twitter,
Warner Bros, The
Guardian, Channel 4,
Google, The Liverpool
Biennial and Bear
Grylls.
3. Jon Drape
Drape is the
managing director
of live music and
event production
specialist Ground
Control. He has 30
years experience in
the live entertainment
industry, from touring
with bands in the
‘Madchester’ era, and
production managing
the legendary venue
The Haçienda. His
festival résumé
includes Parklife,
Snowbombing and
Festival Number 6.
4. Vince Power
Irish music venue
and festival owner
and founder of Mean
Fiddler, Power earned
the nickname ‘The
Godfather of Gigs’.
He helped popularise
festivals in the UK
including of Reading,
Leeds, The Phoenix,
The Fleadh, Madstock,
and one offs including
the first Sex Pistols
re-union in Finsbury
Park.
5. Lindsay Impett
Impett is an event and
project leader with
extensive strategic
and organisational
skills developed
through high profile
roles including
directorship of the
Vitality Netball
World Cup 2019 and
European Archery
Championships 2016
and as venue general
manager at the
London 2012 Olympic
Games.
A few words from The Fair CEO Nick Morgan: “I am very much looking forward to continuing to
contribute to an open discussion that explores the challenges we face driving the industry forward.
Working alongside Mash Media has allowed us to build upon previous sessions together and track
progress made across topics such as how our audiences have changed, the experience economy and
independent festivals. There has been particular focus in recent years on our value as an industry, the
future of event production and licensing, topics that, this year we will be developing further.”
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