Cultural and Creative Industries Summit

Everybody’s Talking about Jamie and the economic impact of South Yorkshire’s Cultural and Creative Industries

Friday 17 September, Showroom Cinema: Arrival and Registration from 1pm

Cultural and Creative Industries Summit: 2.00pm - 5.30pm

Optional Drinks Reception and Networking: 5.30pm

Limited place film screening of Everybody's Talking About Jamie: 6pm

To mark and celebrate the premiere of Everybody’s Talking About Jamie and highlight the incredible achievements of South Yorkshire’s Cultural and Creative Industries, Sheffield City Region (SCR), Showroom Workstation and Sheffield Theatres will present the Cultural and Creative Industries Summit and inaugural South Yorkshire Cultural and Creative Industries Network.

Context

Coinciding with the red-carpet premiere of the film produced by Sheffield-based Warp Films, financed by 20th Century Fox, bought by streaming platform Amazon Prime, the Cultural and Creative Industries Summit will investigate the economic value of South Yorkshire’s creative, cultural, and wider arts industries, and its potential to become a thriving hub with a reputation for nurturing creativity and promoting economic growth.

Audience

Primarily focused on industry professionals working within South Yorkshire’s cultural and creative industries, the summit will also be of interest to politicians, policy makers, and business networks from Barnsley, Doncaster, Rotherham and Sheffield, keen to support this thriving industry.

Summit Speakers and Panel

To begin, Host Auriel Majumdar, Creative Coach and Consultant, will introduce Mayor of South Yorkshire, Dan Jarvis, to the summit. A champion of the role that arts, culture and heritage will play in driving South Yorkshire’s economic renewal post COVID, he will discuss how the South Yorkshire MCA will support these sectors and the opportunities that the release of Everybody’s Talking About Jamie can bring to the region.

We are delighted to also be welcoming keynote speaker, Creative England Chief Executive Caroline Norbury MBE, who will outline the importance of making creative and cultural industries a strategic priority, an industry which generated £115.9bn in GVA and 3.5 million UK jobs prior to the pandemic.

Caroline Norbury will be joined by Chief Executive of Arts Council England, Dr Darren Henley OBE, to discuss the wider value of culture in Covid recovery and the levelling up opportunities for South Yorkshire’s cultural and creative industries.

The two-part event will feature two panels of creative practitioners. The first panel, facilitated by Ben Luxford, Head of UK Audiences at the British Film Institute, will be a case study of the global success of Everybody’s Talking About Jamie and will include Dan Bates of Sheffield Theatres, Mark Herbert of Warp Films, Caroline Cooper Charles, Head of Creative at Screen Yorkshire and CEO of Arts Council England, Dr Darren Henley OBE. The panel will discuss its journey from subsidised, creative roots in South Yorkshire, to becoming a global, commercial success.

Host Auriel Majumdar will chair the second panel, loosely titled Capturing Art, Culture and Creativity: Unlocking South Yorkshire’s Potential and will represent the wider cultural and creative landscape. The panel will discuss the broader opportunities of the cultural and creative industries, including creative skills and engagement, visitor economy and building a reputation in the region.

Participants include Emma Holling of Pure Records, Emma Cooper of Cooperative Innovations and Olivia Jones of Doncopolitan. Also joining are Deborah Bullivant of Grimm & Co, Nathan Geering of Theatre Deli and Sue Thiedeman, Head of Culture and Visitor Economy, Barnsley Council.

To book your place at the summit please select one of the two options below. Please note: due to social distancing, there is a very limited number of joint Summit and film tickets. Due to limited capacity, we ask that anyone who orders this option please ensures they can stay for the full summit and film screening which will finish at 8pm.

Reserve your Creative Summit ticket here.

Reserve your joint Creative Summit and Everyone Is Talking About Jamie film tickets here.

If you have any access requirements or questions please contact our Box Office team who will be able to assist you with your booking.

Capacity and Covid Safety

Although restrictions have been lifted, we have maintained a one-metre-plus social distance guide, and as such, are restricted on delegate numbers. We would advise that you register your interest as soon as possible to guarantee your place. You can find the full culturaldetails of Showroom Cinema’s current Covid safety protocols here.