is Head of Enterprise at the University of the Arts London and Director of Cultural Programmes at Creativity, Culture and Education (CCE), UK. Anne has been recognised nationally and internationally for her research in arts and cultural education, emerging literacies and visual communication. Through her research, Anne has
pursued issues of innovation, social impact and equity and diversity. As a World Scholar for UNESCO, Anne researched and wrote “The Wow Factor: Global research compendium on the impact of the arts in education” (2006) published by Waxmann. She has conducted major national impact and evaluation studies for the governments of Denmark, The Netherlands, Belgium, Iceland, United Kingdom and Australia. Anne was awarded the Australian Institute for Educational Research, Outstanding Educational Research Award for 2002 and short listed for the British Female Innovator of the Year in 2006. Professor Bamford was elected as a Freeman of the Guild of Educators in 2008 for her contribution to global change in education. In her current role with CCE, Professor Bamford is overseeing the implementation of the Find Your Talent programme. Find Your Talent is an ambitious national programme that gives children and young people the chance to explore different cultural and creative activities.
It's about helping them to discover new things, to express themselves, to develop a passion and to make the most of their talent. Find Your Talent is funded by the Department for Culture, Media and Sport, the Department for Children, Schools and Families, Arts Council England and the Museums, Libraries and Archives Council.


Gordon Torr

Born in South Africa, Gordon workded as a butcher´s apprentice, a high school teacher and journalist before venturing into the world of advertising in 1981. He worked at several advertising agencies before moving to Mexico City as Creative Director of JWT, Mexico, in 1997. Gordon was transferred to London in 2000 as JWT’s Global Creative Director for De Beers and two years later was appointed Creative Director of J. Walter Thompson, Europe, Middle East and Africa. He has worked on many of the world's largest multinational brands and with an extraordinary variety of creative people.
An English and Psychology graduate from the University of Natal, Gordon has long been fascinated by the peculiar nature of the creative personality and the circumstances under which it's most likely to flourish. While researching and writing his book Managing Creative People, Gordon founded The Unfactory, a consultancy specializing in how to help companies get the most out of their creative people by stimulating creativity and innovation within their organization.
Through The Unfactory, Gordon has worked with the University of the Arts, London and been engaged as a consultant to Lowe (Eastern Europe), Live (Omnicom, London), Leo Burnett Group (Europe), Global Beach Digital Group (London) and several former clients. He has lectured at ESPM University of Marketing, Sao Paulo; University of Monterrey, Mexico City; and the University of London, Camberwell and conducted training sessions and workshops in Bogota, Sao Paulo, Johannesburg, Hong Kong, Tokyo, Frankfurt, Milan, Dublin and Brussels.
Gordon's reputation as a highly entertaining and controversial speaker on the subject of creativity has been earned at advertising and marketing conferences around the world - from Moscow to Miami, and from Buenos Aires to Budapest. While his Exit Five lecture series is aimed at more specialised audiences in the creative business sector, he is equally eloquent on a broad range of more general creative subjects such as media trends, popular culture, the cult of celebrity, the digital divide and many more.
He is the perfect icebreaker for internal company conferences having anything to do with innovation and creativity, but he is also available for public engagements, forums, debates or bespoke after-dinner speaking.
Gordon currently lives in London, with his wife, Karine, and three children. He is a professional painter, a keen amateur musician and an aspirant rock legend. He recently coached the Merton U14 cricket squad to gold at the London Youth Games.


Johan H. Andresen jr.

is Professor of Education at the University of Exeter and The Open University. Once an early years teacher, and with a background in national curriculum development work across the primary and secondary range, Anna works with learners, teachers, researchers and policymakers here and abroad to develop creativity and learning futures. She has written and edited seventeen books on these topics, and is working on the next, due out in 2010. Anna leads research projects on Possibility Thinking and learner voice, as well as creative partnership, and initiated the ASPIRE programme at the University of Exeter:
student led school transformation. She is currently Lead Editor of Thinking Skills and Creativity and co-convenes the British Educational Research Association Special Interest Group, Creativity in Education.
At Exeter she leads the CREATE research group.

(http://www.education.ex.uk/create) and the Educational Futures research group
(http://education.exeter.ac.uk/pages.php?id=551).

She lives in the South-West of England with her husband, son and daughter, and three cats.

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