Our fantastic line-up of cutting Edge speakers includes the following people, plus more to be announced…
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Dave Anderson
Dave Anderson is Director of City Development with the City of Edinburgh Council – a position he took up in March 2008. In this role he has responsibility for the planning, transport, corporate property, contingency planning and economic development functions in the City of Edinburgh, including oversight of the City’s new tram system. Read more…
Cath Anley
Cath Anley has been Head of Libraries and Archives in Kent since 2002, is Secretary of the Society of Chief Librarians National Executive, and Chair of the SCL Advocacy Group. Cath is leading libraries and archives through a transformational change programme that has won the council wide positive recognition. Read more…
Allan Barr
Allan is Head of Digital and Social Media for The BIG Partnership, which industry bible PR Week ranks as the largest communications agency in the UK outside London. Allan is recognised as one of the country’s leading authorities on social media, and regularly speaks on the subject at conferences, industry events and in the press. Read more…
Linda Constable
Linda is Chair of the Judging Panel of CILIP Libraries Change Lives Award UK and Vice Chair of CILIP Community Services Group. Her current post is Senior Manager Customer Services, Dorset Libraries (job-share) as well as undertaking part-time freelance work. Linda has a wide range of experience in libraries and museums and is an advocate for the value of library staff and libraries and has worked with CILIP to develop a web-based advocacy toolkit. Read more…
Dave Coplin
Since joining Microsoft in 2005, Dave Coplin has worked across a wide range of sectors and customers, providing strategic advice and guidance around the cost effective use of technology in relation to their business needs. As a self-confessed technology “alchemist”, Dave is passionate about turning the base metal of technology into valuable assets that effect the way that we live, learn, work and play and in so doing, move the focus from the technology itself to the actual outcome. Read more…
Lauren Currie
Lauren is the co-director of Snook; a social innovation and service design outfit based in Glasgow. Alongside their consultancy work for clients such as Skills Development Scotland, NHS Scotland and Renfrewshire Council, they are also delivering and piloting MyPolice with Tayside Police – is an online feedback tool that enables the public and the police to have a conversation. Read more…
Brian Gambles
Brian is Assistant Director of Culture for Birmingham City Council, overseeing the Library & Archive Service, the Arts Team, and Community and Play Services, and directing the Cultural Strategy for the city. His major task is directing the Library of Birmingham, which opens in June 2013, and to realise this opportunity to put into practice a long-standing interest in new models of library service for changing times and changing communities. Read more…
Nicola was appointed Assistant Director, Hampshire Libraries & Information Service back in September 2009. Nicola has found the funding and led on the installation of RFID in some of Hampshire’s libraries, whilst carrying out a fundamental restructure of the Service to ensure its financial sustainability. Read more…
Nicky Parker
Nicky is the Head of Transformation at Manchester City Council where until January 2010, she was the Head of Libraries. She is responsible for delivering the transformation programme across the whole of the City Council. To give you a flavour of what that means, she is currently setting up a new call centre, neighbourhood customer service centres and overseeing the £40m redevelopment of the City’s historic Central Library. Read more…
Kevin Winkler
Kevin is the lead on several extremely key New york Public Library strategic initiatives to improve services to a diverse public. He began his NYPL career 17 years ago. Before his promotion last year to Deputy Director, he served in a variety of roles at The New York Public Library for the Performing Arts (LPA), including Assistant Curator of the Billy Rose Theatre Division, Chief of the Circulating Collections and, most recently, Assistant Director for Access Services. Read more…
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