April, 2014 | Big Conference

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For our third edition BIG Conference travels across the county to Creative Edge in West Lancashire.
This year’s Conference theme is ‘Transformation: Mission & Ambition’ – how creativity and innovation can unlock expanding and emerging markets.
BIG conference will be Lancashire’s contribution to IFB2014, the UK’s biggest business festival taking place in Liverpool. As a satellite event BIG will be one of hundreds of events, conferences and seminars taking place across June and July in 2014. This short film from last years’ event gives you a taste of what to expect at BIG 2014.

Speaker

Wayne Hemingway

Wayne Hemingway is one of Britain’s most acclaimed designers. With his wife and partner Gerardine, Wayne built Red or Dead into a label that received global acclaim resulting in winning the prestigious British Fashion Council’s Streetstyle Designer of the Year Award for an unprecedented 3 consecutive years in 1996-1998. In 1999, having sold Red or Dead…

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Rachel Cooper OBE

Rachel Cooper OBE is Professor of Design Management at Lancaster University, where she is Chair of the Lancaster Institute for the Contemporary Arts and Director of ImaginationLancaster, an open and exploratory design-led research lab. Her research interests cover design management; design policy; new product development; design in the built environment; design against crime and socially…

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Phil Jones

Phil Jones is Managing Director of Brother UK, an Information, Communication and Technology business supplying products and services to hundreds of thousands of UK enterprises. A high profile business leader in the region, Phil was awarded the Manchester and North West Director of the Year accolade (Institute of Directors) in 2011 and was shortlisted for…

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Mat Hunter

Mat Hunter is Chief Design Officer at the Design Council which, for over 60 years, has promoted design for the public good. Mat heads up the organisation’s Design Challenges programme that demonstrates how design can drive innovation through tackling the big issues of our time. Whether stopping the spread of superbugs, reducing crime or promoting…

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Darren Evans

Darren leads the design and creative strategies at The Engine Room. Across almost 18 years in the design industry, he is a highly experienced and award-winning design director and brand consultant. With extensive knowledge of design management and its place in business strategy, he regularly advises at senior level on how to best utilise design…

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Chris Sanderson

Chris Sanderson is co-founder of The Future Laboratory, where he is responsible for delivering the company’s extensive global roster of conferences, media events and LS:N Global Trend Briefings, which he co-presents with the team in London, New York, Sydney, Melbourne, Stockholm and Helsinki. Clients who have booked one of his inspirational keynotes include Gucci Group,…