Festival Agenda

Andrew Scheps

Grammy-award winning mix engineer

Andrew Scheps started out as a musician, but found that what he enjoyed most was working behind the scenes. After touring with Stevie Wonder and Michael Jackson, he found his home in the studio, working for producers such as Rob Cavallo, Don Was and Rick Rubin.

Gaynor Coley

Founding Director • The Eden Project

Gaynor Coley was one of the Founding Directors of The Eden Project in Cornwall - taking the helm as MD from 2001 to 2013.

George Sandilands

Vice President • Sage Earth

George is Vice President of Carbon Accounting at Sage, where he works to help SMBs, who are 99% of the world’s businesses, reliably measure their carbon footprint and become more sustainable.

Guy Singh-Watson

Founder • Riverford Organic Farmers

Guy Singh-Watson is an organic farmer, entrepreneur and self-professed veg nerd, passionate about reinventing the food system.

Heather Frankham

Founder • Origin Workspace

Serial entrepreneur and impact leader, founder of Lifetime Training, Bud Systems and Origin Workspace, youth charity chair and champion of skills, inclusion and regional growth.

Louis Spencer

Relationship Director • Natwest

As Relationship Director and Venture Banking Lead for South West & Wales at NatWest, Louis focus on managing banking relationships for growth-equity backed businesses in the innovation economy.

Nick Sturge MBE

Ecosystem Architect & Innovation Enabler • Co-Founder, Engine Shed

Nick Sturge MBE is a veteran innovation ecosystem architect with over two decades of experience in shaping regional growth across business, education, and public sectors.

Laura Gemmell

Founder & Technical CEO • Taught by Humans

PhD in AI Education. Teaching qualification. A decade in tech at PwC, Worldpay, and Monzo. Laura built Taught by Humans because she'd seen what good learning looked like - and how rarely workplace training came close.

Mark Shields

Co-Founder • Roda

Mark Shields is co-founder of Roda, where he helps scaling businesses create flywheels to deliver their strategic objectives. He is a multi-exited founder, building businesses in education and consulting and has specific expertise in working with organisations across the social impact sector.

Matt Spry

Co-Founder • Roda

Matt Spry is co-founder of Roda, where he helps ambitious organisations find and build the flywheels that make growth compound. He's worked with teams from fast-growing agencies and SaaS firms to National Grid and Nesta.

Andrew Scheps

Grammy-award winning mix engineer

Andrew Scheps started out as a musician, but found that what he enjoyed most was working behind the scenes. After touring with Stevie Wonder and Michael Jackson, he found his home in the studio, working for producers such as Rob Cavallo, Don Was and Rick Rubin.