Schedule 

10.00am - Sam Leadsom

Virtual Reality, Mixed Reality and the Future of Production
What will the sports broadcasts, TV shows and films of the future look, feel and sound like? Sam Leadsom, vice-executive for virtual production company Pixotope and ex-producer/director for the Premier league and Fox Sports. Will give a glimpse into the future as he displays ways in which stunning new production techniques will change the delivery and experience of events from live sport to game shows.

11.30am - Richard Woods 

Getting Noticed in the Creative Industries 
Co-founder of online networking platform CreateBritain. Richard is passionate about helping young creatives and freelancers realise their potential. With festival co-ordinator Tom Bradshaw and music student Katie Thomas, Richard will talk through CreateBritain’s hugely ambitious plans to build a free, single gateway to find everyone and everything creative

11.30am - Creative Graduate Schemes 

Creative Graduate Schemes - What do you larger companies offer graduates from the Creative Industries?
Graduates from the Creative Industries are in high demand across a wide range of sectors. This workshop will look at the opportunities available to apply to graduate schemes and the application process involved. The workshop will outline a range of Creative roles advertised by some well known organisations such as Google and Sky. 

1.30pm - The Future of Our Industries 

The Future of Our Industries – And How to Stand Out
Panel: Will Gore, head of partnerships and projects, National Council for the Training of Journalists  
Oli Morris, director of education and skills, UK Music  
Victoria Trachy, head of vocational skills, ScreenSkillls (contributing via a Zooms pre-record – TV student to do mini-interview)  
Host: Anne Dawson + Journalism and Communications subject rep Aoife Harkin

1.30pm - Gloucester Rugby

First-Team Player Interview
Gloucester and England winger Ollie Thorley will visit the festival to take questions from students. Ollie, who went to school locally, holds the record for being the youngest player to represent Gloucester since the game went professional.

1.30pm  - Career Planning

Career Planning for Postgraduate Students - how best to market yourself and your skills as a postgraduate student.
This will be an interactive event where students will be able to discuss their situation and develop strategies to help them plan the next stage in their career. All postgraduate students from the School of Creative Industries welcome.

3.00pm - Class Act

Recent graduates from across the School tell their stories on navigating the industry and securing jobs
Join recent graduates from across the School as they share their experiences and tips on entering the world of work with lecturer Vanessa Bewley. The panel will contain alumni from both our undergraduate and postgraduate courses, including Katy Homewood (pictured), who studied on both undergrad and postgrad programmes.
Full panel includes: Elliott Mann (TV Production), Katy Homewood (MA Sports Communication and Sports Journalism), Luke Clark and Phi Bewick (Animation), Matt Sear (Digital Media), Carla Kerslake (Music & Sound) and Joe Kennett (Journalism).

4.30pm - Live Music 

Streaming of live music by Music & Sound students. 
The first artist is Rory Jeffers who is an acoustic singer songwriter on the Popular Music course. Our second act is a singer duo, Olivia Jaques and Michael Beldham. 

Email

creativeindustriesfestival@glos.ac.uk