Sue Murphy, currently the Senior Global Director of Brand Design at The Coca-Cola Company, overseeing some of the world’s most iconic and beloved brands. She has worked at some of the best advertising and branding agencies in the world including Wieden+Kennedy, Gretel, Wolff Olins, and Ogilvy, across different continents and markets, creating award-winning campaigns and brand expressions for clients such as Airbnb, Nike, Chobani, Amazon, and IBM.

Ren Rigby, Co-Founder & Chief Design Officer at Proto, is regarded as one of the world’s leading thinkers and designers in the field of branding. Prior to Proto, Ren served as the Global Head of Brand for R/GA where they led major innovation projects for clients including: Nike, Google, Walmart, Samsung, and a host of start-ups. They began their 20-year career at one of Britain’s most respected and awarded design agencies – The Chase – later working for Pentagram, True North, Landor, and Interbrand.

Founder and Creative Director of Christopher Doyle & Co – an independent design studio based in Sydney, Australia – Christopher Doyle is an internationally recognised designer with over 20 years experience. He has worked at some of Australia’s leading brand and design agencies. His work has won numerous local and international awards, been used globally as the basis for educational material, and appeared in feature articles for Desktop Magazine, Creative Review, and Grafik Magazine.

Pawel ‘Pav’ Grochola is supervisor and Lead VFX artist for Sony Pictures Imageworks. He was recently part of the effects team for the Oscar® winning animation film: Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse, and his credits include over 29 feature films and numerous awards.

Eva Cremers is a 3D Artist and Animation Director from The Netherlands, known for her tongue-in-cheek and playful artwork. Her distinctive graphic CGI style combines with her unique design sensibility to create charming, joyful worlds of fun. Eva boasts a growing client list including Nike, H&M, Samsung, Apple and the New York Times.

Oscar and Emmy-Nominated PES is the creator of some of the most widely viewed stop-motion films of all-time including Fresh Guacamole, Western Spaghetti, Submarine Sandwich, Game Over, Human Skateboard, KaBoom! and Roof Sex. On his YouTube Channel alone, PES’s films have been viewed over 1.4 BILLION times.

Jessica Hische is an American lettering artist, illustrator, author, and type designer. She was one of the first of a new generation of letterers and the present-day flourishing of the lettering arts can in part be traced back to her emergence.

Annie Atkins is a Welsh graphic designer and prop maker for film and television. She is known for her graphic design work in The Grand Budapest Hotel and has gone on to work with director Wes Anderson on Isle of Dogs and The French Dispatch.

Louis Henry Mitchell is the Creative Director of Character Design of Sesame Workshop. He started working on Sesame Street in 1992. He designed Julia, the first Sesame Street character diagnosed with autism, both as an illustrated book character as well as translating the design to a Muppet.

This May, Australia’s Northern Territory are in the UK and Ireland holding a number of worker attraction events.

Get ready to explore countless career opportunities in Australia’s Northern Territory and connect with industry representatives.

Come to the Expo and search use one of our job kiosks to search for 1000s of current jobs and find out how you can fast-track your career and how to embrace a fulfilling lifestyle in Australia’s Northern Territory.

Information sessions are designed to give you all the insider tips and information you need to succeed in the Territory job market. You’ll discover the amazing lifestyle opportunities that come with living in the Territory, and how it can be the destination to live the life you’ve always wanted for you and your family.

Ahead of their much-anticipated return to St. Andrew’s @ Knighthead Park, Tom Ross will host the Club legends for an unmissable event.

In our giant Auditorium, the mercurial World Cup winner and larger-than-life former Manager will be on stage sharing tales from their time at Blues and each of their special careers in football.

Le God is expected to disclose details of his move to B9, discuss what life was like in the Second City and explain how he found playing in the Premier League, whilst Fry’s lifetime of stories includes memories from the Auto Windscreens Shield Final, the infamous battle of Ancona and his ‘lap around the corner flags’.

Are you ready to transform your LinkedIn strategy? UpLift Live is the UK’s first and only conference dedicated solely to mastering LinkedIn. Join a vibrant community of business professionals, entrepreneurs, and LinkedIn enthusiasts who are ready to take their networking and business growth to the next level.

Join us at the Birmingham City Partnership – Cost of Living Conference!

It has been over a year since a Cost of Living emergency was declared in Birmingham. Since then, a city-wide coalition of partners has helped to deliver an unprecedented response – helping to deliver a network of 243 warm spaces across the city; cash contributions to over 100 foodbanks; energy bill top-ups to 3,400 households; and at least £1,717,285 in income and benefits maximisation for our most vulnerable residents. This could not have been delivered without the contributions of partners from across the city – business, public and voluntary sectors working together to demonstrate the power of partnership working.

At the Birmingham City Partnership – Cost of Living Conference, we want to continue the conversation with partners from across the city. What challenges and opportunities face our city? How can we learn from each other and share best practice? What do we want the future of Birmingham to look like?

The Birmingham City Partnership – Cost of Living Conference kicks off Birmingham Cost of Living Week, a week of activity taking place across the UK’s second city to recognise, promote and shape the city’s response to the Cost of Living emergency.

Why Attend?

Connect and Collaborate – Network with partners from across the city, members of the public, and change-makers who are committed to making Birmingham more affordable and equitable for all.

Unite for Change – Learn how you and your organisation can play a vital role in addressing the challenges our city faces. Your ideas and contributions are essential to our collective success.

Shape the Future – Be part of the conversation about Birmingham’s future, the challenges we face and the opportunities that we can unlock together.

What to Expect

Join organisations from across Birmingham, including leaders from the public, voluntary and community, and private sectors, to help shape the city’s continuing response to the Cost of Living Crisis.

The wide-ranging agenda will include:

• A look back on Birmingham’s Cost of Living response so far – including examples of best practice from across sectors
• The latest insight into the impact of the crisis on Birmingham
• Break-out sessions focusing on different sector responses and challenges
• Panel discussions mapping the way forward for Birmingham, including how we want to work together as a city
• A mini cost of living ‘marketplace’ for delegates and partner organisations to promote their work

Agenda

Detailed agenda and timings to be confirmed shortly, including registration for break-out sessions.

Conference Partners

The Birmingham City Partnership brings together stakeholders from many sectors to discuss Birmingham’s key opportunities and challenges and considers how the city responds to them. It includes representatives from across key sectors in Birmingham, including health, community safety, further and higher education, business and voluntary and community sector organisations.

Any Other Questions?

Please contact Mary Crofton at [email protected] or the Strategic Partnerships Team at [email protected]

Together, we can make a difference and create a brighter future for Birmingham.