Speakers 2024

Culture Business Sydney 2024

Culture Business Sydney 2024 includes communications experts, emerging leaders, educators, artists, and activists who will describe their triumphs and failures, and share insights about how they would do things differently. Our speakers come from Europe, America, Asia Pacific, and Africa. Discover their full profiles below.

Chairs and Conference Curator

  • Corinne Estrada

    Founder & CEO
    Communicating the Arts
    FRANCE

  • Jonathan Holloway

    Founder and Director
    Giant Inspiration
    UK

  • Janine Collins

    Principal
    J9 Consulting
    AUSTRALIA

Speakers

  • Sonia Winner

    President & CEO
    Cleveland Museum of Natural History
    USA

  • Cat Burton

    Creative Producer
    Childrens' Museum of Pittsburgh
    USA

  • John Richardson

    Director of Audiences and Development
    Art Gallery of NSW
    AUSTRALIA

  • Tirtha Giri

    Founder
    The Cultural Catalysts
    INDIA

  • John Hughes

    CEO
    Luna Park Sydney
    AUSTRALIA

  • Christiane Pracht

    Membership Manager
    Auckland War Memorial Museum
    NEW ZEALAND

  • Xenia Hanusiak

    Cultural Attache
    Embassy of the Kingdom of the Netherlands
    AUSTRALIA

  • Jo Brehaut

    Director Australasia
    Morris Hargreaves McIntyre
    AUSTRALIA

  • Scott Whinfield

    Marketing Manager
    West Australian Opera
    AUSTRALIA

  • Melissa Santee

    Chief Philanthropy Officer
    Cleveland Museum of Natural History
    USA

  • Claudia Chan Shaw

    Designer, Author, Presenter
    Renaissance Tours
    AUSTRALIA

  • Amalia Hordern

    Senior Director, Asia Pacific
    Tessitura Network
    AUSTRALIA

  • Marijke Smallegange

    Head of Digital Marketing, Communication & Commerce
    RijksMuseum
    NETHERLANDS

  • Jonathan Harper

    CEO
    Paraorchestra
    UK

  • Georgina Russell

    Director of Commercial & Development
    ACMI
    AUSTRALIA

  • Jon Blackburn

    Chief Finance Officer
    Sydney Opera House
    AUSTRALIA

  • Daniel Peterson

    Partner & Creative Director
    Base Design
    AUSTRALIA

  • Zoë Sadokierski

    Co-director of the Visualisation Institute
    University of Technology Sydney
    AUSTRALIA

  • Dominique Gill

    Founder & Managing Director
    Urban Core
    FRANCE - AUSTRALIA

  • Katherine Connor

    Executive Director
    Performing Arts Connections Australia
    AUSTRALIA

  • Bronwyn Coulston

    Stakeholder Liaison Manager - Arts
    Service and Creative Skills Australia
    AUSTRALIA

  • Kim McKay

    Director & CEO
    Australian Museum
    AUSTRALIA

  • Douglas Nicol

    Partner
    The Works
    AUSTRALIA

  • Thai-son Gruber

    Post-graduate psychology student
    University of Sydney
    FRANCE - VIETNAM

  • Jayne Lovelock

    Director, Private Partnerships and Impact
    Creative Australia
    AUSTRALIA

  • Georgie McClean

    Executive Director
    Creative Australia
    AUSTRALIA

  • Jo Smith

    Artistic Director
    Circus WA
    AUSTRALIA

  • Samantha Jones

    Director of Development
    Belvoir St Theatre
    AUSTRALIA

  • Dominique Jones

    Philanthropy Manager
    Queensland Art Gallery / Gallery of Modern Art
    AUSTRALIA

  • Ngozia Hunter

    Individual Giving Manager
    Woolly Mammoth Theatre Company
    USA

  • Daniel Koublachvili

    Creative Technology Director
    1000 Heads
    AUSTRALIA

  • Gillian Mercer

    Director, Business Development and Partnerships
    Creative Australia
    AUSTRALIA

  • Yasmine Mingay

    Senior Director of Public Affairs, Development, and Outreach
    Canadian Museum of History / Canadian War Museum

  • Kerri Glasscock

    CEO & Festival Director
    Sydney Fringe Festival
    AUSTRALIA