Speakers
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Festival of Economics
Tim Harford
He is author of How To Make the World Add Up, The Data Detective, Messy, and the million-selling The Undercover Economist. He is a senior columnist at the Financial Times, and the presenter of BBC Radio’s More or Less, How To Vaccinate the World, and Fifty Things That Made the Modern Economy, as well as […]
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Emma Harvey
Emma Harvey has been with Trinity since 2007 and has a background in the charity sector and in visual arts. She is interested in localism, and developing inclusive spaces, platforms and technologies. Photo credit: Paul Blakemore
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Deborah Harvey
Her poems have been widely published and broadcast on Radio 4’s Poetry Please. Her sixth poetry collection, Love the Albatross, which addresses the subject of estrangement, will be published by Indigo Dreams in autumn 2024.
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Festival of the Future City
Adam Hawksbee
He has previously worked as Head of Policy at West Midlands Combined Authority, as a Research Fellow at Bloomberg Harvard City Leadership Initiative and as a Parliamentary Researcher for the House of Commons. He earnt a first-class BA in History and Politics from University of Sheffield, and a masters in public policy from Harvard Kennedy […]
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Margaret Heffernan
Heffernan produced programmes for the BBC for 13 years. She then moved to the US where she spearheaded multimedia productions for Intuit, The Learning Company and Standard&Poors. She was Chief Executive of InfoMation Corporation, ZineZone Corporation and then iCast Corporation, was named one of the ‘Top 25’ by Streaming Media magazine and one of the […]
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Hannah Hickman
She is passionate about research and its value in achieving change in policy and practice, ensuring that research has an impact beyond the confines of academic dialogue. Her research is principally focused on the areas of housing, infrastructure planning (both national and local) and professional practice. Recent examples of her consultancy research include work for the […]
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Festival of the Future City
Stephen Hilton
He is the former Director of Futures at Bristol City Council, where he led the development of the council’s vision for a smart, sustainable and equitable future. He is director and founder of City Global Futures Ltd. Stephen has a lifelong severe sight impairment, which has given him a unique perspective on the world and […]
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Stephen Hilton
In 2016, Stephen founded City Global Futures consultancy. Recently completing an MA in Regenerative Economics at Dartington’s Schumacher College, he co-founded Slowmentum, aiming to apply regenerative principles to economic systems in Bristol and Bath. Despite facing lifelong severe sight impairment, Stephen’s journey is marked by professional achievement and personal resilience, underscored by his commitment to […]
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Festival of the Future City
Paul Holbrook
In 2018 he made the final 1% of The Academy Nicholl Fellowship (The Oscars) and was also selected for industry-backed career development through Creative England, Bafta, and the BFI. As a self-taught director, Paul Holbrook has been prolific in the world of filmmaking, and his work has been selected for numerous Bafta, BIFA, and Oscar-qualifying film festivals […]
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Helen Holland
Helen chairs the Bristol Health and Wellbeing Board, and also the Bristol, North Somerset and South Gloucestershire Integrated Care Partnership. Helen has held many roles within the Council including Leader of the Council (2007 – 2009), leading Bristol’s first bid to the European Commission for Green Capital status. Her previous Cabinet roles include Environment, Transport […]
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Festival of the Future City
Catherine Howe
Catherine Howe is an expert in digital innovation, focusing on the area of digital democracy and social change. She has a background in software development and technology delivery and was CEO of a successful SME, Public-i Group Ltd, before moving to Capita to redevelop Capita’s digital transformation approach which she then brought to life in […]
