Keynote speaker announced for Brighton Base Camp, 16 Oct
Brighton Chamber is delighted to announce its first keynote speaker, Adam Joolia, chief executive of AudioActive, a ground-breaking, highly influential music organisation which specialises in technology and contemporary youth culture.
Adam will be interviewed by event MC James Dempster, and this session certainly promises to be lively and engaging. Adam is a man who dislikes the conventional and actively thrives on difficult situations, which is just as well as he forged his career in Nottingham, working in alternative education and youth music projects during the emergence of the Grime scene.
It was a difficult period for the city, rife with gun and gang violence. Engaging with young people there meant devising approaches that were both creative and innovative. It’s a way of working that’s been crucial to his role at AudioActive.
Successful projects include the Electric Youth Ensemble as well as the child-to-parent violence intervention Break4Change, which Adam designed with RISE and Brighton & Hove City Council.
AudioActive is now establishing the UK’s first Centre of Excellence to develop talent in marginalised and under-represented young artists, with Adam firmly at the helm. Lockdown for Audio Active has resulted in all employees being retained on full hours, with new staff recruited too. Turnover has almost tripled in the last two years.
Adam will talk about how the success he’s achieved with AudioActive will shape its future. He’ll give an insight into how the company has inspired local businesses with shared values of community to collaborate in creating a better future through music.
How to join the event
Details of more speakers and workshops are being announced over the coming weeks, together with the full programme.
“It’ll certainly be a fruitful day that will help make something worthwhile out of the bananas situation in which we’ve all found ourselves,” says Chamber chief executive Sarah Springford. “So, grab those crampons, stock up on the Kendal Mint Cake, and book your ticket to join the adventure!”
Date: 16 October, 9am-1pm
Book here: https://www.brightonchamber.co.uk/event/brighton-base-camp-bananas
Brighton Chamber would like to thank event sponsors Cardens Accountants, Shoreham Port, Cognitive Law, Let’s Do Business Group, Ingenio Technologies.