If demand for digital skills is high, but the supply is low; how do we ensure businesses are able to seize opportunities offered by digital transformation while diversifying the workforce?
A PORTSMOUTH BUSINESS WEEK EVENT HOSTED BY MAKING WAVES FILM FESTIVAL
1pm – 3pm, Friday 29th April 2022
Queens Hotel, Clarence Parade, Osborne Rd, Southsea, Portsmouth, Southsea PO5 3LJ
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The Creative Economy is the fastest growing Business Sector in the Solent Region!
Since 2010 nearly a third of job growth in Portsmouth can be attributed to the expansion of the Creative Sector. Almost all the new jobs are digital. These include roles in software development, web design, digital marketing, Games and Interactive Entertainment, Sound Design, and Film (in particular Editing, VFX Animation and Postproduction). However, the Creative Sector has a dirty secret. It lacks diversity. Women hold approximately 1/3rd of jobs in the industry and a significantly smaller proportion of top jobs. In London which still has the strongest creative economy in the UK, People from Black and Asian backgrounds are 40% underrepresented, and according to the Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport only 9% of creative jobs are held by people from the 1/3rd of the population with the least advantaged backgrounds. While the arts councils Making the Shift report suggested only 3.4 % of the arts and cultural labour force identified as having a disability (against 20% of the total workforce identify as having a disability).
Download the full briefing document “Mind the Digital Skills Gap” by Charles Freeman (Creative Network South) HERE!
Hosted by Making Waves Film Festival, Portsmouth’s annual film festival celebrating its 10th anniversary edition in 2022.
PANEL MEMBERS
Dr. Roy Hanney (Panel Chair)
Working with local businesses to support talent development in the creative industries.
Roy Hanney has over 20 years’ experience of teaching in higher education prior to which he worked in the UK film and television industry for 15 years as a production technician for a range of broadcast, commercial and corporate clients. Roy is director of the DVMISSION 48 Hour Film Challenge, an annual film-making event which is now in its 17th edition. His work as director of Portsmouth’s annual Making Waves Film Festival now in its 10th edition, further involves him in talent development, networking, and creative industries development in the Solent region.
Lou Doye (Panel Member)
Immersive and emergent technology executive producer and creative director- AR/VR/MR/5G Film and TV.
Lou Doye delights in exploring new imaginative territories with current and future immersive technologies. With proven leadership on the development of innovative audience experiences, she has motivated teams to embrace technological innovation. As digital fellow for Magic Leap and the Royal Shakespeare Company she was thrilled to be initiating relationships between creative technologists and artists. Her skills base includes; immersive technologies, pre/post production pipelines, spatial computing, augmented reality, virtual reality, 3D design, aesthetic development, UI UX design, technological interactivity/audience agency, VFX/CGI in VR, concept/scoping, strategic partnerships segmentation, investor pitches, presentations, mentorship and project evaluations.
Phil Attfield (Panel Member)
Co-Founder at NextGen Skills Academy. Consultant and friend to Creative Industries, VFX artist, supervisor, producer, proprietor, educator, and mentor.
Phil Attfield is a co-founder of NextGen Skills Academy and a VFX professional with nearly 40 years’ experience as a technician, editor, vfx artist, studio proprietor and skills champion. A nominee for BAFTA TV and Emmy awards he has more than 20 feature film credits including the Academy Award winning ‘The King’s Speech’. Phil uses his experience and network to develop courses, qualifications, apprenticeship standards and progression routes for talent, driving the NexGen aim of creating a more diverse and inclusive workforce for the Games, Animation and VFX industries.
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