Event Production Show launches 2011's Access Sessions

The Access Sessions at the Event Production Show will once again offer
thought leadership and insight for organisations involved in the live
event sector.

2011's speaker programme draws on emergent trends in the market and will reflect the value and contribution that festivals, experiential
marketing, exhibitions, corporate events and spectaculars make to the UK economy. 

Taking place 2-3 February, keynote presenters lined up for 2011's Access Sessions include Harvey Goldsmith, Wayne Hemingway, John Probyn and Jamie Oliver's Fabulous Feasts. 


February 2nd 2011

Speakers: John Probyn vs Harvey Goldsmith

Session: Transformers

Time: 11.30 - 12.30

Live Nation COO, and Access Sessions ambassador John Probyn will ask
Harvey Goldsmith CBE for his take on the bureaucracy behind live events,  ticket touts, legislation, cashless festivals and much more besides. With the likes of Live Aid, Live 8, The Who, all things Hyde Park, Download and Radio 1's Big Weekend between them, the candid discussion is sure to unleash some topical comment!


Speakers:  Jamie Oliver, Glen Chadwick and David Hornby

Session: Three Of Your Five

Time: 14.00 - 15.00

Jamie Oliver will introduce his Fabulous Feasts team, before managing
director of the business, Glen Chadwick, and commercial director, David
Hornby, detail its ambitions and USPs ahead of season 2011.
 

February 3rd 2011

Speaker: Wayne Hemingway

Session: A Perfect Fit

Time: 12 noon - 13.00

Wayne Hemingway MBE, co-founder of Red or Dead is a fashion designer who went on to set up Hemingway Design which specialises in affordable and social design. In 2009, he launched Vintage at Goodwood, a summer event  celebrating British music and fashion whilst injecting glamour into the festival circuit.  Get a first hand take on how Hemingway teamed with Lord March and company to realise his latest dream, from designing the filmic High Street to organising the sell out catwalk shows. Hear about the curators and the contractors, the clubs, pubs and rock 'n' roll, the pros and cons of Glamping, appeasing the locals, and the plans for 2011.

 
Speaker: John Probyn

Session:  Question Time

Date:  14:00 - 15:00

John Probyn returns with his acclaimed Question Time casting a quizzical eye over the industry and summing up news from the show floor.

 
For some years the Access Sessions have attracted heavyweight names
including Glastonbury's Michael Eavis and Paul Deighton London
Organising Committee of the Olympic Games and Paralympic Games (LOCOG).

Gerry Sutcliffe, then Minister for Sport and Feargal Sharkey, then Chief
Executive of UK Music, have also held a Session.

Nic Howden, Access Sessions organiser said: "We have worked hard to
attract a panel of speakers who will offer the targeted audience forward
thinking and relevant subject matter.  We're getting ready for a decade
that will see many of the UK's events on a global stage, from The
Diamond Jubilee and Olympics through to the Commonwealth Games and live music events that the UK is synonymous with. It is therefore only fitting that we have brought under one roof some of the best creatives involved in the live event sector".