Who?
Convention Team
Anthony Barnett, Co-Director
Henry Porter, Co-Director
Guy Aitchison, Deputy Director
Claire Preston, Production Manager
Clare Coatman, Participation Manager
Phil Booth, UK Meetings
Stephen Taylor, Event Manager
Rosemary Bechler, Partner Support
Leon Harris, Design
Tom Ash, Website Manager and Website Build
Ellen Vellacott, Video Manager
Bill Thompson, Social Networks
Robert Sharp, Website Build
Phoebe Dickerson, Programme Editor
Alice Dyke, Partner Support Assistant
David Cross, Programme Co-design and Setting
Patrick Hayes, Event Support
Ned Cavendish, Programme Assistant
Peter Archer, Participation Assistant
Videos
Portia Barnett-Herrin, Videos
Alex Leach, Video Production
Freddy Wichert, Video Production
Stil Williams, Video Production
Rob Sharpe, Video Editing
Special thanks to Nash Studios
Research Briefings
Matthew Brian
Jonny Butterworth
Tony Daly
Miranda Porter
Qudsi Rasheed
Webcast
Robin Lough, Web Broadcast Director
Overhead Sounds, Broadcast Facilities
Jake Dowie, Webcasting
Convention Advisors
Stuart Weir, Democratic Audit
Tony Curzon Price, openDemocracy
Georgina Henry, The Guardian
Shami Chakrabarti, Liberty
Sabina Frediani, Liberty
Sunny Hundal, Liberal Conspiracy
Jon Bright
Stephen Taylor, NO2ID
James Graham, Unlock Democracy
Christina Zaba, No2ID
Keith Sutherland Imprint Academic
Stewards
A fantastic team of volunteers
helped on the day including:
Jonathan Algar
Peter Archer
Mark Barrett
Caitlin Bawn
Lynne Bollington
Ruby Breward
Ned Cavendish
Phil Cowley
Geoff Cox
Sarah Duff
Guy Holder
Geirmund Knutsen
Harriet Lambert
Henry Lane
Neil Lock
Thomas Lowe
Beatrice Lowenthal
Lesley Macgregor-Chatwin
George Marshall
Ian Marshall
Alexander McDonald
Craig McLean
Pari Modiri
Jeanette Nathan
Catherine Oborne
Carolyn O’Grady
Steve Peak
Julyan Phillips
Jon Ribbens
Chris Rimmer
Ian Russell
Camille Savinien
Naureen Shameem
Joseph Swift
Alice Thomson
Pete Wilks
Omar Younes
Anna Zamejc
and our great camera crew:
Ellie Brown
Garry Brown
Alex Donovan
Tom Ellis
Veronica Haag
Tony Hill
Hektor Kowalski
Dan Kuper
Gary McQuiggin
Paul Merron
Andy Mullins
Nicolas Newarchy
Jon Newey
Thomas Read
John Watson
Michael Whelan
Andrew Willshear
Partners
Partners helping with the organisation of the day:
NO2ID
Liberal Conspiracy
Unlock Democracy
Amnesty UK
For a full list of partner organisations see our Partners page.
Media Partner
The Guardian is the main media partner.
Assisting with the Convention are:
Georgina Henry
Ros Taylor
Nathalie Hanman
Emily Butselaar
Sara Rhodes
Funders
The Convention is being supported by:
Carnegie UK Trust
Charles E Chadwyck-Healey Charitable Trust
Esmée Fairbairn Foundation
The Hauser Raspe Foundation
John Jackson
Liberty
The Marmot Trust
New World Foundation
The Open Trust
David & Elaine Potter Charitable Foundation
Sigrid Rausing Trust
Joseph Rowntree Charitable Trust
Joseph Rowntree Foundation
Joseph Rowntree Reform Trust Ltd
Neil Tennant
Andrew Wainwright Reform Trust
