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LIVE STREAMING of 4Talent event 'Generation C in the Media Inudtry?' 19th October 2011 18:30 to 20:00. Follow on Tweeter and tweet your questions to #4TGenC

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The creative industries are a vital growth sector in the UK - and are also responsible for driving the UK’s cultural reputation around the world. However, while the sector is dependent on creative talent, it remains dominated by new entrants from advantaged socio-economic backgrounds.
 
Does it matter if our rising media stars come from a narrow pool? The Government has set out to address the issues around social mobility, and the creative industries are a source of focus in this discussion. This event should contribute to this broader political debate, but focus on proactive solutions.

Chair:

Tim Campbell - Entrepreneur

Panel:

David Abraham - CEO Channel 4

Andy Pickles - Entrepreneur and DJ

Jamel Edwards - Young Entrepreneur

Hannah Musisi - Business Development Manager Turner Broadcasting

Martin Bright -Chief Executive of NDotM

Tim Campbell is an entrepreneurial young man from the East End who first became known to the British public after being crowned the winner of the hit BBC TV series The Apprentice and going on to become the first Project Director of the Health & Beauty division within Lord Alan Sugar's company, Amstrad PLC.  Prior to working for him, Tim had a successful career with London Underground before applying for the programme.

Tim has gone on to found Bright Ideas Trust, a charitable social enterprise which encourages young budding entrepreneurs from disadvantaged backgrounds to start business ventures, by giving them greater access to start-up finance, real business mentors, professional services advisors and educational programmes.  Bright Ideas Trust has already generated successful start-ups, much excitement and interest from Corporate Organisations, Philanthropists and HNWI and innovative young entrepreneurs alike, not to mention receiving praise from senior MPs across all political parties including our Prime Minister David Cameron.

Aside from this and commercial activities Tim is co-author of one of Amazon’s top 10 business books for 2010 ‘What’s Your Bright Idea’ and uses his time to support young people getting apprenticeships and training in his key role as the Mayor of London's Ambassador for training and enterprise.  

David Abraham CEO of Channel 4 Television Corporation

Jamal Edwards is a young entrepreneur and is the founder of SB TV a music focused video channel hosted on YouTube. I had the pleasure of interviewing him for Virgin Media Pioneers in 2010 and we had a ball. In a world where a lot of young people are unsure about what career paths to take or whether there are jobs available, his attitude and approach to life could well serve as an inspiration to many.

Andy Pickles is the Chief Executive and Founder of U-Explore and previously the Deputy Chairman of the Music Factory Entertainment Group where he started as a sound engineer at age 16 and went on the spend 25 years working with his family to develop the business into an international entertainment company. During this time he became a successful music producer selling over 10 million records, most notably with the infamous Jive Bunny and the Mastermixers.

From music producer he went on to run Tidy Trax, one of the UK’s most successful independent dance record labels which developed into one of the countries most iconic clubbing brands Tidy. As a result of the labels success Andy and the label’s creative director Amadeus Mozart started djing together as the ‘Tidy Boys’ playing clubs and festivals all over the world as well as hosting a weekly Galaxy radio show. Ten years on the Tidy Boys are still in demand and can still be seen playing the occasional gig or festival but corporate and family has seen the boys semi-retire in 2011.

It was during Andy’s time running the record label that he first became aware of the possibility of creating a product to support young people’s understanding of business and in the first instance it was the events industry that he focussed on with an education product called ‘The Event’. This was a DVD and teacher resource pack to support a range of curriculum ideas and careers advice. From here Andy became more involved with schools and the idea for U-Explore started to develop in 2004 as he realised technology could have a major role to play in connecting business with education.

Hannah Musisi is Business Development Manager for CNN International in EMEA, focusing on developing new revenue opportunities in the digital and new media space.
Prior to her current role, Hannah worked for a number of years as a strategy consultant, advising senior clients from a range of sectors including healthcare, oil and gas industries.
 
Hannah is also a Non Executive Director on the board of Artichoke. Founded as a charitable trust in 2005, Artichoke is a creative company that puts on extraordinary large-scale events that change the way people look at the world.
Hannah has a Ph.D. in Genetics from Cambridge University and a MBA from the Collège des Ingénieurs (Paris).

Martin Bright is the award-winning former Political Editor of the New Statesman. His idea for a New Deal of the Mind organisation has captured the imagination of the cultural world since its inception earlier this year and attracted the support of politicians from across the political spectrum.

Martin is Founder and Chief Executive of NDotM. Since March he has been working closely with ministers, officials and arts organisations to deliver jobs in the creative industries.

Ms Jo Swinson MP
East Dunbartonshire Liberal Democrats - Majority 2,184
PPS to Business Secretary Vince Cable and Deputy Leader of the Scottish Liberal Democrats

Elected in 2005 as the youngest member of Parliament, when she was just 24, Jo Swinson has emerged as a determined campaigner on a wide variety of issues. She has combined an interest in foreign affairs with campaigns on climate change. Furthermore, she was one of the first MPs to truly embrace the possibilities of social media.

Though not a member of the Party's Shadow Cabinet before the 2010 election, she has established herself as an influential voice within the party - and now combines a role as PPS to Business Secretary Dr Vince Cable with being the Scottish Liberal Democrats' Deputy Leader. She was chosen for this latter post unopposed, when the former occupant Michael Moore stepped down to concentrate on his duties as a Secretary of State.

Remarkably, 2005 was not her first election, having stood against Deputy Prime Minister John Prescott in 2001 and for the Scottish Parliament in 2003, while also being elected to the party's federal executive in 2002. Ms Swinson was re-elected as MP for East Dunbartonshire at the 2010 general election with a majority of 2,184 votes.

Prior to her election, she had worked as the Scottish Development Officer for the UK Public Health Association and had been an active member of the Liberal Democrats since she joined the Party in 1997. While studying for a management degree at the London School of Economics, she became Secretary and then Vice Chair of Liberal Democrat Youth & Students. During this time she campaigned extensively against tuition fees, launching a website in support of the campaign.

Immediately following her election in 2005, she was appointed as a Party Spokesperson within the Culture, Media and Sport team. She then shadowed the Secretary of State for Scotland before Sir Menzies Campbell appointed her Spokesperson for Women and Equality in the reshuffle that followed Gordon Brown becoming Prime Minister.

She was made a Party Spokesperson on Foreign Affairs by new leader Nick Clegg until the party entered into a coalition government with the Conservatives in 2010. During this period, she also served on the Environmental Audit Select Committee. She also is a Parliamentary Trustee of Democracy for Young People - UK Youth Parliament's governing body.

In August 2010, she welcomed a campaign by Girlguiding UK to introduce a compulsory labelling system for airbrushed pictures in magazine, saying: "We need to make girls feel confident about their own body and to help them realise that manipulated images are unrealistic and untrue."

As might have been expected, given her status as the youngest competitor, she was the winner of the women's race in the Sport relief one-mile run for politicians in 2006. In the same year, she named Oasis' (What's The Story) Morning Glory her favourite ever album.