During the AGM in Liverpool this year, the afternoon panel discussed the role of Liverpool as City of Culture:
- How has this built a legacy of heritage awareness and engagement for the future?
- Has it acheived its objectives?
- Has it established a unique cultural flavour for the city that is iconic and sustainable?
- How can the Trust work with what has been achieved?
- What can we learn from Liverpool - and how can this be applied to other urban areas?
- How important is heritage to city life? Do the needs of heritage and business conflict?
About the panel:
Joe Riley
Chairman of the panel, Joe is the arts editor, leader writer and columnist for the Liverpool Echo. Joe is a regular broadcaster for BBC radio and television, as well as having a weekly slot on Classic FM. A visiting senior lecturer in journalism to a number of British universities and colleges, Joe is also the author of four books. Joe was conferred a fellow of Liverpool John Moores University in 2002.
Tristram Hunt
Tristram is a lecturer in modern British History at Queen Mary, University of London. He has written two critically acclaimed books, authored numerous radio and television shows for the BBC and Channel 4 and is a regular history broadcaster. He is a fellow of the Royal Historical Society.
Kris Donaldson
Kris is Director of the Liverpool Culture Company, and is responsible for developing the global marketing strategy and the development of the new brand.
Jennifer Latto
Jennifer is a psychologist whose career has involved practising as an educational psychologist, university teaching and research, senior university management, and the regional strategic development of higher education at Government Office North West and the Regional Development Agency. Her interests in heritage and the arts are reflected in her roles as a Trustee of Tate and Chair of Tate Liverpool Council, and as a member of the Advisory Board of the Granada Foundation.
John Hinchliffe
John is a member of the Royal Town Planning Institute and the Institute of Historic Buildings Conservation, as well as the Georgian Group, The Victorian Society, The National Trust, Merseyside Civic Society and Lathom Park Trust. Prior to his current post of World Heritage Officer, he worked as a Conservation Officer in the Wirral and West Lancashire. John sees the biggest challenge facing the World Heritage Site is in achieving an equitable balance between the needs of conservation, sustainability and development.
Simon Osborne
Simon is the Trust's Properties Manager for the Liverpool portfolio of properties. A Liverpudlian, Simon was General Manager of St George's Hall and Liverpool Town Hall prior to working for the Trust.
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