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Our annual summit Murmuration is next Wednesday! Join us at the Royal Shakespeare Company as we continue to collectively strategise for culture in 2026.

Murmuration is a space to report back on what we’ve achieved, as well as driving forward our collective impact, innovation and ambition. Through the lens of systems change, together we’ll be exploring what other sectors and leaders have done to innovate with audiences, workforce and equity; to inspire us to realise our collective ambition for the people and places of the West Midlands and take actions back to our work and organisations.

📅 Wednesday 18th March 2026
🕙 10am - 4pm
📍 Royal Shakespeare Company, Stratford-upon-Avon

Outline programme:
10.00am Arrivals, Registration & Networking Breakfast
10:55am Welcome: Ecology to Murmuration
11:00am Collective Futures for Culture
- Baroness Hodge of Barking
- Selina Thompson Artistic Director & CEO, Selina Thompson Ltd
11:45am A Collective Response
- Kat Hughes & Cara Pickering, Leadership Associates, Culture Central
12:30pm Lunch
1:00pm Our Role in Innovation and Systems Change
- Julie Temperley, Senior Associate, Innovation Unit
1:15pm Innovation for Audiences, Skills and Equity
- Gurpri Bains, EDI strategist & Founder, Hyphen8 Labs
- Ed Fidoe, CEO, London Interdisciplinary School
- Si Chun, Head of Research, Intelligence and Inclusive Growth, West Midlands Combined Authority
- Katy Raines, Founder & CEO, Indigo
2:15pm Workshop/Breakouts: Our Roles in Murmuration
3:15pm Where Next?
3:30pm - 4:00pm Networking & Refreshments

Last few tickets remaining - sign up here: https://www.culturecentral.co.uk/events/cuture-centrals-wm-culture-summit-2026-murmuration