AI and creative technology scaleups: less talk, more action Contents

Appendix 2: List of witnesses

Evidence is published online at https://committees.parliament.uk/committee/170/communications-and-digital-committee/publications/ and available for inspection at the Parliamentary Archives (020 7219 3074).

Evidence received by the Committee is listed below in chronological order of oral evidence session and in alphabetical order. Those witnesses marked with ** gave both oral evidence and written evidence. Those marked with * gave oral evidence and did not submit any written evidence. All other witnesses submitted written evidence only.

Oral evidence in chronological order

*

Erin Platts, Chief Executive Officer, HSBC Innovation Banking

QQ 1–20

**

Alex Kendall OBE, Co-founder and Chief Executive Officer, Wayve

QQ 1–20

*

James Wise, Partner, Balderton Capital

QQ 1–20

*

Michael Holmes, Chief Executive Officer, Scale Space

QQ 1–20

*

Antony Berg, Chief Financial Officer, Speechmatics

QQ 21–38

*

Eleanor Lightbody, Chief Executive Officer, Luminance

QQ 21–38

*

Barney Hussey-Yeo, Founder and Chief Executive Officer, Cleo AI

QQ 21–38

*

James Smith, Co-founder and Chief Executive Officer, Human Native AI

QQ 21–38

*

Leo Ringer, Founding Partner, Form Ventures

QQ 39–51

*

Gerard Grech CBE, Managing Director of Founders, Cambridge Enterprise

QQ 39–51

*

Susan Bowen, Chief Executive Officer, Digital Catapult

QQ 39–51

*

Victor Riparbelli, Co-founder and Chief Executive Officer, Synthesia

QQ 52–61

*

Peadar Coyle, Founder, AudioStack

QQ 52–61

*

Simon Barratt, Co-founder and Chief Executive Officer, Cooperative Innovations

QQ 52–61

**

David Glick, Founder and Chief Executive Officer, Edge Investments

QQ 62–70

*

Paul Murphy, Partner, Lightspeed Venture Capital

QQ 62–70

*

Caroline Norbury OBE, Chief Executive Officer, Creative UK

QQ 62–70

**

Nick Poole OBE, Chief Executive Officer, Ukie

QQ 62–70

*

Louis Taylor CBE, Chief Executive Officer, British Business Bank, and Chair, British Patient Capital

QQ 71–92

**

Esra Kasapoglu, Executive Director, Innovate UK (UKRI)

QQ 93–106

**

Professor Christopher Smith, Executive Chair, Arts and Humanities Research Council (UKRI)

QQ 93–106

**

Sir Chris Bryant MP, Minister for Creative Industries, Arts and Tourism, Department for Culture, Media and Sport; and Minister of State for Data Protection and Telecoms, Department for Science, Innovation and Technology

QQ 107–129

**

Feryal Clark MP, Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for AI and Digital Government, Department for Science, Innovation and Technology

QQ 107–129

**

Baroness Gustafsson CBE, Minister for Investment, Department for Business and Trade and HM Treasury

QQ 107–129

Alphabetical list of all witnesses

Advertising Association

ACT0044

Dr Amr Al Khateeb, Senior Lecturer in Marketing, Liverpool John Moores University [joint submission]

ACT0021

Andreessen Horowitz

ACT0051

Dr Fiona Armstrong-Gibbs, Reader in Enterprise and Inclusive Growth, Liverpool John Moores University

ACT0041

Dr Carlos Arranz, Senior Lecturer, University of Greenwich [joint submission]

ACT0007

Dr Marta F Arroyabe, Reader and Deputy Director of IADS, University of Essex [joint submission]

ACT0007

The Association for UK Interactive Entertainment (UKIE)

ACT0049

Authors’ Licensing and Collecting Society (ALCS)

ACT0048

*

Simon Barratt, Co-founder and Chief Executive Officer, Cooperative Innovations (QQ 52–61)

behold.ai technologies

ACT0039

*

Antony Berg, Chief Financial Officer, Speechmatics (QQ 21–38)

Dr Suzanne Black, Research Associate, CoSTAR Foresight Lab, University of Edinburgh [joint submission]

ACT0024

Boardwave

ACT0052

*

Susan Bowen, Chief Executive Officer, Digital Catapult (QQ 39–51)

British Film Institute (BFI)

ACT0036

British Standards Institution (BSI)

ACT0020

Emma Brown, Programme Manager, University of York [joint submission]

ACT0043

**

Sir Chris Bryant MP, Minister for Creative Industries, Arts and Tourism, Department for Culture, Media and Sport and Minister of State for Data Protection and Telecoms, Department for Science, Innovation and Technology (QQ 107–129)

ACT0025

ACT0063

Professor Oli Buckley, Professor of Cyber Security, Loughborough University

ACT0008

Dr Mercedes Bunz, Professor in Digital Culture and Society, King’s College London

ACT0009

British Private Equity and Venture Capital Association (BVCA)

ACT0050

Professor Martin Charter, Director, Centre for Sustainable Design, University for the Creative Arts [joint submission]

ACT0002

**

Feryal Clark MP, Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for AI and Digital Government, Department for Science, Innovation and Technology (QQ 107–129)

ACT0025

ACT0063

Computer and Communications Industry Association (CCIA)

ACT0035

Confederation of British Industry (CBI)

ACT0029

Dr Michael Cook, Senior Lecturer, King’s College London

ACT0034

CoSTAR Foresight Lab

ACT0023

CoSTAR National R&D Lab for Creative Technologies

ACT0013

Council on Geostrategy

ACT0031

*

Peadar Coyle, Founder, AudioStack (QQ 52–61)

Creative Industries Policy and Evidence Centre

ACT0028

James Dancer, Chair of the Alumni Board, University of Oxford [joint submission]

ACT0055

Dr Trevor Davis, Managing Director, Trevor Davis & Associates Ltd [joint submission]

ACT0002

Michael Drummond, Senior Lecturer in Business, Liverpool John Moores University [joint submission]

ACT0021

Effa Ettah, Ecosystem Manager, Turing Innovation Catalyst Manchester [joint submission]

ACT0026

Faculty AI

ACT0054

Dr Rajab Ghandour, Senior Lecturer in Business Intelligence and Data Analysis, Liverpool John Moores University [joint submission]

ACT0021

**

David Glick, Founder and Chief Executive Officer, Edge Investments (QQ 62–70)

ACT0059

**

Gerard Grech CBE, Managing Director of Founders, Cambridge Enterprise (QQ 39–51)

ACT0053

**

Baroness Gustafsson CBE, Minister for Investment, Department for Business and Trade and HM Treasury (QQ 107–129)

ACT0063

Jay Harrison, Postdoctoral Research Associate, XR+ Network, University of York [joint submission]

ACT0043

*

Michael Holmes, Chief Executive Officer, Scale Space (QQ 1–20)

*

Barney Hussey-Yeo, Founder and Chief Executive Officer, Cleo AI (QQ 21–38)

Institute of Chartered Accountants in England and Wales (ICAEW)

ACT0046

The Institution of Engineering and Technology

ACT0015

**

Esra Kasapoglu, Executive Director, Innovate UK, UK Research and Innovation (UKRI) (QQ 93–106)

ACT0045

ACT0061

Richard Keirnan, Global Head of AI Platforms, NatWest Group, NatWest RBS Group

ACT0003

**

Alex Kendall OBE, Co-founder and Chief Executive Officer, Wayve (QQ 1–20)

ACT0047

Kennedys

ACT0042

Knowledge Rights 21

ACT0016

*

Eleanor Lightbody, Chief Executive Officer, Luminance (QQ 21–38)

Professor John McAuliffe, Professor of Poetry, The University of Manchester [joint submission]

ACT0026

Market Research Society

ACT0037

Professor Sarah Montano, Professor of Retail Marketing, University of Birmingham [joint submission]

ACT0010

Professor Damian Murphy, Professor of Sound and Music Computing, University of York [joint submission]

ACT0043

*

Paul Murphy, Partner, Lightspeed Venture Capital (QQ 62–70)

National Council for the Training of Journalists

ACT0032

**

Caroline Norbury OBE, Chief Executive Officer, Creative UK (QQ 62–70)

ACT0019

Dr Aislinn O’Connell, Senior Lecturer in Law, Royal Holloway University of London

ACT0038

Nicola Osborne, Manager of the Institute for Design Informatics, Edinburgh College of Art, University of Edinburgh [joint submission]

ACT0024

Oxford Science Enterprises

ACT0056

Pact

ACT0005

Panacea Innovation

ACT0058

Caroline Parkinson, Director of Creative/Sector Engagement Manager, Creative Industries Edinburgh Futures Institute, University of Edinburgh [joint submission]

ACT0024

*

Erin Platts, Chief Executive Officer, HSBC Innovation Banking (QQ 1–20)

**

Nick Poole OBE, Chief Executive Officer, Ukie (QQ 62–70)

ACT0060

*

Leo Ringer, Founding Partner, Form Ventures (QQ 39–51)

*

Victor Riparbelli, Co-founder and Chief Executive Officer, Synthesia (QQ 52–61)

Royal College of Art

ACT0022

Liz Scott MBE, Director, Turing Innovation Catalyst Manchester [joint submission]

ACT0026

Josh Siepel, Senior Lecturer in Management (Business and Management), University of Sussex Business School

ACT0004

**

Professor Christopher Smith, Executive Chair, Arts and Humanities Research Council, UK Research and Innovation (UKRI) (QQ 93–106)

ACT0045

ACT0061

*

James Smith, Co-founder and Chief Executive Officer, Human Native AI (QQ 21–38)

Dr Martin Smith, Visiting Fellow in Creative Industries, Goldsmiths, University of London

ACT0001

South London Creative and Digital Innovation Cluster

ACT0006

Mati Staniszewski, Co-founder, ElevenLabs

ACT0057

Surrey Institute for People-Centred AI

ACT0018

Dr Jon Swords, Reader in Creative Industries, University of York [joint submission]

ACT0043

Synthetic Media Research Network

ACT0011

Professor Lord Tarassenko, President, Reuben College, and Professor of Electrical Engineering, University of Oxford [joint submission]

ACT0055

**

Louis Taylor CBE, Chief Executive Officer, British Business Bank, and Chair, British Patient Capital (QQ 71–92)

ACT0027

techUK

ACT0017

Professor Melissa Terras, Professor of Digital Cultural Heritage, Edinburgh College of Art, University of Edinburgh [joint submission]

ACT0024

Dr Inci Toral, Associate Professor of Marketing, University of Birmingham [joint submission]

ACT0010

Dean Williams, Business Consultant, Research and Knowledge Exchange Department, Goldsmiths, University of London

ACT0030

*

James Wise, Partner, Balderton Capital (QQ 1–20)

Yoti

ACT0014





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