
Keynote: Professor Aaron Williamon
Professor of Performance Science, Royal College of Music and Imperial College London
The performing and visual arts sector contributes more than £5.4 billion a year to the UK economy. With the most recent statistics showing that this industry accounts for around 5.6% of total UK jobs.
Specifically in the performing arts industry, a large proportion of the workforce are composed of freelance performers – a high number of which are likely to become injured or have other health problems as a result of their work.
The particular needs of those in performing arts also translate to other areas of the national workforce, where traditional occupational health provision may not reach. The Occupational Medicine Section of the Royal Society of Medicine and the British Association for Performing Arts Medicine have therefore come together to run a one day educational meeting that will be of interest to a wide range of people with an interest in health and work.
Those attending will hear from industry and occupational health experts, academics and clinicians in a range of disciplines. Through panel discussions, delegates can discuss how performers and the industry might have work and health advice to sustain them in their careers. This will be the “launchpad” for considering how the health and work needs of the self-employed generally might be met - especially those working in the “gig economy”.
Topics include:
Professor of Performance Science, Royal College of Music and Imperial College London
BBC Radio 4 Newsreader, regular presenter for the BBC Proms and has presented TV films for The Culture Show, Newsnight and Songs of Praise. Mr Soanes was voted the favourite male voice on UK radio by Sunday Times readers.
Public Health England Medical Champion for Work as a Health Outcome, and RCGP Council Member
Former CEO of the Music Publishers Association Group (MPA), and spent 20 years at Warner/Chappell, running business affairs outside of the U.S. and Canada, rising to the post of SVP, international legal and business affairs
Ms Claire Cordeaux, Director, British Association for Performing Arts Medicine and Dr Robin Cordell, President, Occupational Medicine Section, Royal Society of Medicine
Chair: Ms Claire Cordeaux
Ms Claire Cordeaux
Ms Jane Dyball, CEO of Music Publishers Association Group of Companies
Mr Zeb Soanes, Broadcaster, BBC Radio Four
Mr Colin Thomas, Chief Medical Officer, BBC
Professor Aaron Williamon, Professor of Performance Science, Royal College of Music and Imperial College London
Ms Jane Dyball, Mr Zeb Soanes, Mr Colin Thomas, Professor Aaron Williamon
Chair: Dr Robin Cordell
Dr Robin Cordell
Mr Peter Garden, Executive Director Performance and Learning, Royal Liverpool Philharmonic
Professor Emma Redding, Head of Dance Science, Trinity Laban Conservatoire of Music and Dance
Dr Rob Hampton, Portfolio GP and Occupational Physician, Public Health England Medical Champion for Work as a Health Outcome and Royal College of General Practitioners Council
Colonel John Etherington, Director of Defence Rehabilitation and Consultant in Rheumatology and Rehabilitation, Defence Medical Rehabilitation Centre
Mr Nick Pahl, CEO, Society of Occupational Medicine, Mr Peter Garden, Professor Emma Redding, Dr Rob Hampton, Colonel John Etherington
Dr Robin Cordell
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