Annette Mees is an award-winning artistic director, creative producer and cultural strategist. She is known for her innovative, interdisciplinary and experiential work that allows audiences to explore big ideas and create meaningful change.
  
  She advises on the future of culture, artistic innovation strategies and interdisciplinary collaborations. She is about to undertake a Future of Performance programme at King’s College London. She is the newly appointed Chair of FutureEverything who work at the intersection of art, technology and society to bring together people with different perspectives towards possible futures or the future.
  
  Until recently she was Head of Audience Labs at the Royal Opera House in London - dedicated to exploring the artistic possibilities of immersive technologies. It partnered leading artists with cutting-edge creative immersive technology and inter-disciplinary creative teams to create world-class work that innovates and pushes boundaries.
  
  She was a Creative Fellow for WIRED and The Space, Guest-Artistic Director of the Danish Inspiration Lab and worked on the IK-prize winning Sensorium at Tate Britain. She started her career as one of the co-Artistic Directors of Coney - an internationally renowned immersive theatre company.