Keir Winesmith is passionate about finding new ways to use digital to connect people to culture and place. He is Chief Digital Officer at the National Film & Sound Archive, mentor in the Australia Council for the Arts CEO Digital Mentoring Program, and co-founder of the Cultural Data Salon for Sydney cultural workers. His book, co-authored with Dr. Suse Anderson, is The Digital Future of Museums (Routledge, 2020). Keir has led and collaborated on award-winning projects that blend the digital and the physical across the globe. In 2018, he was named in Fast Company’s 100 Most Creative People in Business for this work. Keir holds hold a Ph.D. in new media and writes and speaks frequently on the intersection of digital and the arts, in particular, the role of digital as an agent for organisational change.
Keir Winesmith is passionate about finding new ways to use digital to connect people to culture and place. He is Chief Digital Officer at the National Film & Sound Archive, mentor in the Australia Council for the Arts CEO Digital Mentoring Program, and co-founder of the Cultural Data Salon for Sydney cultural workers. His book, co-authored with Dr. Suse Anderson, is The Digital Future of Museums (Routledge, 2020). Keir has led and collaborated on award-winning projects that blend the digital and the physical across the globe. In 2018, he was named in Fast Company’s 100 Most Creative People in Business for this work. Keir holds hold a Ph.D. in new media and writes and speaks frequently on the intersection of digital and the arts, in particular, the role of digital as an agent for organisational change.