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Our special guest opening speakers
Tristram Hunt MP
Tristram Hunt is the Labour Member of Parliament
for Stoke-on-Trent Central and Senior Lecturer in
History at Queen Mary, University of London. Since
entering Parliament in 2010, Tristram has focused
on educational excellence; the regeneration needs
of Stoke-on-Trent; the ceramics industry and energy
intensive sector. He is a Trustee of the History of
Parliament Trust and fellow of the Royal Historical
Society. From October 2013 until September 2015,
Tristram served as Labour’s Shadow Education
Secretary, and he is currently Chair of the PLP
Committee on Communities and Local
Government.
Stoke-on-Trent MP and historian Tristram Hunt will
be drawing on his experience of battling to save
the Wedgwood Collection and Staffordshire Hoard,
promoting heritage-led regeneration in The Potteries
and reviving the ceramics industry, to explain how the
West Midlands can explore and exploit its industrial
heritage for economic growth, civic pride and
regional identity.
Boris Pevzner
Founder and CEO of Collectrium
Boris is a serial entrepreneur, builder of enterprise
software companies, and an avid art lover. In 2009
he founded Collectrium, the leading collection
management platform for high-value fine art and
collectibles. The company was acquired by Christie’s
in 2015 and continues to operate independently,
ensuring client and data privacy. Collectrium was
designed specifically for collectors, by a technology
expert. Known for innovation, Collectrium has earned
the trust of thousands of clients around the world.
Prior to Collectrium, Boris founded Centrata,
a pioneer in cloud computing for Fortune 500 data
centers. Additionally, Boris co-founded xfire which
was later acquired by Viacom. Boris holds
undergraduate and graduate degrees in Electrical
Engineering and Computer Science from MIT.
In addition to his art obsession, Boris is a physics
enthusiast, opera lover, and the founder of The
New Bohemians, an international circle of friends
that celebrates the marriage of intellect and fun.
He is also a father to a precocious toddler, whose
ability to make sense of his quadrilingual family
fascinates his proud papa.
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