Melissa Firth: Te Papa’s innovation hub: An incubator for cultural start-ups
Channel: NDF - National Digital Forum
Date: 2015-10-17

Day 1 of NDF 2015, 11.00am session, Tuesday 13 October 2015

Te Papa is embarking on a programme of renewal that will, among other things, re-look at the purpose of a museum and its potential to involve, inspire and catalyse its users and communities to become agents of change. In this context, Te Papa is starting up an incubator to give entrepreneurs a platform for digital and experiential product innovation in the culture sector. A start-up itself, over the next year it will be learning its way to ‘product/market fit’. This is a chance to find out more about what’s planned, and feed your voice into the process.

Melissa Firth is Chief Digital Officer at Te Papa, and formerly Head of Digital Business at the Australian Broadcasting Corporation. Specialised in user experience, innovation and digital product development, Melissa has 20 years’ experience working across media, arts, government and industry sectors. She holds a Bachelor of Communication Studies, a Graduate Diploma in Creative Writing and a Diploma of Business.