Janice Kirkpatrick

As founder and Creative Director of international design studio Graven—and more importantly, as a working designer—I’m really looking forward to being part of this year’s Converge Challenge judging panel.

There’s never been a more important time for Scotland to encourage and support people to turn their ideas into businesses. The world is changing more quickly than ever and change always creates opportunities—for new services, processes and products. Ideas are Scotland’s richest resource and its greatest natural asset and those of you with a creative education are often considered the most likely to be entrepreneurial. People like you have the potential to start businesses that will change the world for the better and create wealth and employment.