Professor Stuart Cunningham is Director of the Australian Research Council (ARC) Centre of Excellence for Creative Industries and Innovation, based at Queensland University of Technology. He is the author or editor of several books and major reports, the latest being The Media and Communications in Australia and What Price a Creative Economy? He is President of the Council of Humanities, Arts and Social Sciences (CHASS) and Chair of the Humanities and Creative Arts panel of the ARC’s College of Experts. He has served as Commissioner, Australian Film Commission; Foundation Chair of QPIX, Queensland's Screen Development Centre; and on executive Council of the Australian Academy of the Humanities.