CREATIVE METROPOLES participate at CREATIVITY WORLDFORUM in Stuttgart

From 1 to 3 December the Creativity World Forum 2009 will take place in Stuttgart, Germany. On the first congress day in Districts of Creativity (DC) Panel "Regional Initiatives for Creative Industries" case study "CREATIVE METROPOLES – Internationalizing and Financing Creative Industries - Benchmarking of Best Policies through a Pan-European Project" will be presented by Cinta Arasa, Cooperation Projects Officer, Barcelona Activa and Ares Kalandides, Director CREATE BERLIN that represent CREATIVE METROPOLES project.

Cinta Arasa and Ares Kalandides will be among the international experts that present and discuss initiatives and approaches to promote the Creative Industries. The panel is organized in order to help members of the DC-network and other regions exchange experiences and good practices in the fields of Entrepreneurship, Networks, Internationalization and Innovations in the Creative Industries. The panel will provide participants a platform for international and regional cooperations, projects and political recommendations.

The Creativity World Forum 2009 offers speakers and panels with international top level, a top-class artistical and political framework programme and opportunities for networking and and socializing within a congress on the 1st and 2nd December. On the 3rd December participants will have the opportunity to get to know the creative side of Baden-Württemberg with regional tours.

As part of the Creativity World Forum 2009 special matchmaking event will take place that partly resembles Blender! event that was held in Helsinki this September for creative entrepreneurs from cities involved in the CREATIVE METROPOLES project. The matchmaking event supports the participants to expand their professional network and to exchange creative ideas. The Forum offers creative heads, decision-makers and experts from companies, the world of science, politics and business development the opportunity to find contact partners for future projects, cooperations and contracts, present themselves to other participants with their online profile, know more about the other participants before the event, select interesting partners before and during the event, and meet interesting participants during event.