Innovation@Creative Industries

The high-profile, international conference, "Innovation@Creative Industries" (June 29th, 2009 - Radialsystem V), brought together 350 creative workers, artists and stakeholders from public, private and NGO sectors around Europe. The goal was to reveal the benefits of the booming creative industries and to stimulate their contributions to regions' innovational capacities.

The conference was opened by programmatic background information on the concept and importance of innovation from philosophical, political and industrial view points. It was followed by interactive panel sessions on “Urban Spaces for Innovation” and “Innovation Development” in creative sectors. Various approaches presented and discussed by partner cities from the European project CREATIVE METROPOLES – amongst them Amsterdam, Birmingham, Helsinki, Vilnius and Berlin.

Business leaders in cultural, creative, media and IT industries as well as high-ranking officials from governments and regulatory agencies debatted the relationship of creativity and innovation, the role of creative industries for ICT industries and technological developments, and further fields of action in politics, economy, culture and urban planning. The conference programme included keynote lectures, speed slides, interactive sessions, expert panels, and networking roundtables.

More information on the conference and speakers' presentations available on Projekt Zukunft webpage.

Photos available on Flickr.

Conference Programme.