Welcome to Stockholm, March 18-19th!

Event coordinator, Monika Slama, informing that over 107 people  (77 of them are foreign guests) have  registered  participation in Stockholm Experience Exchange event. Twenty four companies from different countries will participate at the Blender Event as well.

“I think the representation of companies is quite successful and I hope that we will have an interesting experience exchange event”, commenting Monika Slama.

Program of the event:

Thursday 18 March (Kulturhuset) 

9.00 Registration Entrance A
10.00 Opening Ms Wivan-Kristina Sandberg, Free lance Journalist and Ms. Charlotte Gateau, Head of Press and Marketing Kulturhuset.

Theme - BUSINESS CAPACITY AND INTERNATIONALIZATION

10.15 Keynote speaker: Ms Anna Haag, Head of section, Ministry of Enterprise KreaNord, the role of the city - recommendations and warnings
10.45 Feedback from research team
Research team - Results of the situation analysis - Main findings and comparison
Professor Dr. Dieter Haselbach, ICG Integrated Consulting Group Berlin
11.15 Coffee
11.45 Best practices - impact of the support system SWOT
- Business incubators - Tallinn Creative Incubator, Ms Anu Lômhmus, Board member of Tallinn Creative Incubator
- Sub-sector specific business enhancement schemes – Mr Marc Piesbergen, Projektmanager, "Design Reaktor" Berlin
- Business enhancement through cluster promotion & internationalisation - Mrs. Neus Mèlich, Officer of Business Development Service of the Catalan Institute of Cultural Industries. Department of Culture and Media of the Generalitat de Catalunya (Government of Catalonia)
13.15 Lunch

Theme – CREATIVE CITY DISTRICTS

14.15 Keynote speakers: Mr Dominic Power, Professor in Economic Geography, Uppsala
The role of the city - recommendations and warnings
14.45 Feedback from research team
Research team - Results of the situation analysis- Main findings and comparison,
Mr Tarmo Pikner, PhD, Tallinn University, Estonian Institute of Humanities
15.15 Coffee
15.45 Best practices - impact of the support system SWOT
- Providing spaces to the creative people and companies – Broedplaatsen (Art Factories), Ms Joke van Antwerpen, Director Amsterdamse Innovatie Motor
- Creative industries and responses to place and culture - Creative industries strategy and workspaces, Aberystwyth  and Three Mills Island, Bromley By Bow, London, Mr David Clarke
- Developing qualitative urban space with the help of CI – Park of Architecture – Vilnius, Mr Mindaugas Pakalnis, chief architect of Municipal Enterprise Vilnius Pan, Council Member of the Lithuanian Union of Architects
17.15 Recommendations and remaining challenges: Ms Wivan-Kristina Sandberg
19.00 Dinner + networking Welcome by Mr Bo Bladholm City Council Chairman of Stockholm (for foreign and special invited guests only).

Friday 19 March (Telefonplan)

10.00 Welcome and conclusions from Day 1
Ms Wivan-Kristina Sandberg, Free lance Journalist
10.15 Feed back from Blender Day 1
Miira Paasilinna, Visiorex Oy and Helena Pekkarinen, Diges ry
10.30 Workshop introduction
Ms Wivan-Kristina Sandberg, Ms Sara Lönnroth Transit Inkubator and Mr Joppe Pihlgren KKstiftelsen
11.00 Workshop in parallel
         1) Key challenges for supporting “Business Capacity & Internationalisation” Mr Jonas Lidman Hyper Island/Ms Sara Lönnroth Transit Inkubator
         2) Key challenges for Creative City Districts, Mr Joppe Pihlgren KKstiftelsen/Mr Grzegorz Piątek, Architect and Curator
- Group discussions
- Reporting of discussions in plenum
- Research reflections - considerations in policy making and design of support mechanisms
13.00 Discussions and conclusion –
Lessons learned on city level – next step Ms Wivan-Kristina Sandberg
13.30 Lunch break
14.30 Bus tour – Creative City Districts (for foreign guests only) Guide: Eva Palmqvist

More information, please contact: Monica.Slama@h-l.stockholm.se