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Creating Futures Conference: Building Ireland's Cultural and Creative Economy
25-09-2008
Creating Futures: Building Ireland's Cultural and Creative Economy
Wednesday October 29th 2008
IADT is delighted to host ‘Creating Futures: Building Ireland’s Cultural and Creative Economy’, a one-day conference which will bring together those involved in leadership, investment, policy and economic development and management within the cultural and creative sectors.
The conference is also a prelude to 2009: European Year of Creativity and Innovation.
Speakers include leading experts, cultural entrepreneurs and practitioners drawn from Ireland and internationally. The Conference will:
- Highlight the cultural and creative industries as major sources of new employment and the dynamics of economic and social development in the emerging creative economy.
- Provide an opportunity to hear from leaders of successful cultural and creative ventures in Ireland.
- Focus on the growing importance of the arts, culture, creativity and innovation in international, national and local economies, in business and innovation, in personal and social development, in education and urban development.
- Identify the nature of cultural and creative industries and jobs, and quantify the extent of these industries and jobs internationally and in Ireland.
- Identify and explore international initiatives to promote the development of creative and innovative competencies and capacities, and the cultural and creative industries.
- Identify new initiatives needed to develop cultural and creative industries and businesses in Ireland.
- Outline initiatives which could help Ireland grow as an international hub of cultural and creative activities and industries.
- Promote the importance of educational initiatives which enhance the promotion and development of cultural and creative awareness and skills.
- Emphasise the growth and potential of culture and creativity in promoting urban and local development, social inclusion and diversity.
The cost of the conference is 350 Euro.
We are delighted to acknowledge sponsorship from Forfás, The Arts Office at Dun Laoghaire-Rathdown County Council, The Arts Council.
Speakers:
International Panel:
Mr. Jan Runge - KEA European Affairs, Manager
KEA is based is a Brussels-based consultancy specialising in cultural and creative industries and their role in national and local development. KEA undertook the European Commission’s groundbreaking study ‘The Economy of Culture in Europe’ which was the first European analysis of the nature and the extent of the cultural and creative industries in the EU.
Ms. Áine O’Keeffe - Head of Public and Parliamentary Affairs and Research Fellow at The Work Foundation UK.
Research Fellow on the major study on cultural and creative industries in UK – ‘Staying ahead: the economic performance of the UK’s creative industries’, carried out by The Work Foundation in 2007 for the UK Department for Culture, Media and Sport.
Mr. Roger O’Keeffe - European Commission, DG Education and Culture, and Coordinator of the ‘European Year of Creativity and Innovation- 2009’
Mr. Sylvain Pasqua - European Commission, DG Education and Culture.
Responsible for the development of the new European Commission strategy for culture and for e Commission initiatives on culture and creative industries, and Commission studies of ‘the Economy of Culture in Europe’ and ‘Arts, Culture and Creativity’.
National Panel:
Ms. Pauline Byrne - Strategic Planning Manager, Treasury Holdings and National Conference Centre
Mr. Ronan Harris - Director of On-line Sales and Operations, Google Ireland
Mr. James Hickey - Partner and Head of Entertainment Law Group, Matheson Ormsby Prentice
Mr. Owen Keegan - County Manager, Dun Laoghaire Rathdown County Council
Mr. John McColgan/Ms. Joan Egan - Abhann Productions Ltd. (Riverdance)
Mr. James Morris - Chair of Irish Film Board and CEO of Windmill Lane
Ms. Ann O’Connell - Partner, Finance & Performance Management, PricewaterhouseCoopers
Dr. Michael Ryan - Director, Chester Beatty Library
Dr. Finbarr Bradley - Former Professor, DCU, NUI Maynooth, and UCD, and Co-Author of 'Capitalising on Culture, Competing on Difference'
Session Chairs:
Prof. Ellen Hazelkorn - Director of Research and Enterprise, and Dean of the Graduate Research School, DIT
Mr. Danny McCoy - Director Social Policy, IBEC
Mr. Martin Shanahan - Divisional Manager - Science, Technology and Human Capital, Forfás
Aidan Burke - The Arts Council
For further information, programme and registration details, please <click here>
