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Creative Clusters

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When: November 17th, 2008 09:00 to November 20th, 2008 17:00
Location: Glasgow, UK
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Creative Clusters 2008 takes place in Glasgow from 17 to 20 November. Creative Clusters is an independent conference examining the growth of the creative economy. We are interested in initiatives from around the world that are designed to have an impact in both cultural and economic terms.

Creative Clusters believes that creativity is the key factor driving development. Across the world, enterprises based on individual creativity are booming, and are having a dramatic impact on global culture and the economy. Furthermore, knowledge and culture-based activities now play a central role in the activities of all businesses. This is the era of the creative economy.

A distinctive feature of creative enterprises is that they thrive best in each others’ company, in places that have both a strong local identity, and are also open to the world. In the creative economy, place matters. At every level, from the media centre in a small town to global centres like Hollywood, creative enterprises gather together in visible hot-spots which, when fully established, become self-sustaining clusters of creative activity.

Since its exceptionally successful year as European Capital of Culture in 1990, Glasgow has been widely admired for its approach to cultural regeneration. With the award of the Commonwealth Games 2014, Glasgow now enters a new phase of development. And over Scotland as a whole, political and cultural change is in the air at every level. Creative Clusters 2008 will reflect on, and contribute to, these developments.

CONFERENCE THEMES

· The creative economy in smaller nations. For small nations, what strategies, and what practical policy measures, will help identify and develop a competitive advantage? What makes a 'Creative Nation'?

· The moving image goes online: harnessing global media for the regional economy. How can cities and regions attract the next generation of audio-visual producers?

· Policies for festivity: the creative economy and live events. We discuss the revival of the live event, and examine how policy-makers around the world are helping their events and festivals to prosper.

· Strategic leadership in the creative economy. In a sector built equally upon input from business, culture and technology, who provides policy leadership?

· The long story of Glasgow's creative economy. Twenty years on from the Garden Festival, we take stock, and ask where Glasgow might be in 2028.

KEY DATES

· Call for presentations closes 19 May

· Early registration opens 2 June

· Standard registration open/Draft programme announced 25 August

· Late registration opens / full programme announced 20 October

· Creative Clusters Conference 2008 17 – 20 November

To take part go to www.creativeclusters.com

Conference Partners

Creative Clusters 2008 is presented in partnership with: Scottish Government, Scottish Arts Council, Scottish Enterprise Glasgow, and Glasgow Concert Halls.

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