Join the CRAFTS CODE partners for their third ITS (Interregional Thematic Seminar) on the 10th and 11th of May, 9.30am-12.30pm GMT+1 each day. This two-day online seminar will include presentations from craft SMEs, organisations and stakeholders in Ireland, Hungary, Bulgaria, Finland, Italy and Spain. These presentations will revolve around 'good practices' relating to the topic 'how to innovate the craft sector'. This event will be hosted by project partner Design & Crafts Council Ireland.

Further details will be released soon but please see draft agenda below:

MONDAY 10th MAY 2021 – DAY 1 (Timings in GMT+1/Ireland) 

09.30 
Opening session: ‘How to innovate the crafts sector’ - Shauna Sweeney DCCI 

09.35 
Welcome – Rosemary Steen, CEO, Design & Crafts Council Ireland 

09.40
'OLD skool NEW ways (technology, materials, shapes)' - Academy of Fine Arts, Mariella Devos  

9.50
Presentation of good practices for Topic 3: ‘How to innovate the crafts sector’ (20 minutes each) 

  • 09.50 - 10.10 - Ireland 'Innovation Vouchers' and 'Strategic Design for Innovation'
  • 10.15 - 10.35 - Spain ‘D-Tool’ design self-assessment
  • 10.40 - 11.00 - Hungary ‘Handicraft Academy’ 

11.00 
Break – 10 minutes 

  • 11.10 -11.30 - Italy ‘MakeX’ and ‘Preziosa Young’
  • 11.35 - 11.55 - Finland ‘BusinessMuovain’ and ‘Strömsö’
  • 11.55 - 12.15 - Bulgaria 'Nadezhda Hristova: The artisan who turned the limitations of Covid-19 into new possibilities'

12.15 
Q&A session 

12.40 
End of the 1st day meeting 


TUESDAY 11th MAY 2021 – DAY 2 (Timings in GMT+1/Ireland) 
09.30 

Opening session: ‘How to innovate the crafts sector’ - Shauna Sweeney DCCI 

09.35 

Welcome – Rosemary Steen, CEO, Design & Crafts Council Ireland 

09.40 

About Design & Crafts Council Ireland

10.00
Opening session and summary of the good practices presented on the previous day 
Hilde Hoefnagels

10.20 
Presentations guest speakers 

  • 10.20 - 10.40 - Alexandra Beaudouet 'Pôle Européen de la Ceramique' and 'CLAY project'
  • 10.45 - 11.05 - Michelangelo Foundation
  • 11.10 - 11.30 - Benchspace, Cork
  • 11.35 - 11.55 - CRAFT 4.0

12.00 
Q&A session 

12.30 
End of the 2nd day meeting