Join the Creative Industries Policy Seminar and get inspired by the best practices that drive innovation in the cultural and creative industries.
You get to hear and see the leading examples of how people stimulate growth and entrepreneurship in their region and meet the experts behind the ideas.
19 November 2019 in Copenhagen you can learn how to take action, influence policymakers and unlock the potential of the creative industries.
Program
We start with an official welcome by Cecilia Lonning-Skovgaard, Mayor of Employment and Integration, City of Copenhagen, followed by presentations of 8 successful cases where policy development in the cultural and creative industries has had a significant impact:
Panel 1: “Creative Industries – The Danish Perspective”
Cecilia Lonning-Skovgaard, City of Copenhagen
Carl Christian Ebbesen, City of Copenhagen
Jens Nymand Christensen, Creative Business Network
Jesper Moseholm, Anne Black
Thomas Trøster Højfeldt, KL – Local Government Denmark
Panel 2: “Developing a Creative Industries Strategy”
Christina Koch, Austria Wirtschaftsservice
Renate Ranzi, IDM Südtirol
Mariusz Sagan, City of Lublin
Ioana Dragis, North-West Regional Development Agency
Panel 3: “Creative Hubs & Clusters”
Larissa Grommersch, Public Service of Wallonia
Ioana Pavel, North-West Regional Development Agency
Roula Kechri, Region of Central Greece
Rosa Gibert Pibernat, Culture Institute of Barcelona
Panel 4: “Creative Catalyst and Access to Finance”
Christina Koch, Austria Wirtschaftsservice
Andreea Bercan, Cluj Cultural Centre
Anda Lagzdina, JSC ”Development Finance Institution Altum”
Edgar Garcia, Catalan Institute for Cultural Companies (ICEC)
Peter Bo, The Danish Growth Foundation (Vækstfonden)
Panel 5: “Film Fund Policies and Tax Incentives”
Julia Schmölz, Austria Wirtschaftsservice
Renate Ranzi, IDM Südtirol
Diana Ciszewska – Tolak, City of Lublin
Florin Morosanu, Cluj-Napoca Culture House
Stathis Kalogeropoulos, Film Office – Central Greece
Panel 6: “Audience Development Policies in Live Art”
Silvia Duran, Catalan Institute for Cultural Companies (ICEC)
Edgar Garcia, Catalan Institute for Cultural Companies (ICEC)
Gitte Wille, Region of Skåne
Kristian Riis, Nordic LA
Jens Nymand Christensen, Creative Business Network
The event is hosted by The Creative Business Network and the Interreg Europe, RCIA – Regional Creative Industries Alliance and concludes more than 3 years of experience in policy development in the cultural industries.
Want to learn more about why and how to influence policymakers and unlock the potential of the creative industries? Join us in Copenhagen on November 19th 2019