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