Wednesday, 25 March, 2009
| 19:00 | Official opening of the conference | |
| Czech Museum of Music | ||
| (invitations only) |
conference agenda
Thursday, 26 March, 2009
| 09:00 - 10:00 | Registration | |
| 10:00 - 10:45 | Welcoming Address | |
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moderator: František Zborník |
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| Christine Albanel Minister of Culture, France Lena Adelsohn Liljeroth Minister of Culture, Sweden |
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| Odile Quintin Director General for Education and Culture, European Commission |
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| 10:45 - 11:20 | Keynote speech | |
| Václav Havel Former president of the Czech Republic |
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| Tomáš Sedláček Chief macroeconomic strategist of ČSOB and member of the National Economic Council of the Government, Czech Republic |
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| Discussion: 10 minutes | ||
| 11:20 - 11:40 | coffee break | |
| Theme: Arts, Culture and Creative Ecologies Panel 1A: The experts' perspectives |
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| This panel will offer of the contribution of arts and culture to prosperity of nations. Concepts of creative economy and creative ecologies will be presented. The individual creative artist's role will be discussed as the main source of creativity for wider economy. Also considered will be UNESCO Convention on the Protection and Promotion of the Diversity of Cultural Expressions as an instrument to face the challenges of creative industries. | ||
| 11:40 - 13:10 | moderator: Rod Fisher Director of International Intelligence on Culture, UK |
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| Michael Hutter Professor of Economics, Technical University Berlin and Director of the research unit "Cultural Sources of Newness", Social Science Research Centre Berlin, Germany |
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| David Throsby Professor of Economics, Macquarie University, Sydney, Australia |
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| John Holden Visiting Professor in Cultural Policy at City University and Associate of Demos, UK |
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| John Howkins Chairman, BOP Consulting, London, UK |
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| Nina Obuljen State Secretary, Ministry of Culture of the Republic of Croatia |
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| Discussion: 15 minutes | ||
| 13:10 - 14:30 |
lunch break |
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| Theme: Arts, Culture and Creative Ecologies Panel 1B: Some national strategies and policies for creative economy |
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| Creative industries and creative economy are powerful theoretical concepts. They have been already implemented into policies and agendas in various countries across EU and elsewhere. Examples of current horizontal government strategies and initiatives based on these concepts in the fields of education, research, technological innovations and economics will be discussed. We will also examine relevance of creative industries and creative economy for new member states. Live telecast with Richard Florida, presenting his powerful concept of Creative Class, is also part of this panel. | ||
| 14:30 - 15:30 | moderator: Ritva Mitchell Director of Research Cupore, University of Jyväskyla, Finland |
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| Mikko Kosonen President of Sitra, the Finnish Innovation Fund National Innovation Strategy of Finland |
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| William Calladine Department for Culture, Media and Sport, UK Creative Britain: New Talents for the New Economy |
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| Discussion: 20 minutes | ||
| 15:30 - 16:30 | Creative Class Theory - live telecast | |
| Richard Florida Director, Martin Prosperity Institute, Professor of Business and Creativity, Rotman School of Management, University of Toronto, Canada |
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| Debators: | ||
| David Throsby Professor of Economics, Macquarie University, Sydney, Australia |
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| John Howkins Chairman, BOP Consulting, London, UK |
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| Discussion: 10 minutes | ||
| 16:30 - 16:50 | coffee break | |
| 16:50 - 17:30 |
Ragnar Siil |
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| Roel van de Ven Ministry of Education, Culture and Science, The Netherlands Culture and Economy programme |
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| Michael Söndermann Office for Culture Industries Research, Germany Cultural and Creative Industries Strategies in Germany |
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| Discussion: 20 minutes | ||
| 19:30 | Evening reception DOX, Centre for Contemporary Art |
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Friday, 27 March, 2009
| 09:00 - 09:15 | Ján Figeľ Commissioner for Education, Training, Culture and Youth |
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| 9:15 - 9:30 | Launch of the FestLab for Creativity and Innovation, An initiative of the European Festivals Association at the occasion of the European Year of Creativity and Innovation | |
| 9:30 - 10:15 | Presentation of the results of the Study on the Contribution of Culture to Creativity | |
| Philippe Kern The CEO of KEA European Affairs |
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| Discussion: 15 minutes | ||
| 10:15 - 10:30 | coffee break | |
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Creativity and Society (Conference room "Velký sál") |
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| The discussion will touch the following issues: The creative society and its immunity towards totalitarian regimes; the role of art, culture and creativity in the civil society; social networking, individual and artistic freedom in the Age of Creativity... | ||
| 10:30 - 12:00 |
moderator: Xavier Troussard |
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| Gottfried Wagner Director of the European Cultural Foundation, The Netherlands |
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| Vuk Čosič Internet artist and web strategist, Slovenia |
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| Simona Levi Director of Conservas and multidisciplinary cultural practitioner, Catalonia, Spain |
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| Natalia Koliada General Director and Co-founder of Belarus Free Theatre, Belarus |
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| Discussion: 15 minutes | ||
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Creativity and Society (Conference room "Malý sál") |
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| According to the European Agency for Environment, the majority of Europeans (80%) is going to live in cities by the year 2020. The concept of creative cities involves seeking an answer to the question of how people's creativity can be mobilized and how creativity can help resolve the variety of problems facing contemporary cities. | ||
| The discussion will touch, for example, the following issues: infrastructure of the city that brings creative people into the city and makes them stay, creativity bridging the social disparities of modern cities, possibilities of urban and community development in modern cities, relationship between diversity and creativity as a driving force for city development and the immanentvalue of city creativity. | ||
| 10:30 - 12.00 | moderator: Colin Mercer Professor, United Kingdom |
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| Franco Bianchini Professor of Cultural Policy and Planning, Leeds Metropolitan University, United Kingdom |
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| Robert Palmer Director of Culture, Cultural and Natural Heritage, Council of Europe, France |
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| Lia Ghilardi Director of Noema Research and Planning, London, United Kingdom |
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| Zora Jaurová Artistic Director for Košice - European Capital of Culture 2013, Slovakia |
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| Maurizio Carta Professor and director of the City and Regional Planning Department, Faculty of Architecture, University of Palermo, Italy |
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| Discussion: 45 minutes | ||
| 12:00 - 12:15 | coffee break | |
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Creativity and Education (Conference room "Velký sál") |
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| Discussion will focus on the following issues: Cultural policies as a tool for social changes - how can the educational system help? Creative partnerships - how can participation in the cultural activities strengthen creativity? How to change schools in order to teach pupils and students to be creative? What is the impact of creative education on the cultural and creative economy? Does unlocking a student's creativity contribute to academic achievement? What is the contribution of a young person's creativity to their employability? |
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| 12:15 - 13:30 | moderator: Pat Cochrane The CEO of Cape, United Kingdom |
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| Paul Collard Chief Executive of Creativity, Culture and Education (CCE), National Director of Creative Partnerships, Arts Council England, United Kingdom |
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| Milena Dragicevic - Sesic Professor of Cultural Policy & Cultural Management, Cultural Studies, Media Studies, Belgrade, Serbia |
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| Bojan Djordjev & Marta Popivoda Theatre director & performer, Belgrade, Serbia |
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| Discussion: 15 minutes | ||
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Creativity and Education (Conference room "Malý sál") |
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| The panel will touch following issues: cooperation between business and arts, the concrete outcomes of collaboration. Arts techniques as tools for business and community development Regional partnership for creativity in businesses; Nurturing creativity in your employees; the case of Google.com |
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| 12:15 - 13:30 | moderator: Jillian Barker Head of Education Department, Barbican, London, United Kingdom |
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| Pia Areblad Chief Executive, Tillt, Sweden |
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| Radek Špicar Director of External Affairs, Škoda Auto, Czech Republic |
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| Joost Heinsius Manager, Knowledge and Communication, Kunstenaars & Co., The Netherlands |
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| Jan Šedivý Technical Lead Manager, Google,Switzerland |
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| Discussion: 15 minutes | ||
| 13:30 - 15:00 | lunch break | |
| Closing Address | ||
| 15:00 - 15:15 | Katarina Mathernová Deputy Director General, Directorate General for Regional Policy, European Commission |
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| Conclusions given by Moderators | ||
| 15:15 - 16:30 | moderator: Xavier Troussard Head of Culture Policy and Intercultural Dialogue Unit, Directorate General for Education and Culture of the European Commission |
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| Discussion: 20 minutes | ||
| Keynote speech | ||
| 16:30 - 17:15 | Jeremy Rifkin President of the Foundation on Economic Trends, Washington DC, USA |
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| Closing Address | ||
| 17:15 - 17:30 | Jaromír Talíř Deputy Minister, Ministry of Culture of the Czech Republic |
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The conference will be translated to Czech, English and French.
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