The CReATE project consortium organized and hosted the international conference “CReATE: CONNECTING ICT RESEARCH AND CREATIVE ENTERPRISES”, that took place in Turin/Italy, on 4th and 5th November 2009.
The conference, sponsored by Regione Piemonte, has been the meeting point for experts, coming from several countries and different background, to discuss the state of the art of ICT innovation in Creative Industries and cluster development. It involved public, political, entrepreneurial stakeholders through targeted workshops and discussions, in order to network them, to identify new ICT development trajectories and ICT research priorities, to focus innovative business models.
The event has been addressed to cluster organisations, company representatives (SMEs and MNCs), researchers, intermediaries, enterprise associations, political decision-makers, both from CReATE partner and non-partner regions.
New insights on innovation with creativity and technology
The keynote speakers Mette Quinn from EU Commission, Andy Cameron from FABRICA (in cooperation with Share Festival) and Flavia Barca from Fondazione Rosselli, outlined the scenario of the ICT and Creative Industry connection through three points of view: the economic, the EU policy and the inspiring perspective. Experts, entrepreneurs, public decision makers, academics shared their experience during thematic workshops addressed to discuss the CReATE research priorities, identified in an inter-regional process. A round table about ICT research policy for creative industry provided a multiple approach on public actions to innovate and make competitive the creative sector and gave inputs to the upcoming CReATE Joint Research Agenda.
Glenn Entis (in cooperation with View conference), a pioneer of computer graphics and digital media, gave an inspiring contribution by outlining the forecoming developments of Creative Industry.
Inspiring location and creative surroundings
The CReATE conference has been hosted at the Virtual Reality & Multimedia Park in Turin, a high tech facility supported by local university and Regione Piemonte to promote research and development of innovative applications – especially in virtual reality and new technologies – for the audiovisual and multimedia sector development.
Moreover, the CReATE conference has been part of a week in Turin full of events and festivals, to explore digital creativity, such as VIEW conference, Share Festival, Club to Club Festival in cooperation with Regione Piemonte.
Working language: English and Italian
The conference has been organised by CSP - Innovazione nelle ICT on behalf of the CReATE consortium.
The conference has been part of the programm of the European Year of creativity and innovation
The conference has been part of Digital Orbit, a project by Club to Club, Share Festival and View Conference.
A live stream on WIPIE TV connected participants on site with digital attendees. Great videos and impressions of this live stream are available soon on this website.
