Create10, the European Future Conference for Digital Trends in the Creative Industries, will be staged for the first time on November 10 and 11, 2010.
Media pioneers, creative thought leaders and IT experts from all over Europe are expected to attend Create10 in Stuttgart, Germany.
The conference will be divided into three parts. The CReATE Forum will introduce the five most promising research fields that will play a leading role the European creative industries in the next ten years (CReATE is an EU research project led by MFG). Various interactive workshops will present outstanding trends in the digital creative industries and collaboratively develop new ideas.
On 17th May 2010 the European Interest Group on Creativity and Innovation (EICI)gathered at MFG Baden-Württemberg Head Office in Stuttgart to formalize the initiative on Creative Industries and Innovation. Founding members from across Europe signed EICI’s statute to constitute the initiative in an association.
The European Interest Group on Creativity and Innovation is a pan-European initiative of more than 30 regional and local development agencies, research institutions, companies and support organisations that foster the relationships between creativity, culture, technology and innovation in order to make Europe more competitive and sustainable. Active since 2008 under the coordination of MFG Baden-Württemberg, EICI acts as a platform linking local, regional, national and European initiatives that promote the cause of the creative industries and innovation. The new association will keep on provide advice to European and local policy makers and foster the development of creative industries in Europe.
Just few days and the Creativity World Forum 2009 will be part of the history: prominent representatives from industry, science, politics, film, architecture, music and design will come together for a two day event on the 1st and 2nd December 2009, in Ludwigsburg. These high-profile speakers include the inventor of the MP3 Professor Dr. Karlheinz Brandenburg, the CEO of Robert Bosch GmbH, Franz Fehrenbach, Nokia Vice President and the former Finnish Prime Minister Esko Aho, film-maker Professor Doris Dörrie, top architect Professor Tobias Wallisser as well as high-ranking designer Professor Hartmut Esslinger.
Approx. 1,200 participants from all around the world are expected to participate in the congress premiering in Germany this year.The event organised by the Ministry of Economics Baden-Württemberg and the MFGBaden-Württemberg, Public Innovation Agency for ICT and Media is the annual main event for the 13 “Districts of Creativity”.
120 speakers, 6 different panels, many opportunities for networking and live music will constitute the framework for a fruitful meeting beetween creativity and technology.
A Matchmaking Forum will offer the participant a unique opportunity for networking and socializing. Besides, on days 1 and 2 of the congress Baden-Württemberg International will be holding a trade exhibition where the regions of the Districts of Creativity, institutions of the creative industries, initiatives and regions from around Baden-Württemberg as well as further international partner regions, companies, research and transfer organisations will be on show.
And if all this is stil not enough, on the 3rd December as closure of the Creativity World Forum the participants will have the opportunity to take part to the three tours through the creative regions of Baden-Württemberg. During this tour they will have the chance to visit exemplary companies and institutions in the region of Stuttgart, the Rhine-Neckar metropolitan region and the technology region of Karlsruhe.
For more information on the Creativity World Forum visit the website
The Annual Report of MFG Baden-Württemberg has been assigned the Platinum Award by the international competition “2009 spotlight Awards: print, video & web communications competition“ launched from the League of American Communication Professionals. The MFG has been awarded with the highest prize with a score of 99/100, beating the competition of one thousand other applicants. The jury was particulary impressed by the overall visual design and narrative of the Annual Report as well as by the creativity and the clarity of the message, which have got the highest possible score. Here you can see the results: http://www.lacp.com/2009spotlight/8081.HTM
Media pioneers, creative thought leaders and IT experts from all over Europe are expected to attend Create10 in Stuttgart, Germany.
Christine Heinrich • 
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