First Workshop: Complexity and Creative Economies
NESTA the National Endowment for Science, Technology and the Arts has hosted the first research workshop of the project in London on the 17th of June 2011.
Download the Programme of the workshop.
Download the list of Participants.
Download the Speakers' biographies.
The videos from the workshop will be made available on the website soon, in the meantime you can read and download the presentations.
Download the Programme of the workshop.
Download the list of Participants.
Download the Speakers' biographies.
The videos from the workshop will be made available on the website soon, in the meantime you can read and download the presentations.
Workshop Materials / Presentations
Defining and understanding the creative economy & its relation to complexity
Dr Roberta Comunian (University of Kent) and Dr Caroline Chapain (University of Birmingham)
NESTA Welcome & Introduction Dr Roberta Comunian
NESTA Welcome & Introduction Dr Roberta Comunian
Presentation Dr Caroline Chapain
Complexity perspectives
Complexity and the City
Complexity, creativity and Innovation
Keynote speech by Prof. David Lane (University of Modena Reggio Emilia)
Presentation Prof. David Lane
Paper 1: From population to organization thinking
Paper 2: Complexity and Innovation Dynamics
Presentation Prof. David Lane
Paper 1: From population to organization thinking
Paper 2: Complexity and Innovation Dynamics
Panel A: Exploring collaborative creation
The panel focuses on collaborative creation aiming to explore how complexity science can help better understand what collaborative creation is, how it is practiced, and how it can be enabled.
Presentation Dr Katerina Alexiou, Open University
Presentation Dr Katerina Alexiou, Open University
Presentation Sophia De Sousa, Chief Executive, The Glass-House Community Led Design
Panel Discussion
Panel B: Complexity approaches to creative economy data
The panel discusses the current data available in the UK on the creative economy. In particular it looks at gaps and shortcomings in the data (and the consequent difficulties arising). Inputs from complexity theory are considered as offering new opportunities to look at the data available.
Dr Caroline Chapain, University of Birmingham
Dr Caroline Chapain, University of Birmingham
Juan Mateos-Garcia, NESTA
Dr Alex Bentley,
Panel Discussion
Panel C: Networks and creative connections
The panel discusses the role and dynamics of networks and creative connections, both in the digital and community contexts. The importance of networks in creating new ideas or enabling change is key to a better understanding of the creative economy and society.
Prof Bill Sharpe, Futures Forum
Jocelyn Cunningham, Director of Arts and Social Change, RSA
