The role of the Culture and Creative Industries post-Covid in preparation for the EIT CCI KIC CITIES, DESIGN AND INNOVATION (2-3 September 2020)
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(All times are shown in Central European Summer Time, CEST)
Wednesday Sept 2
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12.00 - 13:00
Registration and lunch
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13.00 - 13:10
Opening Speech
Mariya Gabriel
Commissioner for Innovation, Research, Culture, Education and Youth
European Commission (live from Brussels)
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13.10 - 13:25
Welcome to Umeå, Västerbotten an innovative part of Sweden
HANS LINDBERG
Mayor, City of Umeå
Pia Sandvik
CEO, RISE
Hans Adolfsson
Vice-Chancellor, Umeå university
Nina Björby
Chairman Culture Committee, County Council of Västerbotten
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13.25 – 13:30
Introduction to the EIT CCI KIC
Martin Kern
Director EIT (video)
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13:30-13:45
15 min introduction to the conference topics
Michela Magas and Bernd Fesel
Chair, Industry Commons Foundation and Director, European Creative Business Network
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13:45 - 14:25
Keynote
Prof. Pier Luigi Sacco
Head of Venice Office and Senior Advisor at the OECD Centre for Entrepreneurship, SMEs, Regions & Cities, Professor of Cultural Economics, IULM University, Milano, and Faculty Associate, Berkman-Klein Center, Harvard University. (live from Milano)
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14.25 – 14:45
Coffee & Networking
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14.45 - 15:45
Session 1:
CCI LEADING ON GENDER EQUALITY, INCLUSION AND WELLBEING
• Art, Design and STEAM education
• Upskilling and lifelong learning
• Health and wellbeing
• Collaboration across cultures and knowledge domains
Inspirational speech on Between recognition, justice and difference - young Sami people on transitions between school to work
Michael Lindblad
Associate Professor, Umeå School of Education, Umeå University, and Chair, Giron Sami Theatre
Speakers:
Mats Widbom
VD/CEO Svensk Form
Andre cester Costa
Head of Entrepreneurship and Economic Development, Aveiro STEAM City
Flora Krasniqi
Project and Research Development Coordinator, Polis University, Tirana
Linda Gustafsson
Gender Officer, Umeå Kommun
15:45 – 15:50
Short video: eXpression Umeå
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15:50 – 16:50
Session 2:
CCI FACILITATING CROSS-DOMAIN INNOVATION
• Urban environments as cross-domain hubs
• Hybrid innovations and new business models
• Creative applications and data marketplaces
• System design for decentralised governance
Inspirational speech on including citizens in fair, open and inclusive technology: From The Digital City to Smart Citizens Lab - Citizens as research community
Lucas Evers
Head of Art-Science Programme,WAAG
Speakers:
Lucas Evers
Head of Art-Science Programme,WAAG
Matthias Rauch
Cultural Innovation Officer, and Head of the Cultural Urban Development Department at STARTUP Mannheim
Susanne Fuglsang
CEO, Innovation Pioneers
Michela Magas
Chair, Industry Commons Foundation
Thursday Sept 3
09.00 - 09:15
Arrival, coffee
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09:15 -09:30
15 min keynote introduction to the EU Cultural Policy
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Barbara Stacher
Cultural Policy Unit, DG EAC, European Commission (live from Brussels)
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09:30 -10:00
30 min keynote: Europe’s Experience Readiness Levels
Eva Kaili MEP
(Live from Brussels)
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10:00 - 11:00 (45mins + Q&A)
Session 3:
CCI AS EARLY ADOPTERS OF EMERGING TECHNOLOGIES
• The new culture of content creation
• New value systems
• Creative prototyping for real world scenarios
• New ways to register Intellectual Property
Inspirational speech on new content challenges, industrial paradigms, global implications, ideologies and value systems for CCI. TikTok: Are our kids dancing through a digital minefield?
Anette Novak
Director General, Swedish Media Council (live from Stockholm)
Speakers:
Anette Novak
Director General, Swedish Media Council (live from Stockholm)
Bernd Fesel
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Director, European Creative Business Network
Ambra Trotto
Head of The Pink initiative at RISE and associate professor at Umeå Institute of Design
Marlene Johansson
CEO, eXpression Umeå and associate professor at Umeå School of Business, Economics and Statistics
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11:00 - 11:15 (15)
Coffee & Networking
11.15 - 12:15 (45mins + Q&A)
Session 4:
CCI SAFEGUARDING THE SOCIAL AND ETHICAL DIMENSION OF HUMAN-CENTRIC TECHNOLOGY
• Creativity facilitating social impacts of new technologies
• CCI ensuring AI Ethics and Human-Centric AI
• Testing AI’s “unknown unknowns” in imaginary scenarios
• Enabling transfer to the Circular Economy
Inspirational speech on creativity, technology innovation and AI: Developing and using AI responsibly
Virginia Dignum
Professor, Wallenberg Chair of Responsible Artificial Intelligence, Umeå University
Speakers:
Amy Loutfi
Professor and Pro vice-chancellor, Örebro University, Artificial Intelligence, Head of the AASS Machine Perception and Interaction Lab (live from Örebro)
Valentina Montalto
Joint Research Centre, European Commission (live from Milano)
Bror Salmelin
Founder, European Network of Living Labs (live from Finland)
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12:15 - 12:30
Closing remarks