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January 2009
European Year of Creativity and Innovation – launch conference
The launch conference of the European Year of Creativity and Innovation will take place on 7 January 2009 in Prague. The launch conference is one of the official events during the Czech presidency of the Council of the EU and distinguished guests are invited to attend it on formal invitation. more >
Tranformation: Art as an Agent of Change
How does art, and in particular the performing arts, transform the world around us? more >
International Conference on Festivals & Events Research
'The State of Festival and Event Research Internationally' is the theme of the first International Festival and Event Management Research Conference in North America. more >
Lugares de cultura : Places of culture, creativity for development
The aim of the Places of Culture international conference is to generate a debatewithin the broader theoretical framework of culture and development. The role of cultural facilities as tools for spatial development will be explored. more >
Working group on cultural observatories
ENCATC is organising the first meeting for 2009 of the working group on cultural observatories. The aim of this meeting is to present informations about recent statistics on cultural data thanks to the presence of EU representatives as well as experts in cultural statistics. more >
Creativity and Innovation in cultural cooperation projects
Organised by the University of Barcelona in close partnership with ENCATC, this event will be the first activity for the year 2009 of the ENCATC working group on 'Creative entrepreneurship and Education in Cultural Life Creative entrepreneurship and Education in Cultural Life'. more >
February 2009
Acceso 2.0: Discusiones sobre Propiedad Intelectual desde Ciencia, Arte, Bibliotecas y Educación
La forma como creamos y difundimos el conocimiento ha sufrido importantes cambios durante la última década. Las capacidades que se construyen a través de las Nuevas Tecnologías de la Información y las Comunicaciones (TIC) y las características propias de la Web 2.0 facilitan la participación y la producción conjunta. more >
Access 2.0: Discussions on Copyright from Science, Arts, Libraries and Education
Knowledge creation and communication has undergone important changes during the last decade. The capacities built through the New Information and Communication Technologies (NICTs) and Web 2.0 make participation and joint production easier. more >
Curso Internacional de Gestión de Artes Escénicas
El curso está destinado a profesionales de la gestión cultural y escénica que quieran ampliar sus conocimientos. more >
International Course on Performing Arts Administration
The course is open to professional cultural and performing arts administrators interested in widening their knowledge. more >
First meeting of the working group on cultural observatories
A Seminar on European statistics will take place on the 18th of February in Brussels. This event is the first event of the Cultural observatories and knowledge working group. The aim of this meeting is to present some information about recent statistics and methods on cultural data at European level. more >
WebWise 2008: digital debates
The 10th annual WebWise Conference on Libraries and Museums in the Digital Age will be held in Washington, DC, February 25-27, 2009. more >
European Congress for a World Culture Forum
From 26 February to 1 March 2009, 500 guests from all over Europe will meet in Dresden/Germany for the European Congress for a World Culture Forum. The topic of the 2009 congress is “Culture is more – developments in world cultural heritage reflected by European Cities”. more >
March 2009
Creativity & Innovation: best practices from EU programmes
The event will explore and identify examples of best practice among projects that have received funding through several European Union programmes. more >
NET.ART. The Evolution of Artistic Creation in the Net-System
The third edition of the Inclusiva-net platform, to be held in Buenos Aires, Argentina, on 2-6 March 2009, aims to develop an analysis of the current situation of artistic practices on the web from various theoretical and critical perspectives. more >
AlCultur 09 – Encontro(s) de Cultura(s)
The fifth edition of the AlCultur conference will be held in Lagos (Algarve, Portugal) on 4-7 March 2009. This year's edition will focus on ''Cultural programming, mediation and audiences'' and has been curated by choreographer Rui Horta. more >
Arts Reach National Arts Marketing Conference
This is the must-attend 'Summit for Our Times' where savvy marketers come together to discuss the most successful, cost-effective ways to cultivate and grow audiences -thus ensuring their organization’s future and their own as well. more >
1st Global Conference: Culture, Politics, Ethics: Aesthetics, Performance, Oppression, Resistance
This inter-disciplinary project seeks to explore the complex and diverse interfaces of culture, politics and ethics in contemporary political life. more >
Climates of heritage conservation: Responding to the challenge of global climate change
Papers presented at this colloquium provide comparative experiences from diverse nations in all the world's regions that are subject to the threat of global climate change as they impact cultural heritage. more >
Creativity: Worlds in the Making
This interactive symposium is designed to position creative engagement as a core literacy in today's global environment and to model critical, interdisciplinary perspectives for creative research, collaboration and innovative outcomes. more >
Human Rites and City Lights: Balancing socio-cultural, artistic, tourism and commercial dimensions of festivals
The conference will discuss the complex relationships between tourism and festivals, focusing in particular on achieving balance between social, artistic and commercial aspects of festivals. Deadline for papers 13th February. more >
AAG 2009 Call for papers: The Cultural Economy of Small Cities
To what extent do the dynamics of small cities necessitate a rethinking of dominant theories and concepts used to explain the creative economy? more >
Call to Participate in the VI Euroamerican Campus of Cultural Cooperation
This event is mainly a venue for exchanging ideas and projects of the cultural field. more >
Convocatoria VI Campus Euroamericano de Cooperación Cultural
Este evento es ante todo un intercambio de ideas y proyectos en el ámbito cultural. more >
Spring Day for Europe
The aim is to encourage teachers to involve their students in activities that focus on debate, interaction and reflection on European themes, and is expected to trigger interest in creativity and innovation in schools across the EU and beyond. more >
Forum for Creative Europe: creativity under the spotlight
Creativity will be under the spotlight at the conference Forum for Creative Europe. The Forum will explore creativity's social, educational and economic potential, not least in terms of boosting Europe's global competitiveness. more >
Experimenting and analysing mediation devises
ENCATC seminar on "Experimenting and analysing mediation devises" organised in cooperation with l’Université Catholique de l’Ouest and the Louvre Museum. more >
Being, Becoming and Belonging: Multiculturalism, Diversity and Social Inclusion in Modern Canada
This conference will consider a breadth of subjects in relation to the construction, evolution, evaluation and representation of modern Canada and its appreciation and recognition of matters of cultural difference. more >
International Village of Culture
An international showcase and conference on rural touring. more >
April 2009
Culture et création, facteurs de développement
A l'initiative de la Commission européenne, ce colloque, ouvert à un large public, a pour principale ambition de réunir 500 professionnels de la culture et du développement, ainsi que des décideurs politiques, tant des pays ACP que des Etats membres de l'UE. more >
Culture and creativity as vectors of development
At the initiative of the European Commission, the Colloquium, open to a large public, intends to gather 500 cultural and development professionals, as well as policy-makers, from ACP and EU countries. more >
Euro-African Campus for Cultural Cooperation – call for grants open until 14 April
The registration period is now open for the Euro-African Campus for Cultural Cooperation to be held in Maputo, Mozambique, on 22-26 June 2009. In addition, a call for travel and accommodation grants has been launched, for candidates applying by 14 April. more >
Leadership and governance of artistic festivals – call for papers
A call for papers has been launched, for presentations addressing issues such as a consideration of leadership theory, a case study approach or a comparative perspective through festivals' stages of transformation, growth and/or crisis management. more >
Past, Present and Future - Exploring the Boundaries
HUMAK University of Applied Sciences invites academics and practitioners to Helsinki, Finland for its 3rd international symposium entitled Past, Present and Future - Exploring the Boundaries on topics concerning the field of arts and cultural management. Deadline for applications is 1 December 2008. more >
Seventh Annual Cultural Studies Association Conference
In its first year as a division of the Cultural Studies Association, the Cultural Policy Studies Division welcomes papers dealing with any aspect of the relationship between cultural policy and cultural studies. more >
Culture as a trigger to development in Africa
This Forum is organized by RAPEC, an African network of cultural agents and entrepreneurs (Reseau africain des promoteurs et entrepreneurs culturels) which had previously met in December 2008. more >
Seventh Annual Cultural Studies Association
The Annual Meeting of the CSA provides a forum for scholars, students, and other persons interested in Cultural Studies in all its diverse manifestations to exchange their work and ideas across disciplinary lines and institutional locations. more >
The Consumption of culture - the culture of consumption
The conference, set to take place in Venice, will focus on the consumption of culture and cultural markets as the site of social and economic behaviour relating to. more >
Can we build creative cities and regions
This event will gather together for the first time the members of the ENCATC platform “Creative entrepreneurship and education in cultural life” and “Urban management and cultural politics of the city” to discuss about creative and innovation experiences in our regions and cities. more >
Creativity and Innovation Beyond 2009: Strategies for European Regions
The European Interest Group on Creativity and Innovation (EICI) and MFG Baden-Württemberg are hosting the Creativity World Cafe.The European Interest Group on Creativity and Innovation (EICI) and MFG Baden-Württemberg are hosting the Creativity World Cafe´on 21st of April 2009 @ Representation of Baden-Württemberg in Brussels. This event aims to bring together high level decision makers from European institutions with CEOs and directors from regional and local development agencies, research institutions and creative companies. Join us to demystify the real links between creativity and innovation and to discuss how we can support creative industries making Europe´s economy more competitive! more >
Second Research Seminar: Creative industries, scenes, cities, places: idiosyncratic dimensions of the cultural economy
The seminar will focus on the relationship between places (cities, neighbourhoods, and quarters) and the development of creative industries. more >
IETM Spring Plenary Meeting
The next IETM Spring Plenary Meeting will investigate the relationship between arts and education (policy and practice, presenting interesting models from various European countries), with a special focus on Visegrad countries (Slovakia, Czech Republic, Hungary, Poland) and Eastern Europe. more >
European cultural & creative industries summit 2009: Digital Shift
The European Cultural & Creative Industries Summit brings together over 300 key stakeholders around Europe to agree what policy, strategy and future collaboration the EU and national Governments need to allow the Cultural and Creative Industries sector to take advantage of the ‘Digital Shift’. more >
UNESCO World Book and Copyright Day
By creating links between people from different eras and distinct backgrounds, books contribute to the consolidation of a world community. As vectors of free speech, they further the cause of human rights. Celebrated on 23 April, World Book and Copyright Day calls for strengthening the perennial inter-fertilization of ideas that books bring about in the interest of human dignity. more >
Realizarán el primer Foro Iberoamericano de Políticas Culturales en el Ámbito Municipal y Local
A fin de establecer un espacio de encuentro, diálogo y vinculación entre los responsables institucionales de los programas de desarrollo cultural municipal y local de la comunidad Iberoamericana, se llevará a cabo del 28 al 30 de abril el Primer Foro Iberoamericano de Políticas Culturales en el Ámbito Municipal y Local. more >
The first Ibero-American Forum on Municipal and Local Cultural Policies
The First Ibero-American Forum on Municipal and Local Cultural Policies will take place in Puebla region on April 28-30. Its objective is to gather Ibero-American governmental officials in charge of municipal and local cultural development programs. more >
Forging the future - The Arts Council of Wales Annual Conference 2009
Ever wondered how to place the arts at the centre of national life? 'Forging the Future', Arts Council of Wales's Annual Conference, will give you the chance to find out. more >
May 2009
FOMECC (Promotion of Creative and Cultural Industries)
The FOMECC projects, will host the first of a series of four training programmes aimed at cultural entrepreneurs in Senegal (Dakar on 7 May), marking the formal launch of the project carried out by the Association des Métiers de la Musique au Sénégal and Interarts. more >
In search of new Europe 2009: Creative cooperation & innovation networks of educational, entrepreneurial and public sector for sustainable future
The general thesis of the Conference is that is possible come out of the crisis introducing strong innovations. Creativity, talent, research, new technologies, new financing forms became absolutely indispensable for the construction of a sustainable future. more >
FOMECC projects - a public awareness and dissemination week
The FOMECC projects, will host in Santa Rosa de Copán, Honduras, a public awareness and dissemination week from 11-15 May, in the context of the launch of the first call for entrepreneurs. The project is managed by the 'Santa Rosa vive el Arte'' programme and Interarts. more >
Museums and Heritage Show
The Museums and Heritage Show will take place in London and is celebrating its 16th year with a sharp new focus on sustainable design and new innovations. more >
J-AIR Network Forum
Aimed at Japanese artists who are earnestly seeking information on creative spaces in other parts of the world, leaders of the J-AIR Network will be making every efort to introduce new information relating to artist-in-residence's from Japan and overseas. more >
FOMECC (Promotion of Creative and Cultural Industries) - dissemination events.
The FOMECC projects in Colombia, led by the Faculty of the Arts of the University of Antioquia and Interarts, will hold a series of dissemination events on 18-23 May, as part of its second phase, where the connection between cultural businesses and the local economic sector, one of the main aims of FOMECC projects, will become clear. more >
International conference on economy and culture
The main purpose of the International Conference on Economy and Culture is to project the importance of culture, cultural creation and culture enterprises in the advanced societies. more >
Congresso Ibero-Americano de Educação Artística: Sentidos Transibéricos
Sentidos Transibéricos é o nome que referencia o presente Congresso Ibero-Americano de Educação Artística, que acontece em Beja, Portugal. more >
Ibero-American Congress on Arts and Education: Trans-Iberian Senses
Trans-Iberian Senses is the title of the current Ibero-American Congress on Arts and Education, which will take place in Beija, Portugal. more >
Creative Practice, Creative Conversations, Creative Commercialisation = Innovation =
Attend various workshops or hear various presentations by global leaders around the three vital themes - creative practice - beyond ideation; creative conversation - the future of creativity and creative commercialisation - the value of creativity. more >
European Conference ‘Culture, territories and society in Europe. Bringing into question cultural policies’
Culture, as it occupies in many ways an increasingly important place in the daily life of European citizens, appears as a domain with very blurred borders. From this, the social sciences aim to make sense of the cultural dynamics at work within societies. more >
Colloque européen 'Culture, territoires et société en Europe. Les politiques culturelles en question'
La culture, si elle occupe de bien des façons une place de plus en plus importante dans la vie quotidienne des citoyens européens, apparaît comme un champ aux contours très flous. Fortes de ce constat, les sciences sociales s'attachent à rendre compte des dynamiques culturelles à l'œuvre au sein des sociétés. more >
Culture, territories and society in Europe: What is at stake in redefining cultural policies?
A research colloquium organised by the OPC de Grenoble in partnership with PACTE-CNRS, and ENCATC, Grenoble, France. more >
Call for papers: European Festivals Research Project (EFRP)
The title of the symposium will be International theatre festivals and audience development. The meeting will take place in Novi Sad, Serbia and will run from the 28th to 31st May 2009. The closing date for submission of outlines is 1 December 2008. more >
Call for proposals: International theatre festivals and audience development
This symposium will investigate how theater nurtures new audiences and achieves more cultural
diversity of its own public.
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International Conference on Intangible Heritage “Sharing Cultures”
Sharing Cultures 2009, organised by The Green Lines Institute for Sustainable Development , is aimed experts and scholars interested in Cultural and Intangible Heritage. Conference topics focus on the role of intangible heritage in various aspects – from sustainable development to policies and management, from cultural tourism to museums and education etc. more >
June 2009
Euro-African campus for cultural co-operation
The first edition of the Euro-African Campus for Cultural Cooperation will be held in Maputo, Mozambique, in 2009. The project has been designed by the Interarts Foundation and the Observatory of Cultural Policies in Africa (OCPA). more >
Researching cultural work and creative biographies: A half-day data analysis workshop
Academic interest in the contemporary cultural industries and creative sector has converged recently on the workers themselves, with a corresponding shift to empirical work using practitioners’ and novices’ own accounts of their creative work and their experiences and expectations. more >
The 7th Annual European Heritage Awards
The aim of the Annual European Heritage Award is to recognise and highlight achievements in preserving European history and tradition: restoration and conservation, research, education and dedicated service in the cultural heritage sector. more >
IPAM 2009
IPAM 2009 offers a unique opportunity for globally interactive agents in the Performing Arts Industry to become acquainted with this exotic, richly facetted, singular culture, to boost international cultural exchange programmes and, last but not least, to exchange experiences and know-how gained in the field of world-wide touring, attracting sponsors and fund raising. more >
Intervention through art education
ITAE – intervention through art education is an international consortium of art educators with the aim of improving the quality and intensity of art education in schools and universities. more >
European Forum: The distinctive contribution of the arts to Intercultural Dialogue. A view from and on the arts
The European Year of Intercultural Dialogue 2008 was primarily a communications campaign to promote cultural diversity and intercultural dialogue. It was a time to make bold claims and catch a bit of the limelight. We now want to take a more critical look at the role of the arts in intercultural dialogue in particular and also invite the views of people from other domains. more >
Creative Age Symposium: Creating Creative Futures!
Held in conjunction with the Creative Age Festival, this one-day symposium showcases various initiatives and opportunities that are enhancing the depth and breadth of the field of arts and aging. more >
Culture, sustainable development and local governments: What challenges for the next decade
The seminar is organised on the occasion of the 20th anniversary of the Observatory of Cultural Policies of France and the 5th anniversary of the approval of the Agenda 21 for culture. more >
U40-World Forum
The U40-process offers young people Under 40 – postgraduates, PhD students, young professionals, and similarly qualified experts – the opportunity to participate in the international debate on Cultural Diversity and the implementation of the UNESCO Convention on the Protection and the Promotion of the Diversity of Cultural Expression. more >
Annual Research Conference, the Association of Cultural Economics Japan
The Japan Association of Cultural Economics (JACE) is pleased to announce a Call for Papers for its Annual Research Conference. Topics of papers previously presented have included creative cities, government funding for the arts, government policy for nonprofit organizations in the arts and culture, cultural participation, case studies of community development with the use of the arts and comparative study of cultural policy. more >
What’s Culture got to do with it?
The main aim of this conference is to discuss what role the study of culture plays and could play in understanding change in contemporary Africa. more >
Future Britain: Arts leading the way
Future Britain: Arts leading the way is a national cross artform conference discussing the development of the sector over the coming years and its role in shaping Britain's future. more >
Arts Council conference - Art and conflict
‘Art and Conflict’ provides a timely opportunity to explore the increasing reach and importance of the arts around the world in the process of healing and supporting societies in transformation. The conference theme also explores how artists represent conflict and its legacy. more >
Renewable Resources: The Arts in Sustainable Communities
At the Americans for the Arts convention, more than 1,600 arts leaders and their allies in business, education, and government will discover the arts at work in the Pacific Northwest. more >
Cultural Diplomacy and Culture in a Changing World
The concept of ‘soft’ power has shaped a lot of international political and diplomatic thinking in recent years. The purpose of this international forum is to re-examine cultural diplomacy and in particular the place of culture in international relations. more >
Eighth International Conference on Public Policy and Non Profit Marketing
The International Association on Public Policy and Non Profit Marketing is pleased to invite proposals for the Eighth International Conference on Public Policy and Non Profit Marketing. Tracks include marketing the arts! Deadline for submissions is February 28. more >
Americans for the Arts Annual Convention
Americans for the Arts, the nation’s leading nonprofit organization for advancing the arts in America, will hold its annual convention in Seattle, June 18 – 20, 2009. more >
Fête de la Musique
The world's largest musical celebration, takes place on the same day, 21 June, in over 300 cities around the world. more >
33rd session of the World Heritage Committee
During the session, the Committee considers requests for the inscription of new sites on UNESCO's World Heritage List and examines the state of conservation of sites already inscribed on the List. more >
Experience the Creative Economy 2009
Experience the Creative Economy is a unique conference which allows scholars new in their careers to experience notions of the creative economy in a small and focused setting. more >
Communicating the Museum
9th Communicating the Museum conference – “Digital and personal networking: Making the most of the connected world”. more >
Resorting to the coast: tourism, heritage and cultures of the seaside
The dominance of coastal tourism within the modern period has generated a wealth of issues which this conference seeks to address. This major international and multi-disciplinary conference seeks to promote dialogue across disciplinary boundaries on a global stage. Papers are welcome from: anthropology, archaeology, architecture, art and design history, cultural geography, cultural studies, ethnology and folklore, history, heritage studies, landscape studies, linguistics, museum studies, political science, sociology, tourism studies and urban/spatial planning. more >
¿Qué le queda a las artes por hacer?
Este seminario busca identificar varios contextos específicos en los que las artes no solamente cumpla las funciones de ser una fuente de ingresos o de políticas de la identidad. more >
What can art still do?
This seminar, to be held in Paris, seeks to identify certain specific contexts in which art does not simply function as a source of income or of identity politics. more >
Creativity and innovation in European cities
European network Banlieues d'Europe is organising the first part of its 16th annual meeting in Prague on 26-27 June. Entitled 'Creativity and Innovation in European Cities – 20 years after the fall of the Iron Curtain', the meeting will present experiences, testimonials and reflections from several European countries. more >
10th International Conference on Arts and Cultural Management: Call for Papers
This scientific conference will address various sectors of the arts and cultural industries (performing arts and festivals, heritage, museums and visual arts, film production and distribution, book publishing, recording, broadcasting, audiovisual media and multimedia). more >
Culture Meets Economy: Culture and Crisis – Opportunity or Threat?
For the second time, the European Academy Bozen/Bolzano and the University of Innsbruck are organizing a Scientific Track within the framework of the conference Culture Meets Economy, to take place from 30 June to 1 July 2009 in Bolzano, Italy. Deadline for the submission of abstracts is 15 April 2009. more >
July 2009
2nd Pan-African Cultural Festival
The 2nd Pan-African Cultural Festival hopes to draw hundreds of thousands of people to celebrate Africa's artistic renaissance. Algeria, commissioned by the African Union (AU) to organize this festival under the banner of "African renaissance", has already received confirmation of participation from 44 countries on the 53 AU members, said Algerian Minister of Culture Khalida Toumi at a press conference in Algiers. more >
Creative Clusters SummerSchool
The Creative Clusters SummerSchool is four days of intensive up-skilling designed for regeneration and development managers, consultants and researchers building the creative economy at the local level. more >
2nd International Conference on the Inclusive Museum
An outstanding group of diverse museum leaders and specialists will deliver plenary addresses. more >
Commonwealth group on culture and development
The next meeting of the heads of Commonwealth states takes place in Trinidad and Tobago in November 2009. The aim of the Commonwealth Group on Culture and Development is to develop a position paper for adoption in November that will outline the Commonwealth’s commitments in this area. Contributions requested. more >
2009 International nonprofit and social marketing (INSM) conference
The theme of this year's conference is 'Sustainable Social Enterprise'. Call for papers includes 'Arts, Sport and Sponsorship' as a topic. Co-hosted by Victoria University and Swinburne University of Technology the conference will take place in Melbourne, Victoria. more >
Creative entrepreneurship and education in cultural life
ENCATC International Conference, the event aims to provide academics and practitioners an opportunity to learn what has been done and how in the area of cultural entrepreneurship in the US. A call for papers has been launched. more >
The role of soft power in the international environment
The International Symposium on Cultural Diplomacy 2009 will bring together a diverse group of participants from across the world for a weeklong program of lectures, panel discussions and social events that will look at the role of soft power in contemporary international relations. more >
Fourth international conference on the arts in society
The International Conference on the Arts in Society and the International Journal of the Arts in Society provide an intellectual platform for the arts and art practices, and enable an interdisciplinary conversation on the role of the arts in society. more >
Promoting a creative generation - children and young people in the new culture and media landscape
In the context of the Year of Creativity and Innovation and the European Agenda for Culture, the focus of the conference organized by the Swedish Presidency of the European Union is the creativity and cultural habits of children and young people. more >
The Kumasi symposium: tapping local resources for sustainable education through art
A call is made for contributions addressing one or more of the symposium strands and topics: Art Education Practice, Studio Practice, Curatorial/Museum/Community Arts Practice, Art History/Criticism, Arts Administration/Management/Marketing Practice, and Open Session. more >
August 2009
Curso de gestión de las políticas culturales públicas en países de América y Europa
Las políticas culturales son uno de los instrumentos políticos sectoriales básicos y fundamentales para el desarrollo cultural de los países. more >
Course on public cultural policies administration in American and European Countries
Cultural policies are one of the basic and fundamental policy instruments for the cultural development of every country. more >
September 2009
ReGenerating Community: Arts, Community and Governance National Conference
ReGenerating Community Conference is about ways in which global issues are being addressed locally through collaborations between artists, communities and local government. more >
Biennale of young artists from Europe and the Mediterranean
On 3-12 September 2009, the city of Skopje will host the XIV Edition of the Biennale of Young Artists from Europe and the Mediterranean, realized by the Organizing Committee of Biennale Skopje 2009. During the ten-day festival, Skopje will host up to 700 young artists, and their creations will be exhibited in the public spaces of the city, which will become a melting point for intercultural dialogue. more >
Creativity moves the City
As one of the highlights of the 150th Anniversary of Yokohama’s port opening celebration, the City of Yokohama will host a major international conference on Creative Cities. more >
Effective management: walking the tightrope
Specifically designed for those working in the arts, the TMA’s highly regarded Effective Management course will give you an introduction to all the tools you will need to ensure that you have the confidence to manage effectively. more >
Cyberworlds
Cyberworlds are information worlds being formed on Internet either intentionally or spontaneously, with or without design. This conference will deal with large distributed information worlds on Internet as well as methods and tools used for creating such worlds. more >
Re:Designing Cultural Politics
Intercult, in partnership with Culture Action Europe, will gather policy-makers from all levels of governance to explore vital links between these spheres and how they could better interrelate, creating beneficial conditions for culture and exchange. more >
Creative City Network of Canada 2009 Conference
The Creative City Network of Canada holds a national conference or summit each fall in a different Canadian community, where representatives from municipalities, arts organizations, provincial and federal government agencies and others can meet to share ideas, connect, and work together to build vital infrastructure for arts and cultural development in Canada. more >
Not Museum Pieces: the Role of Archivists and Librarians in Museums
The London Museum Librarians and Archivists Group are pleased to announce their 2009 Conference “Not Museum Pieces: the Role of Archivists and Librarians in Museums” to be held Thursday 10th September 2009, 10.00-17.15 in the National Gallery, London. more >
8th International Colloquium on Arts, Heritage, Non Profit and Social Marketing
The 8th International Colloquium on Arts, Heritage, Non Profit and Social Marketing provides an opportunity for academics and practitioners to attend a series of presentations that draw on the very latest theoretical and empirical research in arts, heritage, non profit and social marketing. more >
Aspen Cultural Diplomacy Forum 2009
Over 200 of today’s and tomorrow’s leaders are expected to meet for dialogue and to discuss critical issues related to the theme “culture and security”. more >
British Academy of Management Conference 2009
The Cultural and Creative Industries Track aims to provide a forum in which those researching industries in the cultural and creative sectors from various perspectives and disciplines can meet to exchange the findings of their research and become informed of developments in this area of research. more >
African children and youth theatre arena (ACYTA) meeting
The purpose of the meeting will be to explore areas such as Artistic exchange within Africa, Capacity building of national centres, Positioning of Assitej in Africa, Communication within ACYTA, Synergies between centres and Funding partnerships. more >
Bergen Biennial Conference
The aims of the Bergen Biennial Conference, poised to be one of the most extensive examinations of the biennial phenomenon to date, are to identify and explore existing ‘biennial knowledge’ from different regions of the world and to incite new critical thinking and writing on recurrent large-scale art exhibitions—their history, socio-political and economical contexts, as well as their impact on artistic and curatorial practices. more >
Second Arterial Network conference
The theme of the conference is “Advancing the rights and status of African artists through the Nairobi Plan of Action on Cultural Industries”. Applications to attend by April 15th 2009. more >
Creative Industries and the Region: Relationships between Places, Local and Regional Policies and Creative Production
Call for papers: The third seminar will explore the relationship between creative industries and regional policies. more >
17th Annual General Meeting of Culture Action Europe
Culture Action Europe: democracy in action! The General Assembly will take place in Brussels on 28 and 30 September 2009 more >
Reasons for programming contemporary performing arts in times of crisis
Reasons for programming contemporary performing arts in times of crisis is the subject of the International Conference of Performing Arts which will take place within the framework of the Huesca Fair 2009. more >
Culture Programme Conference
The second annual Culture Programme Conference and the mid-term European Culture Forum will take place in Brussels. more >
Second Annual Culture Programme Conference
On 28-30 September 2009 the second annual Culture Programme Conference and the mid-term European Culture Forum will take place in Brussels. more >
October 2009
European Cultural Networks: Partners for Culture Professionals?
The Observatoire des politiques culturelles in Grenoble, France will organise a meeting, in collaboration with ENCATC, les Halles de Schaerbeck, Relais Culture Europe and the Rhône-Alps Region, on 'European Cultural Networks: Partners for Culture Professionals?', in Brussels, Belgium, on 2 October 2009. more >
Museum education in a global context
ICOM/CECA holds its next plenary conference in Reykjavik, Iceland. The conference is organized jointly by ICOM - Iceland and National Gallery of Iceland. more >
ArtsHealth Conference #2
Arts/Health Pain/Pleasure - the image music text of pain and healing. more >
Arts Reach National Arts Marketing and Development Conference 2009
Hundreds of top arts marketing and development professionals will gather on October 8-11, 2009 at the Millennium Biltmore Hotel, Los Angeles for the Arts Reach National Arts Marketing and Development Conference 2009. “Are You Ready for the Wave of Change? Breakthrough Strategies for Growing Audiences, Donors, and Boards in the Coming Decade” is the theme of the event. more >
2nd World Culture Forum
With the overall theme 'Culture is more – World Culture reflected in European Cities', the 2nd World Culture Forum / European Congress will take place in Dresden on 8-10 October 2009. more >
IETM Autumn Plenary Meeting in Vilnius
The IETM Autumn Plenary Meeting in Vilnius October 8-11 2009 will put a new point on IETM meetings map. East is the direction. East, which became very sexy two decades ago, right after the Berlin Wall came down. East, which started losing its glamour as the iron curtain sank into history. more >
New York Arts & Cultural Management Study Tour
Bite the Big Apple! New York Arts & Cultural Management Study Tour is a distinctive professional development program. Participants engage in small group meetings and discussions with some of New York's most respected arts and cultural leaders. more >
MICY: Motivation (for) Innovation and Creativity of Youth
The 2nd International Colloquium; MICY: Motivation (for) Innovation and Creativity of Youth will explore problems, perspectives and dimensions of the concept motivation in art(s) and cultural education and its relationship to the concept of creativity and innovation. more >
Motivation for Creativity and Innovation
Invitation and call for papers: The under-researched theme of Art Education Motivation (AEM), Creativity and Innovation (AEMCI) will be at the centre of this international conference, hosted by Slovenia in the framework of the European Year of Creativity and Innovation 2009. more >
Centre/Periphery : Devolution/Federalism - New Trends in Cultural Policy
The tension between the power and resources at the centre and the interests and ambitions of the periphery is a long-standing issue in cultural policy. The deadline for submission of abstracts is Thursday 9th April 2009. more >
3rd IMC World Forum on Music
The 3rd IMC World Forum on Music, to take place in Tunis, on 17-22 October 2009, under the title Access to Musical Diversity. more >
Grantmakers in the Arts: 2009 RECESSION Conference: Navigating the Art of Change
As a community of arts grantmakers we need to ensure that our constituents can meet the challenges of our changing society. Issues of access, not just to the arts, but how our artists and arts organizations access audiences who have found new and competing outlets to engage in the arts to aligning grantmaking practices with relevant business models, will be discussed. more >
Creating Innovation
The Creating Innovation Conference takes place in the context of the European Year of Creativity and Innovation and is organised by Johanneum Research and the Austrian Ministry for Traffic, Innovation and Technollogy (bmvit). more >
Culture is Right
Culture is Right - A blueprint for the future of the arts. This Conference will look at the Future of the Arts and Cultural sector under a Conservative administration. more >
3rd Young Cultural Policy Researchers (YCPR) Forum
Cross-cultural and cross-national approaches to cultural policy research will be the theme of this year's Young Cultural Policy Researchers Forum. more >
The Past Is Still to Change: Performing History from 1945 to the Present
The conference is focused upon an important issue for contemporary society – that of interpreting the past and writing its history. more >
International Conference of Aesthetics
Under the title Peaks and Edges of Contemporary Arts, the Foundation Destellos invites proposals to the first International Conference of Aesthetics, to be held in Mar del Plata, Argentina, on 22 - 24 October 2009, by composers, musicologists, performers, video artists, organizers of concerts and other artistic events, who want to present propositions linked to aesthetic, philosophic and practice aspects of digital arts. more >
ENCATC Annual Conference
Organized by ENCATC in close cooperation with the University of Barcelona this major event will bring together more then 250 professionals from several countries in order to discuss about creativity and innovation in the field of education and training in cultural management. more >
Practices and issues involved in artistic mobility
The practices and issues involved in artistic mobility: from the local to the international level is a seminar set to explore Mobility for artists. more >
Guardians of world treasures meet to discuss conservation issues, possible solutions
Later this month, guardians of the world’s cultural treasures will meet in Salzburg, Austria, to explore global themes related to conservation and preservation and develop recommendations for protecting collections around the world. more >
Creative Places + Spaces: The Collaborative City
Creative Places + Spaces is one of the world's leading forums on creativity. Under the theme of 'The Collaborative City', this year's event will engage global perspectives on collaboration and connect them with local change makers. more >
Seminario Iberoamericano de Políticas, Gestión y Diplomacia Cultural
El seminario (en Madrid) se trata de un encuentro en que se comenzarán comenzar a hacer visibles las articulaciones que hoy existen entre políticas, gestión y diplomacia culturales, a partir de una selección de experiencias que proporcionan aportes singulares en cada una de estos campos y en sus posibles conexiones. more >
Performing arts training today
Call for papers and proposals. The International Conference 'Performing Arts Training Today' will take place in Leibnitz, Austria. more >
35th STP&A annual conference on social theory, politics & arts
STP & A is an international interdisciplinary gathering of researchers, policymakers and practitioners that highlights current and conceptual issues in the development of cultural policy, theory, and arts administration practices internationally. The 2009 conference, will focus on innovation, creativity and change in a globalized world: new technologies and; new audiences; new communities. more >
Towards a Paradigm of Creative Education for the 21st Century
In preparation of the Second UNESCO World Conference for Arts Education in March 2010 the World Alliance for Arts Education (WAAE) is organising a summit entitled “Towards a Paradigm of Creative Education for the 21st Century”. more >
November 2009
27th Federation for Asian Cultural Promotion conference
This year’s session speakers will share their professional experiences on topics ranging from tourism, music education, Islamic music, and also arts and culture in the current time. more >
A World Without Walls - an International Congress on “Soft Power”, Cultural Diplomacy and Interdependence
On the twentieth anniversary of the fall of the Berlin Wall, as the eyes of the world fall upon Berlin once again, the Institute for Cultural Diplomacy and CivWorld/Demos will hold “A World Without Walls: An International Congress on Interdependence and Cultural Diplomacy“. more >
Ibero-American Seminar on Musical Education and Social Inclusion
In Brazil and in other Latin American countries there has been an important growth, during the last decades, in socio-cultural programs that have music as their central axis. more >
Seminário Ibero-Americano de Educação Musical e Inclusão Social
No Brasil e em diversos países da América Latina há um significativo crescimento, nas últimas décadas, de programas socioculturais que têm a música como eixo de suas ações. more >
International Arts and Health Conference
Arts and Health Australia is convening an international arts and health conference, The Art of Good Health and Wellbeing. The Conference will explore best practice policy, programs and research across primary care, community health, healthcare promotion and medical humanities. more >
Create n' Innovate ’09
A key event within the European Year of Creativity and Innovation. It comprises two days of presentations, panels and workshops, highlighting and exploring ideas and good practice in creativity and innovation, and its importance for our economies, our societies and our futures. more >
Representing gender in the performative arts
This conference is designed to bring together two main strands of current research in cultural studies: Gender Studies and Word & Image Studies. The purpose of the conference is to investigate the representation of gender through the interaction between words and images in West-European drama, dance and other performative arts from the Middle Ages to the 21st Century. more >
International Conference on Traditional Knowledge
This international conference will assist stakeholders in sharing their experiences, articulate views and provide meaningful recommendations. more >
10th International Joint World Cultural Tourism Conference
The aim of this conference is to provide a forum for international educators, scholars, researchers, industry professionals, policy-makers and graduate students with opportunity to explore and discuss issues in the topics on cultural tourism. more >
Third World Culturelink Conference
The Third World Culturelink Conference will be held under the title Networks – The Evolving Aspects of Culture in the 21st Century.more >
International Conference on African Culture and Development (ICACD)
The Secretariat for the International Conference on African Culture and Development (ICACD) has re-scheduled the 2009 Conference with the new dates being November 15th to 18th 2009. The 2009 ICACD conference will take place in Accra, Ghana and will bring together academics, policy makers, artists, cultural workers and representatives from NGO’s and Government agencies. The themes for the 2009 Conference will address the impact of culture on achieving the Millennium Development Goals. more >
Second International Conference on African Culture and Development ICACD 2009
The Second International Conference on African Cultural and Development Conference seeks to draw global attention to African Arts and culture and the significant impact it has on the development of the African continent. Deadline for submission of abstracts: April 24, 2009 more >
Cities as creative spaces for cultural tourism
An international conference inspired by Greg Richards’ and Crispin Raymond’s idea of “Creative Tourism” and Richard Florida’s concept of “Creative Cities”, and based on UNESCO’s (2006) working definition of creative tourism as: “travel directed towards an engaged and authentic experience, with participative learning in the arts, heritage, or special character of a place. It provides a connection with those who reside in this place and create this living culture.” more >
National Creative Industries Conference
NCI09, 'Creative Economy', the fifth National Creative Industries Conference, will be taking place on 24th and 25th November at the BFI Southbank. Set over two days, it is UK's largest gathering of the Creative Sector, bringing together over 300 delegates from across parliament, industry and the public and third sectors. more >
2009 Wales Arts Marketing Symposium
'DK' -one of our keynote speakers Going Back to the Future, Staycations and the scintillating secrets of Social media; these are just a few of the meaty topics that will be discussed in Arts Council of Wales's Arts Marketing Symposium 2009. more >
Cultural policies for the Baltic Sea Region
EU Strategy for the Baltic Sea Region in the field of cultural policies. more >
Creativity and innovation in European towns nr 2
20 Years after the Fall of the Berlin Wall, Banlieues d’Europe is pursuing its work of identification of projects and reflection on cultural, social, and economic alternatives. To be held in Brussels. more >
Symposium On Leadership And Governance Of Artistic Festivals
This symposium will explore the governance and leadership of festivals (e.g. governed by a Board of Directors, an artistic director, a collective or the local authority) and the impact of different structures on the festival in terms of its organisational development, its artistic programme, its ability to position itself within cultural policy agendas and the impact of political leadership. more >
Arts Education – Culture Counts: Preparation for the UNESCO World Conference on Arts Education in Seoul 2010
European Symposium for Experts in preparation for the UNESCO World Conference for Arts Education in Seoul 2010. more >
December 2009
Creativity World Forum
The Creativity World Forum 2009 offers speakers and panels on international top level, a top-class political and artistic framework programme and many opportunities for networking within a congress on the 1st and 2nd December. On the 3rd December you will have the op-portunity to get to know the creative side of Baden-Württemberg with regional tours. more >
4th ELIA Leadership Symposium
Under the motto "Value is vulnerable", a theme inspired by a phrase from the Dutch poet Lucebert, the Symposium will address the present challenges facing Higher Arts Education. more >
International Seminar on Cultural Diplomacy
The Ministry of Culture and the Media and the Department of Foreign Affairs and Cooperation of the Government of Catalonia, in cooperation with Interarts, are organising an international seminar entitled ‘Cultural Diplomacy: a Perspective from Catalonia’. more >
3rd AFRICOM General Assembly and Conference
Apart from the discussion and networking opportunities, the 3rd AFRICOM General Assembly and Conference will also discuss the new AFRICOM Strategic Plan (2009-2013) and witness the election of a new Board of Directors. more >
The International Conference “Re: Designing Cultural Politics”
The conference participants will explore the relations between various levels of cultural policy making: European, national, regional and local. How are they inter-connected? Who takes care of what? What policies are necessary at the various levels in order to coordinate and harmonize cultural policy for the benefit of target audiences, cultural operators and artists organisations? more >
ENCATC - Expert meeting on artistic mobility
ENCATC is organising an expert meeting to present the first findings of a European comparative study on the reality of cross-border mobility of artists and its impact on their professional development. more >
Culturebusiness: Social responsibility and cultural sponsorship
Culture Business, the international meeting point for arts sponsorship professionals, is hosting its second event, on 10 December 2009 at the Cité de l'architecture et du patrimoine in Paris. more >
Cultural Heritage on line. Empowering users: an active role for user communities
The conference aims to explore, analyze, and evaluate the state of the art and future trends in user communities and cultural contents on the web from an international perspective, and bring together academic researchers, policy makers and practitioners, providing a forum for the discussion and dissemination of the selected themes. more >
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