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Final notice for CCT free conference on local/national cultural policy making - along with confirmed programme.


Thurs 15th Sept - doors open 9.30am for tea and coffee

10am: Introduction by Tony Sampson (CCT/UEL)

10.15am – 1pm: Creative Industries

Exploring the drive by local authorities and other agencies to encourage growth in ‘creative sectors’. What impact is this really having on regional economies, and is it any more than simply ‘branding’?

Robert Hewison (Cultural Historian and author of The Rise and Fall of Creative Britain)

Joe Hill (Director of Focal Point Gallery)

Duncan Smith (Artistic Director of Association for Cultural Advancement through Visual Art)

Chair: Andrew Branch (CCT/UEL)

One Hour Break

2-5pm: Food Cultures

Who is really setting the agenda in terms of policies on health and wellbeing in respect of what food we buy and consume? What can be done at a local level to improve ‘food cultures’ in the context of national policies which endorse a free market vision of society?

Vic Borrill (Director of Brighton and Hove Food Partnership)

Jack Monroe (Writer, Journalist and Activist)

Chair: Giles Tofield (CCT/Cultural Engine)

Evening drinks at the Railway Hotel

Fri 16th Sept doors open 9.30am for tea and coffee

10-1pm: Cultural Policy, Heritage and Place-Making 

What do we mean by ‘place-making’ at a local level? Who creates the stories and narratives that define how our towns and cities are to be ‘branded’? Does local cultural policy (where it still exists) have a role to play in creating really distinctive identities and differences in a globalised world economy? How is local ‘heritage’ being used to promote new narratives of towns, cities and regions?

Matthew Taylor (Chief Executive of the RSA)

Scott Dolling (Head of Economy, Regeneration & Tourism, Southend Borough Council)

Robert Bean (Founder of Robert Bean Branding Co)

Chair: Giles Tofield

Closing remarks by Andrew Branch


 

Free registration here:


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Dr Tony D Sampson
Reader in Digital Cultures and Communications
School of Arts and Digital Industries
UEL
 

 






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