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Dear colleagues I hope some of you may find this event below interesting. Cultural Industries in Shanghai: UK-China Dialogue on Future Academic and Industrial Collaboration in the Creative Industries + Book Launch June 29, 2018 | Friday 9.00 - 16.00 Flett Theatre Natural History Museum, London [cid:6B27D678-A266-4855-A5B1-D336361B1F71] Cultural Industries in Shanghai: Policy and Planning inside a Global City (2018) will be published by Intellect this June. Edited by Professor Rong Yueming (Shanghai Academy of Social Sciences) and Professor Justin O’Connor (Monash University), under the Intellect China Library Series, this is the first publication of its kind in the English language. It takes an insightful look into policy and planning of a city’s cultural development with specific case studies and its part in China’s Belt and Road Initiative. We are taking this rare opportunity to facilitate conversations around the topic of future UK-China collaboration in the creative industries and have invited experts from the UK as well as editor Rong to join us for a lively discussion. Researchers, practitioners, business leaders and government bodies will all find much of interest in this important forum, to explore the sheer scale and energy of a new cultural economy and the opportunities that it will bring: Symposium Programme 9.00 - 9.30 Arrival & Registration 9.30 - 10.00 Opening & Welcome Speech 10.00 - 10.45 Professor Rong, Yueming Dean, Institute of Literature, Shanghai Academy of Social Sciences Editor of Cultural Industries in Shanghai: Policy and Planning inside a Global City (2018) “The Future of Shanghai as an International and Cosmopolitan City of Culture” 10.45 - 11.30 Professor Brown, Kerry Director, Lau China Institute, King’s College London “Creative Collaboration after Brexit: the UK and China” 11.30 - 12.00 Q&As with Professor Rong & Professor Brown 12.00 - 13.00 Lunch Break 13.00 - 13.45 Dr Zou, Mimi Fangda Career Development Fellow in Chinese Commercial Law, University of Oxford “The Legal Dimensions of UK-Chinese Collaboration in the Cultural Industries” 13.45 - 14.30 Dr Bao, Hongwei Assistant Professor in Media Studies, University of Nottingham “Shanghai as a Queer Film Festival City: Developing Alternative Cultural Industries in China” 14.30 - 15.00 Q&As with Dr Zou & Dr Bao 15.00 - 15.30 Discussion: Challenges & Possibilities in Future Collaboration Chair: Mark Lewis, Managing Director, Intellect Karen Wang (Deputy Director, Confucius Institute, University of Manchester), Dr Jenifer Chao (VC2020 Lecturer in Journalism, De Montfort University), Matthew Hurst (Operations Manager, Cine Asia), Dr Lin Feng (Lecturer in Film Studies, University of Leicester), Dr Fan Wu (School of Performance and Cultural Industries, University of Leeds) 15.30 - 16.00 Cultural Industries in Shanghai (2018) Book Launch To register for this event please click here<https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/cultural-industries-in-shanghai-uk-china-dialogue-on-future-academic-and-industrial-collaboration-tickets-46223034340?aff=es2>. *June 29 is the last Friday of the month, when the Natural History Museum will be opened to the public until 10 pm in the evening with activities and entertainments, as part of the ‘Night at the Museum’ series. Post-symposium social is therefore only on our doorstep. Cordially & best wishes Hiu Hiu Man Chan Intellect China Library Series Editor [log in to unmask]<mailto:[log in to unmask]> | +441179589910 The Mill, Parnell Road, Bristol, UK, BS16 3JG Centre for Chinese Visual Arts Faculty of Arts, Design and Media Birmingham City University [log in to unmask]<mailto:[log in to unmask]> | @h_onfilm ######################################################################## To unsubscribe from the MECCSA-PGN list, click the following link: https://www.jiscmail.ac.uk/cgi-bin/webadmin?SUBED1=MECCSA-PGN&A=1