20 April 2012, Rotterdam, CREATIVE FACTORY, MAASHAVEN ZUIDZIJDE 2, 3081 AE ROTTERDAM

• 09.30    REGISTRATION WITH COFFEE AND TEA
• 10.00    WELCOME BY THE CHAIR
      Frans Spierings, PhD, Professor of Urban Talent at Rotterdam University
• 10.10    BUILDING RESILIENT COMMUNITIES
•     Graeme Betts, Executive Director of Strategic Commissioning and Community at the London Borough of Newham
• 10.30    LESSONS LEARNT FROM THE EXPERIENCE OF TWO CREATIVE HUBS IN LONDON AND ROTTERDAM: SUSTAINABLE MODELS AND COMMUNITY EMBEDDEDNESS
      Marcello Bertotti, PhD, Research Fellow at the University  of East London and Jeannette Nijkamp, MSc, Researcher  at Rotterdam University
•     10.30  Results of comparative research on the London Chocolate Factory and the Rotterdam Creative Factory
      10.50  Panel discussion
• 11.30    NETWORKS OF ARTISTS IN SOUTH ROTTERDAM
      11.30  Lecture by Hugo Bongers, MA, Professor of Cultural  Diversity at Rotterdam University and Eva Visser, MA, Researcher
      11.45   Walk through a number of creative places in South Rotterdam (including coffee break)
• 13.00    LUNCH IN THE CREATIVE FACTORY
• 14.00    MEET THE CREATIVE ENTREPRENEUR
      14.00    Presentation by Sally Labern and Bobby Lloyd,  visual artists from The Drawing Shed
      14.10  Short pitches of creative entrepreneurs
      14.25  Meet and greet with the entrepreneurs
• 15.15    BREAK
• 15.30    WORLD-CAFÉ AROUND THE THEME “USING CREATIVITY FOR BUILDING RESILIENT COMMUNITIES” led by Kevin Sheridan, Director of Community Engagement  at the University of East London
      15.30  Short explanation of the theme
      15.45  World-café discussions around various tables (with food and drinks)
      17.15  Wrap up
• 17.30    CONCLUSION BY THE CHAIR
• 17.40    INFORMAL RECEPTION
• 19.00    END

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