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From: Thom Corah <tcorah@DMU.AC.UK> Date: October 24, 2007 9:56:25 AM CDT To: CREATIVEINDUSTRIES@JISCMAIL.AC.UK Subject: Creativity: Innovation and Industry Reply-To: creativeindustries <CREATIVEINDUSTRIES@JISCMAIL.AC.UK>
Hi all,
Apologies for cross posting
I am pleased to announce advance details of a one day conference on creativity to be held on 6th December at De Montfort University in Leicester. Brief details are below, with more available from the website at http://cii.dmu.ac.uk <http://cii.dmu.ac.uk/> .
Best regards
Thom Corah
Research Assistant
Creativity East Midlands
De Montfort University
Creativity: Innovation and Industry
Enhancing creativity, innovation and productivity
A one day symposium exploring creativity
6th December 2007
De Montfort University
Advance Notice
No company ever cost-cut its way to greatness. Creativity is the path to greater productivity, new products, and new services. Sustained success in business depends on the ability to innovate. Creativity shouldn't be restricted to the 'creatives', it needs to flow through the entire company.[1]
"To compete successfully in the global economy, we must foster a dynamic environment with innovative and creative businesses at its heart."[2]
This one day conference will look at how new technologies and new ways of thinking can be applied to successful business innovation. There are four main themes.
* What is creativity? * How can we be more creative? * How does innovation happen? * How is creativity managed successfully in business?
To explore and answer these questions will be thoughts, experiences, and insights from four distinguished speakers.
Prof. Margaret Boden (http://www.sussex.ac.uk/informatics/profile276.html)
Dr. Claudia Eckert (http://www.edc.eng.cam.ac.uk/people/cme26.html)
Frank Boyd (http://www.unexpectedmedia.com/)
Toby Moores (http://www.sleepydog.net)
There will also be a parallel strand of workshops should you choose to learn in a more practical way. These will be
Enhancing Creativity: a creativity assistant
Creative Collaboration: face to face
Speaking the language of creativity
Creative techniques
For more information please visit http://cii.dmu.ac.uk <http://cii.dmu.ac.uk/>
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[1] Cox Review of Creativity in Business
[2] Regional Economic Strategy for the East Midlands, EMDA
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