Events 2012—2013 /
Tom Fleming Creative Consultancy has a key presence at a range of major UK and international events. We are speaking, facilitating or leading on the following events:
A Creative City Masterclass Programme for Kirovograd, Ukraine
Tom Fleming delivered a series of workshops and provided consultancy to multiple city-makers of the city of Kirovograd, Ukraine. The workshop themes included 'Creative Talent and Education', 'Creative Workspace and Clusters', and 'Civic Creativity'.
This was part of the consultation programme for the ‘Kirovograd Creative City Manifesto' – to be written by Tom Fleming. This will be launched at the 2013 Kirovograd Creative City Forum and intends to develop the growth potential and quality of life of the city. The project represents one of the first ‘Smaller Creative City Manifestos’ by Tom Fleming Creative Consultancy.
Date: 13-17 May 2013
Tom Fleming featured in "ArkhangelskMagazinePlus
The ArkhangelskMagazinePlus was covering his lecture and workshop at the prestigious Skolkovo Institute as part of our wider work in Russia on cultural policy, creative city-making and the exploration of the role of culture in improving the overall quality of life in Russian cities.
Date: May 2013
Vietnam : Toward a Creative Economy Strategy
Tom Fleming designed and led a consultation and strategic partnership programme to Vietnam for The British Council. Building on our UNESCO-supported work in 2012, this is to set out a deliverable National Creative Economy Strategy and to set an agenda for 2014 – when Vietnam will be a Focus Country for The British Council (with opportunities for new dedicated partnership projects to support the Creative Industries).
Date:14-25 April 2013
Visit: http://creativeconomy.britishcouncil.org
BFI Audience Development Network – Facilitation, London
Tom Fleming facilitated the first national planning day for this new network. With new Hub Partners travelling from across the UK, partners explored how to connect regional networks to an overall UK Network offer.
Date:12 April 2013
Visit: www.bfi.org.uk
Inaugural African Creative Industries Investment Summit (ACIIS), Africa Centre, London
Tom Fleming introduced his work supporting strategy and policy for the Creative Economy in Nigeria - supported by The British Council. He introduced some of the investment challenges faced by the sector in Nigeria and pointed to the many opportunities for growth.
Date: 10 April 2013
Visit:www.aciis.org
Creative Economy Master Class for Cheung Kong Graduate School of Business, London UK
Tom Fleming provided a keynote speech and workshopfor Artscom Ltd. - the international course development programme for the University of the Arts London.Tom's intervention was part of a programme to introduce Chinese business leaders to potential investment opportunities in the Creative Industries.
Date: 08 April 13
Visit:www.ckgsb.edu.cn/
Tom Fleming Keynotes at Skolkovo Institute, Moscow
A keynote presentation and workshop at the prestigious Skolkovo Institute, as part of Tom Fleming’s wider work in Russia on cultural policy, creative city-making and well being. The event involved colleagues from Arkhangelsk in northern Russia to explore the role of culture in improving the overall quality of life in Russian cities.
Date: 20 March 2013
Visit:www.Skolkovo.ru/
Unlocking the Creative Potential of Smaller Cities - CURE Conference, Colchester, UK
A keynote speech delivered by Andrew Erskine to the second International CURE Conference, as part of Tom Fleming’s role of Colchester's Creative Economy Strategy. The EU Funded Interreg Northwest IVB CURE Programme: Creative Urban Renewal in Europe - aims to develop creative and cultural hubs that will provide creative workspace and showcasing opportunities and enliven the space for the whole community. Testing this concept are partners from across North-West Europe.
Date:14 March 2013
Visit:www.cure-web.eu/index.php?id=2in
Tom Fleming Keynote Speaker at the Cittaslow International Congress, Viana do Castelo, Portugal
The congress explored new agendas in smaller city-making. Focusing on issues such as 'growth', 'creativity', 'inclusion' and 'innovation' , it sought to develop a fresh agenda for Viana do Castelo and other smaller cities in terms of longer-term development.
Date: 14-16 March 2013
Visit:www.vianacriativa.pt
Visit:www.facebook.com/
Visit:www.smallercities.guimaraes2012.pt/
Film London's Film Exhibitor's Breakfast
Tracey Gregory presented the latest findings from our evaluation of the Barbican’s Framed: Cinema for a New Generation; and Film London’s Cultivate, two programmes that are part of a wider portfolio of film and cultural education and audience development evaluations.
Date: 12 March 2013
Visit:whttp://www.barbican.org.uk/
Visit:www.filmlondon.org.uk/
Creative Futures: Kent Cultural Conversations
A series of three symposia for Kent County Council: Kent Cultural Conversations. These are positioned to reflect on progress made since the launch of the Kent Cultural Strategy in 2010, to identify new priorities, and explore aspirations for the next 3 years.
Topics include ‘place-making’ (at Creek Creative, Faversham), ‘creative commissioning’ (at Dance South East, Hextable), and ‘learning and skills’ (at Turner Contemporary, Margate). Contributors include Marcel Baettig of the Bow Arts Trust and Mike White of Durham University. Tom Fleming will write a summary recommendations paper in March 2012.
Date:From December 2012 to February 2013
Visit:www.kent.gov.uk/
Tom Fleming delivers a Creative Economy Workshop in Funchal, Madeira
Tom Fleming hosted leading stakeholders in the Madeiran Creative Industries to explore how the island can develop a more balanced and productive economy, fosucing on the tourism sector, young talent development and entrepeneurship and the importance of creative approaches.
Date: 8 Dec 12
Visit:www.giramondu.com/
Nigerian Creative Expo, Lagos: A Creative Investment Programme for Nigeria
Tom Fleming chaired the second Nigerian Creative Expo for the British Council. The Expo focused on investment and investment readiness in the Creative Industries. Contributors included the Bank of Industry, UK Trade & Investment, Nexim Bank, The Ministry of Culture, and many businesses.
Date: December 2012
Visit:www.creativeexponigeria.org/
Visit:www.britishcouncil.org/africa-creative-economy.htm
The Brest Fortress - Transforming its Cultural Tourism Offer
A keynote presentation in which Tom Fleming explored the potential influence of heritage assets o contemporary cultural practice and on the revitalisation and refreshment of tourism.Drawing on his experience as City Programmer for Guimarães, European Capital of Culture 2012, Tom Fleming presented opportunities for Brest to diversify and reinvigorate its visitor and overall creative economy.
Date: 24 November 2012
Visit:www.amcult.ru
Tom Fleming Leads Urban Development Masterclass, Aalst, Belgium
A multi-day training programme organised by the Flemish Association for Space and Planning. Tom Fleming focused on the potential revitalisation of Aalst, a 19th-century working-class district with a strong tradition of Carnival.
Date: 23 November 2012
Visit:www.vrp.be
Two Keynote Presentations by Tom Fleming, São Paulo: Brazil: ‘Creative & Economic? What are the Possibilities?’ And ‘The Creative Economy Legacy of the 2012 London Olympics’
As part of Tom Fleming’s programme of activities to strengthen our partnerships in Brazil, Tom’s second keynote presentation at the Club Transatlantico Seminar in São Paulo(in collaboration with Ana Carla Fonseca of Garimpo de Soluções - a leading creative and cultural expert in Brazil)explored opportunities for sector development from a Brazilian perspective. The events were supported by The British Council.
Date: 12-13 November 2012
Visit:www.clubtransatlantico.com.br
Visit:www.garimpodesolucoes.cocm.br
Visit:www.britishcouncil.org/brasil.htm
CIDADE CAMPUS, Guimarães, Portugal
The city's major moment for reflection, boundary-crossing discussion and future-planning. Programmed and curated by Tom Fleming, the event brought together major highlights of the Capital of Culture Programme, plus introduced a new set of interactions, presentations and collaborations to collectively ‘re-imagine the possibility of the city’ with major speakers as Charlie Leadbeater, Femi Longe (Nigerian Co-Creation Hub), Dick Penny (Bristol Watershed), Marleen Stikker (Waag Amsterdam), Bernadette Passos (Paraty, Brazil), and Greg Hadfield (Open Data Cities).
Date: 1-2 November 2012
Visit:www.smallercities.guimaraes2012.pt
Tom Fleming Keynote Speaker at the Creative City International Forum, Kirovograd, Ukraine
The keynote speech explored the 'creative city agenda' from the perspective of post-Soviet cities. Drawing on experience working across the Russian Federation and countries such as Georgia, Ukraine, Estonia, Latvia and Lithuania, Tom highlighted the limitations of the agenda and pointed to an agenda which works from the specific position of post-Soviet cities.
Date: 12 October 2012
Keynote Speaker at the international conference 'Territory, Creativity & Urban Regeneration', Ílhavo, Portugal
Tom Fleming delivered a critique of the ways concepts such as 'culture-led regeneration' and 'creative cities' have too often been vehicles for privileged wealth creation and have served to divide rather than connect communities. The presentation reflected on good and bad practice over the last decade and offered a new approach which re-claims the 'creative city' for the whole community.
Date: 28 September 2012
Visit:http://www.centrocultural.cm-ilhavo.pt/pages/3?event_id=717
Tom Fleming in Nigeria as part of Creative Investment Programme
Tom participated in the first meeting of the Lagos State Angel Network as part of TFCC’s role as advisory and advocacy to support the development of the Creative Economy in Nigeria. This programme was intended to consult partners across industry and government to identify sector priorities.
Date:24-25 September 2012
Visit:www.britishcouncil.org
Visit:www.lagosangelnetwork.com
Andrew Erskine in Krakow as Expert for the Centres Programme
Andrew Erskine presented Tom Fleming’s role as a specialist adviser to the Centres Programme. It included active participation in a series of events across Europe, a critical review of activities, and the production of a set of innovation papers which connect the Programme - Creative Entrepreneurship in Schools - to best practice and policy developments in creative learning.
Date:20 September 2012
Visit:www.centres-eu.org/events/
Launch of Future City Jobs Report in Brussels
Tom Fleming presented the Future City Jobs Report to the European Commission in Brussels- alongside partners from The British Council and the city of Wroclaw. It provided a major overview of the report and presented the case for a coherent programme of youth job creation in the Creative Industries across Europe.
Date: 20 Sept 12
Visit:www.creativecities.britishcouncil.org/news/future_city_jobs_final_report
UNESCO expert for cultural industries development visit
Second of two outward missions on behalf of UNESCO working closely with policy-makers in Vietnam to establish a clear and coordinated approach to the cultural industries (part of UNESCO's wider programme: 'Strengthening the System of Governance for Culture in Developing Countries').
Date: July 2012
UNESCO; Hanoi, Vietnam
Visit: http://www.unesco.org/new/en/culture/themes/cultural-diversity
Nurturing Creative Entrepreneurship, Opening Up Institutions
Major seminar to explore new models for academia and the arts and cultural sector in developing an enabling environment for creative entrepreneurs.
Date: July 2012
University of Aveiro, Portugal
Visit: http://uaonline.ua.pt/detail.asp?c=24372
Tom Fleming's 'Nurturing Creative Entrepreneurship' Keynote Speech is now available. Visit http://ieua.livextend.tv/ and follow the instructions
Future City Jobs Pilot Events
Workshops to explore the progress of the two pilot projects in Wroclaw and San Sebastian, working with the 6 participating cities for this important pilot Creative Industries employment programme for young people.
Date: June & July 2012
British Council; Wroclaw and San Sebastian
Visit: http://creativecities.britishcouncil.org/future-city-jobs
Toward a Creative Economy Programme for Nigeria
Series of strategic consultation meetings with key partners from government, industry and education culminating in a policy development workshop and a short policy guidance paper.
Date: June 2012
British Council; Lagos, Nigeria
Visit: http://creativeconomy.britishcouncil.org/
The Cultural and Creative Economy of Kent: Animation & Events Programme.
Concept development, coordination, production and commentary for Kent County Council as part of its Cultural Strategy delivery, resulting in a raised profile of the cultural and creative sector, and enabling greater interaction, exchange and collaboration.
Date: June 2012
Kent County Council
Visit: http://www.kent.gov.uk/default.aspx?page=10331&theme=mobile
Keynote Speaker at the Creative Economy Rio+20 Conference
Keynote speaker at EU-Brazil Sector Dialogues Conference running alongside the Rio +20 UN Sustainbable Development Conference involving over 50,000 delegates from across the globe.
Date: June 2012
Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
Visit: http://ec.europa.eu/culture/our-policy-development/documents/brazil-coop_en.pdf
http://www.uncsd2012.org/rio20/index.html
Keynote Speaker at Creative Portugal Conference, Oporto
Introducing vision for the creative and cultural economy in Portugal, including a focus on the CITY (Cidade) Programme of Guimarães, European Capital of Culture 2012. Tom Fleming is Programme Director of CITY, curating activities that call on everyone to "(re) Imagine the Possibility of the city."
Date: June 2012
Oporto, Portugal
Visit: http://www.guimaraes2012.pt
http://addict.pt/pt/portugal-criativo/
Creative Economies seminar
Keynote speaker at this high profile national seminar investigating the role that arts can play in economic development and the regeneration of communities in the current challenging economic climate.
Date: June 2012
Arts Development UK, Arts Council England; London
Visit: http://artsdevelopmentuk.org/wp-content/uploads/2012/04/seminar_brochure.pdf
Exploring the Social Capital of the Tabernacle in Notting Hill
Facilitating a workshop for friends and stakeholders of the Tabernacle - the iconic cross-artform venue in Notting Hill, London - explore the ways the Tabernacle connects different types of social capital - leveraging the identities and knowledge of its multiple users.
Date: June 2012
The Tabernacle; London
Visit: http://www.tabernaclew11.com
A Creative Economy Masterplan for Košice, Slovakia
Launch presentation for the new Creative Economy Masterplan for Košice, including a joint presentation with the City's Mayor and team for European Capital of Culture 2013.
Date: June 2012
Košice, Slovakia
Visit: http://www.kosice2013.sk/en
Guimarães European Capital of Culture 2012: FASHION HUB launch
Facilitating the launch of FASHION HUB, part of the Cidade (Cities) strand of Guimarães 2012 being programmes by Tom Fleming.
Date: May 2012
Fabrica Asa, Guimarães, Portugal
Visit: http://www.facebook.com/FASHIONHUB2012
Culture Hack Scotland
Fast-paced event bringing together creative technologists, designers and organisations to create new culture-related projects in just 24 hours (part of evaluation of digital developments in Scotland's arts and culture sector with NESTA).
Date: April 2012
NESTA; Glasgow, Scotland.
Visit: http://www.welcometosync.com/hack
'Strengthening the System of Governance for Culture in Developing Countries': Technical Assistance Mission to Vietnam, April 15-30 2012
Co-designing and facilitating a programme of workshops and events in Vietnam as part of Tom Fleming's role as UNESCO expert in the cultural industries.
Date: April 2012
UNESCO; Hanoi, Vietnam.
Visit: http://www.unesco.org
http://www.culturalprofiles.net/viet_nam
A Vision for Culture in Smaller Cities
Presenting a vision for culture in smaller cities to the Styrian Regional Government, including a set of discussions on how smaller cities develop sustainable and innovative approaches to cultural policy, and how we need to develop new tools to effectively maximise the potential of our cities. (Part of Guimarães, European Capital of Culture 2012, Cidade Programme.)
Date: April 2012
Styria, Austria. Visit: http://www.guimaraes2012.pt
Growing the Creative Economy in Hengelo, Netherlands
Presenting at a specially convened forum of city-makers, in Hengelo, in the east of the Netherlands, to identify opportunities for the local creative economy.
Date: April 2012
Hengelo, Netherlands. Visit: http://www.hengelo.nl http://www.creatievefabriek.nl
Third Russian-British Creative Economy Forum
Final in a series of three policy making conferences taking place throughout 2011 - 2012 in Moscow with leading international and Russian speakers, exploring issues of copyright, intellectual property and educational programmes in these fields.
Date: March 2012
Moscow, Russia; British Council, Russia. Visit: http://www.britishcouncil.org/russia-common-projects-cultural-creative-economy-russian-british-forum-2012-3rd-programme.htm
Made in Thessaloniki
International guest speaker at the British Council's Creative Economy seminar. Part of a week-long series of design and fashion activities taking place in Thessaloniki, Greece aiming to showcase the potential of the city's creative industries and reinvigorate Thessaloniki's creative identity.
Date: March 2012
Thessaloniki, Greece; British Council, Greece. Visit: http:www.britishcouncil.org/greece-arts-and-culture-made-in-thessaloniki.htm
Kent Economic Board Creative Media and Communications Business Growth Consultation
Key note speaker in fifth of a series of events designed to discuss driving investment, shaping business development and securing a prosperous future for Kent's Creative Industries sector.
Date: February 2012
Maidstone Studios, Kent; Kent Economic Board; Kent County Council. Visit: http://www.keb.org.uk/news-and-events/article/kent-economic-board-sector-meetings/
Future Cities Jobs workshop: Prague
Facilitating a two day workshop as part of the British Council's Creative Cities/Future Cities Jobs initiative to generate project plans for new, creative start-ups which will generate jobs for young people.
Date: January 2012
Prague, Czech Republic; British Council, Czech Republic. Visit: http://creativecities.britishcouncil.org/future-city-jobs
Guimarães European Capital of Culture 2012: Opening Ceremony
Opening ceremony for Guimarães 2012 acting as a catalyst for the social, economic and urban transformation of Guimarães, further raising its international profile.
Date: January 2012
Guimiaraes 2012 Foundation. Visit: http://www.guimaraes2012.pt
Guardian Culture Professionals network live chat: future proofing arts organisations
Expert panel on Guardian Culture Professionals network live chat discussing how arts venues, organisations and cultural careers can be future proofed, highlighting practical tools as well as strategies to ensure a sustainable arts and cultural sector.
Date: January 2012
Guardian Culture Professionals network. Visit: http://www.guardian.co.uk/culture-professionals-network/culture-professionals-blog/2012/jan/11/future-proofing-arts-organisation