FRIDAY, 22 NOVEMBER | SATURDAY, 23 NOVEMBER

Leaders from across the region’s creative sector will come together again with UK counterparts in November 2019 for the third Creative Central Asia leadership conference – which will be held in Tashkent for the first time – where they will continue the dialogue, review progress and push the cultural and creative economy agenda forward. And although the conference vision, objectives and scale will stay broadly the same for Creative Central Asia 2019, this year’s conference will differ from last year’s in terms of participant mix, focal themes for discussion whilst retaining its focus on practical action eg. through development and use of frameworks for action, provision of supporting toolkits etc. For continuity and learning, a number of last year’s most dynamic participants will be invited back although the majority of this year’s participants will be new, in order to increase the size of the leadership network.

Focal theme : ORGANISING OURSELVES TO BECOME AN ENGAGED AND INFLUENTIAL SECTOR 

Topic 1. Staying connected as a community

What tools, channels and/or structures (digital and other) do we use to stay connected and keep each other informed? How do we use our connectedness to support joint work and ensure that our collective interests are well represented? 

How do we use our connectedness to support joint work and ensure that our collective interests are well represented? 

Role of professional and trade associations in policy-making, training and skills development

 

Topic 2. Building our audience and customer base

How do we develop value propositions that our target audiences and customers (and the communities we work within) recognize and appreciate?

If our sector is serious about growth, how do we incorporate and respond to cultural diversity in what we do and how we do it?

 

Topic 3. Developing Public Space for Creative Cities

How our sector can use and develop public space to enhance urban living? 

What kind of public engagement activity can we produce to enhance life in the city?