The Idea of Creative City and the Urban Policy Debate

The Idea of Creative City and the Urban Policy Debate
October 17-18, 2013
Cracow, Poland
The Department of European Studies, Cracow University of Economics and Jagiellonian Club

The aim of the conference is to overview and assess the concept “creative cities” and its
implementations. The organisers are interested in a debate based on research, both theoretical and empirical,
and on exploration of particular cases from all over the world, which can highlight potentials and pitfalls of
putting the theoretical idea into practice. Preliminary Program: Theme 1: The concept of “creative cities” as a
development strategy; Theme 2: Creative class as a driving force of the post-industrial economy; Theme 3:
Strategies of creativity around the world; Theme 4: Cracow 3.0 beta version (in Polish, free entry)

Language: English, Polish
Fee: 100 €
Deadline: June 30, 2013
Contact: Conference Secretariat
E-mail: creative_cities3.0@kj.org.pl
Internet: http://creativecities.uek.krakow.pl/index.html