CREATIVE INDUSTRIES AND SOCIAL INNOVATION: CONCEPTS, PRACTICES AND POLICIES willexplore the interaction between four critical issues: creativity, technologies, spaces and policies to foster creative industries and social innovation at regional level. 

• Explore new concepts and methodologies that give an understanding of the relationships between creative industries and social innovation.
• Share case studies and/or innovative experiences that show the dynamics between creativity, technology and innovation in the creative industries / social innovation
• Explore the contexts (urban) and environments (cooperation) that facilitate the development of creative industries / social innovations
• Disseminate different experiences of public policies (programmes, services, etc.) that promote the creative industries or social innovation or the relationship between them.

The Conference will discuss papers and presentations from researchers (including doctoral students), professionals and practitioners from the creative industries and social innovation. Specifically, the Conference aims to focus on the conceptual and methodological aspects, case studies, practical issues and policies proposals.

• TOPICS OF INTEREST

• PANEL 1: CREATIVITY, CREATIVE INDUSTRIES, SOCIAL INNOVATION

1. 1.1. Creativity, creative industries and entrepreneurship
2. 1.2. Creativity, creative industries and social innovation 
3. 1.3. Measuring creativity and skills in creative industries / social innovation
4. 1.4. Collective competencies in creative industries / social innovation. 

• PANEL 2: TECHNOLOGIES, CREATIVE INDUSTRIES, SOCIAL INNOVATION

1. 2.1. Digital Heritage
2. 2.2. Digital Industries
3. 2.3. Technology transfer process in creative industries
4. 2.3. Technology and socio-economic spillover in creative industries
5. 2.4. Open innovation, technology and creative industries
6. 2.5. Social technologies and social innovation
7. 2.6. Social innovation and innovative technologies

• PANEL 3: URBAN, RURAL AND REGIONAL DEVELOPMENT 

1. 3.1. Regional smart specialisation: social innovation / creative Industries
2. 3.2. Creative regions/cities/peripheries and social innovation
3. 3.3. European Cultural Capitals and cultural, urban, economic, social impacts
4. 3.4. Cross-sectorial fertilisation in creative industries 
5. 3.5. Scaling: local and global in creative industries and social innovation 
6. 3.6. Creative industries and social innovation Clusters/Hubs/Living Labs
7. 3.7. Creative Industries and social innovation : comparative approaches, Europe North-South ; Asian/ African/Latin American-European perspectives 

• PANEL 4: PUBLIC POLICIES, CREATIVE INDUSTRIES, SOCIAL INNOVATION

1. 4.1. Creative regions/Districts policies.
2. 4.2. Governance and creative industries / social innovation
3. 4.3. Creative industries: European cross-border cooperation policies
4. 4.4. Stimulating Social innovation through creative industries 
5. 4.5. Social innovation Ecosystem Policies 
6. 4.6. Innovation in public services linked to creative industries / social innovation