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Itinerary

Organisation: Pacificstream
Date of Visit: 9-14 March 2009
Place of Visit: Liverpool UK
Title: Entrepreneurship models within the creative industries
Topic:

Monday 9 March
18:00 Arrive and delegates meet for informal welcome
The Peacock 49-51 Seel Street, Liverpool. Drinks and Dinner Mei Mei
(confirm Group Dinner on Wednesday and theatre visit)

Day 1 Tuesday 10March March
Site visits – Creative Industries, training and regeneration, incubation and intermediary
09:00 Depart hotel for Knowsley by minibus
10:00 Knowsley Creative Space
11:30 Depart for Preston
13:00 Lunch at UCLAN
13:30 The role of HEIs and creative businesses in regional creative industries development and regeneration
Ruth Smith , Susie Knowles - School, Design and Technology
Northern School of Design and Creative Industires, UCLAN
City Brand presentation
Media Factory visit
15:30 Site visit PAD, , Preston City Council
16:30 Return to Liverpool
19:30 Dinner – own arrangements

Day 2 Wednesday 11 March
Creative Industries business development and training Creativebias MDA
09:30 Introductions – Roy Jones
09:45 Guided tour of the city center
11:30 Introduction to the programme and overview of VET and business training in the UK – Roy Jones and Rob Eakins
12:45 Lunch
13:45 Creative Concepts
Roy Jones
16:00 -17:00 Plenary session and feedback
19:30 Group Dinner – Alma de Cuba

Day 3 Thursday 12 March
Action planning Creativebias
09:30 How a CI agency works
Julie Collagan, Design Initiative
Pete Smith Business Development Adviser, Blue Orchid
11:30 Creative Industry SMEs – Case Studies
11:30 Binary Cell – example of music technology SME
13:00 Lunch
13:30 Mark Chapman – Radar Communications
Business support, alternative approaches, VIC etc Case study– Roy Jones and Sharon Mutch (artist)
Bluecoat Creative Industries Centre
15:30 – 16:30 Plenary session (approx times)
Free time
19:00 Theatre visit, Everyman, Hope Street, Liverpool – Billy Wonderful

Day 4 Friday 13 March
The role of the regional development agency
09:30 Visit to ACME - David Parrish – T-shirts and Suits
Creative education and training rising to the challenge?
12:00 – 14:00 Hope University, Cornerstone Building, Bill Chambers, Alan Whitaker
14:30 – 16:00 Conclusions, Making sense of the CIs – plenary session
(Some of our visitors will have to leave earlier for the airport – please arrange transport, taxis etc. well in advance – the hotel can book for you)


19:30 Dinner own arrangements


Day 5 Saturday, 14 March

Depart and goodbyes

Participants

1 Rui Magno AEP Chamber of Commerce
Porto
2 Panagotis Ignatiadis
3 Mr. Bulent Uygun Denizli Chamber of Industry
4 Camilla Lundberg Landskrona Kävlinge Svalövs Gymnasieförbund/Sweden
5 Martin Brouer Regierung von Oberbayern
Government of Upper Bavaria
6 Mehmet Ogut Selcuk University (Cumra Higher Educational College)
7 Fatih Er Selcuk University (Cumra Higher Educational College)
9 Andrzej Gąsiorek Regionalna Izba Handlu i Przemysłu Regional Chamber of Commerce and Industry
10 Jose Manuel Perea Rosado Chamber Of Commerce Of Jerez
11 Jose Manuel Soto Sambruno Chamber Of Commerce Of Jerez

Draft Itinery

Monday 9 March
18:00 Arrive and delegates meet for informal welcome
The Peacock 49-51 Seel Street, Liverpool. Drinks and meal.

Day 1 Tuesday 10March March
Site visits – Creative Industries, training and regeneration, incubation and intermediary
09:00 Depart hotel for Knowsley by minibus
10:00 Knowsley Creative Space
11:30 Depart for Preston
12:30 Lunch at UCLAN
13:30 The role of HEIs and creative businesses in regional creative industries development and regeneration
Mark Lamy – Head of School, Design and Technology
Virtual business support - Ruth Smith, Senior Lecturer in Creative Industries, UCLAN
15:30 Site visit PAD, Jenny Rutter, Creative Industries Officer, Preston City Council
16:30 Return to Liverpool
19:30 Dinner – el Forno

Day 2 Wednesday 11 March
Creative Industries business development and training Creativebias MDA
09:30 Introductions – Roy Jones
09:45 Guided tour of the city center
11:30 Introduction to the programme and overview of VET and business training in the UK – Roy Jones and Rob Eakins
12:45 Lunch
13:45 How a CI agency works
Sarah Elderkin Design Initiative
Pete Smith Business Development Adviser, Blue Orchid
16:00 -17:30 Plenary session and feedback
19:30 Dinner – Alma de Cuba


Day 3 Thursday 12 March
Action planning Creativebias
09:30 Creative Concepts – Roy Jones
12:30 Lunch – opportunity for informal discussions and meet with SMEs (post incubation)
13:30 Action Planning, alternative approaches – Roy Jones and Holly Langley
14:30 – 16:30 Conclusions, Making sense of the CIs – plenary session
19:30 Theatre visit, Everyman, Hope Street, Liverpool

Day 4 Friday 13 March
The role of the regional development agency
10:00 Visit to ACME
Creative education and training rising to the challenge?
12:30 – 14:00 The Design Academy– JMU visit Martin Downie, Head of Department, School of Art & Design
14:30 – 16:00 Bluecoat Creative Industries Centre
19:30 Dinner Miu Miu Chinese
21:00 – 12:00 Live Rock gig – ?? (optional)

Day 5 Saturday, 14 March

Depart and goodbyes

Participants for the March Visit

Rui Magno, AEP
Panagotis Ignatiadis
Bulent Uygun, Denizli Chamber of Industry
Camilla Lundberg, Landskrona Kävlinge Svalövs Gymnasieförbund/Sweden
Martin Brouer, Regierung von Oberbayern Government of Upper Bavaria
Mehmet Ogut Selcuk, University (Cumra Higher Educational College)
Fatih Er Selcuk, University (Cumra Higher Educational College)
Meryem Kara Selcuk, University (Cumra Higher Educational College)
Andrzej Gąsiorek, Regionalna Izba Handlu i Przemysłu Regional Chamber of Commerce and Industry
Jose Manuel Soto, Chamber of Commerce
Jose Manuel Perea, Chamber of Commerce

Dear Roy and all other participators,

I wish you all a Happy New Year with a lot of inspiration and challenges.

The winter has not yet come to the south of Sweden but in the end of January there will be stormy weather and some time for a small "English course". Just in case.

Kindly regards
Camilla Lundberg

Transition: The People's Celebration

The whole city centre become a stage on January 10 2009.

The newly regenerated public space at the Pier Head will came alive with light and sound for this people's celebration. There was a sound, light and visual review of Liverpool's history from 7,000,000,000BC to the present day. It incorporated a history associated with its world heritage waterfront that has been reinvigorated like the rest of the city, and was shown in full colour across several huge screens on the waterfront followed by a magnificent pyrotechnic finale from ships in the river.

Says Phil Redmond: "Just as we opened the year switching from the sandstone and cobbles of the 19th Century People's Palace of St George's Hall to the 21st Century steel and glass Arena, so we are opening 2009 with a new waterfront. Just as our forefathers walked to the river front and looked out to the world, so we will in the future."


This 'Transition' will mark Liverpool's 08 Year of Culture to its 09 Year of the Environment, and will mark the official handover to the European Capitals of Culture 09, the Austrian city of Linz and Vilnius in Lithuania. The exciting prospect is that Linz has agreed to 'twin' with Liverpool and stage a complementing light event in Austria on the same night.

New Year and its not Capital of Culture!

Hello everyone,
just to say a Happy New Year and that we are looking forward to hosting the study visit in March. We are currently planning the visit and we will be back in touch with you very soon with draft plans for your visit.

Best regards from the Pacificstream team,
Roy and Rob