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