Futurecity’s Head of Strategy and Placemaking, Tim Jones, will be leading an expert discussion on Creative Cities at the the Baltic Sea Cultural Gathering conference “Culture as a driving force for social and economic development of the region” in Gdansk, Poland, 16-17 September.
The conference, taking place on the 16th, will focus on showcasing the evidence of impact of culture on society and economy of the region and its development. During two days filled with discussions hard data will be collected, as well as methods for enhanced communication between cultural, financial and administrative sectors that sometimes do not fully grasp the importance of culture for regional growth.
The conference will constitute the main event organized within the framework of the “Creativity” priority of the Polish Presidency in the CBSS and will be related to the currently ongoing chairmanship of Poland in the Northern Dimension Partnership on Culture as well as to Poland’s coordination of the Policy Area Culture of the European Union Strategy for the Baltic Sea Region.