Cr8net is the brainchild of CIDA, the Cultural Industries Development Agency.
CIDA is the leading specialist support organisation for the grassroots creative and cultural sector in London. We have supported thousands of creative individuals, businesses and arts organisations since our inception in 1999 by providing information, business support, professional development training, networking & showcasing opportunities and by commissioning new work.
“Cr8net is a high visibility platform for leaders in the creative and cultural sector to debate the state of the industry, to highlight opportunities, to face down challenges and to offer resolutions: creative minds supporting creative minds”. Toks Majek-Akisanya, CIDA’s CEO.
Cr8net is a conference for the creative industries, especially for those whose role it is to support and develop others. Cr8net will bring together leaders in the sector from across the globe to discuss the pressure points of the industry.
The one-day conference – one of the most significant gatherings of industry practitioners, policy makers and businesses ever held – will take place in the prestigious Royal Institution of Great Britain in Mayfair.
Cr8net 2012 will be hosted/chaired by Matthew Taylor, CEO of The RSA. Joining him will be
Alan Davey, CEO, Arts Council England
Professor Andy Pratt, Head of Culture & Creative Industries, KCL
Araceli Camargo, The Cube London
Claude Grunitzky, founder of Trace magazine
Deborah Bull, Creative Director of ROH & Director King’s Cultural Partners
Dirujan Sabesan, Entrepreneur, Creative Nerds
Ekow Eshun, cultural commentator & former Director of the ICA
Hasan Bakhshi, Director of Creative Industries, NESTA
Baroness Lola Young, Crossbench peer and writer
Natalie Wade, Projects Manager, Small Green Shoots
Pim Baxter, Deputy Director, National Portrait Gallery
Roger Wade, Founder of Boxpark
Sara Shamsavari, Artist
Paul Kirkman, Head of Culture at DCMS
Early bird tickets for this event are a competitive £195! Full price tickets will be £295. Tickets are being sold on a strictly first-come first-served basis with no exceptions.