A program of the Business Committee for the Arts, Inc. (BCA), in collaboration with the Arts & Business Council of New York, the annual Forum for New Ideas brings together innovative thinkers from across the country to explore new, non-traditional ways for business and the arts to work together. Topics explored have included: - Developing innovative business-arts partnerships. - Driving economic development through business-arts partnerships. - Employing creative approaches to broadening participation in the arts. - Working with the arts for commercial application (marketing, packaging, etc.) Participants will: - Network with innovative business and arts leaders from across the country. - Have exposure to cutting-edge ideas and techniques that assist in achieving operating goals. - Learn how to develop effective strategies to build non-traditional business-art alliances, as well as creative workplaces and communities. - Gain access to current trends and best practices that lead to a competitive edge.