The Art of Partnership is a one-day conference being developed by LCACE to stimulate thinking about and awareness of the potential for collaborations between Higher Education and the arts/cultural industries. Our aim is to: provide a platform to discuss how Knowledge Exchange between HE and the arts/cultural industries is working, examine how, or indeed if, such partnerships are being recognised within the wider context of the Knowledge Economy, highlight models of innovative practice between the two sectors and to encourage networking and knowledge sharing between the two sectors. The event will be of interest to: academics and university Knowledge Transfer professionals, arts/cultural industries professionals, practitioners and policy makers.