I was invited by the Institute to give a conference and discuss a broad variety of Cities in the EU (Dublin, Helsinki, Manchester, Belfast, Bilbao and Berlin), maybe my most favourite ones so far. The Conference was titled: "EU Cities & Creativity". The main point...
In 2007 I was invited by the University of Simon Bolivar to participate in and give lectures, to conduct different Workshops and to give strategic advice on economic development and social cohesion projects. These projects had an important content related to Community Development. Specifically, project...
Have you ever been in an event talking and networking with 136 cups of coffee? Surprisingly, this event took place in Caceres (Extremadura, Spain) being one of the most innovative networking events that I have ever attended. 136 cups of coffee representing each person that...
Between 2000-2010, on the one hand Richard Florida contributed to spread the word on Creative Class, but on the other hand, Charles Landry branded the term Creative City. Here my hometown St. Sebastian brands itself as Creative. ...
After three years Summer School trilogy, starting with The Future of Work in 2005; continuing with The Creative Capital in 2006; and ending with the Creative Society in 2007; I gathered the field work information to start writing my dissertation while comparing with Dublin (in...
On 7th June 2007, Andoni Aduriz (Mugaritz), Joxean Muñoz (TBK), Imanol Agote (DFG) and myself, presented the DVD Creative Society 2006 as the result of the 2006 Summer School about Creative Capital. At this event, we presented the new edition for 2007 that will be...
Gastronomy can be considered as the study of food and culture. In the Basque case, it is not very easy to separate it from the daily social life and ordinary culture. At this event, I gave a talk about Creativity and how we can apply...
As a result of a research project that aims to analyze the different creative dynamics into different organizations, this book was launched in 2007. To sum up, the main relevant concept in the book is the so-called Communities of Practice. The book focuses on the...
Within three days, discussions highlighted: socioeconomics of creativity, the impact of postindustrial and networked upcoming society, the changes in the labor market, the role of the creative industries related to other sectors, the hybridization processes taking place in different international territories, the new business experiences...
