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Annual Conference 'Innovation, Creativity and Culture'
Vilnius
22-23 October 2009
The Conference will be jointly hosted by the Mykolas Romeris Unversity and Vilnius Gediminas Technical University. This unique collaboration clearly demonstrates how universities can and must contribute to the success of a European Capital of Culture programme.
In this European Year of Innovation and Creativity the central theme of this year’s UNeECC Conference will be 'Innovation, Creativity and Culture'.
University students and faculty, as well as cultural professionals active in past, present and future European Capitals of Culture will present papers in 5 different conference tracks:
- Cultural diversity as basis for Creativity and Innovation
- Creativity and Innovation in University Culture
- The Impact of Innovation and Creativity on Culture
- Creativity and Innovation and European Capitals of Culture
- Didactic Innovation and the University
The Vilnius conference will touch upon key issues emerging from the relationship between ‘innovation and creativity’ and culture. Given the academic objectives of the conference, presentations will focus on new insights into innovation and will examine questions like ’Are innovation and creativity the priviliged playground of technicians and engineers, or is it on the contrary the essence of fine arts? And what about the interrelation between the two? Is one at the service of the other, or can they find common ground?’
The Keynote Speaker of the UNeECC Conference will be Professor Edward the Bono, EU Ambassador for the Year of Creativity,2009. The title of his presentation is 'The biggest problem is not climate-change, but inadequate thinking'.
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