Theme 2016
Designing Creative Ecosystems
Date: January 18-22, 2016
Venue: Tallinn, Estonia and Helsinki, Finland
Language: English
Participation: Pre-registration required and subject to a fee.
Ragnar Siil
Ragnar Siil is the founder and managing partner of Creativity Lab. Previously he has been the Estonian Undersecretary for the Arts, the chair of the European Union expert group on creative industries and an expert with the European Creative Industries Alliance. He has advised governments and organisations around the world on cultural policy reforms and creative industries strategies.
Rasmus Wiinstedt-Tscherning
Rasmus Wiinstedt-Tscherning is the Managing Director of CKO – Danish Center for Cultural and Experience Economy. He is also co-chair of the European Union expert group on creative industries and chairman of the European Creative Industries Alliance. He launched Creative Business Cup, the global competition for entrepreneurs from the creative industries.
Charles Landry
Charles Landry is an international authority on the use of imagination and creativity in urban change. He is the author of the Creative City concept. He aims to help cities become more resilient, self-sustaining and to punch above their weight. He co-developed ‘The Creative City Index’, a strategic tool that measures, evaluates and assesses the innovative eco-system of a city and its capacity to adapt to radical global shifts and adjustments.
Marco Steinberg
Marco Steinberg is the founder of Snowcone and Haystack, a Helsinki-based strategic design practice focused on helping governments and leaders to innovate. Previously Steinberg was the Associate Professor at the Harvard Design School and founder and director of Strategic Design at the Finnish Innovation Fund Sitra. He is currently the Chairman of the Board of the Finnish Museum of Architecture and sits on the board of Design Driven Cities.
Peter Kelly
Peter Kelly is Professor of Practice, High Growth Entrepreneurship, Aalto Ventures Program; Visiting Professor of Business, Trinity College Dublin; and Visiting Professor of Design, Pontificia Universidad Catolica de Chile. Kelly is an award-winning entrepreneurship educator and practitioner. Over the past 20+ years, he has worked with entrepreneurs in Finland, Sweden, the UK, Portugal, Russia, Latvia, Estonia, Norway, Switzerland, Canada, Chile, Singapore, Japan, Taiwan and Ireland. His areas of personal and professional expertise include design thinking, new business creation, intrapreneurship, entrepreneurial finance and innovation policy. A self-described "positive non-conformist", he likes nothing more than to challenge convention and routines.
Helen Sildna
Helen Sildna is the founder and director of Tallinn Music Week - a leading showcase festival and conference for international music-industry players and emerging regional acts. She is an initiator of Music Estonia and a member of the President’s Academic Advisory Board. (Photo: Laura Kallasvee)
Stella Soomlais
Stella Soomlais is a designer working with leather. She runs her own studio in Tallinn, is developing an accessories brand (RÜÜ) with Thomas Thetloff and is cooperating wit UK designer Nick Rawcliffe. She is an active member of the Estonian Association of Designers, is one of the founding members of Estonian Design House in Tallinn and has been one of the main organisers of the Tallinn Design Night festival for the past 5 years. She is also a tutor at the Estonian Academy of Arts and Tartu Art College. She has been a nominee for the Estonian Best Young Designers Award for two years and won prizes for her creations in Hong Kong and Estonia.
Ott Sarapuu
Ott Sarapuu has worked at the Estonian Maritime Museum and as a managing director of the Seaplane Harbour. Working together with curators, experts, architects, designers and more than 30 companies, his team has succeeded in creating a European award-winning maritime museum in Tallinn. He is also a member of the Estonian Tourist Board takes the lead in promoting Estonia as a tourism destination.
