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2011 Creative City Summit | Un-Conference | May 10th

The Creative City Network, City’s Culture Office, London Heritage Council and London Arts Council are excited to provide this unique opportunity to Summit attendees and members of the public. On May 10th from 2:00pm-5:00pm, Museum London will come alive with some exciting sessions that creative folks like yourself will not want to miss. If you are interested in speaking at the Un-Conference please sign up for our waiting list. There may be an opportunity to present right up to the day of the conference. For the purpose of this Summit, all talks will focus on creative and cultural initiatives happening in the city and across the country. Sessions will be informative and create a conversation for the audience. Please note - "soap boxing" will be highly frowned upon.

Each session will be no more than 30 minutes long with room for questions and discussion at the end. We have limited number of tickets available so register now!

Cleck here for more information on the 2011 Creative City Summit

Schedule:

*Session location and times may be subject to change*

Time	Lecture Theatre	Restaurant	Board Room
2:00pm 2:15pm	Welcome (Centre Gallery)
2:15pm 2:45pm	nik harron: *Line Stepping - Simple lessons learned in marketing Arts & Heritage* - Practical lessons and basic marketing observations gleaned from over 20 years of involvement in the local Arts & Heritage community. A smorgasbord of information from postering etiquette to the essential nature of a good brand. Anecdotes will includes references to the Big Picture, Museum Underground, Fanshawe Pioneer Village, London Short Film Showcase and the London Poetry Slam.	Douglas Flood: *Wall/walk of fame and the Thames River* - "The erection of a wall of fame and walk of fame at no cost to the tax payer. Musical opertation in the Thames River"	Josh Bean & JoAnne Dubois: *The Heart to Art Project* - Josh and Joanne will discuss the newly established Heart to Art: a community building project. The Brantford Arts Block, a community arts organization, and the Grand River Community Health Centre have combined forces to create a community development project that uses the arts to engage our communities priority populations.
2:45pm 3:00pm	BREAK
3:00pm 3:30pm	Naeema Farooqi: *Creating positive community linkages through colors, photographs and events -* There is already so much negativity going around the world no matter where you look. I aim to present through this session how the use of color, positive photos, events and people create a better world one color palette at a time. This is also achieved by my magazine:www.londonlinkmag.com	Joe Nethery: *The Development Permit System: A New Planning Tool for the Design Minded* - This session will introduce the Development Permit System (DPS), a new planning tool available to Ontario municipalities, that changes the framework for development approvals. The potential within a stronger design-based approvals framework shall be demonstrated using a case study: Carleton Place, Ontario's first DPS municipality.	Maya Hirschman: *Engage! Making Museums Matter* - Museums were working to engage audiences long before “engage” was a buzzword. Some have been successful, others not so much. What do we want from our museums? How do we keep them relevant? This session examines how museums can expand their community roles through creative, pro-active audience involvement.
3:30pm 3:45pm	BREAK
3:45pm 4:15pm	Sean Galloway: *Making A Great City* - The session will discuss the fundamentals urban design as a tool for economic development and the creation of a better city for all involved.	Marc Langlois: *Twelve Cafe - Two prototypes in development* - a social enterprise for neighbourhood development and youth engagement. Where there is a place to gather, a reason to mobilize and someone staying put to guide the process - there is every reason to hope. The Baristas behind the counter are trained community change facilitators.	Cheryl L. McLean: *Research and Arts in Action for Community and Cultural Change* - Cheryl L. McLean, Publisher of The International Journal of The Creative Arts in Interdisciplinary Practice speaks about the vital role of the creative arts in research for transformative community change drawing on leading edged research and compelling and illustrative examples and stories of the creative arts working for hope and change in practice in communities in Canada and abroad.
4:15pm 4:30pm	BREAK
4:30pm 5:00pm	David Billson: *Open Data* - The amazing concept that transforms data stored in the most mundane of databases into interactive applications, largely through community good will and civic engagement.	FIXT POINT: *The Tale of a Town* - A "HOW-TO" presentation on civic celebration, documentary collection, site-specific theatre and shoe-box memory gathering. Rooted in performance The Tale of a Town is a template for preserving community culture, fostering partnerships and engaging the local icons, artists, entrepreneurs and residents that make up our distinct neighbourhoods.	Andrew McClenaghan: *Sparking your creative idea on the web using free tools* - Echidna owner, Andrew McClenaghan, holds a Bachelor of Mathematics majoring in Computer Science from the University of Waterloo. He has worked full-time in small and large companies throughout his career, founding Echidna in 2001. McClenaghan has experienced managing all aspects of software development from requirements analysis to software production to quality assurance and deployment.

Un-conference attendees are welcome to stay for the host reception which starts at 5 p.m. with key note speaker Paul Hoffert who will be talking about “SECT in the City: Soul, Entertainment, Culture, Tourism” The Grand Theatre’s performance of the Hobbit starts at 7:30 pm so book your tickets now for the show.

Examples of other "Un-Conferences"

The London community has truly embraced the "Un-Conference over the last several years. Check out some of the latest events.

SMarts London
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ChangeCamp London
StartupCamp London
PhotoCamp London
AgendaCamp London

What is the Creative City Network?

The Creative City Network of Canada (CCNC) is an organization of municipal staff working in communities across Canada on arts, cultural and heritage policy, planning, development and support. The CCNC exists to connect and educate the people who do this work and share this working environment so we can be more effective in cultural development in our communities. By sharing experience, expertise, information and best practices, members support each other through dialogue, both in person and online.

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