ekip Events

The European Cultural and Creative Industries Innovation Policy Platform consortium (ekip) is proud to launch the third in a series of Policy Labs addressing the most pressing challenges faced by the Cultural and Creative Industries (CCI).

The challenge addressed by the third Policy Lab is immersive tech for the CCIs. The objective is to propose policy recommendations in the domain of CCI and immersive tech for the benefit of smaller players, independent content creators and artists. Immersive technologies are transforming the ways in which people interact with media. As a result, new, immersive experiences have the ability to deeply engage users across a variety of environments, creating a sense of realism and being fully present in the experience.

However, immersive media pose several challenges to the CCIs to innovate and benefit from this field, such as access to data, skills and training, collaboration and networks, transparency and ethics, and access to funding.

You are hereby kindly invited to express your interest in joining stakeholders across the CCIs, such as entrepreneurs, academics, creative networks and policy makers. On this day of interdisciplinary exchange  we will together:

• shape a policy roadmap,
• structure a CCI inclusive action plan, and
• formulate concrete recommendations targeting challenges of immersive tech in cultural and creative activities.

The event is open to the following stakeholders:

• CCI-practitioners/representatives involved in, or with an interest in R&I-projects on immersive tech
• Policy makers on regional/local and EU-level involved in immersive media-related implementation and research, innovation-policies and instruments
• Funding organisations
• Clusters and key intermediaries in the ecosystem
• Civil society-stakeholders involved in immersive media
• Academia undertaking research in the field of immersive media

Join other stakeholders for a day of learning, exchanging, and co-creating to shape concrete recommendations enabling the role of cultural and creative industries in immersive media. Get ready to discuss immersive media-related challenges with other colleagues from across the CCI ecosystem, exchange ideas, learn and establish valuable connections!

Save the date and register here until 6 November, 2024.

Physical participation  

The event is planned as a physical event taking place in Košice. Online participation for some sessions will also be facilitated. Additional details will shortly follow.

Art and Tech Days 18-22 November

Moreover, the policy lab will run in parallel to the Art & Tech Days held at the same venue from 18-22 November this year under the topic Periphery. The highlight of the festival is the Art & Tech Conference on 21^st November. This event will give you the chance to uncover fresh perspectives in art, design, science, and technology by seeing how the fringes often become the birthplaces of innovation and change. If you would like to partake in the ekip policy lab on the 20^th, you also have the opportunity to secure your spot at this festival. For more information and registration, check out this page: https://atdays.sk/conference/?lang=ena

Link up with ekip!

As a work in progress, the ekip engine is continuously re-evolving. In order to do that for everyone we want you to be a part of our next steps. Stay tuned as we expand this platform to further support the impact and sustainability of the CCIs across Europe.

You can follow our activities on LinkedIn, our newsletter, and be an active participant in this and the next policy discussions by registering to the ekip Community.

More information will soon follow including a detailed agenda.

Once you submit your expression of interest, we will come back to you with a confirmation of your attendance. Please note that due to limited availabilities, a spot is not guaranteed until confirmed.

For any queries, you are welcome to contact us at ekip@technopolis-group.com

We look forward to welcoming you in Košice!

The ekip Consortium