LAST DAY TO REGISTER - Creative Movement Conference: Creative Economy in Action. Business Development in Motion.
Creative Movement is a half-day conference tomorrow, Thursday, May 22, 2008, from 7:30 a.m. to noon in Room 109 of the Pennsylvania Convention Center (1101 Arch Street, Philadelphia). Learn what Philadelphia is doing to grow the for-profit, creative industry and how it compares to peer cities including Boston, New York City and Pittsburgh. Representatives from these cities will discuss how they are leading economic and job growth in creative industry businesses, and changing the landscape of business development. Join Philadelphia business professionals and economic development, civic and education leaders at the upcoming Creative Movement conference. Attendance cost is $65 per person, which includes a continental breakfast.
Creative Movement Keynote Speaker
Rolf Smith, Lead Guide, The Virtual Thinking Expeditions (vTx) Company
According to Fast Company magazine, "Rolf Smith has spent a career thinking about how people think." Now as the Lead Guide at vTx, he is helping people at some of the world's most powerful organizations, such as ExxonMobil, IBM, Johnson & Johnson, Procter & Gamble, General Mills, DuPont and Ford, to design and lead problem solving expeditions to explore new concepts, approaches and technologies to generate big ideas - and to rethink their whole approach to creativity.
A book signing will be available for Rolf's The 7 Levels of Change (1997, 2002, 2006), book which is a fieldguide for thinking "diffferent."
Creative Economy Panelists:
Boston: Carole Walton, Create Boston Manager, Boston Redevelopment Authority
New York City: Jonathan Bowles, Director, Center for an Urban Future
Philadelphia: Kelly Lee, Moderator, Executive Vice President, Innovation Philadelphia
Pittsburgh: Margaret Myers, Associate Director, STUDIO for Creative Inquiry, Carnegie Mellon University
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