Creative Future Open Innovation Laboratory for Creative Industries Time: Location: May 25 2015 Turku School of Economics, Lecture Hall 16 Street Address: Rehtorinpellonkatu 3, 20500 Turku Creative Future gathers representatives of academia and business together for an open discussion on business development in the Creative Industries. Come and get inspired by the cutting-edge speakers, share your views and foresight on the trends within the Creative Industries. Creative Future provides you with an excellent opportunity to network and develop business opportunities for the future. Programme 09:30 Registration and Coffee 10:00 Welcome and Overview of the CreBiz Project Pasi Malinen, Research Director University of Turku 10:15 Keynote: Barriers are Breaking Eka Ruola, CEO, Hasan & Partners Oy 11:15 Business Ecosystems - Creative Space for Business Development Thommie Burström, Assistant Professor, Hanken School of Economics 11:45 Competition Policy and Creative Industries in the New Economy Tom Björkroth, Senior Adviser, Finnish Competition and Consumer Authority 12:15 Lunch (invitational only) Industry views and insights from Creative Businesses – Case study presentations 13:15 Story of Logomo Päivi Rytsä, Managing Director, Logomo 13:45 Media & Startups - New Media Concepts In the Digital Ecosystem Timo Ketonen, Entrepreneur, Aboa Advest Oy 14:15 Ad Agencies - Survival of the Fittest Jonne Saivosalmi, Managing Director, Briiffi Oy 14:45 Building Mobile Games Torulf Jernström, CEO, Tribeflame Oy 15:15 Digital Campaign – From Idea to Execution Tuomas Niinikoski, Managing Director, Magis Multimedia Oy 15:45 CreBiz Innovation Camp: Turun Sanomat Challenge David Wray & Singh Simranjit and Amos Taylor & Venkat Rathikannan 16:15 Informal Networking Refreshments and fingerfood (invitational only) This is an invitational seminar but students are warmly welcome to attend the presentations. Registration: Go to konsta.utu.fi and use the code CREATIVESTUDENT. Deadline for registrations is May 18 2015. Creative Future is a part of the CreBiz project. The objective of the project is to create a Business Development Laboratory Study Module targeted for undergraduate and graduate students of arts, humanities and media/communications, i.e. individuals, who have potential to be (self) employed after their graduation in the field of creative industries. The project is funded by the Erasmus Programme of the European Commission.