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The program will evolve in two stages: An Open Call and a One-day Symposium

Open Call / Online Competition

This stage takes part on the Internet. We designed an entrée call to collect initial ideas that will be evaluated by a team of well-known experts who will select 20 of the best contributors. The contributors will be invited to pitch their ideas at a one day symposium.

Symposium

The symposium will take place at The Creative Factory in Rotterdam, March 22nd, 2011. The program consists of plenary sessions, working sessions, and pitching sessions.

Day Program:

• 10.00 Welcome
• 10.15 Speaker I - Speaker II
• 11.00 Break
• 11.15 Pitch I
• 12.15 Lunch
• 12.45 Pitch II
• 13.45 Speaker III - Speaker IV
• 14.30 Break
• 14.45 Pitch III
• 15.45 Group discussion
• 16.15 Break/meeting jury
• 16.45 Award
• 17.00 After party
• 18.00 End

Speakers

Our speakers are well-known cultural entrepreneurs, financiers, and inventors from the Netherlands and abroad

• Melle Daamen | director, city theatre of Amsterdam
• Rudy Stroink | TCN developer
• Sigrid Hemels | professor of law
• Eric Holterhues | hoofd Kunst en Cultuur van Triodos Bank

Topics for the Symposium Include:

• New possibilities for governments: matching arrangements, commissions, tax deductions to stimulate donations and regional/city development
• New possibilities in the market: pricing, collaborations, supplying creativity to organizations, shares, auctions, internet options
• Exploring the third sphere: donations, participation, friends

Registration

N.B.: There are no spaces left for registration except for those who have already submitted an "open call" application.

Contributions

We do not charge a fixed fee. This is a symposium that relies on the contributions of all participants. We will need to pay for all kinds of expenses and thus hope for financial contributions, small or large. Please keep in mind that the average cost is about €35 per person and that some participants are students and artists with no financial means. An idea to support a student or an artist? You can send your contributions to our account number 388221399, Stichting Economie en Cultuur.