Creative tech, place-based innovation and growth

The event will include a series of presentations, talks and keynote addresses, focussed on the following areas:

- Bringing creative technology R&D and innovation activity to life and celebrating the strengths the UK has in this area, as well as its future growth potential nationally and regionally;

- Insights from the CoSTAR Network on activity and success stories to date;

- Place based creative technology ecosystems and partnerships with combined authorities to drive growth and respond to place-based needs and opportunities;

- The role of the Creative Industries in driving technology innovation, adoption and diffusion.

The event will be followed by networking drinks and opportunities to meet leading creative technology industry representatives, businesses, trade bodies and creative technology R&D and innovation programmes.

CoSTAR is a £75.6 million national research and development network of laboratories that are developing new technology to maintain the UK’s world-leading position in games, film, TV, performance and digital entertainment. Delivered by the UK Research and Innovation (UKRI) Arts and Humanities Research Council, the programme is supporting new innovations and experiences that will enrich UK’s creative industries, economy, and culture.

The CoSTAR Foresight Lab, part of the wider CoSTAR Network, is leading a programme of research to assess the adoption, use and impact of new, emergent and convergent technologies across the creative industries, including gaming, TV, film, performance and digital entertainment. Our findings will inform research, development and innovation across the sector. The Foresight Lab is a partnership comprising Goldsmiths University of London, Loughborough University, Edinburgh University and the BFI, alongside partners from ARUP, Data Thistle, Julie’s Bicycle, the Creative Industries Policy and Evidence Centre (PEC), i2 Media Research, Olsberg SPI and Station 12.

Host or Publisher CoSTAR Foresight Lab