Day 2 | Wednesday, 14th

The second day at the ECHF is focussed on the money! Have you ever wondered how to access EU funding? Are you curious but scared about working with private investors? Today is all about empowering Hub Managers to be in a better position to advise their member businesses, but also to fund their own organisation’s sustainable future.

Add to that some 360° views of exciting hubs and an optional tour of one of Lisbon’s most dynamic organisations, and you’ll understand why we make the coffee strong and black in Portugal!

Networking Breakfast

Day Two Plenary: Can a joint Creative Hubs Manifesto help with advocacy and strategic promotion highlighting the importance of Creative Hubs? Positioning the Forum narratives based on the participation of Hub Managers. 

Moderator: Catherine Docherty, Ben Evans

Speakers: Johanna Bolhoven, Creative England; David Furmage, Cluster 2020, European Creative Industries Alliance 

Public Funding Plenary: Introduction and overview of EU Programmes and public funding, moderated by Geoffrey Brown, with the Commission's Barbara Stacher (DG-EAC) and consultant Mark Leaver (UKTI).

Moderator: Geoffrey Brown

Speakers: Barbara Stacher, DG-EAC; Mark Leaver, UKTI

Creative Europe interactive presentation, moderated by Geoffrey Brown, and featuring Alessandro Senesi, from Creative Europe in Brussels, as well as Portuguese contact points Susana Costa Pereira, for Creative Europe, and Manuel Claro for the Media programme.

Moderator: Geoffrey Brown

Speakers: Alessandro Senesi, Creative Europe; Susana Costa Pereira and Manuel Claro, PT Contact Points for Cultural and AV 

SME support programmes: COSME, Horizon 2020. 

Moderator: Barbara Stacher

Coffee Break

Presenting the three stands of Interreg: A, B, C as well as InterAct.

Moderator: Geoffrey Brown 

Erasmus + presentation.

German Creative Hubs, Creative Cities and Regional Networks: Germany's multi-layered approach to Creative Hubs and the Creative Industries reveals a wide array of structures that are worthwhile knowing. Find out the best practice examples as well as challenges overcome by a cooperative, grassroots-bred Creative Hub like Frappant in Hamburg (www.frappant.org); become familiar with the incentives provided by Hamburg's Creative City Bureau, the Kreativgesellschaft Hamburg (www.kreativgesellschaft.org); and learn about regional networks like Baden-Wurttenberg's Creative Industries Network (find out more via www.kreativnetzwerk.mfg.de). 

Moderator: Catherine Docherty 

Speakers: Ulrich Winchenback, MFG; Fabian Eschkoetter, Frappant; Jean Rehders, Kreativgesellschaft

Networking Lunch

Following the morning sessions, Geoffrey Brown leads a Q&A on Public Funding and the several EU Programmes discussed earlier. 

Moderator: Geoffrey Brown 

Design Hub Managers Informal Networking. 

Moderator: Marko Radenkovic, Nova Iskra

Gaming Hub Managers Informal Networking

Moderator: Ludovic Assemat, British Council 

Creative Hub Private Funding Types: An Overviewof the different types of available funding. Prior to the specific sessions on VC and Angel Investment, Jamie Coleman from Codebase will present an overview of the different types of private funding that might be available to Creative Hubs and their tenants, depending on their business model: VC, Angels, Sponsorship / Partnerships, and other types of financing will be discussed.

Moderator: Jamie Coleman, Codebase

Case Study / Hub 360º: Sam Baron presents Fabrica, a Creative Design Hub from Treviso, Italy, and some of their key projects in a Hub 360º presentation; and introduces Nova Iskra, an innovative design incubator from Belgrade, Serbia.

Speakers: Sam Baron, Fabrica; Marko Radenkovic, Nova Iskra

Venture Capital info session: Jamie Coleman from Codebase discusses Venture Capital in depth, bridging the knowledge gap and comparing EU vs. US experience of Venture Capital and its several forms. 

Moderator: Jamie Coleman 

Speakers: Stephan Morais, Caixa Capital 

The Department of Economy and Innovation from Lisbon City Council's (DMEI-CML) Paulo Soeiro Carvalho, discusses the city's strategy for the Creative Industries and introduces us to 7 Lisbon Hubs:

a.       T-O-D-O-S: Frederico Mancellos

b.      Village Underground: Mariana Duarte Silva

c.       CIM: João Menesses 

d.      Lx Factory: Filipa Baptista 

e.      Trienal de Arquitectura: Manuel Henriques

f.        StartUp Lisboa: Ana Santiago

g.       FabLab Lisboa: Bernardo Gaeiras 

Moderator: Catherine Docherty

Speakers: Paulo Soeiro Carvalho and Hub Manager guests

An overview of different practices in financial incentives across Europe as well as a discussion of the ECIA Final Report, "create innovate grow".

With Creative England's Johanna Bolhoven, as well as EBN's Claudia Silva. 

Moderator: Ben Evans

Speakers: Johanna Bolhoven, Creative England; Claudia Silva, EBN

Coffee Break

Rafa de Ramon from utopic_US shares their experience outlining a process - or perhaps a growing trend? - of how a creative space dedicated to co-working can grow and develop organically into a Creative Hub providing various services not just in the physical space but in terms of networking, outreach, funding assistance and numerous other ground-breaking elements and related projects. 

A not to be missed Session for any Co-Work initiatives or organisations that want to grow creatively and expand their activities.

http://www.utopicus.es

Moderator: Rafa de Ramon, utopic_US

Codebase & Stipso: Tech Success Stories from Scotland! 

Codebase's Jamie Coleman and Stipso.com's Brian Corcoran take us on a Hub 360º of Codebase, with Stipso as one of its Case-Study businesses:

CodeBase is the largest tech incubator in the UK and one of the fastest growing in Europe. It is based in Argyle House, a quarter of a million square foot building in the heart of Edinburgh. CodeBase is entirely built on private equity and its mission is to build and grow the next great tech companies.

Stipso is one of Codebase's tenants: a creative tool for digital marketeers, Stipso enables brands and agency creatives to create and publish powerful, social infographics which simultaneously visualise data and allow users to contribute their own. They call them Living Infographics: powerful, visual, branded content to engage and delight your audience. Together, Codebase and Stipso will present a Hub 360º that promises to be one of the ECHF highlights.

Speakers: Jamie Coleman, Codebase; Brian Corcoran, Stipso 

ADDICT - Portuguese Creative Industries Association's Executive Director Cristina Farinha presents a selection of Portuguese Creative Hubs, featuring:

Suzana Menezes, Oliva Creative Factory, São João da Madeira

Sérgio Castro, Laboratórios Criativos, Guimarães

Margarida Carronda, Fabrica Santo Thyrso, St. Tirso

Luis Fernandes, GNRation, Braga

Susana Pinheiro, PINC UPTEC, Porto

Moderator: Cristina Farinha, ADDICT

Speakers: Hub Manager Guests

What are business Angels and what are they looking for? How can Hub Managers help their resident businesses prepare pitches for Angel Investors? 

Moderator: Juliane Schulze, peacefulfish

Speakers: Nicole Yershen, Ogilvy Labs; Nuno Arroteia, Invicta Angels

End of Day 2 Plenary: Update on the Manifesto and other Forum inputs, in preparation of tomorrow's outcomes and breakout sessions. Catherine Docherty sums up the day's proceedings and collects inputs for the Manifesto, as well as positioning the work groups for the next day's breakout sessions: Open Project Pitches, Leadership Programme, Talent Exchange "Resident Visitor" Programme.

Moderator: Catherine Docherty

Speakers: Ben Evans and Hub Manager guests

Lisbon Creative Hub visit to Village Underground Lisboa. Sign-up needed, please visit the Delegate Lounge for additional information!