Day 2 | Wednesday, 14th

Networking Breakfast

Day Two Plenary: Preparing a Creative Hubs Manifesto. Advocacy and Strategic Promotion. Positioning the Forum narratives based on the participation of Hub Managers.

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).

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.

SME support programmes: COSME, Horizon 2020. 

Coffee Break

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

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). 

Networking Lunch

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

Design Hub Managers Informal Networking

Gaming Hub Managers Informal Networking

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.

Case Study / Hub 360º: Carlo Tunioli 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.

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

The Department of Economy and Innovation from Lisbon City Council (DMEI-CML) discuss the city's strategy for the Creative Industries and introduce us to 6 Hubs: Lx Factory, Incubadora Criativa da Mouraria, Village Underground Lisboa, Todos, Trienal and Start-Up Lisboa. 

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 Margaret Mulligan. 

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

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.

ADDICT - Portuguese Creative Industries Association presents 4 Portuguese Creative Hubs: Laboratorios Criativos Guimarães, Oliva Creative Factory, PINC-UPTEC, plus one TBA.

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

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.

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

Optional cultural event DETAILS TBA.