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Creativity Summit with Richard Florida (Newcastle)

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Codeworks invites you to join Richard Florida and key figures from the UK?s business and political arena, for an afternoon exploring the impact of the Creative Class on the North East?s economy.

Creativity Summit with Richard Florida

Date: Thursday 17th March 2005
Time: 2:30-6.30pm
Venue: International Centre for Life, Newcastle upon Tyne, NE1 4EP.
Cost: Free for Connect members; £15 for members of partner organisations; £30 all other delegates
Organisers: This is a Codeworks Connect event.

Codeworks invites you to join Richard Florida and key figures from the UK’s business and political arena, for an afternoon exploring the impact of the Creative Class on the North East’s economy.

Florida is universally recognised as a thought leader on the growing role of creativity in business, and is best known for his best-selling book, The Rise of the Creative Class , which has been acclaimed in business and cultural communities around the world, and has received many accolades, including The Washington Monthly's Political Book Award.

This is a unique opportunity to see Richard Florida, in his first and only appearance in Europe since the launch of his new book The Flight of the Creative Class, discuss one of the most important ideas in years influencing the future of the UK’s economy.

The event will be followed by drinks on the mezzanine gallery in the Centre for Life. This is due to finish at 6.30pm.

Booking & Details:
To register for this event, please do not register in the usual way. Please e-mail Louise Hodgson at louise.hodgson@codeworks.net, call 0191 211 2592 or visit the event webpage for further information.

Links
www.creativeclass.org - Home of the Richard Florida Creativity Group
www.creativeclass.org/creativity.shtml - Take the creativity quiz
www.heinz.cmu.edu/~florida - Richard Florida's website

About the book:

The Rise of the Creative Class gives us a provocative new way to think about why we live as we do today – and where we might be heading.

In a book that weaves storytelling with a massive body of research, Richard Florida traces the fundamental theme that runs through a host of seemingly unrelated changes in society - the growing role of creativity in our economy.

- Winner of the 2003 Annual Political Book Award from The Washington Monthly.
- The Globe and Mail - Top 10 Business Books of 2002
- Repeatedly in the Top 100 on Amazon Top Sellers

Location

Life Conference Centre, Newcastle upon Tyne, NE1 4EP.