Surrey+ Exploration and Exchange workshop
Date & Time: Thursday 12 December, 10.30AM – 12PM
Location: The Wells at UCA Epsom, 3-13 Church Street, Epsom, KT17 4PF
Description:
This in-person workshop focuses on setting the vision for the Surrey+ Creative Corridor - powering creative innovation and growth throughout the UK from Surrey. Through a mix of presentations, discussion and knowledge sharing, cultural and creative business leaders and stakeholders from education, the public sector, elected representatives and voluntary and community organisations are invited to review the existing research, share their knowledge of the emerging regional context (including changes around devolution) and come up with ideas for a Creative Corridor vision.
Key Topics:
What do you what do you most want to get out of the Surrey+ research?
Who needs to be engaged in co-design and delivery of the outcomes?
Where can Surrey+ have the greatest impact in building social capital?
How can we build stronger collaborations between artists, cultural organisations and the creative technology sector?
What is the vision for the Surrey Creative Corridor?
What options are there for actionable strategies that can transform the perception and performance of the creative economy in the Surrey Creative Corridor?
Who Should Attend:
Cultural, creative and tech business leaders and educational, public sector, civic and community sector partners with a vision for the transformation of the creative economy in Surrey and surrounding areas.
Why Attend:
Review up-to-the-minute research on creative businesses and workforce
Debate how shifts in the external political, economic and technological environment will affect organisations and individuals across the Surrey and South Central region
Hear “success stories” from other regions which have attempted similar transformations of their creative economies
Bring your vision for the Surrey+ Creative Corridor
Explore options for actionable strategies that can transform the perception and performance of the creative economy in Surrey and its surrounding areas
Travel options
Train: UCA Epsom is a five-minute walk from Epsom station
· Parking: two public car parks adjacent: Depot Road Car Park and Hope Lodge Car Park
· EV charging: Depot Road has a charging facility
· A map and further details of the location can be found here: https://www.uca.ac.uk/campuses/epsom/wells-building/
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