Adelaide will play host to world-class speakers along with top-level delegates from the UNESCO Creative Cities Network (UCCN) for the first ever Asia-Pacific Creative Cities Conference from October 23–26 2019.
Organised by Adelaide Festival Centre and supported by the Government of South Australia through Arts SA, the inaugural four-day conference will give delegates the opportunity to take part in panels and round table discussions, artistic showcases and study tours to deepen regional collaboration and highlight cultural leadership in the Asia-Pacific.
It will feature delegates from the UCCN in the Asia-Pacific region, together with government officials, mayors, world-leading thinkers and creative practitioners. They will discuss topics including sustainable development, entrepreneurship, bilateral partnership, tourism and marketing strategies, and as well as panels honoring the UN International Year of Indigenous Languages.
The first line up of international and Australian panellists has been recently released and moderators include Pippa Dickson, Director of Asialink Arts, Dr Mat Trinca, Director National Museum of Australia, and John Carty, Head of Humanities at the South Australian Museum and Professor of Anthropology at the University of Adelaide. Additional panellists will be announced very soon.
The City of Adelaide will host a civic reception for conference delegates and a round table meeting for visiting mayors from the Creative Cities taking part. These events will present an opportunity to demonstrate Adelaide’s vision and leadership in incorporating creativity and live music into sustainable urban development.
The APCC Conference will take place alongside OzAsia Festival and will showcase the innovation and creativity of the Asia-Pacific region. It will also give delegates the chance to create new cultural and creative industry (CCI) opportunities within the Asia-Pacific, which has been described in a 2015 EY Report ‘Cultural times: The first global map of cultural and creative industries’ as the world’s biggest CCI market, generating AUD$1068 b of revenue and 12.7 million jobs.
The UNESCO Creative Cities Network was created in 2004 to promote cooperation among cities that have identified creativity as a strategic factor for sustainable urban development. The network of 180 cities covers seven creative fields: Design, Literature, Music, Film, Crafts and Folk Arts, Media Arts and Gastronomy.
Adelaide was designated as a City of Music in 2015, and is Australia’s first and only City of Music. Australia’s UNESCO Creative Cities include Adelaide City of Music, Sydney City of Film, Melbourne City of Literature and Geelong City of Design.
Delegates can register here
The provisional program can be viewed here
Find out more about Adelaide: UNESCO City of Music here
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