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Capital Meets Creativity: An Investment Route for Europe’s Cultural & Creativity (Authors: Alion Çaçi & Alexander Diesenreiter)   VIENNA, May 16, 2025—The second morning of the European Culture & Creativity Dialogues swapped yesterday’s brainstorming boards for balance sheets. Over coffee in Belvedere 21’s lobby, artists, founders, and investors compared notes on valuation instead of vision…

Road to Resilience: Rethinking Europe’s Cultural Future (Authors: Alion Çaçi & Alexander Diesenreiter)   Participants from across Europe’s cultural and creative sectors came together in Vienna for the first of this two-day event, engaging in discussions on transformation, resilience, and the future of cross-sector collaboration.    VIENNA, 15 May 2025 — Hosted at Vienna’s Künstlerhaus,…

At EIT Culture & Creativity, we work to strengthen the cultural and creative sectors and industries (CCSI), building a powerful European ecosystem that transcends silos, sectors and localization. To that end, each of our Regional Hubs hosts Open Days: local day-long events, showcasing the ways EU-funded projects impact local communities and discussing the challenges they face….

How can we better bridge the worlds of business and creativity?   That was the question addressed during a recent event held by EIT Culture & Creativity’s North-West Regional Hub, based in Amsterdam. “Investing in Europe’s Creative Future” brought over 100 innovators together for a day of discussions, exploring how impact investment can support creative…

                           On the invitation of MEP Christian Ehler, EU Commissioner for Startups, Research and Innovation, Ekaterina Zaharieva, met with EIT Culture & Creativity and the EIT – European Institute of Innovation and Technology (EIT) for a strategic breakfast meeting at the European Parliament. The session brought together around 25 partners…

Fernanda Mier, Education Programme Manager for EIT Culture & Creativity, reports from Reskilling & Upskilling for an AI-Powered Manufacturing, an initiative organised by the EIT Deep Tech Talent Initiative at the innovation hub of Polytechnic di Torino. The event gathered key Italian Pledgers (educators, researchers, and industry leaders) to exchange bold ideas—from redefining customer experience…

The EIT Culture & Creativity Innovation Forum came to Nice for its 2025 edition, convening more than 150 key figures from across Europe’s cultural, creative, and innovation sectors. This two-day forum provided a timely exploration of how creativity can power a circular, sustainable, and inclusive future. Rolf Hughes, our Director of Education, shares some of…

The Games Syndicate Cologne e.V. held its much-anticipated kick-off event in Cologne earlier this Spring, at XPERION Germany, one of the first partners to join the association.     This event, sponsored by EIT Culture & Creativity marked a significant milestone for the local games industry, bringing together over 100 guests, including young teams from the…