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Creativity x Tech x City is a multidisciplinary business event that raises awareness and showcases the innovation potential of creative expertise as part of a broader RDI (Research, Development, and Innovation) ecosystem. This cross-industry event provides cities and companies with a platform to launch challenges, seeking solutions that promote sustainable business practices and growth.
These challenges open up opportunities to initiate R&D projects in collaboration with companies in the creative industries, as well as science, art, and technology startups. The goal is to support companies in developing sustainable and competitive business models that can operate both locally and internationally.
The Creativity x Tech x City event also serves as a starting point for a new type of cross-sector collaboration. Companies and cities will challenge experts from creative industries, science, and technology to solve pressing development issues. The event fosters an environment where boldness and creativity meet, aiming to develop groundbreaking and radical solutions.
What Does the Event Offer Me?
The event provides businesses with the opportunity to harness the combination of creative thinking and technology to enhance their operations. New ideas can break traditional patterns and create a genuine competitive edge.
Participants include leading professionals from various fields, who will develop innovative, human-centered solutions. This is an opportunity to view challenges with fresh perspectives and gain new insights to help improve business performance.
The event focuses on eco-friendly solutions, smart technology, and creative problem-solving – key success factors for future business development.
The Challenges
The challenges presented by companies should be concrete, timely, and relevant. They may relate to sustainable development, digital transformation, production process improvement, or enhancing customer experience. The most important criteria are that the challenge inspires creativity and can be addressed with innovative ideas and visions.
Presenting a challenge at the event does not commit companies to anything beyond engaging with the individuals and teams presenting solutions during the event.
About the Digital Creative Industries & Beyond (DCIB) Project
The Digital Creative Industries & Beyond (DCIB) project strengthens and promotes expertise, sustainability, and ecosystems within digital creative industries. It provides a platform for fostering collaboration and co-development in the digital and creative sectors.
DCIB offers concrete support and guidance for emerging and growth-focused businesses in the digital creative industries (e.g., AV, audio, XR, gaming). This includes enhancing business operations and scaling production capabilities.
The project supports sustainable business practices and growth for creative sector players by developing, applying, and adopting innovative approaches and solutions. The initiative is implemented by the City of Helsinki, Aalto University, and Metropolia University of Applied Sciences.
The project is co-funded by the European Union.
The event is organized by the Digital Creative Industries & Beyond (DCIB) project in collaboration with the Urban Tech Helsinki incubator.
