with

• Annie Warburton - Creative Director, Crafts Council
• Charles Hadcock - DL, Chairman of Creative Lancashire
• Hannah Stewart - RCA
• Mo Isap - IN4.0 & NFORM Education
• Philippa Glover - Knowledge Transfer Network

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A series of presentations and panel discussions hosted in association with Crafts Council and Lancashire Skills Hub. These plenary events will explore the relationship between making, skills, and new or emerging technologies through a variety of applications, interventions and interactions with arts and crafts.

Our 2018 conference programme includes this Business Innovation for Growth (BIG), one-day symposium hosted by Hannah Stewart (Royal College of Art).

Sessions will explore the relationship between making, skills, and new or emerging technologies through a variety of applications, interventions and interactions with arts and crafts.

Includes contributions from Crafts Council, Innovate UK, Design Council, relevant thought leaders, academics and case studies of pioneering businesses harnessing ‘creating and making’ skills to help them innovate, increase productivity and maintain a competitive edge.

The focus of the day will include the following topics:

• The crucial role of creativity and making in helping businesses to innovate and solve problems.
• The skills we need to teach now, in readiness for our “factories of the future”.
• How creative skills are applied in industry and their role in supply chain innovation.

Includes complimentary free access to the evening Conversations in Creativity event with Martyn Ware, (hosted by John Robb).

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Creative Lancashire are proud partners of National Festival of Making. In the days surrounding the weekend celebration on 12 and 13 May, Creative Lancashire will present the National Festival of Making Conference Programme, in association with Crafts Council and GF Smith, to name a few.

Join us for a series of presentations, panels, and discussions to be held in Blackburn and Preston from 10 May onwards. We will be exploring the relationship between making, skills, and new or emerging technologies, through a variety of events aimed at creative practitioners, professional makers, manufacturing businesses, and those working in related fields.

For more information please visit the dedicated National Festival of Making Conference Website: Click here