We’re taking part in Creative Industries Festival on 4 Sept 2024
Calling all creative talent, entrepreneurs, policymakers, students and graduates, academics, researchers, and everyone with a passion for the Creative Industries! Come along to this year’s Creative Industries Festival taking place from 4-7 September at Royal Docks Centre for Sustainability..
The Foundation for Future London’s CEO Sarah Nelson will be giving a talk on Wed 4 September 2024 12-1.30pm called ‘Connecting East London and the UK through Co-design, Creative Practices and Lived Experience’.
The Creative Industries Festival aims to connect, educate, and inspire current and future creative talent and bring together the best of the UK creative and business communities. It is hosted by the School of Arts and Creative Industries at University of East London.
During the festival there will be a host of interactive workshops, talks, panel discussions, installations, performances, exhibitions, hackathons, showcases, a talent/ careers fair, and community engagement events.
The programme features several of our grantees and former grantees including Bow Arts, Caramel Rock, Catayst In Communities, East Bank, Rosetta Arts, and University of East London, plus our partners Mayor of London and many others.
The festival will be a platform for change, bringing together business and industry professionals, educators, future talent, and local communities to share knowledge, develop collaborations, initiate future innovations and start conversations to bring positive change to stakeholders throughout the creative industries.
We are able to share a free ticket link. Read below to find out more about the programmed schedule.
Creative Industries Festival, 4-7 September 2024, Royal Docks Centre for Sustainability, Knowledge Dock, University of East London Docklands Campus, University Way, London, E16 2RB.
Schedule
Wednesday 4th September
11.00 Official Opening by Deputy Mayor, Business and Growth, Howard Dawber
11.00 – 16.00 Careers and Talent Fair
11.00 – 16.00 East London Talent
11.00 – 16.00 Make Your Market Pop Up Shop and Design Cabin Micro-Factory
11.00 – 13.00 Enterprise Launch pad Workshop – An Introduction to the science of new age selling
11.00 – 11.30 Networking – Coffee Chat, time to brew some new connections!
12.00 – 13.30 Talk ‘Connecting East London and the UK through Co-design, Creative Practices and Lived Experience.’– Foundation for Future London
14.00 – 15.30 Webinar ‘Your Creative Career Options are MUCH Bigger than you Think’ with The ERIC App
14.00 – 16.00 Enterprise Launch pad Workshop – Effective selling for arts and creative industries
15.00 – 16.00 Talk – The Power of Side Hustles Whilst Breaking into the Media Industry’ with Samina Kiyani, London Higher
16.00 – 18.00 Seminar – Are you looking for funding for your next film project with Cine Circle
17.00 – 19.00 Creative Networking – mix, mingle, collaborate, and get inspired!
18.00 – 20.00 Cine Circle Networking event
Thursday 5th September
10.00 – 13.00 Enterprise Launch pad workshop – Lego Serious Play – Build your Creative Venture
11.00 – 16.00 Careers and Talent Fair
11.00 – 16.00 East London Talent
11.00 – 16.00 Make Your Market Pop Up Shop and Design Cabin Micro-Factory
11.00 – 11.30 Networking – Coffee Chat, time to brew some new connections!
11.00 – 16.00 Enterprise Launch pad CREATIVE HACK
11.00 – 12.00 Talk – Connecting talent and technology through tanooki content creation platform
11.30 – 13.00 Panel Talk; A New Cultural Quarter Driving Diversity in the Creative Economy.
11.30 – 12.30 Workshop – CV & Interview Tips Workshop with Searchlight Recruitment
13.00 – 14.00 Talk – Sustainable Place development: The Bow Arts model and Royal Albert Wharf”
13.00 – 14.00 Join Mindless Academy for a Career Mindset talk
14.00 – 15.00 Workshop – The Media Industry: Which Career is Right For Me with Searchlight Recruitment
14.00 – 15.00 Panel Talk – Building a cultural and educational quarter with East Bank
15.00 – 16.30 Panel Talk – Early Careers in Film & TV with creativeLDN
16.30 – 17.30 Panel Talk – What it takes to run a brand: The jobs you never knew existed! with fashin designer Karen Mabon
17.00 – 19.00 Creative Networking – mix, mingle, collaborate, and get inspired!
17.00 – 19.00 Private View – MA Fine Art Final Exhibition
19.00 – 21.00 Workshop and Networking – Emerging Screenwriters x Agent Assistants with the Developing Room
Friday 6th September
10.00 – 11.00 Talk: “Wanderlust at Work: Crafting a Career That Takes You Places” with the British Council
11.00 – 16.00 Careers and Industry Fair
11.00 – 16.00 East London Talent
11.00 – 16.00 Make Your Market Pop Up Shop and Design Cabin Micro-Factory
11.00 – 13.00 Enterprise Launch pad Workshop – A Practical Guide To Building A Successful Business Or Freelancing
11.00 – 12.00 – Webinar – How to finance a small fashion business with Beyond Form
11.00 – 16.00 MA fine Art Exhibition in the AVA gallery
11.00 – 15.00 Friday Social – immersive showcase and networking for emerging creative talent
11.00 – 12.00 Talk – Skills needed to Succeed in the Professional World with Canva
11.00 – 12.00 Webinar – How to finance a small fashion business with Beyond Form
12.00 – 13.00 Interactive workshop ‘The Art Of Perception’ with Catalyst in Communities
13.00 – 14.30 Lunchtime Lecture – Navigating Greenwashing as a Creative with Mel Watt
14.00 – 15.00 Workshop – Confidence in walking and posing for images workshop with Eclipse Model Management
14.00 – 15.00 Webinar – How to use AI to forecast fashion trends and objectify your fashion designs.
14.00 – 16.00 Enterprise Launch pad Workshop – Investors, Grants, Loans, Angels & Crowds – Start-Up & Scale-Up Funding Sources
14.00 – 15.30 Workshop – Nature Inspired Mosiacs for Wellbeing with Rosetta Arts
Saturday 7th September
11.00 – 16.00 Stratford Creative Community Day with Stratford Original
PARTNERS and SPONSORS
Barclays Eagle Lab, Beyond Form, Bow Arts, British Council, Canva, Caramel Rock, Catayst In Communities, CK Media, Cine Circle, Creative Access, Creative Mentor Network, creativeLDN, Crolage, East Bank, East London Brewing, Eat Real Snacks, Eclipse Model Management, ERIC App, Fashion and Textile Children’s Trust, Foundation for Future London, Make Your Market, Mayor of London, IPG Media Brands, Karen Mabon, Karma Drinks, Lemonaid, Little Black Book, London Higher, Lost Sheep Coffee, Mary Ward Centre, Masterclass – Theatre Royal Haymarket, Mastered, Mel Watt, Merlin Magic Making, MJK Casting, Newham London, PLOY, Rosetta Arts, Royal Docks, Royal Docks Centre for Sustainability, Searchlight, Stratford Original, tanooki, T Fashion, The Design Cabi Community CIC, The Developing Room, The Freelancer Club, This is Jelly, Tomorrow London, UK Games and Interactive Enterptainment, University of East London
Finding the Festival
VENUE : Royal Docks Centre for Sustainability, Knowledge Dock, University of East London, University Way, London, E16 2RB
The Royal Docks Centre for Sustainability is based in the Knowledge Dock on the University of East London Docklands campus. The campus is served by the Docklands Light Railway (DLR) Cyprus station, with trains running every 5-10 minutes . You can also get the Elizabeth Line and change at Custom House. Bus routes serving Docklands include the 101, 173, 262, 300, 366, 376, 474 and N551. Please note there is no parking available on campus.
WALKING DIRECTIONS FROM CYPRUS STATION:
1. Exit Cyprus Station and cross over the bridge leading to Docklands Campus. Look out for our ‘CIF24’ signs to help you find the way or ask any of the student ambassadors to direct you towards The Royal Docks Centre for Sustainability/ Knowledge Dock.
2. Walk straight ahead, through the archway onto Campus, with the reception building on your left, and head straight forward where you will see the Dock and London City Airport. On your left will be East Building and on your right is the tented central square. On Wednesday 4th and Thursday 5th there will be various graduation ceremony events, music and food stalls around the central square.
3. You will see Costa on your right and you need to turn right on the road next to Costa and you should be able to see The Library Building in front of you.
4. Head towards the Library and then you will see The Royal Docks Centre for Sustainability to the right of this.