Creative Places and Spaces Conference 2009

Building on a legacy is never easy. Building on the legacy of legendary urban activist and writer Jane Jacobs is particularly daunting.

I’m sure that some people are just now recovering from the collaboration celebration par excellance that was the Creative Places + Spaces conference. For those keeping track, this was my first “work-conference” (ooooooh!). ...

This week, the third-ever Creative Places + Spaces has been bending my brain with a near-perfect melange of speakers: the obvious brilliant locals like Richard Florida and Mayor Miller are on stage with ...

The Creative Places and Spaces conference continued for a second day Friday, exploring how collaboration can foster innovation and lead to breakthroughs in city-building. Also, there were rhythmic gymnasts.

Creative Places and Spaces seeks to “[blur] boundaries between audience and creator, inspiring us to build infrastructure differently, and forcing us to think about new ways of doing things,” says the organically timed conference. Some years it happens, others it doesn’t.

Friday, October 30, 20097 - 10:30pm@ Centre for Social Innovation215 Spadina Ave, Toronto - 4th floor reception/kitchen areaCollaborative fun = Potluck & BYOB

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this is the first time I’ve been involved in writing about an event that was being live-blogged & twittered via a Scribblelive screen. extremely interesting & distracting. reminds me of a study of GPS & its impact on our cognitive ability to navigate. ...

Charles Landry, Director of Comedia, advises cities on creative approaches to planning, economy, social inclusion, culture and local identity. He is a leader in urban research, urban innovation, urban regeneration and has written several books including the acclaimed Creative City

Creative Place and Spaces is an occasional conference (it was held once in 2003, once in 2005, and is being held again right now) that brings together an assortment of thinkers to discuss how creativity can help shape and improve our cities. ...

S.Brault, vice-chair of the Canada Council for the Arts: "we are dealing with culture at a scale we have never experienced before." #CPandS

Creative Places + Spaces: The Collaborative City is a forum to engage global perspectives on collaboration and connect them with local change-makers.