The Creativity World Forum is a biennial format, hosted by one of the DC Network members. This flagship conference and gathering of the DC-Network brings together and inspires more than 1500 people to discuss creativity, innovation & entrepreneurship. Government leaders, entrepreneurs, creatives, policy makers… they all join to exchange ideas about how to make their regions hotbeds for innovation and creativity. Past speakers included Seth Godin, Ray Kurzweil, Stefan Sagmeister, John Cleese, Scott Belsky, Sir Ken Robinson, Oliver Stone, Tom Kelley, Malcolm Gladwell, Guy Kawasaki and many more.
Creativity World Forum 2024
The Creativity World Forum 2024 will be organised in the Basque Country (Bilbao, Donostia and Gasteiz) on April 15, 16 and 17, 2024. Find all information on CWF24 here.
On the April 15, 16 and 17 2024, the Basque Country is set to host the Creativity World Forum (CWF24), in Bilbao, Vitoria-Gasteiz, and Donostia-San Sebastián—the three vibrant Basque capital cities.
This awaited gathering, the flagship event of the DC Network, invites global innovators to engage in discussions about creativity, innovation, and entrepreneurship.
Main objectives of CWF24
- Update the new trends in governance and innovation in the CCIs
- Create local and international collaboration environments based on sharing value-added projects.
- Energize the DC Network itself based on a CWF model that facilitates the identification and support of projects with high potential for collaboration at an international level. To achieve this change in model, the participation of the Cultural and Creative Districts of the DC Network is essential.
4 thematic areas
Find here the full programme
If you want to attend the Creativity World Forum in Bilbao, please register here: https://cwf2024.eus/register/
Previous editions
2022: Baden-Württemberg. 2019: Brabant, The Netherlands
2018: Flanders, Belgium
2017: Aarhus, Denmark
2016: Bangalore, India
2015: Oklahoma, USA
2013: Tampere, Finland
2012: Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
2011: Flanders, Belgium
2010: Oklahoma, USA
2009: Baden-Württemberg, Germany
2008: Flanders, Belgium
2007 Qingdao, China
2006: Flanders, Belgium
2005: Maryland, USA
2004: Flanders, Belgium
Video library of the Creativity World Forum
