Friday morning Planary with Michael Bloom

• Michael Bloom of the Conference Board of Canada
• basically a statistical version of Richard Florida's message!
• "Valuing Canada's Creative Economy"
• a new look at culture...the value of art/culture...economic/social/aesthetic
• creativity leads to innovation
• creative chain: creation/production/manufacturing/distribution/support
• economic footprint of the creative economy
• 3 elements: direct impact/indirect impact/induced impact....totals about 7.4% of GDP
• "prosumerism" = consumer as producer...desire to participate / interactive experiences...user-led content
• issues of intellectual property and copyright...
• talent/creation/innovation/technology/collaboration
• need links between: tech/content/creativity/business acumen/production/consumption