X|Media|Lab is deeply honored to be invited to stage the “Creative Economies: Digital and Virtual” Summit in association with China’s International Cultural and Creative Industry Expo (ICCIE) and the Cyber Recreation District (CRD) Beijing.
The Summit consists of two events held over four days:
ICCIE Summit at The Great Hall of the People - November 8-9th
X|Media|Lab at the Cyber Recreation District – November 10-11th
Speakers at the ICCIE Summit include:
Wan Gang - Minister of Science and Technology China
Rupert Murdoch - President and CEO, News Corp.
Kamil Idris - Director General, World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO)
Lord Sebastian Coe - Chairman, London Olympics
Lee Fong - Chairman, Cyber Recreation District (CRD) Beijing
Howard Stringer - CEO, Sony Corporation
Zhang Yaqin - CEO of Microsoft China
Colin Giles - President of Nokia China
Lloyd Blankfein - Chairman and CEO of Goldman Sachs Group USA
Colin Parris – Global Vice President, Digital Convergence, IBM
Edmund Phelps - 2006 Nobel Prize Winner Economics “The Importance of Inclusion”
Songgu Xiaozheng - Chairman of the Japanese Association of Animation
Soh Yeong Roh – Director of Seoul Arts Center Nabi
Yoo Younghwan - Minister of South Korea Information and Communication
Zhao Shi - Deputy Director, State Administration Radio, Film & TV (SARFT)
Mats H Olsson - President, Ericsson China
Zhou Hongren - Deputy Director of the China Information Advisory Committee
David Liu - CEO, Cyber Recreation District
Dominic Barton – President of Asia-Pacific, McKinsey
Ai Feng - Founder, China Brand Festival
Themes of the ICCIE Summit are:
1. Cultural & Creative Industry Cluster Development
2. Digital Creative Industries as the New Economic Engine
3. Political and Financial Strategies for Supporting Creative Enterprise Development
4. Building Corporate Brands and Virtual World Economies
The Summit will also feature the announcement of the establishment of the “China Virtual Economics Zone”, an invitation to participate in the virtual equivalent to China’s “Special Economic Zones”.
The ICCIE Summit will be conducted in simultaneous translation, and will be held at one of the world’s most iconic venues, the Great Hall of the People in Beijing.
X|Media|Lab at the Cyber Recreation District – November 10-11th
X|Media|Lab Beijing: “Creative Economies: Digital and Virtual” consists of a two-day Business Matching event held at CRD for delegates attending the ICCIE Summit.
The Business Matching event is for companies and organizations that want to make impeccable and invaluable one-on-one contacts with the most serious players in the rapidly developing digital media industries in China.
The Lab structure enables all delegates to present their own company activities to other participants, and then explore partnerships and alliances in one-on-one meetings with other participating companies.
The Cyber Recreation District (CRD) is China’s most ambitious digital media industry development initiative, seeking to explore commercial relationships and joint ventures for their Dotman virtual worlds initiative, digital media academies, and company incubator.
Translation services will be provided for participants.
(Delegates may also choose the optional one-day Social Networking event on Sunday 11th which will tour a number of Beijing’s cultural masterpieces including the Forbidden City and the Great Wall).
Who Should Attend?
The ICCIE Summit and the CRD X|Media|Lab “Creative Economies: Digital and Virtual” are designed to expose you to the full extent of the emerging digital media activities, and introduce you to the most important powerbrokers in China driving these industry developments.
Commercial digital media developers and service providers; government agencies; industry associations; consultants; and media companies; across the animation, IPTV, digital cinema, computer games, mobile content, e-commerce, and virtual worlds.
You will not get any remotely comparable opportunity to introduce and involve yourself in these dramatic developments. If you are at all interested in digital media and China – this is simply a must-attend event.
X|Media|Lab is privileged and honored to offer you this opportunity to participate.
Admission
Places are strictly limited by application. Please fill out the simple form on the site to contact us.
Links
www.xmedialab.com
www.crd.gov.cn
www.iccie.cn