The Digital City in the Next Five Years –Report

Cap Digital’s main event within the International Futur en Seine Festival “The Digital City in the Next Five Years” (5-6 June 2009) brought together international guests (senior politicians and political advisors, urban planners, thinkers, digital creatives, designers, business, research) and their Paris City/Region equivalents to collaborate in discussing and designing the new paradigm of the digital city. Here is the link to downloading a comprehensive report about the event written by Andrew Bullen (Organiser of the International Programme for Futur en Seine).

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The Contribution of Outsiders to Entrepreneurship and Innovation in Cities

Author: Lia Ghilardi
New thinking is needed on how diverse communities can live together and cooperate in productive harmony. This paper was written as part of a series of 'Thematic Case Studies' developed within the Intercultural City Project launched by Comedia Consultancy in 2006.

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Thinking Culturally About Place

Think Piece in: Place Branding and Public Diplomacy
Vol.3, Number 4, October 2007, ISSN 1751-8040, Palgrave journals.
Franco Bianchini and Lia Ghilardi

Abstract:
This article explains the bases for an alternative approach to place branding and marketing, based on the disciplines of Cultural Mapping and Cultural Planning. After an introduction of key cultural mapping and planning concepts and issues, the article discusses some innovative practical examples of culturally sensitive place branding and marketing from Sweden and the UK, and concludes by outlining some components of a possible future agenda for action.

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