Inspiration lunch series

23. March, 2015

Networking Events for Creative Entrepreneurs

The Finnish Institute in Estonia, Nordic Council of Ministers’ Office in Estonia and Creative Estonia will organize a seminar series and a forum under the project CED2015 – Creative Economy Development –  in Tallinn and Riga during 2015.

The purpose of the CED2015 is to showcase new business models from Nordic countries and Estonia and create discussions about the unleashed potential and challenges of the creative businesses.  The event is targeted to creative economy entrepreneurs, investors and policy makers.

CED2015 is financed by the Finnish Institute in Estonia, Nordic Council of Ministers’ Office in Estonia and Creative Estonia.
Participation fee 6 eur (including lunch)
Tallinn
12.00-14.00, Kino Artis, Estonia pst 9, Tallinn

 

 

March 31 Idea to sell! How to Outsource Production?

Tallinn
12.00-14.00, Kino Artis, Estonia pst 9
Eeva Mägi (EST)Jeanette Lennartsdotter (SWE), Timo Salli (FIN)

REGITRATION HERE

Many of designers are doers. Working that way they are lacking recources to bring their product to wider audiences and to guarantee sufficent quality of the product. Designers are not willing/knowing how/daring to let their original  idea to go and give it to some experienced producer for proffessional production to free him/herself to generate new ideas. We are going to discuss with professionals every aspect of selling your idea profitably.

Attorney at law & film director Eeva Mägi: Eeva is specialized in intellectual property law. She obtained her master’s degree from Maastricht University and continued her PhD studies at University of Tartu and Tallinn University of Technology, she’s also obtaining her second master’s degree in directing documentary film at Baltic Film and Media School. At the moment she’s working at Maria Mägi Law Office and is teaching copyrights at Tallinn University of Technology.www.mmab.ee

glass artist and designer,Jeanette Lennartsdotter:Jeanette works as the creative director and as a designer and artist at Sweden’s oldest glass studio, Glasets Hus. She also turns her ideas into reality in her own personal workshop in Gothenburg and in her summer studio on a farm just outside of the town of Kalmar.

In fashioning her pieces, She pays careful attention to every stage, and anything that does not work out is reused. In order to realise such a vision and ideology you have to manage processes from concept to product, says Lennartsdotter. In selling ideas to large companies the profit margin of the person behind the idea remains very modest and an overview of environmental impact is lost.www.jeanettelennartsdotter.se

designer, professor at Aalto University Timo Salli

Timo’s background is that of a metalworker and welder. He has studied at the Lahti Design Institute and University of Art and Design Helsinki. design.aalto.fi/en/

 

 

April 14 Tested Innovation model – Creative Economy and IT
Tallinn
12.00-14.00, Kino Artis, Estonia pst 9

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IT can be used not only for creating apps, but together with creativity it could give essential added value to different sectors.You would be surprised what IT and creativity can achieve together. We are going to discuss what to expect from cooperation of different sectors.

April 28 Borderless Business Models

Tallinn
12.00-14.00, Kino Artis, Estonia pst 9

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Riga April 29 , 10.00-12.00, Finnish Embassy in Latvia, Kalpaka bulvaris 1

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Intense competition demands new ways of working, new business models to be successful on the market. Lots of creative businesses and technology startäups have  discovered new business models. Lets listen to their experience – maybe there is something, that inspires to make changes in your own business model to be more successful.

Follow up forum
Money for nothing? Creative Industries and Financing
Tallinn, September 8
12.00-16.00
Venue tbc

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Although goverment has different support measures for businesses, creative entrepreneurs are facing difficulties to raise money. Investors seem not to undrestand what kind of opportunities creative businesses are offering. From anohter hand creative businesses often lack of knowledge how to speak the common language with investors and attract private capital.
We are going to discuss how to gain investor’s attention and what an investor needs for deciding upon for a funding. Do creative industries have a chance?
One day forum will focus on debates and discussions lead by investors, venture capitalists, entrepreneurs and policy makers.
One day forum will focus on debates and discussions lead by investors, venture capitalists, entrepreneurs and policy makers.

CED Lunch Discussion Series and Forum is organised by the Finnish Institute in Estonia, Nordic Council of Ministers’ Office in Estonia and Creative Estonia in Tallinn and Riga during 2015.