New programing for Vivid Ideas by Jess Scully, Vivid Ideas Festival Director in 2014, includes an In Conversation series which brings together two creative minds to explore the motivations, challenges and learnings that underpin their creative careers, a new series of Masterclasses - in-depth workshops for small groups to collaborate with Vivid Ideas keynote speakers, Mini Conferences to provide in-depth insights into innovation in the creative industries, and an Awards Season with more than five award ceremonies celebrating the best of the creative industries in Australia.
NSW Deputy Premier and Minister for Tourism and Major Events, Andrew Stoner, welcomed the expanded Vivid Ideas 2014 program which he said was an important part the NSW Government’s ongoing commitment to growing and developing the State’s creative economy.
“About 40 per cent of Australia’s creative industries are based in NSW, employing around 148,000 people, however there is scope to grow this area of our State economy, and bringing together the best and brightest creative minds from Australia and overseas through creative forums such as Vivid Ideas is vital.”
The new program elements to Vivid Ideas 2014 complement a strong line-up of keynotes from international and local luminaries, as well as deep-dive workshops.
Six new Vivid Ideas 2014 keynote speakers have been announced including grandson of Ray and Charles, Eames Demetrios; renowned scholar, historian and founder of the Big History David Christian; CEO and co-founder of EpiBone, the world's first company growing living human bones for skeletal reconstruction, Nina Tandon; digital effects genius Hao Li, and guest speakers from Tomorrow’s Toys and Future Shock.
Vivid Ideas Festival Director Jess Scully said, “Whether your passion is design, film and animation, science and technology, gaming, music or photography, Vivid Ideas will have something to inform and inspire.”
Destination NSW Chief Executive Officer, Sandra Chipchase, said, “Among the hundreds of thousands of festival goers from here and overseas will be some of the world’s best and brightest creative minds, who have come to experience Vivid Ideas and our most exciting program yet.”
Vivid Sydney Creative Director, Ignatius Jones said, “Creativity often blossoms from collaboration, and it is exciting to see so many of the world’s leading creative minds come together in Sydney for Vivid Ideas, where they can connect with other creative thinkers and lay the ground work for future collaboration.”
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