Opening keynote at the Mediterranean Forum of Creativity and Social Innovation in Bari (Italy). Invited by the Interreg-MED project TALIA.

1. Creative Community Colliders
And to how organize serendipity
Mediterranean Forum of Creativity and Social Innovation – Oct 15, 2019
Koen Snoeckx – koen@luscinus.be – www.luscinus.be

2. Metabolical pathways - © Roche

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8. “… companies that combine […art
and science…] within their
workforce […] are […] more likely
to bring radical innovations to
market.”

9. Black Friday in Brazil - ©EPA
©Creative Ring (Eindhoven)

10. ©CERN

11. Angkot Day ©Riset Indie
Seterhen Akbar
Suriadinata (Saska) –
Picture by Sas Schilten -
©Baltan Laboratories
https://www.luscinus.be/2019/04/29/how-to-make-successful-collisions/

12. Woensel West - ©Jurriaan Balke
Woensel West - ©Sint Trudo
https://www.trudo.nl/files/23979 (pdf report in Dutch)

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17. Take-away 1: creative community colliders can be…
• an event or series of events
• an organisation, cluster or consortium
• a physical space
• a residency program
• a policy instrument
• …
• a mindset

18. ©Aalto Design Factory

19. Take-away 2: some key ingredients…
• Start from what unites: passion (for positive change)
• Create a level playing field (building the stage does not imply taking the
stage etc.)
• Setting an agenda is ok, demanding a pre-defined outcome is not
• Appreciate mediators (‘collision makers’)
• Be patient, persist…
• Dare to measure by energy

20. 100 days of learning - Picture by Sas Schilten - ©Baltan Laboratories

21. Take-away 3: how to get started?
• Understand your local (CCI) context
• Start small: walk before trying to run
• Jump! And swim (or drown…) … together

22. Embrace collisions
The unexpected always beats the obvious…

23. Thank you.
Any questions?
koen@luscinus.be
www.luscinus.be
Mediterranean Forum of Creativity and Social Innovation – Oct 15, 2019