Dear colleagues in the field of culture around the Baltic Sea,

The UBC Commission on Culture would like to inform you about a very interesting conference that is going to be held in Jyväskylä 24-27 August 2010. Leading world experts will share the latest research in the 6th International Conference on Cultural Policy Research. For more information, please see the attached file and the ICCPR2010 webpage at www.iccpr.net/2010  

All the politicians and professionals in the field of culture have now a great opportunity to gather together and share opinions with colleagues and leading world experts about the cultural policy in the UBC member cities and around the Baltic Sea. 

Please, feel free to forward the message. 

Best wishes, 

Tarja Hautamäki
Director of Cultural Services
City of Vaasa
Chairperson of the Commission on Culture 

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Dear Colleagues, 

Registration for the ICCPR2010 is now open.

Note! The deadline for early bird registration is 30 April 2010. 

The University of Jyväskylä hosts the 6th International Conference on Cultural Policy Research ICCPR2010 in collaboration with the International Journal of Cultural Policy in 24 - 27 August 2010. 

The conference has received a record number of proposals and more than 200 researchers from over 35 countries have been accepted to present their papers at the ICCPR2010. The main topic Truths, Taboos and Myths of Cultural Policy and accepted proposals explore various aspects of cultural policy, among others: 

Artist policy
Cultural participation
Cultural diversity
Democracy and cultural policy
Cultural/creative industries and economy
Politics, values and ethics of cultural policy
Politics of heritage/memories
History of cultural policy
New technologies and culture
Cultural sustainability
Culture and economy
Comparative cultural policy

Leading world experts will share the latest research on cultural policy. 

The ICCPR2010 has a great line-up of keynote speakers including:

* Prof. Motti Regev (The Open University of Israel): Cultural policy, cultural markets and aesthetic cosmopolitanism.

* Dr. Jeremy Ahearne (University of Warwick): Myths, taboos and truths in cultural policy: Questions of religion.

* Lecturer Miikka Pyykkönen (University of Jyväskylä): Politics of culture: Dancing on the axes of narrow/wide, political/"policycal".

Aiming at tuning new perspectives and alternatives to policies, parallel panels will tackle *hot topics*, among others:

Who will die for Europe? On cultural policy as identity policy.
Earning on or giving up intellectual property.
Prof. David Throsby (Macquarie University) will chair a plenary panel on Cultural policy in a changing world: Nordic and other models. 

For more information, please see the ICCPR2010 webpage at : www.iccpr.net/2010  

Welcome to Jyväskylä, Finland in 24 - 27 August 2010!

Best wishes from the Organizing Team

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