About
Creative Skills Week 2025 (CSW2025) is a key meeting point for the cultural and creative industries (CCIs). It offers a dedicated platform to share knowledge, shape future competences, and promote new approaches to lifelong learning, re-skilling, and up-skilling.
Taking place in Prague and online, CSW2025 brings together educators, policymakers, sector leaders, artists, students, and learners of all kinds to collaborate across boundaries, co-create new learning pathways (CYANOTYPES Framework), and build skills for a resilient, future-ready sector.
Create. Transform. Regenerate
Co-organised with EIT Culture & Creativity, the Creative Pact for Skills, SACCORD, and CYANOTYPES, CSW2025 responds to the urgent transitions facing the sector today: digital advancements, the green shift, funding cuts, growing concerns on the implications of AI, the rise of populism, and skills shortages.
Against this backdrop, this year’s theme, Create. Transform. Regenerate., reflects a shared commitment to building adaptive, inclusive, and sustainable creative ecosystems.
Together we ask: how can we thrive amid complexity and uncertainty? What competences do we need to meet the future? How can we reimagine learning and shape it collaboratively? What does it mean to contribute to futures worth creating?
CSW2025 is structured across three experiential theme tracks, enabling you to:
This track invites you to experiment with innovative tools and practices. Participate in hands-on activities and build practical capabilities through making, prototyping, and testing.
This track invites you to engage with peers on pressing issues, share insights, and contribute to shaping sector-wide strategies. Take part in debates, policy discussions, and strategic roundtables that address the systemic challenges and future direction of the Cultural and Creative Industries.
This track is for everyone looking to stay ahead of the curve. Participate in sessions exploring the latest developments and trends. Activities include peer-to-peer learning, foresight exercises, and collaborative innovation. Share insights and co-create pathways for sustainable evolution.
CSW2025 Programme
Join us from 22 – 26 September 2025 and let's create, transform, and regenerate.
The Online Programme on Monday and Friday will be open to all — registration opens later in summer 2025.
To see the full agenda for each day, click on the date below:
Online Programme coming soon
A hands-on, future-forward training for educators, strategists, and cultural intermediaries working to co-create competences for the CCI. (Note: Onboarding required – learn more here).
A hands-on, future-forward training for educators, strategists, and cultural intermediaries working to co-create competences for the CCI. (Note: Onboarding required – learn more here).
A gathering of sector leaders, educators, policymakers, and artists to explore innovative approaches to learning, collaboration, and systemic change across the CCSI.
A gathering of sector leaders, educators, policymakers, and artists to explore innovative approaches to learning, collaboration, and systemic change across the CCSI.
Online Programme coming soon
Registration
This year, Creative Skills Week offers ways to join the experience in Prague and online.
You can now register for our in-person programme: the CYANOTYPES Training (23 & 24 Sept), a hands-on programme for educators, strategists, and cultural intermediaries (onboarding required); and the Creative Skills Conference (24 & 25 Sept) bringing together the sector to explore what’s next for the CCI.
The Online Programme on Monday and Friday will be open to all — registration opens later in the summer.
Speakers
Féilim O’hAoláin
Svein Hullstein
Host Institutions
AHK LearningLab
Practical Information
Venue
Prague Congress Centre
Creative Skills Week 2025 will take place at the Prague Congress Centre, located on a hill above the Vltava River with panoramic views of the city.
Accommodation
There are many options, and you can either decide to book a hotel or a B&B in the city centre, or in quieter, outer districts of the city.
September is a busy period in Prague, so make sure you book your accommodation well in time.
Find some hotel suggestions near the venue of Creative Skills Week 2025, Prague Congress Centre (5. května 1640/65, 140 21 Praha 4):
PRICE RANGE:
€120 – €250 /night
DISTANCE FROM VENUE:
4 min walk from the venue
Travel to Prague
Prague is easily accessible by plane, train, bus or car. We encourage everyone to use the rail if possible, so we can keep our carbon footprint to a minimum.
| Prague is well connected to major European cities by rail. You will most likely arrive at Praha hlavní nádraží (Main Railway Station), which is only about 10 minutes by metro from the Congress Centre. Direct trains are available from:
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Václav Havel Airport Prague (PRG) is the international gateway to the Czech Republic. The airport is approximately 15 kilometers from the city center. Getting to the city from the airport:
More info: www.prg.aero |
Getting around Prague
Prague has a wonderful old city center to explore on foot, with its compact historic center and major sights like the Old Town, Lesser Town (Malá Strana), and Prague Castle all within walking distance. Iconic walking routes include Charles Bridge—especially beautiful at sunrise or sunset—and the scenic paths along the Vltava River. For a touch of nature and great views, a walk up Petřín Hill is well worth it. The area around the venue of Creative Skill Week 2025 – Prague Congress Center–is more than just a business and event hub—it’s actually home to several interesting and peaceful spots worth exploring. | One of the most notable nearby attractions is Vyšehrad, a historic fortress that dates back to the 10th century. Just a short walk from the Congress Center, Vyšehrad offers a quieter and more serene alternative to the bustling Prague Castle. Visitors can enjoy panoramic views over the Vltava River and the city, stroll along the old fortress walls, and explore the beautiful Basilica of St. Peter and St. Paul. The grounds are also home to the Vyšehrad Cemetery, where many famous Czech figures, including the composer Antonín Dvořák, are buried. |
| Prague is becoming increasingly bike-friendly, though it’s still not as bike-centric as some other European cities. That said, it’s definitely possible and enjoyable to explore the city by bike, especially in certain areas. There are dedicated bike lanes and paths, particularly along the Vltava River and in parks like Stromovka Park and Letná Park, which are perfect for slow rides. There are plenty of bike rental shops and bike-sharing services (Rekola, Lime) available throughout the city, including city bikes for short-term use. | Keep in mind that Prague is quite hilly, so some areas—like the castle district or Vyšehrad—can be a challenge for cyclists. |
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More info: https://www.dpp.cz/en Prague public transport planner: www.idos.cz |
We do not advise booking taxis on the street, they are more expensive. Instead, use Uber, Bolt, or the Liftago app. |
If you are interested, Prague has a “Prague City Tourism” website you can look through for general points of interest.
Accessibility information &
EDI statement
The Creative Skills Week Organisers are dedicated to hosting events that prioritise equity, diversity, inclusion, and accessibility. We have worked together to make this event a safer and more accessible space for all.
The venue of the Creative Skills Week 2025 is accessible for guests with reduced mobility.
Should you have any specific accessibility needs (such as transport assistance, a support from a staff member, printed programme in large letters) or if you need help registering for the event (also registering an assistant to accompany you), please get in touch via info@creativeskillsweek.eu, so that we can ensure the event is inclusive and accessible to you.
All our events have a support system in place. If you witness any harassment or discriminatory behaviour during the event, please contact a member of the team or call or send a message: {+31 650401938}. This phone line will be monitored for the duration of the event.
If you prefer to make an anonymous report, please use the online form.
We value any feedback you may have on how inclusive and accessible you find this event. You can submit your feedback in the event evaluation report that will be disseminated after the event. Your honesty is appreciated and will help us to understand how to improve the inclusivity and accessibility of our future events. All feedback will be collected anonymously.
Ecological responsibility
The Creative Skills Week Organisers are aware that large international conferences can have a negative effect on the environment due to the number of participants who will be travelling and the footprint of hosting the event itself (for instance, through consumption and waste). To reduce the environmental impact of Creative Skills Week 2024, the organising team will make greener choices in the organisation of the conference and invite participants to join us in this effort!
Several steps are being taken by Creative Skills Week organisers, to lower the event’s impact on the environment and climate:
- ACCOMMODATION: All recommended hotels are easily accessible from the conference venue, either on foot or by a short ride with public transportation. The recommended hotels are taking ecological steps to improve their offer and make it more environmentally friendly.
- TRAVEL: Participants are encouraged to travel by train to Prague, if possible, or make other sustainable travel arrangements. If you must fly, consider a direct connection (if available), which has a lower carbon emission than a flight with a transfer. Walking, cycling, or public transportation should be used for travel within Prague.
- FOOD & DRINKS: Catering at the event has been selected following sustainability criteria and will feature local, seasonal, and/or vegetarian options. Participants are encouraged to bring their own reusable water bottle.
- MATERIALS: Printed materials and giveaways will be kept to a minimum. Please let us know in the registration process whether you need a printed programme (large print is available). Participants are encouraged to bring their own (tote) bag in which they can keep conference materials. Tote bags will not be provided at the venue.
Participants are also encouraged to separate waste using the recycling stations available at the venue.
- AWARENESS: To increase awareness about environmental sustainability, our sustainable actions will be communicated to our suppliers and partners. Before, during, and after the conference we will communicate and create dialogue with participants to help us co-create a more sustainable event. We kindly ask participants to return their lanyards after the conference, so they can be reused in future editions.
We are aligning the Creative Skills Week’s sustainability efforts to the SHIFT Eco-Guidelines for Networks.
