Monday, 7 September
DAY ONE
📍 LUCA School of Arts
WHY CREATIVE SKILLS MATTER
Creative confidence, societal resilience, innovation, competitiveness, and policy urgency.
*All session times are listed in Central European Summer Time (CEST)
09:00
Setup
Venue: LUCA exhibition space
10:00
CYANOTYPES Showcase
Venue: LUCA Exhibition Space
Making Creative Agency Visible
An immersive exhibition showcasing real-life implementations of the CYANOTYPES Framework across Higher Education, VET, SMEs, cultural organisations, and creative ecosystems.
Through installations, videos, prototypes, and visual interventions, the showcase explores:
• What shifted?
• What became visible?
• How can creative competences move from framework to practice?
13:00
Registration opening
Venue: LUCA exhibition space
13:30 – 14:00
Immersive Opening: “Creative Confidence in Action”
Venue: LUCA entrance
From the CYANO Pilots of an artistic installation/intervention
Participants enter Creative Skills Week through a series of artistic and practice-based interventions inspired by the CYANOTYPES pilots. Unexpected encounters, installations, and sensory experiences invite participants to engage directly with creative agency in practice before entering the plenary space.
14:00
Opening Plenary & High-Level Policy Debate
Venue: LUCA Auditorium
Europe’s future competitiveness, democratic resilience, and innovation capacity increasingly depend on the ability to navigate complexity, imagine alternatives, and act collaboratively across sectors.
This opening debate positions culture and creativity not as peripheral sectors, but as strategic drivers of innovation, adaptability, and societal transformation.
Through keynote contributions, pilot showcases, and policy dialogue, the session explores:
• Why creative skills matter beyond the CCSI
• How culture contributes to innovation and competitiveness
• How policy can better connect strategic ambitions with real-world learning ecosystems
• Why adaptability and creative confidence are becoming core capacities for Europe’s future
Featuring:
• Roxana Mînzatu, Executive Vice-President for Social Rights and Skills, Quality Jobs and Preparedness, European Commission (invited – awaiting confirmation)
• High-level European policymakers
• CYANOTYPES pilot cases
• Sector leaders and education innovators
Moderator: Lars Ebert – Culture Action Europe
16:00 – 16:30
Coffee break
Venue: LUCA entrance hall
16:30 – 18:30
The Irish Case: High-Level Debate
Venue: LUCA Auditorium
Hosted by Creative Futures Academy under the auspices of the Irish Presidency of the Council of the European Union.
Moving from the European to the national perspective, this high-level dialogue explores how Ireland is positioning creative skills, micro-credentials, and flexible learning models within wider innovation, education, and economic strategies.
The session examines:
• New models of investment in creative education and skills
• Creative competences as drivers of innovation and competitiveness
• Flexible learning pathways and micro-credentials
• Measuring cultural value beyond GDP
• Building stronger links between higher education, research, industry, and policy.
18:30 – 20:00
Reception and high-level networking session with cultural programme
Venue: LUCA Garden
Hosted by CFA – Creative Future Academy under the auspice of the EU Irish Presidency.
Networking reception and cultural programme bringing together policymakers, educators, creatives, researchers, and European networks.
