We are pleased to invite you to the following seminar.

"Creative Industries: A Game Changer for Societies":
How Design & Innovation Can Act as Accelerator for Change and Growth by Jeroen van Erp, Creative Director Fabrique

Truly in line with the GRIPS Summer Program's mission of discussing policy issues from multi- and interdisciplinary and perspectives, this seminar will offer you a rare opportunity to look at change and development from the perspective of the creative industries, with a leading expert and practitioner in the field.

Jeroen van Erp, founder and Creative Director of Fabrique, a leading design agency in the Netherlands, will discuss how to utilize the potential of the creative industries as a driving force of innovation and economic and social development.

Date: August 28 (Wed)
Time: 14:00 - 15:30
Venue: National Graduate Institute for Policy Studies (GRIPS), Seminar Room 1A
Language: English (no translation will be provided)
Registration: Please click the "Register"
((http://bit.ly/1br5b0w) link. Or register by email by sending your name, affiliation and email address to summerprogram[at]grips.ac.jp.

About the Seminar
In 2002, in his groundbreaking book The Rise of the
Creative Class, American economist and social scientist
Richard Florida introduced the concept of the creative
class and its implications for urban regeneration. More
than a decade later it has become more clear that the
Creative Class, and in particular the creative
industries, can also act as a facilitator for solving
social, economic and even political issues. Besides
this, the creative industries can act as a catalyst for
radical innovations in other industries.

In this seminar, Jeroen van Erp will explain more about
how to utilize the potential of the creative industries
as a driving force of innovation and economic and
social development.

About Jeroen van Erp
Jeroen van Erp is founder and Chief Creative Officer of
Fabrique (http://www.fabrique.nl/en/ ), one of the
leading design agencies in the Netherlands. Under
Jeroen's joint leadership, Fabrique has grown through
the years into a multifaceted design bureau. It
currently employs more than 100 staff of artists,
engineers and storytellers working for customers in a
wide range of branches, including government, retail,
transport an industry, education and culture.

In his role as Chief Creative Officer, Jeroen is
responsible for the creative policy of the company. In
June 2012 he became a member of the Dutch Creative
Industries Council. Jeroen was also recently appointed
by the Minister of Economic Affairs as member of the
Top Team Creative Industries, a platform where
government, science and industry meet in order to
develop innovative instruments to expand the creative
industries to become an accelerator of economic growth.

This seminar is part of the GRIPS Summer Program. In
the Summer Program we offer a host of activities
ranging from special lectures, seminars, workshops,
field trips, cultural activities and a student
conference. Many of these activities are open to the
public and we invite you to check our Summer Program
website (
http://www.grips.ac.jp/en/events/20130722-1779/ ) for
further details.


For Access & Map to the GRIPS campus:
http://www.grips.ac.jp/en/about/access/
National Graduate Institute for Policy Studies (GRIPS)
7-22-1 Roppongi, Minato-ku, Tokyo 106-8677


Karin Hillen
Secretariat, GRIPS Summer Program
National Graduate Institute for Policy Studies
summerprogram[at]grips.ac.jp
Tel: 03-6439-6047