IFEA Europe

Cultural exchange between Eastern Europe and Western Europe is on the agenda at a conference in Warsaw on December 10-11. Cultural entrepreneurs from all over Europe will gather to be inspired and discuss policies, funding opportunities and concrete collaboration projects. For more information, see www.go-east.com.pl/

A call for papers has been sent to festival/event/tourism researchers world-wide, asking for contributions to the next "Journeys of Expression" conference held in Copenhagen, April 20-21, in a joint partnership between Copenhagen Business School, Leeds Metropolitan University, and IFEA Europe.

The conference will discuss the complex implications of the global economic downturn for the relationships between tourism, festivals and cultural events, in particular how the balance between social, artistic and commercial aspects of festivals can be sustained during these challenging times and how festivals and cultural events and their attractiveness to tourists may contribute to addressing economic, social and environmental crises at local, regional, national and international levels. The ”Journeys of Expression” conference thereby mirrors the theme of the IFEA Europe 2010 Conference,  ”Festive Roads to Recovery” (see below).

For more information about the ”Jouney of Expression” conference, click here.