The 6th edition of the Babel Med Music - music Trade Fair took place in Marseille, March 25-27, 2010 . Babel offered festivals, concert venues, cultural centers and other organisers/artistic programmers a free official pass. The event was one of the structuring events of Marseille European Capital of Culture, in 2013, and the 3 day schedule included a market area with 190 organizations (booking agencies, labels, professional organisms, equipments & services… promoted through exhibition stands, more than 1 800 professionals from 60 different countries. The EFWMF (European Forum of World Wide Music Festivals), debates, and 3 stages programming 10 concerts each evening-
Since 2004, a series of conferences have been held throughout the world focusing on the ”creative potential” of cities. The Agenda 21 for culture was established, and around 150 cities in the world have signed the Agenda 21 for culture declaration. While Korea was the last country to host a world-wide conference in 2007, the city of Lexington, Kentucky, will host a creative city summit in April 2010. Visit the website for information about the event, which takes place in furtherance of Richard Florida's theories on creative economies.
Council of Europe’s CultureWatchEurope Platform (CWE) promotes culture as "the soul of democracy" by offering an innovative and evidence-based overview of culture, heritage and media developments in Europe. A conference on June 10-11 2010 in Brussels will focus on the role of public cultural policy and the impact of the financial crisis on culture and cultural provision. Download brochure here.
In September 2010, The Talking Drums of Africa holds a conference in collaboration with Kenyan artists, cultural organisations, and a number of NGO's, entitled Drum Café 2010. For information, go to http://drumcafe2010festival.blogspot.com/2009/11/festival-info.html
