PACESETTERS Summit takes place from 12 to 16 November 2025 in La Termica, Málaga. The event brings together artists, creators, researchers and policymakers for five intensive days in a Polyclinic of creative practice. 

Resources

In person programme: SUMMIT features a rich program of various different sessions in the spaces of the cultural centre La Termica, a former hospital in Malaga.

Online programme: Parts of the program of the SUMMIT can be attended and followed online. Make sure you register for online participation. 

Radio program: Tune into PACESETTERS radio program!

Register as a SUMMIT delegate: Whether you participate in person or remotely, it is important to sign up to stay in the loop

List of SUMMIT delegates: Browse the list of delegates and contact them directly through their profile (available only for delegates)

Join the SUMMIT Signal group: To receive live updates and stay in the loop, we invite you to join our SIGNAL group

Practicalities: Additional information that might turn out to be useful

Informed consent: Forms that should be read and signed by in-person participants 

Clinics

PACESETTERS Polyclinic of Creative Practice is founded on a dynamic, polycentric approach and organised into seven departments.

Unlearning the creative self: Co-agency in new division of creative labour

Rural innovation: Art and culture driving development in rural and remote areas

Inverting instrumentality: Creative continuity across silos and value chains

Collective entrepreneurship: Translocal, cooperative models of creative production

Impact investment: Alternative forms of funding cultural and creative production

Aesthetic resilience: The powers of artistic, rather than artificial intelligence

Creative competitiveness: Cultural diversity as Europe‘s competitive edge.