Delegates who attend the SUMMIT in person are invited to walk on a red carpet to receive a grand welcome before checking in at the registration desk and filling out the paperwork.
11:00am - 12:30pm
In person
The SUMMIT begins with a meeting of all PACESETTERS consortium partners to discuss the progress made in the research project so far and the next steps.
1:00 - 2:00pm
In person, Online
Official welcoming by the organisers of the SUMMIT from the PACESETTERS research project and La Termica, the cultural centre in Málaga.
3:00 - 6:00pm
In person, Online
To effectively tackle today's complex challenges, we must harness the collective intelligence that emerges from open-ended, collaborative research.
6:00 - 7:00pm
In person, Online
In the age of climate crisis and AI, what happens to cultural heritage?
6:00 - 7:00pm
In person
What is the purpose of participation? Who fears instrumentalisation? This session is dedicated to revisiting the dichotomy between intrinsic and instrumental value.
7:00 - 9:00pm
In person
Polybar is an informal gathering in and outside of La Termica. Wine and tapas will be served to facilitate a multitude of unexpected encounters, conspiracies and conversations.
7:00 - 8:00pm
In person
The aim of this session is to fundamentally rethink and rebuild the relationship between urban and rural areas by developing an innovative approach to creating regenerative ecosystems in the countryside.
10:00 - 11:30am
In person, Online
Firmly rooted in the creative ecosystem approach, the creative case studies of PACESETTERS investigate the current and potential interdependencies between stakeholders, networks and their collaborations.
11:30am - 1:00pm
In person, Online
PACESETTERS Real World Laboratories foster capacities to continuously learn from and feedback on real-world issues as a tailor-made pre-accelerator format for the CCIs.
1:00 - 2:00pm
In person, Online
How to develop educational and training programs that are not only relevant but also resilient to the rapidly changing landscape of the creative sector?
1:00 - 2:00pm
In person
This workshop will use movement to explore the physical manifestations of the polycrisis, from microbes to macroeconomics.
4:00 - 6:00pm
In person
The workshop explores the initial steps of the advanced venture of "Co-agency in emerging hybrid human–machine assemblages".
4:00 - 6:00pm
In person
Transition scrambles values and criteria for judgement; the ideas and intuitions of justice that we hold today are destabilised by the process of transition.
4:00 - 6:00pm
In person
During this co-design sprint we will collectively explore different Impact Investment and Pre-Accelerators Models, specifically in rural and remote contexts. Due to limited places, this session is by invitation only.
4:00 - 6:00pm
In person
PACESETTERS focuses on the direct engagement with target groups and representatives of the cultural and creative sectors in order to prioritize and validate progress and performance indicators.
6:00 - 7:00pm
In person, Online
This session raises the question of creative subsistence in the three dimensions of sustainability: environmentally, financially, aesthetically.
10:00am - 1:00pm
In person
During this co-design sprint we will collectively explore different Impact Investment and Pre-Accelerators Models, specifically in rural and remote contexts. Due to limited places, this session is by invitation only.
10:00 - 11:30am
In person
This session will discuss strategies for producing knowledge in the face of changes in climate, the environment, technology, demographics and unexpected shocks.
12:00 - 1:00pm
In person, Online
How can art and culture contribute to developing a positive forward-looking European understanding of competitiveness that is confident, open minded and attractive?
1:00 - 2:00pm
In person, Online
Audience Science applies citizen science concepts to culture and creativity, addressing the significant data volumes generated when creative work is experienced.
1:00 - 2:00pm
In person
In a time marked by social anxiety, ecological grief, and cultural exhaustion, this “clinic” offers a two-hour participatory space for collective reflection and gentle experimentation.
4:00 - 6:00pm
In person, Online
Arts & culture, and health & well-being, are two connected fields, historically, ethically and perhaps even technologically.
4:00 - 6:00pm
In person
Taller bilingüe · dentro del PACESETTERS Summit 2025
4:00 - 6:00pm
In person
Countering the death drive of platform capitalism: How to develop and maintain independent digital infrastructure?
6:00 - 7:00pm
In person, Online
Artistic Intelligence transcends the artificial versus natural dichotomy by expanding knowledge generation beyond cognitive approaches alone.
All day
In person
Field trip to the Real World Laboratory in Genalguacil. The Rural Innovation Lab is located in Genalguacil and the surrounding villages of the Valle del Genal region in Andalusia, Spain.
11:00am - 1:00pm
In person
Join us for the Polyclinic for Creative Practice's closing event: a 'walk, talk and run' session!