1. European Creative Ring Blueprinting the Architecture Makis Stamatelatos National and Kapodistrian University of Athens http://scan.di.uoa.gr

2. European Creative Ring The Concept Target community model: open and peer-to-peer collaboration – Creative industries (comprising cultural, media, arts, advertising and other sectors), – Local artists, universities, local authorities – ICT companies in each city and region What to offer – Technical solutions at infrastructural level – Future Internet systems and applications – Innovative content Eventually, internationalization of creative activities A new experimental community and platform for sharing creative and innovative content and activities all over Europe, using advanced Internet technologies and networks.

3. European Creative Ring Levels and Components Technical level capacity allowing creative industries and groups to work without boundaries Community level connection of different communities within different regions

4. Creating the ECR: generate new collaborations Community Level: bringing creative industries together – much larger scale – much higher diversity level Physical location level: exchanging creative ideas with more creative industries – common goal - diverting background – Creative Hubs allow being “home abroad” Technology level: share ever more – platforms, content and services,.... – with each of the other local Creative Hubs Use case level: – re-realised in other Creative Hubs – enriched with different local content and/or components

5. Design Approach Top-down to sketch – Concepts – Components – Beneficiaries Bottom-up to refine/detail – Business processes – Hubs, platforms, apps – Services – Producers, Consumers

6. Top-Down - “Placeholders”

7. Bottom – Up Objects Network Provider City of Kortrijk Network Provider City of Kortrijk Creative Industry Tourist/Visitor Hub Provider Buda Kunstencentrum Hub Provider Buda Kunstencentrum Kortrijk Creative Hub Kortrijk Creative Hub Interactive Design Factory Co-creation Space CreaCity App MAX/ST Platform Wireless Network LeYLab High Speed Network ALU-B City of Kortrijk Zeticon Networking Space Wood Lab iMinds App iPoints Platform MediaHaven Platform

8. ECRA v1.0 Interconnecting Local CRs

9. What next?... Business Processes Service Catalogues Networking Infrastructure – to clarify the role of GEANT (the high bandwidth pan-European research and education backbone) Investigate the scenarios considered – Co-creation –research-like – and joint performances – Commercial activities? Getting easier to integrate more partners and more creative hubs to the European Creative Ring, from a supporting networking infrastructure point of view Additional viewpoints – Interworking platforms – Local content – Localisation requirements etc.

10. MANY THANKS! http://www.specifi.eu/ makiss@di.uoa.gr http://www.specifi.eu/ makiss@di.uoa.gr