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Creative Brighton Debate, Pavilion Theatre, May 7

2:47pm Thursday 8th May 2008

By Johnathan Lewis »

Creative Brighton has been formed to encourage a thriving creative industries sector in the city and beyond. This was their first debate and a welcome addition to the Festival programme.

Chaired by well-known technology critic Bill Thompson, a packed Pavilion Theatre listened to questions put to a panel of experts from a range of media industries, including Neil McIntosh, Head of Editorial Development at Guardian Unlimited and Matt Locke, Commissioning Editor for Education and New Media at Channel 4.

One of the key themes to emerge from the debate was the need for such industries to actively embrace rapid change and look at new creative ways to interact with their audiences. The panel agreed that we, as users and consumers of new technologies, will certainly help shape the future of the digital landscape.

As Bill said at the end of the debate, "Those who don't invent the future are condemned to live in someone else's."

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