Charles Landry, an international authority in the use of imagination and creativity in urban change.
In order to enrich the population’s cultural life and broaden its cultural horizons, the Cultural Affairs Bureau organizes the “Lectures by Masters of Culture” programme. This year’s “Lecture by Masters of Culture”“ will be held on Sunday, 30 October at 3pm, at the Macao Science Centre Convention Hall. Hosted by the British keynote speaker Charles Landry, an international authority on the use of imagination and creativity in urban change, known as the “innovator of the creative city concept”, the lecture is entitled “Macao: A Culture of Ambition and Creativity as Catalysts for a Sustainable City”. Charles Landry is an international authority in the use of imagination and creativity in urban change. In the late 1980s, he renewed the concept of “creative city”, focusing on how cities can create conditions for people and organizations to think, plan and act with imagination in solving of problems and in the development of opportunities. The notion, which became a global movement, changed the way cities think about their capabilities and resources. Charles Landry has worked and given talks in over sixty countries and helped change the way to assess and harness the possibilities of reinventing cities. His “Creative City Index” is a powerful tool to measure the creative eco-system of places. His works such as The Creative City: A Toolkit for Urban Innovators and The Digitized City have met great public demand. In this lecture, Charles Landry will share successful cases in famous cultural cities across the world, and will prove that ambition and creativity are the keys to establish a creative city, in addition to cultural events, imagination and creativity he advocates for urban change. Charles Landry opens new perspectives for all those interested in the establishment of a creative, energetic and liveable city. The Cultural Affairs Bureau launched the “Lectures by Masters of Culture” in 2013, inviting world famous scholars, artists and individuals from cultural circles to come to Macao and, through the exchange of experiences and the sharing of knowledge, stimulate thoughts with an international outlook, and deepen Macao’s culture, thereby creatively and vigorously contributing for Macao’s cultural development. The lecture will be conducted in English, with simultaneous translation to Mandarin and Portuguese. Registration for the lecture opened in the end of September. The public responded with enthusiasm and the 300 seats have already been reserved. Applicants who have received a confirmation message are advised to arrive at the venue 15 minutes prior to the lecture. Interpreting equipment (headsets) are available on a first come, first served basis. For enquiries, please contact IC through tel. no. 8399 6699 during office hours. For more information, please visit www.icm.gov.mo/deippub/masters/2016.
