smARTplaces: Michaela Magas | Creative industries driving science and industry innovation

From March 1st to 2nd, 2018, the conference »smARTplaces | INNOVATION in Culture« took place at the ZKM | Karlsruhe as part of the EU project »smARTplaces«.

Not only is digitization now in art’s DNA, cultural institutions are beginning to embark on disruptive paths in order to facilitate and support innovative processes. The »smARTplaces | INNOVATION in Culture« conference analyzes possibilities, and also necessities, of digital renewal within culture and spotlights audience development.

»Music Tech Fest« is an innovation ecosystem, festival of ideas and creative laboratory that has given rise to the Industry Commons - an open innovation methodology and toolkit that puts creativity and artist/scientist collaboration at the center of radical and disruptive innovation. MTF Founder and European Woman Innovator of the Year Michela Magas discusses her groundbreaking grassroots approach that has become central to new innovation initiatives within European policy.

Michela Magas is an innovation catalyst who bridges the worlds of science and art, design and technology, and academic research and industry, with a track record of over 20 years of innovation. She is innovation advisor to the European Commission and the G7 leaders, and the creator of the Industry Commons.

Videodocumentary:

ZKM | Videostudio

Camera: Benedict Meyer
Live-Editing: Moritz Büchner
Editing: Andy Koch