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First keynote speaker confirmed for inaugural cabinet forum

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12 May 2009

Jean-Bernard Levy, CEO of Vivendi, has been confirmed as the first keynote speaker for the Creativity and Business International Network’s (cabinet) inaugural forum this October.

The central focus of this year’s event will be to galvanise concrete action to support the worldwide creative economy including action on copyright protection, and develop a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) between international content industry leaders and policy makers.

The 2009 c&binet forum, with the title ‘Nurturing Creative Content in the Digital Age’, will also address how to protect, commercialise and facilitate investment in creative content.
 
Jean-Bernard Levy said:

“Creative content drives our industry.  That’s why C&binet is such a timely and significant initiative. The creative sector, driven by technological advances in TV, film and music through to video games and telecommunications, is rapidly evolving. We need to address the issues that arise from these transformations collectively. I’m really looking forward to everyone sharing ideas about how we can achieve this.” 
 
Culture Secretary Andy Burnham said:

“This is a critical time for the creative industries. In recent months it has become increasingly clear that the single most important issue affecting all content creators and distributors is how to make sure that creativity is rewarded. The global economic situation has escalated the urgency and we must support the sector to find a solution. By bringing together international leaders from the creative economy with domestic and international policy makers, we hope to make real progress in the key issues which jeopardise the sector’s future.

“As well as addressing issues around content and IP protection, the c&binet forum is also an opportunity to develop new links which enable capital and investment to flow towards creative talent. Jean-Bernard Levy’s experience of running one of the world’s biggest communications and entertainment companies will offer invaluable insight to this debate.”

With the creative industries estimated to be worth around $1.3 trillion globally ([1]) and contributing around £60 billion a year ([2]) in Britain alone, c&binet represents a collective effort of UK government departments (DCMS, DIUS and BERR), which have provided the initial funding and support, to address some of the core issues that will impact on the sector’s future growth. C&binet is also supported by leading industry figures including Lucian Grainge Chairman and CEO of Universal Music, Nicholas Coleridge of Conde Nast International, Nancy Tellem of CBS Paramount Television and J Allard of Microsoft.

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Notes to editors

  1. C&binet, the creativity and business international network, is a global voice for the creative industries. Designed to champion the sector and focus on its big issues, the network brings together business, governments and creative talent for the first time.
    It aims to support the industries’ continued growth by promoting the flow of funds between the creative and financial sectors, encouraging different parts of the creative economy to share ideas, new business models and success stories, and helping the next generation of creative entrepreneurs.

  2. The UK government currently leads c&binet with the ambition that it will be a self-funding network in the next three years.

  3. An elite group of 25 ambassadors is the first step towards this. Drawn from leading creative and financial organisations, the group includes Lucian Grainge of Universal Music, Nicholas Coleridge of Conde Nast and J Allard of Microsoft. They’re helping to shape the c&binet agenda and promote new talent.

  4. Vivendi is a world leader in communications and entertainment, a major publisher of video games and music in the world and a major player in television, film and telecommunications.  Its business reflects the growing interdependence of creative content production and distribution which will enable Jean-Bernard Levy to offer a unique perspective on the issues c&binet is tackling.

  5. For more information about c&binet, please go to the c&binet website.

  6. C&binet was formally launched in October 2008 and the first main c&binet event will be on 26-28 October 2009 at The Grove in Hertfordshire.

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