Meeting your colleagues face to face is an essential part of networking. To that end, the first Creative City Network of Canada annual meeting was held in Vancouver in November, 2002. Since then, the CCNC has organized seven more highly successful annual meetings where representatives from municipalities, arts organizations, provincial and federal government agencies and others can meet to share ideas, connect, and work together to build vital infrastructure for arts and cultural development in Canada.

Starting in 2011 and building on the success of our inaugural Creative City Summit which took place in 2008 in Whitehorse, YT, future CCNC annual meetings will follow the Summit format, which is a departure from the conference format followed in previous years. The Summit was designed to be more intimate and interactive to provide practitioners with a platform to exchange ideas and learn from their peers. These meetings will be 2.5 days in length, and will include study tours of the host municipality.

The 2011 Creative City Summit will take place May 2011 in London, Ontario. The Summit bids for 2012-14 are still being evaluated and should be announced soon. Stay tuned for details and updates!

Visit the 2009 Conference page and the Previous Meetings page to access transcripts and highlights from meetings past. Additionally, the CCNC organized Regional Workshops in March 2010 on cultural mapping and cultural planning.