A Creative and Cultural Industries Symposium: The Future of the Latin American, Caribbean, & South Florida Economies

Division invites the South Florida business and arts community, chambers of commerce, trade, banking, artists, cultural entrepreneurs and media; as well as academia and all other members of the general public to an informative panel discussion. A Creative and Cultural Industries Symposium will discuss The Future of the Latin American, Caribbean & South Florida Economies on May 20th during the University of Florida’s Brazilian Music Institute at Broward College’s, A. Hugh Adams Central Campus – 3501 Davie Road Fine Arts Theatre (Building 6) in Davie.

The vitality of Latin America’s and the Caribbean’s cultural sector is evident in the growth of film, audiovisual, and digital media production, artistic expression and performance, becoming potential economic resources and drivers of development. Describing these relationships more precisely promises to enhance development goals across the entire region.

In a bid to encourage debate in Latin America and the Caribbean on the contribution of creativity as a key element of economic and social development, the Inter-American Development Bank (IDB) published: The Orange Economy: An Infinite Opportunity (downloadable in English and Spanish) co-authored by Felipe Buitrago and Iván Duque Marquez. In addition, the Organization of American States (OAS), the Inter-American Development Bank (IDB), and the British Council, jointly commissioned a report: The Economic Impact of the Creative Industries in the Americas, that shows the originating data upon which The Orange Economy was built.

Panelists for this one-day powerhouse of Latin/Caribbean infusion are Trinidad Zaldivar, Chief Cultural Solidarity and Creative Affairs Division Office of External Relations – Inter-American Development Bank;  Ana Carla Fonseca Reis, Garimpo de Soluções  (Brazil);  Loida Pretiz, Cultural Adviser on Entrepreneurship, Office of the Minister, Ministry of Culture and Youth. (Costa Rica); Anahi Moyano, Chief, Culture and Economics Unit, Ministry of Culture and Youth. (Costa Rica). The Center for Latin American & Latino Studies at American University will also be represented by: – Robert Albro; Andrew Taylor: Ximena Varela; and Alan Kraut. Bios available on Cultural Division website.

Additionally, Marielle Barrow, Editor-in-Chief of Caribbean InTransit; Dr. Arlene Dávila, Professor of Anthropology, Social and Cultural Analysis, New York University; and Hugo Cancio Morúa, President OnCuba (Art OnCuba).

Registration fee: $15 (includes a light lunch and one ticket to the Brazilian Music Institute concert at Bailey Hall on the evening of Friday, May 20).  RSVP online for this event. 

For further information about this symposium, contact Jim Shermer at 954-357- 7502; and to schedule a PRE-Event Interview with any of the panelists, contact Jody Leshinsky at 954-357-7463.