SEMINAR: Art as a catalyst for societal change – disability employment and socially sustainable business models
Date & Time: December 4th at 5-8PM
Venue: Tokyo Midtown, Design Hub, International Liaison Design Center (5F Midtown Tower,
9-7-1 Akasaka, Minato-ku, Tokyo, 107-6205)
Online: Zoom
Collaboration: Japan Institute of Design Promotion
Imagine Everyday! – seminar connects creative businesses from Finland & Japan in co-creation and collaboration for sustainable social change. This seminar features keynote presentations from Finnish and Japanese Outsider Art Agencies and panel discussion of designing future visions for management and research within social change and diversity within the creative industries.
The purpose of this seminar is to generate discussion on how art and creative industries can serve as a catalyst for change in organizations and on a societal level. The keynotes present unique business cases and brands of Heralbony and the famous punk band Pertti Kurikan Nimipäivät PKN , founders of Pertti’s Choice and Outsider Art Finland.
Schedule:
17:00 Opening words: Jaakko Nousiainen, Director of Finnish Institute in Japan
17:05-17:45 Pertin Valinta, Disability employment innovations, Sami Helle (Founder of Pertin Valinta)
Inclusive strategizing in the Experience Economy ecosystems, Heini Merkkiniemi (Festival director, PhD researcher)
17:45-18:10 Opening Up New Possibilities in Business and Society with Heralbony Artist, Ryotaro Kamada (project manager, HERALBONY)
Coffee break
18:30-18:55 Equal paths to desirable futures, Satu Tani (Artist, PhD researcher)
19:00-19:30 Challenges and solutions in supporting inclusion and disability employment in Finland and Japan in the creative industries – Panel discussion (Merkkiniemi, Tani, Helle, Kamada, Miyahara as moderator)
19:30-20:00 Networking
Read more about the seminar from The Finnish Institute in Japan webpage here. Read more about Heralbony here.
