The International Summit of Creative Cities, organized by the City of Bergamo at theFormer Monastery of Astino, an evocative location rich in history and culture, is being held right now, on the afternoon of Friday, October 20, 2023.
Now in its fourth edition, of which we are Design Sponsors, the event has become the fixed appointment that celebrates the networking activities of Bergamo, from 2019 Creative City for Gastronomy, within the UNESCO Creative Cities.
On this momentous occasion, cArtù ‘s eco-sustainable “waves of the future” give a special green touch to the enchanting Monastery through furniture complements and design elements made of recycled and recyclable cardboard.
The theme of the 2023 Summit, the year in which Bergamo is-along with Brescia-the Italian Capital of Culture, is “Feeding Innovation through Creativity.” A roundup of best practices, replicable operational formats that Creative Cities share with the aim of disseminating the practical declination of creativity in the service of local development. The ability to generate innovation is investigated starting from the economic, cultural and social core values and original connections of the existing value-producing.
Creative Cities testify to the activities they carry out and how it is possible to transform them into incubators of ideas that, cultivated and made to grow, can become engines of innovation and economic as well as social development, places of encounter between realities that produce progress, with special attention to the cultural diversity guarded by each territory.
Learn about the UNESCO Creative Cities for Gastronomy from Europe and America attending the Summit:
- Mérida (Mexico – Cluster coordinator of the World Network of Creative Cities for Gastronomy 2023)
- San Antonio (United States – Cluster coordinator of the World Network of Creative Cities for Gastronomy 2024)
- Bergen (Norway – city with a cross-cutting strategy for food and gastronomy to 2030)
- Burgos (Spain – European Capital of Culture candidate for The 2031)
- Rouen (France – European Capital of Culture candidate for The 2028, with the Seine Valley)
- Santa Maria da Feira (Portugal – first and only city in the gastronomy cluster in Portugal, a country that will host the Annual World Conference of Creative Cities in 2024)
- Alba and Parma, which with Bergamo founded the District of Italian UNESCO Creative Cities for Gastronomy in 2021
- Pesaro, Creative City for Music and Italian Capital of Culture 2024