march, 2005
The European Association of Creativity and Innovation is proud to present the first EACI-newsletter. As part of our mission to contribute to a better understanding, practice and acceptance of creativity and innovation management in Europe, we hope that this letter will support our virtual network. The two-months letter will keep you updated on EACI-related activities and topics.
ECCI-9, ‘Transformation’
 Transformation will be the theme of the 9th European Conference on Creativity and Innovation
(ECCI-9). Transformation as theme is inspired by the country which is hosting the conference. Poland made an impressive transformation from a former inward looking Eastern block country to a new vibrant member state of the European Community. ECCI-9 will be organised by the Academy of Humanities and Economics (WSHE) in Lodz, Poland. The conference will be held from Sunday September 4, 2005 till Thursday September 8, 2005.
To register please fill in the form at the ECCI-9 website.
30 Academic papers!
The European Association for Creativity and Innovation (EACI) is very pleased to announce that 30 academic researchers delivered a paper on creativity and/or innovation for the coming conference. All academic papers will be presented at the conference in a “60-minutes-session” format, including discussion. The number of papers and the diversity of topics have raised good expectations for the success of the conference. The best academic papers will be published.
 The EACI intends to present two awards at the conference, one for the best book on creativity (provisional name: Osborn Award) and the other for the best book on innovation (provisional name: Schumpeter Award). The EACI-website provides two separate lists of potential award winning publications on which visitors can vote.
A look at the preliminary votes show that, in the race for the Schumpeter Award, Chesbrough’s ‘Open innovation’ is doing very well closely followed by Kelley’s ‘The art of Innovation’. A shared first postion for the Osborn Award is taken by Isaksen’s ‘Facilitative leadership’ and De Bono’s ‘New thinking for the new millenium’. Until 15 April you can affect this half-time score by voting your favourite publications. The authors of the winning publications will be invited to the conference to receive their award.
NEW! Proceedings ECCI-8 available.
 The book Cross-Cultural Innovation contains new, stimulating ideas for innovation processes based on the Eighth European Conference on Creativity and Innovation. Host of this conference was the German Association for Creativity. 130 experts on creativity and innovation from 20 nations took part in the conference. With a special emphasis on cross-cultural innovation in particular, and on creativity and innovation in general.
Cross-Cultural Innovation
Results of the 8th European Conference on Creativity and Innovation
Bernd Jöstingmeier, Heinz-Jürgen Boeddrich (Editors)
ISBN 3-8244-0739-6
Deutscher Universitäts-Verlag
For sale online for € 65,90 (excl. shipping fee), www.duv.de
Other events - Agenda
Crea Conference, 13-17 April in Italy
Come and join 200 creativity lovers from across the globe to revel in the top-notch program, great conviviality, multicultural joy, beautiful surroundings and delicious food and wine. If you can, plan to stay longer to visit the area -- it is breathtaking!
The 2005 ISPIM Conference, 19-22 June in Portugal
The theme of the conference is "The Role of Knowledge in Innovation Management". The conference will be held in Porto and is organised by INESC Porto.
The EACI - Website
The evergreens
Our website is redesigned. Besides interesting activities, links and up-to date news, we would like to draw your attention to two lists of evergreens (all-time-best books), one in the category of creativity and one in the category of innovation. Are these the evergreens that you would recommend to others? Please give insight in your preferences by visiting our website:
- Evergreens on Creativity
- Evergreens on Innovation
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