Sponsors sign up to support DCMS's c&binet event for the creative industries

Global law firm Clifford Chance, the private bank Coutts & Co, and web streaming specialists Kinura have been confirmed as sponsors for this year’s c&binet event for the creative industries, taking place between 26th and 28th October at The Grove in Hertfordshire. C&binet (the Creativity and Business International Network) will bring together up to three hundred people who drive the creative industries sector, says the DCMS, including business leaders, new creative talent, investors and overseas governments to discuss the key issues affecting the creative economy.

As part of their partnership deal, Kinura will be providing flash video streaming for virtual delegates, allowing the online community to watch the debate live through the c&binet website. Commitment The flagship event will explore several key themes, including access to finance, developing talent, new business models for online content and how best to secure creative rights. Keynote speakers include Jean-Bernard Lévy, Chairman of Vivendi, Elio Leoni-Sceti, Chief Executive of EMI Music and Lord Mandelson. C&binet has been developed following a commitment in the Government’s Creative Britain: New Talents for the New Economy to create an international creative business conference to help maximise the contribution of the creative industries to the wider world economy.     The influential international panel will act as ambassadors to ensure c&binet addresses the issues that face creative businesses, their customers and investors, says the DCMS, and creates an environment for making successful, profitable partnerships. Clifford Chance's communications, media & technology group is a multi-disciplined group of industry-focused lawyers, representing a wide range of market-leading players in the CMT sectors. With over a hundred partners and three hundred lawyers worldwide, it is one of the world's most extensive convergent industries practices, handling complex transactional and regulatory work across all CMT markets.