false <p>Creative industries experts from around the world will get to hear about Watershed/South West Regional Development Agency’s ground-breaking plans for a cultural endowment fund when Susi O’Neill addresses the world’s leading creative economies policy forum &#8211; Creative Clusters – in London next month.</p> <p>Susi, SWRDA’s creative industries consultant (and BM member), has been invited to tell the conference’s 500 delegates from 35 countries about SWRDA’s decision to give £6m to the Watershed Arts Trust to enable it to become the landlord of its harbour-side building, and the expected benefits of the tandem agreement, that Watershed will invest rental yields from the build (worth around £300K per year) into an annual endowment fund that will be used to support Bristol&#8217;s creative industries for at least the next 112 years (cumulatively worth at least £40 million over this time).</p> <p>The presentation will be one of a range designed to show the power of culture is being harnessed for economic development around the world. Other speakers will include Margaret Hodge, the UK’s Minister for Creative Industries; economic commentator, Will Hutton; Comedia’s Charles Landry (author of The Creative City), Jude Kelly, Artistic Director, Southbank Centre; Hans Monderman, Kate Oakley, Tony Hall, Peter Hewitt, Larry Elliott, and fashion designer Zandra Rhodes.</p> <p>Click &quot;here &quot;:http://www.creativeclusters.com for more information about the Creative Clusters agenda and delegates or to register.</p> SWRDA, Susi O'Neill, Watershed, creative economies, 2008-08-04T23:19:52Z World creative economy experts will hear about the ground-breaking cultural endowment fund being created by Watershed and the South West Regional Development Agency when SWRDA consultant Susi O'Neill addresses the Creative Clusters summit next month false 120 worlds-cultural-economy-leaders-learn-from-bristol 2007-10-08T12:47:54Z 2008-08-04T23:19:52Z