EIT Culture & Creativity East – Open Day

EIT Culture & Creativity (EIT CC) is Europe’s Knowledge and Innovation Community connecting education, research, business, and culture to make the creative economy more sustainable and resilient.
Its Co-Location Open Day activates local ecosystems and invite citizens, companies, and institutions to co-shape Europe’s creative future.

This Košice edition takes place within Art & Tech Days 2025, which carries the theme “One World” — a call for unity and responsibility in a time of fragmentation. “One World” reminds us that technological, ecological, and social systems are deeply intertwined, and that creativity has the power to reconnect them. The Open Day extends this conversation beyond the stage into active co-creation, linking European policy, local innovation, and citizen engagement.

Morning Programme (09:30–12:30)

09:30 – 09:40
Welcome
09:40 – 10:00
EIT Culture & Creativity
10:00 – 10:30
X-Utopia – Jozef Olšavský
10:30 – 10:55
Gaming & New Markets – Peter Nagy
10:55 – 11:10
Break
11:10 – 11:30
Innovation Support System – Miroslav Michalko – UVP Technicom, EIDH
11:30 – 11:50
Business Košice – Mišo Hudák
11:50 – 12:15
Creative Europe & Agora – Natália Urblíková
12:15 – 12:30
Discussion / Wrap-Up

Afternoon (14:00–17:00) — Citizen Engagement Lab with CIKE

The afternoon Citizen Engagement Lab transforms the “One World” theme into practice—inviting participants to prototype ideas that merge creativity, technology, and social innovation.
These workshops are curated and delivered by our core partner Creative Industry Košice (CIKE) within its EU-funded projects framework, showcasing methodologies and collaborations from initiatives such as NiCE, and Label4Future.

Workshops (optional):
• Label4Future changemakers meetup
• NiCE

WHO SHOULD ATTEND

• Public institutions & cities exploring citizen-driven innovation.
• SMEs & startups from creative, tech, and media-arts sectors.
• Universities & labs advancing future-skills development.
• Cultural organisations ready to co-create and test new service models.

WHY IT MATTERS

The Open Day & Lab turn the EIT Culture & Creativity strategy into local action—connecting Košice’s vibrant creative ecosystem to European innovation instruments.
It strengthens CLC East’s (Co-location Center) role as a bridge between European programmes and local impact, translating the One World vision into tangible projects that link citizens, institutions, and innovators in shaping sustainable futures.