Shaping the future
of the creative
industries

We aim to bring the city’s world-class creative industries and tech sector together, providing funding and development opportunities that enable creative individuals and organisations to explore how data can be used to drive ground-breaking new products, businesses and experiences.

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Case Studies

Take a closer look at the innovative work and research that has been carried out by our funded partners and creative community networks across the Creative Informatics programme. Our Case Studies highlight the stories and achievements from showcase projects that have been supported and developed through funding from Creative Informatics.

Community

Over the past five years, Creative Informatics built a community of creative professionals across Edinburgh and South East Scotland through its funded programmes, projects and support networks. Browse the community pages to find businesses and individuals who have been supported through the Creative Informatics programme.

Events

28
Jun

CreativeTech Scotland Gathering

8.30am
Informatics Forum, Edinburgh, EH8 9LE

Join CreativeTech Scotland Gathering on 28 June for an exciting day of cutting edge creative tech keynotes, demos and panels with workshops and a closing reception with interactive performance.

13
Jun

Creative AI Forum (with Scottish AI Alliance)

2pm

Join the Scottish AI Alliance & Creative Informatics for the Creative AI Forum, Thursday 13 June in Glasgow.

04
Apr

Partnership Forum Designing the Future, Over to You

2pm

A friendly and informal session to find out what we’ve been up to and what we have planned.

12
Apr

Let’s Play

7pm
Dissection Room, Summerhall, Edinburgh, EH9 1PL

Celebrate the Scottish video game industry at this interactive night out that’s just for adults! The night is yours to play with – choose from a programme of short talks from industry creatives and researchers, try out cutting-edge tech or relax with a drink at the bar and enjoy some AI-generated beats.

10
Apr

Talk: Creative AI for Creative Work

6pm
National Museum of Scotland, Edinburgh, EH1 1JF

The rapid rise of Artificial Intelligence is creating challenges for the creative industries around human creativity, originality, intellectual property, and ethics. However, AI has incredible potential as a tool for creative work - for experimentation or as part of an ideation process.

30
Mar

Creative Informatics: Unleashing the Power of Data

10am
National Museum of Scotland, Edinburgh, EH1 1JF

Explore some of the innovative products, new experiences and groundbreaking creative work that has been developed through funding and support from Edinburgh’s Creative Informatics programme. The free exhibition will run at the National Museum of Scotland as part of Edinburgh Science Festival 2024.

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Data Driven Innovation in the Creative Industries

Edited by Melissa Terras, Vikki Jones, Nicola Osborne and Chris Speed.

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