Talking Creativity in the Bahamas

By: - August 22nd, 2012

By the Caribbean Journal staff

The latest edition of TMG* Talks takes place Thursday night in Nassau.

The discussions, which are the brainchild of TMG* founder Royann Dean, will be held at the National Art Gallery of the Bahamas.

Thursday’s conference, “Economic Diversification and the Creative Class,” will look at questions such as the value of creative industries in the Bahamas, the support the creative class in the Bahamas receives from the private and public sectors, and how to grow innovation in the country, among other topics.

Panelists will include Winston Rolle, CEO of the Bahamas Chamber of Commerce and Employers’ Federation, Pam Burnside, Co-Founder of Doongalik Studios, Amanda Coulson, director of the NAGB, Pamela Coke-Hamilton, executive director of the Caribbean Export Development Agency and Caribbean Journal Founder Alexander Britell.

For more information, see Dean’s recent Caribbean Journal Op-Ed on developing entrepreneurship in the Bahamas.

TMG* Talks
National Art Gallery of the Bahamas
Thursday, Aug. 23
6:30-8:30PM

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