Finnish angry bird chirps at hottest UK-Baltic-Nordic creative industries conference

Where do creative companies find new forms of expression in the digital age? What support services do they need in order to grow? Discussing these issues will be guest speakers from Skype (Estonia), Rovio (Finland - creators of Angry Birds) and the rapidly growing British company Audioboo. Also attending will be such experienced investors as Jenny Tooth from the Angel Capital Group and analysts including Jeremy Silver, who will be discussing the changes that have taken place in creative industry policies and business models over time.

Stein Bjelland from Norway, one of the keynote speakers at the event, will be explaining how his company Great Moments is recruiting and refining musical talent. Anna Hildur Hildibrandsdottir from Icelandic Music Exports will be running a workshop in which she will be providing advice on how to hold on to the clients and customers you have won.

In addition to Ville Heijari from Rovio, Stein Bjelland and Anna Hildur Hildibrandsdottir, the Nordic Council of Ministers' Office in Estonia has invited a number of creative business operators from the Nordic countries to attend Creative Hotspots and Tallinn Music Week, including Alex McNeil from Iceland's innovative music store GogoYoko and Trond Torness from Norway's Phonofile.

The programme for the event includes presentations, case studies and workshops which will provide the audience with knowledge and sound advice. Creative companies will be represented from all three Baltic States, the Nordic countries, the United Kingdom and more.

Hede-Kerstin Luik (director of the Estonian office of the British Council) and Berth Sundström (director of the Nordic Council of Ministers' Office in Estonia) will be presenting a summary of the topics discussed during Creative Hotspots at the Tallinn Music Week 2011 seminar to be held on 25 March.

Creative Hotspots is being organised by the British Council in association with the Nordic Council of Ministers' Office in Estonia and Tallinn Music Week. Cooperation within the creative industries is one of the key areas in which the Nordic Council of Ministers operates. It is a sector of the economy that is based on culture, creativity, skills and talent, which together generate welfare and jobs in society through intellectual ownership. Design, fashion, food culture, tourism, music, film industry, media, the virtual world, festivals, theatre and literature all represent the creative industries, which is one of the fastest growing economic sectors in the world today.