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Vivid Ideas

Vivid Sydney 2012 will feature Vivid Ideas, an 18-day program of public and industry events that will focus on creative ideas, discussion and collaboration, between May 25 and June 11.

The new Vivid Ideas Exchange, located at the Museum of Contemporary Art, will host an industry curated program and will be the creative hub of Vivid Sydney where technology, art and commerce will intersect.

Vivid Ideas will connect Australia's creative industries with global leaders and emerging talent in over 100 events, more than double the creative industry events of previous years, covering topics from electronic gaming to fashion to film and design to publishing, architecture and photography.

This year's program will consist of a selection of international keynote talks, information sessions and discussion panels all open to the public and industry only events including conferences, workshops, networking and fundraisers. The public program includes a range of free and ticketed events priced from $15 to $30 going on sale from Thursday, March 22.

Highlights from the program include keynote talks from Cory Doctorow, author and co-founder of world famous weblog Boing Boing; Chad Dickerson, CEO of Etsy; UK fashion talent Henry Holland, from House of Holland, Jake Nickell, founder of Threadless and an appearance by VICE founder and CEO Shane Smith.

Other exciting additions are a partnership with the Sydney Film Festival; the Etsy Success Sydney microbusiness conference; ABC Rage 25th anniversary exhibition at CarriageWorks; and a direction-setting think tank with 120 invited industry leaders on building the creative economy in NSW.

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