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03/05/2017
'Cartoon Business' Conference To Take Place In Belfast
A conference, designed to help animation companies identify new sources of funding, is being held in Belfast for the second time .
'Cartoon Business', which takes place from 09 – 11 May, is one of four annual events organised by CARTOON, the European Association of Animation Film.
The two-and-half day conference regularly attracts around 250 European animation professionals and addresses topics around sources of financing and how producers can increase revenues from their animated TV series. Public and private funding, new business models, licensing, merchandising and legal issues are also explored to allow professionals to capitalise on their investment and maximise opportunities for economic return.
Cartoon Finance has been running for more than 20 years and has taken place in many cities around Europe including Dublin, Utrecht, Paris and Barcelona with great success. It previously was hosted in Belfast in 2013.
Councillor Aileen Graham, Chair of Belfast City Council's City Growth and Regeneration Committee, who will officially open the conference, said: "As with most cities around the world, global economic conditions have and continue to impact significantly on our local business, communities and residents and we have set ourselves the challenge to do what we can to battle this recession.
"Supporting the development of the city and its local businesses is a role Belfast City Council take seriously and this is no more evident than in our support for the development of the creative industries, which has been and still very much is, a key focus in our economic development plans.
"As a city, we are fortunate to have a young population, a highly skilled workforce and a plethora of creative SMEs making their mark in the global media industry. Whether it be the creation of groundbreaking children’s television programming from Sixteen South and Jam Media to state of the art animation and visual FX from Inlifesize and Enter Yes, Belfast is home to a new breed of creative entrepreneurs."
'Cartoon Business', which takes place from 09 – 11 May, is one of four annual events organised by CARTOON, the European Association of Animation Film.
The two-and-half day conference regularly attracts around 250 European animation professionals and addresses topics around sources of financing and how producers can increase revenues from their animated TV series. Public and private funding, new business models, licensing, merchandising and legal issues are also explored to allow professionals to capitalise on their investment and maximise opportunities for economic return.
Cartoon Finance has been running for more than 20 years and has taken place in many cities around Europe including Dublin, Utrecht, Paris and Barcelona with great success. It previously was hosted in Belfast in 2013.
Councillor Aileen Graham, Chair of Belfast City Council's City Growth and Regeneration Committee, who will officially open the conference, said: "As with most cities around the world, global economic conditions have and continue to impact significantly on our local business, communities and residents and we have set ourselves the challenge to do what we can to battle this recession.
"Supporting the development of the city and its local businesses is a role Belfast City Council take seriously and this is no more evident than in our support for the development of the creative industries, which has been and still very much is, a key focus in our economic development plans.
"As a city, we are fortunate to have a young population, a highly skilled workforce and a plethora of creative SMEs making their mark in the global media industry. Whether it be the creation of groundbreaking children’s television programming from Sixteen South and Jam Media to state of the art animation and visual FX from Inlifesize and Enter Yes, Belfast is home to a new breed of creative entrepreneurs."
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