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New Champions City Series 2012-2013 | LA Creates • 17 October 2013 • Los Angeles, California

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New Champions Cities Series: LA CreatesNick Kislinger, the Education Initiative Director at the Entertainment Industry Foundation and Curator of the World Economic Forum’s Global Shaper Hub of Los Angeles, welcomed the group to the inaugural New Champion City Series event, LA Creates.

In addition to LA, the NCCS pilot series for The Forum will be holding events in Paris, Riyadh, Bangalore, Nairobi, New York, Seoul, Kazan, Russia, Santiago, and Sydney.

The Forum’s New Champions Communities consist of members from:• Young Global Leaders• Technology Pioneers• Global Growth Companies• Social Entrepreneurs• Global Shapers

This New Champions Cites Series is a local effort sponsored by The World Economic Forum intended to bring the New Champions Communities together with local leaders to consider and work on key issues facing 21st Century Cities.

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Spotlight Speakers The Creative EconomyThe New Champions Cities Series in LA focused on understanding and connecting the diverse network of people and organizations that make up the local Los Angeles Creative Economy.

The group focused their work on the following four topic areas.

• Job Creation - Keith McNutt• Creative Place Making - Tyler Stonebreaker• Sustainability - Matt Peterson• Technology & Innovation - Krisztinea “Z” Holly

Spotlight Speakers shared brief introductions and overviews of challenges and opportunities in each of the four topic areas. Focus groups then engaged in creative problem solving to help define issues and determine creative solutions that will help lead LA forward.

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Key Note Speakers After hearing a brief summary of the event Los Angeles Mayor Eric Garcetti and Professor Klaus Schwab offered their insights on the NCCS LA Creates Event and the future of our cities.

Mayor Garcetti encouraged the group to not rely exclusively on technology, but also be determined to have the will and courage to work for the future of the communities we live in because, “the way forward is local.”

Professor Schwab brought an international perspective to the event. In his estimation countries and cities in the future will be less categorized as “developed” or “developing,” and more often identified as “high innovation” and “low innovation” cities and regions.

He stressed that Los Angeles and California could not flourish while the rest of the world struggles and suffers. California has a message to bring to the world: You can do it, and the core of it is entrepreneurism, ingenuity.

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