Season's Greetings

As 2008 draws to a close, I wish to thank all of our readers, contributors and partners for your support for the ARC Centre of Excellence for Creative Industries and Innovation.

It is a cliche, but it has been a busy year for the Centre. The ARC conducted its mid term review coincident with an extension bid in October. We held what is planned to be our biggest event of our five year funding cycle - a large international conference Creating Value: between Commerce and Commons - in June. Many major publications came out this year, showing the maturation of several research projects. Our public profile was high, especially around the interest created by themes and speakers at Creating Value. The work on open content licensing was prominently taken up in venturous australia, the report of the Review of the National Innovation System (chaired by CCI's Chairperson Dr Terry Cutler). Our first international node was established and launched - at City University in London.

On behalf of all Centre investigators and staff, I wish you a restful break and renewed energy for the coming year!

Stuart Cunningham, Director CCI

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