Create Converge

Programme 2014 - 2020 INTERREG VB North Sea

Date of latest update: 2025-08-16

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Description (EN):

Turning light into knowledge. The Hollywood movie “Interstellar” has seen calls from eminent science journals for this to be shown in schools. Why? Because top scientists say it accurately shows wormholes in space. The partners in Create Converge are celebrating this news because more importantly, its a story of creative technology working in partnership with science - not just for entertainment. So The project is all about getting visualisation and games tech to work together and work with sectors from architecture to science. It brings together partners in four countries of the North Sea Region and taps into their wider networks to deliver on the promise of converging creative technologies (CCTs). Encompassing animation, visualisation, visual effects, virtual reality and games, these tools can be used to explore, interpret and present content and information. Beyond entertainment, they offer applications for all kinds of sectors and markets - medicine, industry, architecture - for training, service delivery and marketing.CC wants to strengthen and increase the existing capacity of NSR companies and organisations, improve service and systems and contribute towards the NSR as an internationally recognised hub for CCT services.Across the NSR, the project will benefit production service companies operating in CCT, foster cooperation with different sectors, and benefit organisations working in those sectors with tools so they can better show, tell and sell.

Achievements (EN):

Back to the Future We started Create Converge with some inspiration from Hollywood movie “Interstellar” set in the future because it accurately visualised wormholes in space. So now we come to a story of the 1990’s, the Netflix series “Billion Dollar Code” based on the story of company ART+COM that created Terravision. Then along came Google Earth. For us these are about convergence bringing art and computer coding together so we can virtually see and experience the world. Our key message is to use creative, digital and tech to show tell and sell; so for applications like service delivery, training and marketing (and also entertainment). 9 partners in 5 countries have worked together and engaged with more than 70,000 people so they Connect, Collaborate, Learn and Reach Out. The global pandemic has brought into sharp focus contrasting experiences of and impacts on the creative, digital and technology sectors. Let’s code that into C/D/T! On one hand, many aspects of global and national economies were already being transformed by C/D/T. On the other, it was reported to the European Commission and European Parliament in 2021 that Europe’s cultural and creative sector had been hit harder by the pandemic than every other industry except aviation. Sector revenues fell by over 30% compared to 2019 and contrasts with tourism losing 27% of revenues. (GESAC/EY). Deloitte reports that the technology sector has also been impacted with disruption to the electronics value chain, and causing an inflationary risk on products but contrasts this with the acceleration of remote working and potential carbon emission reductions. It is true that certain digital sectors have benefitted such as computer games. The good news is that the North Sea Region still has extensive and significant C/D/T strengths and assets, a strong university base and is building on new opportunities such as 5G. Watch our report CC-The Upshot. Pre-pandemic, the creative digital industries accounted for €643b of EU turnover, 4.4% of employment - over 7m jobs, more than 8 times that of telecommunications. It’s worth remembering that the member countries of the North Sea Region plus Norway and the UK account for almost 60% of EU GDP and have a significant C/D/T sector. Translating by this measure means over €380b turnover and 4m jobs. The above report says the sectors have “a key role to play in the recovery of each European nation once the pandemic is over” and says the EU and states should maximise support. This has also shone a light on industry ready skills and sustainability through engaging with skills and sectors beyond core competencies. Adapting to new technologies is essential for innovation, long term sustainability, economic growth and societal benefits. In contrast to project that are purely policy or research, but complimentary and vital is the economic and social development agenda of the Interreg programme as delivered by organisations such as the European Union North Sea Region. This has guided and supported the work and results of Create Converge. So how have we done? 100 industry events hosted (not even counting all the monthly and weekly events in Denmark, Sweden, Germany and the UK) and more than 60 attended. 2 books, one on fashion and digital and the other "Storytelling beyond the Screen" both in collaboration with industry. 1 Transnational Lab in England, Denmark, Sweden and Scotland 17,000 companies mapped 1 Network Platform in our website 10 demonstrators of VR/AR covering sectors like space research, fashion, architecture and healthcare and one for visualisation of the creative industries using VR. 50 SMEs helped with new approaches. And so on to the future!

Website: http://www.northsearegion.eu/

Thematic information

New products and services SME and entrepreneurship

Specific Objective: Develop new or improved knowledge partnerships between businesses, knowledge institutions, public administrations and end users with a view to long-term cooperation (post project) on developing products and services

Thematic Objective: (01) strengthening research, technological development and innovation by:

Investment Priority:

(01b) promoting business investment in R&I, developing links and synergies between enterprises, research and development centres and the higher education sector, in particular promoting investment in product and service development, technology transfer, social innovation, eco-innovation, public service applications, demand stimulation, networking, clusters and open innovation through smart specialisation, and supporting technological and applied research, pilot lines, early product validation actions, advanced manufacturing capabilities and first production, in particular in key enabling technologies and diffusion of general purpose technologies

Partners (9)

Lead Partner: Dundee City Council

Address: Dundee House, 50 North Lindsay Street, DD1 1QE Dundee, United Kingdom

Legal status: public

Website: http://www.dundeecity.gov.uk

Total budget: EUR 393 449.00

ERDF budget: EUR 196 724.00

Subatomic

Name: Subatomic

Address: Nes 96, 1012KE Amsterdam, Netherlands

Legal status: private

Website: http://www.subatomic.nl

Total budget: EUR 122 600.00

ERDF budget: EUR 61 300.00

Abertay University

Name: Abertay University

Address: Kydd Building, Bell St, DD1 1HG Dundee, United Kingdom

Legal status: public

Website: http://www.abertay.ac.uk

Total budget: EUR 351 772.00

ERDF budget: EUR 175 886.00

FFHSH - FilmFörderung Hamburg Schleswig-Holstein GmbH

Name: FFHSH - FilmFörderung Hamburg Schleswig-Holstein GmbH

Address: Friedensallee 14-16, 22765 Hamburg, Germany

Legal status: public

Website: http://www.ffhsh.de

Total budget: EUR 248 998.00

ERDF budget: EUR 124 499.00

Filmby Aarhus

Name: Filmby Aarhus

Address: Filmbyen 23, 1. sal, 8000 Aarhus C Aarhus, Denmark

Legal status: public

Website: http://www.filmbyaarhus.dk

Total budget: EUR 453 523.00

ERDF budget: EUR 226 761.00

Media Evolution

Name: Media Evolution

Address: Stora Varvsgatan 6A, 211 19 Gothenburg, Sweden

Legal status: private

Website: http://www.mediaevolution.se

Total budget: EUR 289 850.00

ERDF budget: EUR 144 925.00

Screen South

Name: Screen South

Address: The Wedge 75-81 Tontine Street, CT20 1JT Folkestone, United Kingdom

Legal status: private

Website: http://www.screensouth.org

Total budget: EUR 539 551.00

ERDF budget: EUR 269 775.00

University of Hertfordshire

Name: University of Hertfordshire

Address: University of Hertfordshire, AL10 9AB Welwyn Garden City, United Kingdom

Legal status: public

Website: http://www.herts.ac.uk

Total budget: EUR 516 416.00

ERDF budget: EUR 258 208.00

VIA University College

Name: VIA University College

Address: Filmbyen 2, 3 sal tv, DK-8000 Arhus C Aarhus, Denmark

Legal status: public

Website: http://www.viauc.com

Total budget: EUR 328 670.00

ERDF budget: EUR 164 335.00

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Subatomic

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Dundee City Council

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Abertay University

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FFHSH

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Filmby Aarhus

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Media Evolution

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Screen South

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University of Hertfordshire

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VIA University College

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Summary

Project name (EN): Create Converge

Project acronym: CC

Project start date: 2015-10-01

Project end date: 2021-07-31

Project status: closed

Total budget/expenditure: EUR 3 244 829.00

Total EU funding (amount): EUR 1 622 413.00

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Documents

Documents on this project are listed below, and organised by category. Please note field "Data source", attached to each document. Keep.eu users are free to use these documents as long as they mention the data source and keep.eu.

Books

Fashion Film & Transmedia - an anthology of knowledge and practice

Attachment type: file

Type of document: Book

Data source: https://northsearegion.eu/create-converge/output-library/

Publication date: 2020-09-30

Document date: 2017-01-31

Languages: en

Attachment file: Download

Storytelling Beyond the Screen - Creating Narratives For Immersive And Interactive Spaces

Attachment type: file

Type of document: Book

Data source: https://northsearegion.eu/create-converge/output-library/

Publication date: 2020-09-30

Document date: 2019-12-31

Languages: en

Attachment file: Download

Reports

Events Report - Period 3

Attachment type: file

Type of document: Report

Data source: https://northsearegion.eu/create-converge/output-library/

Publication date: 2020-09-30

Document date: 2018-02-28

Languages: en

Attachment file: Download

Events Report - Period 4

Attachment type: file

Type of document: Report

Data source: https://northsearegion.eu/create-converge/output-library/

Publication date: 2020-09-30

Document date: 2018-11-30

Languages: en

Attachment file: Download

Work Package 5 Learn Report-a

Attachment type: file

Type of document: Report

Data source: https://northsearegion.eu/create-converge/output-library/

Publication date: 2020-09-30

Document date: 2018-11-30

Languages: en

Attachment file: Download

Events & Publications Report - Period 5

Attachment type: file

Type of document: Report

Data source: https://northsearegion.eu/create-converge/output-library/

Publication date: 2020-09-30

Document date: 2019-05-31

Languages: es

Attachment file: Download

Events Report - 6

Attachment type: file

Type of document: Report

Data source: https://northsearegion.eu/create-converge/output-library/

Publication date: 2020-09-30

Document date: 2019-11-30

Languages: en

Attachment file: Download

Presentations

Events Report 6 - Screen South

Attachment type: file

Type of document: Presentation

Data source: https://northsearegion.eu/create-converge/output-library/

Publication date: 2020-09-30

Document date: 2019-11-07

Languages: en

Attachment file: Download

Events Report 6 - subatomic

Attachment type: file

Type of document: Presentation

Data source: https://northsearegion.eu/create-converge/output-library/

Publication date: 2020-09-30

Document date: 2019-09-19

Languages: en

Attachment file: Download

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Financing programme

2014 - 2020 INTERREG VB North Sea

Last month that data in keep.eu was retrieved from the Programme's website or received from the Programme

2023-02-14

No. of projects in keep.eu / Total no. of projects (% of projects in keep.eu)

73 / 73 (100%)

No. of project partnerships in keep.eu / Total no. of project partnerships (% of project partnerships in keep.eu)

871 / 871 (100%)

Notes on the data

Information provided by the Programme. Achievements were retrieved by Interact from the Programme website (http://www.northsearegion.eu/), or a website directly linked from it, on 2021-09-20 and 2023-01-12.

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