Creative Partnerships Conference
About Creative Partnerships Conference
The Creative Partnerships Conference is Scotland’s flagship conference, centring Black creatives and celebrating artists from other underrepresented backgrounds and their allies. This Be United programme delivers a series of vibrant, high-impact national events where art, industry and inclusion meet.
Building from our four Micro CPC events, we are proud to announce that our Main Creative Partnership Conference event is returning this October!
📍15th and 16th October, the Advanced Research Centre (ARC), Glasgow.
Upcoming Event
A two day Creative Partnerships Conference event is coming 15-16 October.
Why Attend?
If you are a Black creative or an industry professional, this is the room to be in. Whether you’re an artist looking to build connections or an industry stakeholder seeking collaboration, Creative Partnerships is where your next steps begin.
Funder
Creative Scotland is the public body that supports the arts, screen, and creative industries across all parts of Scotland on behalf of everyone who lives, works, or visits here. Creative Scotland enables people and organisations to work in and experience the arts, screen, and creative industries in Scotland by helping others to develop great ideas and bring them to life. They distribute funding from the Scottish Government and The National Lottery.
Media Partner
The List is a multi-award winning free arts, culture and events magazine that has been helping Glasgow and Edinburgh residents ‘get a life’ since 1985 and offers the UK’s largest events website. After nearly closing its doors in 2020 due to the pandemic, the magazine fully relaunched in March 2022 under the newly formed List Publishing Ltd, thanks to new investment and a successful crowdfunding campaign. The List won Best Relaunch at the 2023 PPA Awards and then went on to add international publishing to its list of accolades with the introduction of the award-winning Adelaide Summer Festivals Guide and The List Adelaide Winter Festivals Guide. It continues to grow its events arm with ListLive, The List Festival Awards and the award-nominated List Festival Party and Hot 100 events.
We’re proud to partner with The List to amplify the voices of creatives and share our opportunities with an even wider audience!
Sponsors
BECTU Vision is a skills hub supporting film and television freelancers by providing training and industry development initiatives to make Scotland’s productions safer, fairer, and greener. BECTU Vision is funded by Screen Scotland, BFI, BBC, and Scottish Union Learning, in partnership with BECTU.
Based in BBC Scotland’s Glasgow headquarters and in Leith in Edinburgh—NFTS Scotland delivers the National Film and Television School’s world-class training across the region. Their portfolio spans innovative short courses, certificates, diplomas, and tailored training designed to nurture the breadth of local talent.
A key highlight is the Sean Connery Talent Lab, now recruiting for its fourth cohort. This transformative 12-month development programme is becoming a cornerstone of Scottish cinema by supporting emerging filmmakers with diverse perspectives. Over the course of the year, participants develop their craft, culminating in an industry-showcased short film and an NFTS Diploma in Filmmaking.
DYW West Lothian connects local employers with schools and young people across West Lothian to help build the future workforce the region needs. They make it easy for businesses to get involved from apprenticeships and work experience to career talks and mentoring by handling the school-side admin and helping employers find what works for them. Their focus is simple: real support for real businesses and young people, creating opportunities that benefit both.
ScreenSkills is the industry-led strategic skills body for the UK screen industries. As experts in career development for the screen sector, they offer a portfolio of training, programmes, events, free e-learning and other career resources to support the development of technical and professional skills across all career stages and for people from every background in every Nation and region.
They use research and data to identify skills gaps and shortages which informs the investment in high-quality and inclusive training programmes made by their five Skills Funds: animation, children’s TV, film, high-end TV and unscripted TV. Their policy and advocacy work is focused on delivering change to support the UK’s skilled screen workforce and industry. ScreenSkills is one part of an ecosystem that supports a world-leading, inclusive and agile workforce now and for the future. They work collaboratively with broadcasters, studios, streamers, production companies and other organisations across all sectors to power the skills needed to drive the long-term success of the UK’s screen industries.
Creative Partnerships Conference 2026 Micro Events
Discover the rest of the 2026 programme.
Industry Opportunities
Want to be part of the Creative Partnerships Conference 2026 events as an exhibitor or partner?
This is your opportunity to engage directly with the creative industry, showcase your work, and build meaningful connections with fellow professionals.
Here’s what our partners say about collaborating with us:
To explore sponsorship opportunities, please contact [email protected].
