This presentation will discuss the role that cultural and creative industries may play in helping the BRICS contribute to global governance in times of change, by focusing on international cultural cooperation among the BRICS and towards other countries. It aims at raising debate on the possible content of a future common BRICS agenda on culture, cultural diversity and the creative economy, founded on the 2005 UNESCO Convention on the Protection and Promotion of the Diversity of Cultural Expressions and taking full account of the challenges and opportunities brought by the digital economy with respect to cultural diversity.

Our 2020 Annual Conference was scheduled to be held at the University of Wrocław in Poland on July 9-11, 2020.
Due to the COVID-19 pandemic, the ICON·S Executive Committee has decided to postpone our 2020 Conference to 2021. Our next Annual Conference will take place from July 8-10, 2021, in Wrocław, Poland.
Procedural details regarding the organization of the 2021 Conference will follow in the months ahead.
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