July 9-10, 2025
Hamilton ,ON, CANADA
2025 Conference Guest Speakers
Creuza Borges
Caryn Green
CEO @ Sibikiwa Arts Centre -- South Africa
Director @ Circuito do Teatro Em Português - Brazil
Valentina Gianni
Director @ Serenata A Festival of Women in the Arts - Mozambique
Zab Maboungou
Director @ Nyata-Nyata Dance Company - Canada
Ana Queirozz
Executive Director @ CPLP - Americas Creative Industries Conference & Showcase -Mozambique
Professional Development & Exchange
Our Mission
Through the development of a network and an exchange program that will expand skills and opportunities for scholars and professionals in the creative industry, we are fostering new collaborations between experts and academics from the Americas, Southern Africa, and Portuguese-speaking African countries (PALOP). These initiatives are brought to life through the organization of Creative Industry Conferences and Artistic Residencies in both the Americas and Southern Africa.
The Conferences
Our goal is to inspire reflection while continuing to offer the best of our abilities to enrich intercontinental cultural dialogue. Through this questioning, we aim to generate collaborations between academic institutions, creative industry organizations, researchers, and artists from the Americas and Southern Africa.
Artist in Residencyidence
Call for Submission
Breaking Through Southern Africa and the Americas
The Conferences
July 9-10, 2025
BIPOC Creative Industries Conference & Festival
Hamilton, Canada
September 15-16, 2025
Canada/Brasil/PALOPs
The Exchange Conference
São Paulo, Brazil
December 9-14, 2025
CPLP-AMERICA
Creative Industries Conference & Showcase
Inhambane, Mozambique
Our partners
Come Join Us
@ Hamilton World Music Festival 2025
July 11-13, 2035
COPPS PIER PARK - FREE ADMISSION