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Re-Designing the Conference

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imageView from the 2015 Cultures-Based Innovation Symposium at the Banff Centre in Alberta, Canada.Elizabeth Tunstall

I recently concluded the Americas Cultures-Based Innovation (CBI) Symposium, co-hosted by the Banff Centre in Calgary, Canada. Being the third time that I have co-organised a CBI Symposium, I now know that the design of its structure...

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