PRESS NOTE 02.12.2009 THE DIRECTOR OF LABoral TO PARTICIPATE IN THE WORKING DAY “PERSPECTIVAS Y RETOS DE LA INDUSTRIA AUDIOVISUAL EN ASTURIAS” IT WILL BE HELD TOMORROW, THURSDAY, IN EL CENTRO DE INTEGRAL DE FORMACIÓN PROFESIONAL, COMUNICACIÓN, IMAGEN Y SONIDO DE LANGREO. Tomorrow, Thursday, December 3, the Director of LABoral, Rosina GómezBaeza, will participate in the working day "Perspectivas y Retos de la Industria Audiovisual Asturiana" ["Perspectives and Challenges of the Asturian Audiovisual Industry"] to be held in El Centro de Integral de Formación Profesional, Comunicación, Imagen y Sonido de Langreo (CISLAN). Organised by La Asociación de Empresas de Producción Audiovisual de Asturias (AEPA), this working day will examine the audiovisual sector in Asturias through lectures and discussions on issues such as audiovisual clusters, the role of digital television and new technologies and cultural industries. Rosina Gómez-Baeza will participate in the round table discussion that will analyse cultural industries as elements of innovation and creativity, presenting LABoral as a space adapted perfectly to the most current of today's art manifestations: the intersection between society, art, science and technology. According to its Director, the activity programme of El Centro de Arte y Creación Industrial in Gijón will help to configure the information society and stimulate creativity through technological tools and networking. Other participants in the discussion will include Marichu Corugedo, Director of the Film Commission of Asturias, Rosa Garnacho, President of the Asociación de Compañías Profesionales de Teatro y Danza de Asturias (ACPTA) and Xavier Marcé, Director of Libro Blanco de las Industrias Culturales. The working day "Perspectivas y Retos de la Industria Audiovisual Asturiana" will be inuagurated by the Minister of Public Administration of the Principality of Asturias, Ana Rosa Migoya, the Deputy Mayor of Langreo, María Fernández, the President of La Federación Asturiana de Empresarios (FADE), Severino García Vigón, the Presidente of La Cámara de Comercio de Gijón, Luis Arias de Velasco and the President of AEPA, José Luis GarcíaBericua. LABoral Centro de Arte y Creación Industrial. Los Prados, 121, 33394 Gijón - Asturias. T. +34 985 185 577. F. +34 985 337 355 info@laboralcentrodearte.org. www.laboralcentrodearte.org 1