Cross-Party Group on Creative Economy rd 23 February 2022 Approved Minutes MSPs Present: Claire Baker MSP (Convener), Jenni Minto MSP (Deputy Convener) Claire Adamson MSP, Sharon Dowey MSP, Michael Marra MSP, Andrej Ninkovic policy officer for Foysol Choudhry MSP CPG Members and Guests: Malath Abbas (Biome Collective), Adam Adnyana (Equity Trade Union), Brian Baglow (Scottish Games Network), Anzal Baig (Creative Dundee), Anne Bender (Curio Softworks), Lisa Bennett (Dimoso), Rosario Blue, Rachael Brown (Future Economy Company), A BS, Brandon Cole (Into Games), Seb Downie-Blackwell (Remote Control Productions), Michael Gardiner (South of Scotland Enterprise), Mark Geddes (South of Scotland Enterprise), Clive Gillman (Creative Scotland), David Goutcher (Polybius Interactive), Gareth Griffiths (Untether Studio), Luci Holland, Chris Hunt (Re:Design), Jennifer Hunter (Culture Counts), Conor Joseph (RNIB Scotland), Ewa Kaminska (KaminskaWorks), Stephen Knox (University of Dundee), Orchid Liu (UK Chinese Times), Daniel Livingstone (Glasgow School of Art), Aly Low (Scottish Games Developers Association), Barbie Lyon (Stellar Quines Theatre Company), Colin Macdonald (Game Jobs Live), David Martin (Skills Development Scotland), Jess McBeath (Jess Digital), Bryan McDowall (Scottish Game Developers Association), James Oliver (Dundee and Angus College), Ruth Oliver (Creative Informatics, University of Edinburgh), Caroline Parkinson (Edinburgh Futures Institute), Joseph Peach (Culture Counts), Morgan Petrie (Creative Scotland), Emma Picken (Be United), Tami R, Andy Robertson (Culture Counts), Stephan Schueritz, Gavin Smyth (Invest Glasgow, Glasgow City Council), Étáin Sweeney (Help Musicians), Matthew Ward (University of Dundee), Marcus Young-Smith (Curio Softworks) 1 Welcome Claire Baker MSP (convener) welcomed attendees to the meeting 2 Group Purpose Claire introduced the purpose of the Creative Economy Group To exchange ideas and learning around the development and support of the future creative economy.