Roy van Dalm helps cities and regions define economic and cultural strategies. Through workshops, seminars and dialogue tables Roy guides city and regional authorities, cultural institutions and development boards in defining an authentic and competitive identity.

Roy worked with the Richard Florida Creativity Group for 3 years. Currently he is working with Charles Landry on the roll out of an in-depth creativity index for cities. Roy van Dalm is a senior lecturer at HAN University of Applied Sciences, a research fellow of ARCCI and guest lecturer at over 10 universities and academies.

Roy has published a new article on the Identity of Cities for the Future Cities Forum in Ostrava, Czech Republic. Ídentity as a Weapon in the Competition of Cities has appeared on the new www.futurecitiesforum.com.

Together with business partner Meetin (www.meetin.eu), Roy is currently developing study- and inspirationtrips to European Smart Cities. In development are:

- a 3-day citybranding trip to Berlin

- a 3-day trip on creativity and cooperation to Helsinki

- a 2-day trip on transformation and culture to the Ruhr Area

URL (to be released soon): www.smartcities.nl