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The Creative Places and Spaces conference continued for a second day Friday, exploring how collaboration can foster innovation and lead to breakthroughs in city-building. Also, there were rhythmic gymnasts.

Creative Place and Spaces is an occasional conference (it was held once in 2003, once in 2005, and is being held again right now) that brings together an assortment of thinkers to discuss how creativity can help shape and improve our cities. In case you couldn't manage to make it out yourself, we thought we'd give you a bit of a play-by-play.

CITIES: Artscape, MaRS, the Martin Prosperity Institute, and the City of Toronto have collaborated to create the Creative Places + Spaces conference (on today and tomorrow)—apropos, since this year’s theme is all about the power of creative collaboration. The conference begins this morning with two very exciting keynote speeches: Richard Florida discussing the collaborative city and the global shifts that are shaping future economies, and Sir Ken Robinson presenting ways of making collaboration a habit to ensure successful innovation. The two will then sit down together for a panel discussion. The day closes with an hour-long schmooze session reception. The Carlu (444 Yonge Street, 7th floor); 9 a.m.–6:30 p.m.; $350 (full day package), $150 (student full package), $95 ("Brown Bag" pass—balcony only).