Programme 18 – 20 November 2015

1 Contents

5 Welcome and Introduction

7 Vision and Values

9 Ethos

10 Programme

16 Participants

56 Speakers

61 Governance and Operation

3 Welcome and Introduction

Welcome to London and to the 4th World We all recognise that capturing the full value Cities Culture Summit! of culture is hard because data alone doesn’t tell the full story. So we are continuing to build We are delighted to be hosting this year’s evidence about the many ways in which culture event in the city where the Forum was impacts on a world city and its inhabitants. launched during the London Olympic and Paralympic Games in 2012. Three years ago At this year’s summit we are delighted to be we were 9; this year we welcome 32 active launching the 2015 edition of our landmark members of the Forum, with new members publication The World Cities Culture Report. from Austin, Brussels, Dubai, Edinburgh, It is the most comprehensive report of its kind, Hamburg, Rome, San Francisco, Stockholm, showing that across the globe, culture is as Taipei, Vienna and Warsaw. important to the world city as finance and trade. This edition includes a new development The expanding membership shows the – a comprehensive international survey of importance of our agenda – that all global opinions from over 150 leaders in 30 cities. cities need to harness the potential of culture in order to thrive. Leadership is at the heart of what we do and we are beginning to develop the World The World Cities Culture Summit is a Cities Culture Leadership Programme and special event – collectively it brings together will share our early ideas with you during the most informed and influential group the next few days. of civic leaders for culture from around the world. All of you are putting culture at The World Cities Culture Summit also the heart of urban policy and finding new continues to evolve. Last year we looked at ways to make cities more vibrant, inclusive the policy challenges facing our host city and liveable. Amsterdam including city marketing, city wide events, regeneration, finance and education. Our goal is that over the next few days you We learned about the challenges that come will be inspired, examine common challenges about as a result of success and examined and learn from each others mistakes. strategies for ‘sustaining success’ through We will compare approaches to cultural cross-cutting policies and partnership. investment and development and together build the arguments to re-position culture This year we look again at the price of success in global cities. We will strengthen but this time using London as our starting relationships and make some new friends point. And we go one step further by focusing so that when you return to your city you will on one particular theme: sustainable and have a powerful network to draw on. inclusive growth. Agora by Richard Wentworth (commissioned by Bold Tendencies – Art Driving Regeneration). Photo © Quintin Lake.

5 Most of the world’s future economic and We have also created the space for you share Vision and Values population growth is going to take place ideas and particular challenges through in and around world cities – at a scale and smaller more informal sessions. In particular, speed never before experienced in history. we are experimenting with a new ‘Expo’ format where individual cities have a chance While economic and population growth in to present a challenge and seek responses particular brings unprecedented opportunity from their peers. for innovation and wealth creation, it also The World Cities Culture Forum is global allows city leaders to share ideas and presents huge challenges for the physical, Finally a big thank you to you, the participating leadership on culture. It can be summed knowledge about the role of culture as an environmental, social and economic fabric cities. The success of the World Cities up in four words. organising principle for the sustainable of these cities. This year’s Summit will take Culture Forum is dependent on your ideas, city of the future. This is supported by an a critical look at whether, where and how stories and passion. Leadership Evidence ongoing programme of themed symposia, culture fits into the future growth equation Global Collaboration Inspiration regional summits and policy workshops. of world cities. We invite you to contribute as fully and honestly as you can, to give us you continued Leadership Members learn from each other by examining This question is particularly acute for London feedback and most importantly to enjoy Our members are the most informed and common challenges and dilemmas and at present. London has been on a steady yourself here in London! influential group of cultural officials from comparing approaches to cultural investment path of economic and population growth around the world. They are finding new ways and development. We share our successes, for the last 20 years. But it comes at a price Justine Simons OBE, to make cities more vibrant, inclusive and learn from our mistakes and together build with growing disparities between rich and Chair, World Cities Culture Forum liveable. They are putting culture at the heart the arguments we need to re-position culture poor, booming property prices, an impending of urban policy. in global cities. housing crisis, and increasing pressure on Paul Owens, transport and other infrastructure. Amidst Managing Director, BOP Consulting It has grown rapidly since the 9 founder Evidence this, while sections of London’s cultural sector cities met in London in 2012 and now Evidence is essential if we are to achieve continue to thrive, others – especially those includes 32 members from leading cities our goal. But culture is hard to measure that support new talent – are under threat. around the world: in a way that does justice to the breadth and sophistication of its impact. So the programme will address the Amsterdam, Austin, Bogotá, Brussels, urgent questions that many global cities Buenos Aires, Dubai, Edinburgh, Hamburg, So we are building an evidence base are facing today: Hong Kong, Istanbul, London, Los Angeles, about the many and wide-ranging ways Madrid, Melbourne, Montréal, Moscow, in which culture impacts on a world city How to avoid becoming a victim of your New York, Paris, Rio de Janeiro, Rome, and its inhabitants. Because without own success? How to harness the benefits San Francisco, Seoul, Shanghai, Shenzhen, the hard evidence we can’t make hard of growth, whilst not pushing out innovation Singapore, Stockholm, Sydney, Taipei, Tokyo, arguments. The landmark World Cities and creativity? How to plan, manage Toronto, Vienna, Warsaw. Culture Report is at the heart of this. and finance the necessary infrastructure development to cope with the growth in Global collaboration It is the most comprehensive report of a fair and equitable way? We are a collaborative network of major its kind, showing that across the globe, cities seeking to advance the case for culture culture is as important to the world city across all areas of urban policy. as finance and trade. It shows that culture plays an integral role in shaping the world Once a year we come together for the World city’s identity, economy and public policy. Cities Culture Summit. Hosted on a rotating basis by member cities, this unique gathering

6 7 Our research agenda is constantly evolving and last year we produced a companion Ethos report examining impact through ‘transformation projects’ in world cities. Next we will examine financing models for culture across the globe.

Inspiration All around the world culture is having At the World Cities Culture Summit we We would like to remind all attendees an extraordinary and far reaching impact encourage a spirit of openness and honesty. that we work under Chatham House Rules. of cities and their people. The results We learn from both our mistakes and our This means that all participants are free are extensive and profound. From cinemas successes. And one of the main benefits of to use the information received, but neither in the Rio Favelas, workspace for artists in the Summit is the opportunity to hear about the identity nor the affiliation of speakers Toronto, cultural quarters in Moscow, tourism others members’ experiences in a truthful or participants may be revealed. This also in Amsterdam, urban renewal through street way, away from the pressure of media or extends to how we communicate about art in Bogota, Olympic legacy in London political scrutiny. the Summit via Twitter, Facebook and other and social circus in Buenos Aires. social media. Please ensure that you respect We want you to share the mistakes you the confidentiality of all participants in all We want everyone involved in city leadership have made, the challenges you have faced communications. – government, business, education, health – and the tactics you have used to overcome to understand the essential contribution obstacles. But to achieve an environment Finally, we encourage everyone to listen culture makes to prosperity and quality of where members feel safe enough to talk carefully. We come from all the corners life. We want the widest acknowledgement about their experiences we need everyone of the globe. Our passion for culture in our that in a globalised world, no city can be to respect confidentiality. cities binds us together. But there are also without it. many differences in our professional backgrounds, national cultures and political operating contexts – all of which influence the way we interpret the world and act within it. We encourage you to be mindful of these differences and learn from them. Have a wonderful Summit!

8 9 Wednesday 18 November 1:00pm – 2:00pm Lunch

9:50am – 11:00am 3:00pm – 4:45pm Opening and Welcome World Cities Culture Forum Expo Keynote Speech by Tamara Rojo, Artistic Director, English National Ballet Location: Tower of London

11:15am – 1:00 pm London Theme 1: Use it or Lose it: Putting Culture Jackie McNerney, Cultural Strategy at the heart of Urban Growth Manager and Allison Fan, Culture Diary Project Manager, City Hall Location: London’s Living Room, City Hall Using digital tools to better plan and promote Key questions: culture at home and abroad – Can world cities become a victim of their own success? How can they harness the What can we learn about how other cities plan benefits of growth, whilst not pushing out and promote their programmes at home and innovation and creativity? encourage export? – In what new ways is culture contributing to the social and economic growth of cities? Madrid – What is the role of culture in countering Ana Méndez de Andés, Architect and Urban the negative economic and environmental Planner, Madrid City Council and Jesús Programme effects of growth? Carrillo, Director of Programs and Cultural – What are the main threats to culture and Activities, Department of Culture and Sports, cultural development in World Cities? City of Madrid Keynote presentation followed by panel and Q&A. Developing cultural structures supporting social innovation in Madrid Moderator: Paul Owens, Director, World Cities Culture Forum; Managing Director, What kind of social innovation mechanisms BOP Consulting do world cities need to support to foster Keynote speaker: Diane Coyle OBE, Director, democratic and collective cultural production? Enlightenment Economics Montréal Panel 1 Daniel Bissonnette, Director, – Justine Simons OBE, Chair, World Cities Cinema – Festivals – Events, City of Montréal Culture Forum; Head of Culture, Mayor of London’s Office Dealing with the blurring line between culture – Edwin Torres, Acting Commissioner and the economy in Montréal of Cultural Affairs, City of New York – Clarisa Ruiz Correal, Secretary of Culture, With ‘culture and creative industries’ recognized Leisure and Sport, City of Bogota as key economic drivers (output, jobs, exports) in world cities, where does culture stand?

10 11 Moscow Warsaw Thursday 19 November 2:30pm Vladimir Filippov, Deputy Head, Moscow Tomasz Thun-Janowski, Director, Department Welcome by Jonathan Reekie, Director, Department of Culture of Culture, City of Warsaw and Jaroslaw Somerset House Trust Jóźwiak, Deputy President of City of Warsaw 10:00am – 12:00pm Encouraging young people to engage with Theme 2: Can we build it and who is it for? 2:35pm – 5:00pm Moscow’s cultural institutions Developing participatory mechanisms The challenges of planning and building Theme 3: Meeting of minds: does culture in cultural policy-making in Warsaw new cultural districts fuel tech-based growth and innovation? How can a world city interact with teenage citizens and attract them into its cultural life? How can world cities give their citizens Location: ArcelorMittal Orbit, Queen Elizabeth Location: Courtauld Institute of Art a bigger voice in the cultural policy making Olympic Park Paris Ile-de-France process? Key questions: Rachel Khan, Cultural Counsellor of the Key questions: – Is a vibrant cultural scene a precondition Governor of Paris Ile-de-France region 5:00pm – 5:45pm – Who are the key partners required around of technology-based growth? Private tour of Jewel House at Tower the table? How do you bring them there? – Are urban cultural quarters the new Facilitating cultural production and of London – How do you align different commercial, technology parks? consumption throughout the entire Paris community, cultural and commercial interests? – Do urban cultural quarters and tech hubs metropolitan territory 7:30pm – How do you reconcile different offer new models of sustainable, equitable Reception hosted by Munira Mirza, Deputy understandings of growth and value? growth? How to respond to the cultural accessibility Mayor for Education and Culture – What ‘soft’ infrastructures need to be put – Is tech growth actually a threat to a city’s challenge for young people living in the in place? How do you build on the history cultural life/cultural quarters? outskirts of the city? Location: Viewing Gallery, 69th Floor, of existing clusters and networks of creative – What strategies are cities adopting to The Shard people and businesses? encourage growth, whilst retaining spaces Shanghai Keynote presentation followed by panel for culture? Changyong Huang, Vice President, Shanghai 8:00pm and Q&A. Keynote presentation followed by panel Theatre Academy Welcome speech and launch of the World and Q&A Cities Culture Report 2015 Moderator: Kate Levin, Associate, Bloomberg Towards Shanghai’s new vision for a 2020 Philanthropies Moderator: Ekow Eshun, writer and Cultural Metropolis 10:00pm Keynote speaker: David Goldstone, Chief broadcaster Drinks reception ends Executive, London Legacy Development Keynote speaker: Eva Pascoe, Head of Retail How to ensure that privately funded and Corporation Futures, The Retail Practice commercial cultural activities contribute to the public and civic life of the city? Panel 2 Panel 3 – Alistair Spalding, Chief Executive, – Kajsa Ollongren, Deputy Mayor, Tokyo Sadler’s Wells Theatre Economic Affairs, Art and Culture, Kohei Torita, Senior Director for Culture – Martin Roth, Director, Victoria and City of Amsterdam Promotion Division, Tokyo Metropolitan Albert Museum – Tom de Caigny, Commissioner, Government Bureau of Citizens and Department of Cultural Affairs, Cultural Affairs 12:45pm – 1:45pm City and County of San Francisco Lunch – Yurong Huang, Director, Department of Presenting Tokyo 2015-2025 Vision for Arts Academic Research, Institute for Cultural & Culture 1:45pm – 2:30pm Industries, Shenzhen University; Penglin Private tour of highlights of the Courtauld Hu, Deputy Director of Department of How can cities raise awareness of their Gallery Project Development, Institute for Cultural cultural offer across the world? Industries, Shenzhen University

12 13 7:40pm – 8:00pm Friday 20 November – Amelia Tang, Deputy Director, Arts & Short guided tour of Kensington Palace Heritage Division, Ministry of Culture, Community and Youth and Sharon Chang, 8:00pm – 8:30pm 10:00am Deputy Director, Research Unit, Singapore Drinks reception Address by Boris Johnson, National Arts Council Mayor of London – Lynne Halfpenny, Director of Culture, City 8:30pm Strategy and Economy, City of Edinburgh Gala dinner 10:30am – 11:00am Council and Karl Chapman, General Guided walking tour from Manager, Usher Hall Location: King’s Drawing Room City Hall to Southwark Cathedral and Cupola Room, Kensington Palace Breakout 3: Financing models for culture: 11:10am World Cities Culture Finance Report 10:20pm Welcome by Rose Harding, Development roundtable Group photograph Director, Southwark Cathedral Moderator: Richard Naylor, Director, Research, BOP Consulting; Jonathan Todd, 10:30pm 11:30am – 1:00pm Chief Economist, BOP Consulting Gala dinner ends Breakout sessions Speakers: – Hae-Bo Kim, Head, Research & Location: Southwark Cathedral Development Team, Seoul Foundation for Arts and Culture Breakout 1: Location, location, location: how can culture survive the affordability crisis? 1:30pm Moderator: Tim Jones, CEO, Artscape Lunch Speakers: – Murray, Assistant Director – Planning. 2:30pm – 3:30pm Greater London Authority Closing remarks – Patrik Liljegren, Head of Cultural Strategic Unit, Cultural Administration, City of Stockholm – Jane Crawley, Manager Arts and Culture at City of Melbourne

Breakout 2: Killer arguments: how to move culture up the urban agenda? Moderator: Justine Simons OBE, Chair, World Cities Culture Forum; Head of Culture, Mayor of London’s Office Speakers: – Lori Martin, Senior Cultural Affairs Officer, Cultural Services, City of Toronto – Danielle Brazell, General Manager, City of Los Angeles Department of Cultural Affairs and Laura Zucker, Executive Director, Los Angeles County Arts Commission

14 15 AMSTERDAM a wide array of topics and projects, including the design of the City’s cultural development Kajsa Ollongren, strategies and major cultural developments Deputy Mayor for including the Stedelijk Museum Amsterdam Arts & Culture and and the City Theatre.marketing and PR, Economic Affairs, finance and human resource management. City of Amsterdam From 2001 until 2009 Max was the business director of Toneelgroep Amsterdam, the Kajsa Ollongren largest theatre company in the Netherlands. has more than 20 Besides working at the City of Amsterdam years of experience since 2009, Max teaches finance and in Dutch politics, entrepreneurship at the production including working for a number of different management department at Theaterschool ministries in The Hague. Her previous role Amsterdam, the City’s school for dramatic was as Secretary General at the Ministry arts. Since July 2014 Max is the director of General Affairs. She was the chairperson of the Housing Department of the City of the weekly consultation between the of Amsterdam. Secretary Generals, Coordinator of Intelligence & Security and the Prime Minister. She lives Araf Ahmadali, in Amsterdam, is married and has two Policy advisor for children. Her portfolio includes Economic Arts and Culture / Affairs, Art and Culture, Ports, Airport, Local World Cities Culture Media, Participation, Monuments, Business, Forum Associate, Participants Centre District. City of Amsterdam Olga Leijten, Araf Ahmadali is Director of the a policy advisor Department for Arts and Culture of Arts & Culture, at the City of Amsterdam, with experience City of Amsterdam in making policies on international cultural affairs, funding, entrepreneurship and Olga Leijten has creative industries and a passion for creative been the head of (and digital) innovation and music production. the Arts & Culture Araf was the project manager of the office of the City Amsterdam World Cities Culture Summit of Amsterdam since July 2014. Olga started 2014 and currently, as part of a secondment, working for the 2001 as a board advisor has joined the Mayor of London’s Culture for City of Amsterdam in several Aldermen Team as World Cities Culture Forum Associate. on different topics including for arts and culture (including the privatization of the City Arts & Culture office of the City Theatre, the Stedelijk Museum Amsterdam of Amsterdam and the Amsterdam Museum), education, youth affairs and civil assimilation. She joined The Arts & Culture office is responsible the Arts & Culture office in 2007 focusing on for the City’s local, national and international

16 17 cultural policies with an annual budget of the visual and performing arts, to literature, BRUSSELS the City Brussels in April 2015. His mission €135 million. Its main objectives include: music, art education and new technologies. is to advise the office of the Alderwoman – The strategic development, implementation Clarisa has been cultural attaché of Laurent Delvaux, for Culture and to help translate on the field and evaluation of the City’s arts and Colombia in France, Director of the Santa Fe Advisor to the the cultural policies of the City of Brussels. culture policies; Gallery, Deputy Director of the Iberoamerican Director of Culture, Denis Laurent is also Professor at the – Granting subsidies to cultural Theater Festival, Deputy Director of the City of Brussels graduate and post-graduate school of art institutions via the Plan for the Arts National Theatre, Director of the Academy and design ENSAV La Cambre and a (146 in 2013–2016); of Arts in Bogota (ASAB), and Director of Arts Laurent Delvaux contributor to L’Art Même, the publication – Granting subsidies to the Amsterdam Public of the Ministry of Culture. She also served has been the chief of the Visual Arts department of the Library, the Public Broadcasting Company as Deputy Manager of Focine, and taught in advisor of the Wallonia-Brussels Federation. Before joining of Amsterdam, the Amsterdam Fund for the area of Cultural Management in the Actor Alderwoman for the City of Brussels, he was for many years the Arts and the Amsterdam Expert Centre Training Program of the Teatro Libre and Culture of the City of the executive manager of an internationally for Cultural Education (Mocca); the ASAB. She has been manager of several Brussels Karine Lalieux since 2012. As such, active contemporary dance organisation, – The development and maintenance associations and foundations to promote he supports her as the key initiator and what has given him a direct insight into of cultural buildings in Amsterdam; cultural activity in Colombia, among which negotiator, both within the City and with the both the arts production and the working – Partnerships in different policy processes stand out ‘Circus City School’ in Ciudad other Brussels public and private partners of the cultural systems in the different parts with the Education, Economic Affairs, Bolivar and ‘Liebre Lunar’. She is also a writer and organizations, in all cultural matters. of Belgium and abroad. He has published Communication and International Affairs of children’s literature. Before joining the City of Brussels in 2006, many essays and articles on culture and the offices of the City of Amsterdam regarding he served for seven years as the chief advisor creative industries, has been member cultural education, creative industries, Secretary Office of Culture, Leisure and to several ministers of the Brussels regional of different committees and boards in the city marketing, events and trade missions. Sport, City of Bogotá government, responsible for different matters arts sector and has collaborated in the field (economic policy, employment, housing, of communication with organisations like the www.iamsterdam.com The Secretary Office of Culture, Leisure urban development, education and culture). Kunstenfestivaldesarts and Charleroi Danses. and Sport leads on the formulation and This gives him a first-hand knowledge of implementation of policies, plans and Brussels opportunities and challenges. He The Department for Culture of the City programmes of the city’s culture, heritage, has served and still serves as board member of Brussels BOGOTÁ leisure and sports sectors. The Secretary for many cultural organizations, as president maintains the cultural and recreational of the house for performing arts La Bellone The department for Culture of the City Clarisa Ruiz rights of the Capital District’s inhabitants, and of the organization in charge of the of Brussels is responsible for the production Correal, Secretary and promotes these rights as a key factor professional integration of young actors and of events in public spaces such as Nuit of Culture, to human development and the social directors Centre des Arts Scéniques, and as Blanche, the running of the contemporary Leisure and Sport sustainability of Bogotá. vice-president of the cinema promotion arts centre CENTRALE and its satellites Department, agency Cinergie. He has a master in history. CENTRALE/box and CENTRALE/lab, the City of Bogotá www.culturarecreacionydeporte.gov.co support of the City’s own cultural institutions Denis Laurent, (five local cultural centres, three theatres, Clarisa Ruiz Correal Head of the Culture one theatre for young audiences, one is currently the department of choreographic centre, one resource centre Secretary of Culture, the City Brussels and library dedicated to the performing Recreation and Sport of the City of Bogotá arts…), the granting of subsidies to cultural in the Government of Mayor Gustavo Petro. Denis Laurent was institutions and projects, the administration Graduated in Philosophy from the Sorbonne appointed the head of permits… The department for Culture in Paris, her long career as a promoter of the of the 45 people works closely with the department for arts in the public and private sector put her strong Culture Museums, which conserves and brings to life in contact with all cultural expressions, from department of the very rich Brussels historical heritage

18 19 through several museums and archaeological cultural and artistic programmes. In addition, through sustainable development and & Arts Authority that is working on the sites, and the department for Archives, the Ministry works to guarantee a democratic implementation of best practices. Spearhead Etihad Museum. The 25,000 square-meter which manages one of the largest historical access to culture in the city. It also has for major initiatives in strategy planning, museum is adjacent to the Union House archives in Belgium. missions to contribute to the development quality management, business excellence, which witnessed the signing of the treaty of cultural ties with other cities of Argentina performance management and service establishing for the United Arab Emirates and of the world, to stimulate the participation improvement in public and private sectors. federation in 1971. of younger generations in the cultural life Demonstrate proven ability to drive of the city, and to promote its tangible and measurable results through implementation Dubai Culture & Arts Authority intangible heritage sites. of best practices. Believe in Creative BUENOS AIRES Innovations. Lead organizations through The Dubai Culture & Arts Authority (Dubai www.buenosaires.gob.ar/areas/cultura/ the life cycle of quality and organizational Culture) was launched on March 8, 2008 Miguel Gutiérrez, excellence to achieve strategic objectives by His Highness Sheikh Mohammed Bin Undersecretary and improved initiatives. Creative, possess Rashid Al Maktoum, UAE Vice President of Tourism, City superior interpersonal skills, capable of & Prime Minister and Ruler of Dubai. Dubai of Buenos Aires resolving multiple, complex issues, and Culture plays a critical part in achieving motivating staff to peak performance while the vision of the Dubai Strategic Plan 2021 Miguel is promoting a culture of positive energy. of establishing the city as a vibrant, global Undersecretary of DUBAI Arabian metropolis that shapes culture Tourism at the City Muna Faisal Al and arts in the region and the world. of Buenos Aires. He Dr. Mohammad Gurg, Projects The organization has announced several went to Law School Hassan Al Assaf, Manager, Dubai initiatives that strengthen the historic and for 3 years at the University of Buenos Aires. Director of Strategy Culture & Arts modern cultural fabric of Dubai. These Miguel has always been involved in the & Performance Authority include: The Sheikh Mohammed Bin Rashid touristic and gastronomic industry. He used Department, Dubai Al Maktoum Patrons of the Arts Awards: to be manager of the Restaurant La Biela, Culture & Arts Muna Faisal Al Gurg The first of its kind initiative in the Arab world which was declared ‘Site of Cultural Interest’ Authority (1987) studied Visual honouring individuals and organisations who by the Legislature of the City of Buenos Aires. Arts at Zayed have made financial or in-kind contributions He also developed brands such as Bataclana Dr. Mohammad University, Dubai. through sustained support to visual arts, Bar & Concert and Augur Hostel Boutique, Hassan Al Assaf She went on to receive a M.A. in History of Art performing arts, literature and film in the both closely related to the culture and tourism has joined Dubai Culture in 2015 as Director and Museum Studies from the Paris-Sorbonne region: Dubai Art Season: The city’s premier industry. He is also an honorific member of Strategy & Performance Department with University in Abu Dhabi. Muna joined the umbrella arts initiatives which encompasses of the Hotels, Restaurants, Bars and Café’s 15 years of successful experience promoting Dubai Culture & Arts Authority in 2012, Art Week (Art Dubai, Design Days Dubai and Association of the City of Buenos Aires. a culture of positive energy and creative where she manages the private Art collection SIKKA Art Fair), Middle East Film & Comic excellence while providing strategic of H.H. Sheikh Mohammed Bin Rashid Al Con, to highlight the Emirate’s growing Ministry of Culture, City of Buenos Aires transformational leadership in uniquely Maktoum, UAE Vice President, Prime Minister creative landscape within the international challenging environments. He received and Ruler of Dubai. In 2015, she was circuit; SIKKA Art Fair: An annual art fair The Ministry of Culture of the City of Buenos Com. Doctorate in organizational leadership appointed as a member of the Board of aimed at promoting Emirati and local artists Aires’ objectives are to promote, strengthen & Technology Management. From San Trustees of the Museum of the Future. Being in the UAE; and Dubai Festival for Youth and stimulate cultural and artistic creation, Diego, USA IN 2009. He is a dynamic, part of the team that is currently working on Theatre: An annual festival that celebrates production and formation in every discipline result-oriented leader with strong record developing the Al Maktoum Hospital Museum, and fosters the art of theatre in the UAE. to optimize creative development as well of performance accomplishments in Muna has worked closely in crowdsourcing http://www.dubaiculture.gov.ae as innovation and participative culture in the turnaround and high-paced organizations. the museums content. She is also part city. It also assists in developing audiences Utilize keen analysis, insights and team of the joint team between the Dubai Roads by offering diverse, original and high quality approach to drive organizational excellence & Transport Authority and the Dubai Culture

20 21 EDINBURGH Karl Chapman, role in Edinburgh’s cultural offering. It runs Annette Busse, General Manager, 15 Museums and Galleries, Scotland’s only Ministry of Culture, Lynne Halfpenny, Usher Hall 5 star graded international concert hall, and Hamburg, Germany. Director of Culture, a number of flexible events spaces. In total, Head of Cultural The City of Karl Chapman these venues attract over 1 million visitors Olympic Bid Team, Edinburgh Council has been General a year. It also is responsible for over 200 Hamburg 2024. Manager of the Usher monuments, an award-winning outreach Lynne has over 28 Hall since 2001, and public access programme, the delivery After 15 years in years’ experience of overseeing a £30 of major and civic events throughout the the private sector successfully working million renovation year and cultural policy development. In as Director Press in the cultural sector programme and a substantial growth addition, it provides vital funding to cultural and Public Relations for an international in Scotland. She in audience and concert activity in that time. partners including Edinburgh’s internationally corporation, Annette Busse joined the began her career at the 1986 Commonwealth Prior to this he was Chief Executive and renowned 12 festivals, a range of theatres, Hamburg Cultural Ministry in 2004 and Games Arts Festival as Marketing Officer and Artistic Director of Blackheath Halls in visual arts and community groups. has been in charge of strategic projects ever International Artist Liaison Lead. Lynne went London. Karl began his career with The since. Annette studied at the University of on from there to the west coast of Scotland Guardian in Manchester before pursuing a Hamburg and at the LSE, and holds a Ph.D. to run an Arts Centre and community festivals career in music, promoting international jazz in Political Science. and events before returning to Edinburgh in tours across the UK and northern Europe, 1989 to take on the role of Arts Officer with setting up touring circuits for Scottish based Ministry of Culture, Free and Hanseatic Edinburgh’s local authority. Lynne has since musicians, working for Regional Arts Boards HAMBURG City of Hamburg then progressed through a broad range of in England, and managing musicians. In arts-based roles in the local authority, and is his time he was a keen tenor saxophonist, Hans Heinrich Hamburg’s Ministry of Culture takes Director of Culture responsible for a staffing playing in a few different bands and is also Bethge, Head responsibility for the promotion and funding complement of c180, cultural venues, the an award winning photographer. of Department of the city’s cultural institutions and the arts civic museums service, arts, festivals and of Culture in the as well as the creative branch. Furthermore events and public safety for the Council. City of Edinburgh Council Ministry of Culture, it is responsible for the preservation of the Lynne was part of the team that worked on The City of Edinburgh Council is the second Free and Hanseatic city’s monuments, historic sites, and archives. achieving for Edinburgh the first award by largest council in Scotland and the ninth City of Hamburg The Ministry considers arts and culture as UNESCO of The City of Literature title to any largest in the UK, with a workforce of 19,000 important in strengthening social cohesion city. Lynne was also involved in the creation employees and a budget of around £1bn Hans Heinrich and in enabling participation. It therefore of the City’s first ever Festivals Strategy which for the financial year 2015/16. The Council Bethge joined focuses on supporting community-based led on to the ground breaking Thundering is committed to playing a dynamic role on the Hamburg Ministry of Culture more than projects and on inclusion and integration Hooves report which led to the creation of the local, national and international stage 20 years ago. He held various positions and across its activities, with a view to providing the joint body which represents Edinburgh’s and has a strong commitment to corporate became head of the Department in 2003. easy and widespread access to culture major festivals.Lynne has also been management, a willingness to innovate and He is a member of the Supervisory Boards in its entirety. responsible for overseeing capital projects a determination to set the highest standards. of all major cultural institutions of the city in the city including the refurbishments of The Council plays a central role in shaping as well as the Executive Board of the German Through international cooperation and the Usher Hall, Assembly Rooms and King’s the continued success of Edinburgh as a Theatrical Association. After finishing his activities, the Ministry encourages exchange Theatre. Renewal, innovation and investment 21st century capital city. Our responsibilities law studies in Hamburg he worked as a of artists from all over the world. By sending in Edinburgh’s civic museum service has also are wide-ranging, from schooling through to lawyer and journalist, specialized in theatre out young artists to the world, Hamburg’s been a key project strand over the last four social work, housing, economic development, issues, and served for the judicial authority. diverse and multifaceted cultural and artistic years. Lynne is a Board member of Museums parks and green spaces, culture and sport, scene is represented worldwide.As one Galleries Scotland, the National Development festivals and events, roads and transport. of the leading cultural cities of Germany, Body for the museum sector ion Scotland. The Council’s Culture Division plays a crucial Hamburg’s Ministry of Culture puts effort

22 23 into strengthening its position as a diverse Ka Wing Kelly Man, Winsome Chow, community-wide participation in the arts and and vibrant music metropolis. Special Assistant Secretary Chief Executive, arts education, encouraging arts criticism, interest is also given to developing the city for Home Affairs, Hong Kong Arts raising the standard of arts administration as a platform for the creative industries. HONG KONG Development and strengthening the work on policy Across all its efforts, the Ministry of Culture Council research. The ADC is one of the key agencies follows the maxim of sustaining the future Miss Kelly Man is of the Home Affairs Bureau in the promotion development of artists and arts, and to currently Assistant Ms. Winsome Chow of arts and culture. understand culture as an integrative force Secretary (Culture) is presently the that includes all parts of society. of the Home Affairs Chief Executive of www.hkadc.org.hk Bureau. Her portfolio the Hong Kong Arts covers policies relating to culture, public arts, Development Council. She recently led a visual arts and private museums. delegation of over 80 Hong Kong artists and practitioners to the Performing Arts Market Home Affairs Bureau, Government of the of Seoul in October. Winsome joined the HONG KONG Hong Kong Special Administrative Region Council in August 2015. She was a Council ISTANBUL member from 2012 to 2014 when she was Chung Yan, Angela The Home Affairs Bureau (HAB) of the the Assistant Director (Performing Arts) the Nihan Bekar, Lee, Deputy Government of the Hong Kong Special Leisure and Cultural Services Department Department Secretary for Home Administrative Region has policy (LCSD) of Hong Kong SAR Government. Manager, Strategy Affairs, HONG responsibility over the whole spectrum Her career path was marked by a number & Project KONG of arts and culture encompassing performing of festivals and large scale events such Development arts, visual arts, public arts, libraries, as the opening and 25th anniversary of the Branch, Istanbul Ms. Angela LEE museums and intangible cultural heritage, Hong Kong Cultural Centre, the New Vision Provincial is currently Deputy covering the development of both cultural Arts Festival and the 2006 Hong Kong Directorate of Secretary of the infrastructure and cultural software Congress of the International Society for Culture and Tourism Home Affairs Bureau. (including arts education, audience building, the Performing Arts. She also has solid Her portfolio covers policies relating to programme development and grooming experience in facility planning and corporate Nihan Bekar is the Department Manager culture and the arts, museums and visual of talents, etc). Its vision is to develop Hong development. of Strategy & Project Development Branch arts, libraries, intangible cultural heritage, Kong as an international cultural metropolis of Istanbul Provincial Directorate of Culture international cultural exchanges, arts with a distinct identity grounded in Chinese Hong Kong Arts Development Council and Tourism. She started her professional education as well as funding and traditions and enriched by different cultures, career in a public bank in 1996, as an Expert. development of the performing arts, the where life is celebrated through cultural Established in 1995, the Hong Kong Arts After 5 years of office, she decided to Hong Kong Arts Development Council and pursuit, and as a prominent hub of cultural Development Council (ADC) is a statutory change her career path. She joined the the Hong Kong Academy for Performing exchanges. body set up by the Government of the Turkish Ministry of Culture and Tourism Arts. Being a member of the Hong Kong Hong Kong Special Administrative Region as an Assistant Manager in 2002 where Special Administrative Region Government’s www.hab.gov.hk to support the broad development of the arts she was involved in projects and tasks about Administrative Service, prior to joining the including literary arts, performing arts, visual international organizations—particularly Home Affairs Bureau in April 2015, she arts as well as film and media arts in Hong United Nations World Tourism Organization served in various bureaux and departments, Kong. Its major roles include grant allocation, (UNWTO) and United Nations Education including the Food and Health Bureau, policy and planning, advocacy, promotion Science and Culture Organization (UNESCO). Trade and Industry Department, Environment, and development, and programme planning. She acted as the liason point of UNWTO Transport and Works Bureau as well as Aiming to foster a thriving arts environment within the Ministry, till the end of 2007. In Security Bureau. and enhance the quality of life of the public, 2007, Nihan was appointed as Culture and the ADC is also committed to facilitating Tourism Attaché to Turkish Culture and

24 25 Tourism Office in New York where she Istanbul Culture and Tourism Directorate, LONDON of London – with Mayors from both sides leaded the advertisement, public relations, Turkish Ministry of Culture and Tourism of the political spectrum. She leads London’s promotion and publicity campaigns for Munira Mirza, Cultural Policy and shapes the Mayor’s Turkish Tourism & Culture in Northern Istanbul Culture and Tourism Directorate Deputy Mayor Investment Strategy for the Creative America. Since 2011, she is working at her is the provincial representative and local for Education and Industries which covers film, fashion and current Office where she is developing projects coordinating body of the Turkish Ministry Culture, Mayor design. She spearheaded the largest cultural for Istanbul with her colleagues to enhance of Culture and Tourism. The Directorate of London’s Office festival ever staged in London for the 2012 the city’s cultural industry and tourism sector. is composed of nine departments with Olympic and Paralympic Games. Justine Nihan holds a B.S. degree in International more than 100 staff members. The Munira Mirza is oversees City Hall’s work across music, Relations and M.S. degree in Public Directorate contributes to the international the Deputy Mayor theatre, international cultural exchange, Administration. promotion of Istanbul and manages the for Education and visual arts, cultural policy and arts in the tourism information offices located in the Culture. She advises public realm. She has built the Fourth Plinth Esma Firuze Incili, city’s touristic districts. Its officials conduct the Mayor on his priorities for culture and Commission into the UK’s biggest sculpture Expert of Culture regular audits of the tourism sector (hotels, education and leads the delivery of key prize and chairs the Big Dance, the world’s & Tourism, Istanbul travel agencies, tour guides, etc.) to ensure programmes, including £40m Education biggest participatory dance festival, now Office of the they comply with the standards determined and Youth investment in London. Munira has in 23 countries. She serves on the boards Ministry of Culture by the Ministry. The Directorate’s worked for a range of cultural and charitable of the British Fashion Council, British Film and Tourism responsibilities further include the smooth organisations including the Royal Society Commission, London Design Festival, operation of the city’s public museums and of Arts, the independent think tank Policy Artichoke Trust and the Mayor’s Thames Esma Firuze Incili libraries, providing official certificates to Exchange and Tate. In 2009 she completed Festival. Prior to the Mayor’s Office, Justine has worked for the cultural establishments (such as cinemas her PhD at the University of Kent. She has worked in the field of contemporary dance Ministry of Culture and publishers), hosting and supporting written and broadcast about social policy for ten years with a variety of leading venues. and Tourism of Turkey since 2009. Within arts and cultural events as well as organizing in the UK, including race relations, culture the scope of the Cultural Policy Review workshops to identify the sector needs. The and education. Her book, ‘The Politics Jackie McNerney, Programme of the Council of Europe, she Directorate is also a prominent organization of Culture: The Case for Universalism’ was Culture Strategy took part in the National Cultural Policy in Istanbul in terms of cultural research published by Palgrave Macmillan in 2011. Manager, Mayor Review working group of the Ministry. She and studies. It produced the ‘City and Culture: Munira is a member of Arts Council England, of London’s Office was also the contact point at the Ministry Istanbul’ textbook, which is the central London Area Council; the Royal College of of Calypso Social Tourism Preparatory Action piece of the elective ‘İstanbul courses’ Music Council; and the board of the Institute Jackie is Cultural of the European Commission. She has been offered by the city’s universities. The of Contemporary Art. Strategy Manager at the Istanbul Office of the Ministry since Directorate is also a partner of the Istanbul in the Mayor of 2011. Her current work is dedicated Cultural Heritage and Cultural Economy Justine Simons, London’s Culture to the promotion of Istanbul’s cultural sites Inventory, a research project collecting Head of Culture, Team. Previously, and cultural tourism. Esma has an MSc both qualitative and quantitative detailed Mayor of London’s Jackie has worked in a variety of cultural degree in Human Rights. She received Jean information about the city’s cultural Office and Chair organisations across the UK. Her last job, Monnet scholarship of EU and studied social environment. of the World Cities as Chief Operating Officer at the Serpentine policy at London School of Economics Culture Forum Gallery, included working on the lead up to in 2012–2013. Currently she is one of the www.kultur.gov.tr the opening of the new Serpentine Sackler candidates of Turkey for Hubert Humphrey Justine is the Chair Gallery. Jackie has also worked for the Fellowship Programme of US. of the World Cities Manchester International Festival, a biennial Culture Forum. commissioning arts festival presenting world As Head of Culture for the Mayor of London premieres in Manchester and then touring for over a decade, Justine has played them internationally. She has also worked a central role in the cultural revitalization in several theatre organisations including

26 27 the Royal Shakespeare Company, Lyric continuity in the ongoing development and was a founding member of the board of Arts to the Mayor and leading a full time staff Theatre Hammersmith and Kneehigh delivery of strategies for London. It is their for LA. She was previously the Executive of 35. Ms. Brazell works with the progressive Theatre. Jackie also sits on the Board role, regardless of the political background Director of the Ventura Arts Council and was arts agency’s Public Art, Grants of the Centre for Chinese Contemporary of the Mayor, his team or Assembly Members, producing director of the Back Alley Theatre Administration, Community Arts, and Art in Manchester. to make sure that the work they do on behalf for ten years. Ms. Zucker received a B.A. in Marketing and Development Division of London is of the highest standard that this English from Barnard College and attended Directors to oversee a $56 million portfolio Ben McKnight, great city deserves. the Yale School of Drama. of facilities, programming, and initiatives Senior Press providing arts and cultural services in Los Officer, Mayor of www.london.gov.uk Los Angeles County Arts Commission Angeles. Prior to being appointed to this London’s Office position in the summer of 2014, Ms. Brazell LOS ANGELES The Arts Commission provides leadership was the Executive Director of Arts for LA. As part of the Mayor in cultural services of all disciplines for During her tenure, she transitioned the of London’s media Laura Zucker, the largest County in the United States, organization from an ad-hoc steering relations team Ben Executive Director, encompassing 88 municipalities. It funds committee comprised of local executive arts McKnight manages Los Angeles County 364 nonprofit arts organizations through leadership, to a highly visible arts advocacy the Culture & Arts Commission a two-year $9 million grant program, organization serving the greater Los Angeles Community Desk, working closely with the implements Arts for All, the regional initiative region. Under her stewardship, Arts for LA culture, events and education teams at the Laura Zucker is dedicated to restoring arts education became a formidable coalition advancing the Greater London Authority. He led Executive Director to 81 public school districts, programs and arts in the largest county in the country. Ms. communications for the Mayor’s cultural of the Los Angeles operates the Ford Theatres, funds the largest Brazell’s additional professional experience programme during the London Olympic and County Arts arts internship program in the country also includes working as the Artistic Director Paralympic Games, liaising with the London Commission and and manages the County’s civic art policy. of Highways Performance Space and as 2012 media team. Ben is a trustee at outdoor Senior Fellow in the Center for Management The Arts Commission also produces free the Director of Special Projects for the Screen arts company Emergency Exit Arts and in the Creative Industries at Claremont community programs, including the Actors Guild Foundation. has an MA in Arts Policy and Management Graduate University. Her leadership helped Emmy® Award-winning LA County Holiday from Birkbeck College. In 2014 he has also shape the regional cultural calendar Celebration broadcast on public television. City of Los Angeles Department returned to the stage, as lead singer in the on ExperienceLA.com, which is currently of Cultural Affairs reformed band he previously sang with in undergoing a major transformation in close www.lacountyarts.org his twenties. partnership with the Los Angeles Convention The Department of Cultural Affairs (DCA) and Tourism Board. Ms. Zucker headed the generates and supports high quality arts Greater London Authority California Cultural Tourism Initiative, which and cultural experiences for Los Angeles’ marketed the arts of California’s three urban 4 million residents and 40 million annual The Greater London Authority (GLA) regions domestically and internationally. She visitors. DCA advances the social and is a strategic authority with a Londonwide is the author of a regional study of individual Danielle Brazell, economic impact of the arts and ensures role to design a better future for the capital. artists as part of the California Arts Council’s General Manager, access to diverse and enriching cultural It supports the work of the Mayor of economic impact study on the arts. City of Los Angeles activities through: grantmaking, marketing, London, helping his office to develop Ms. Zucker serves on the cultural tourism Department of development, public art, community arts and deliver strategies for London. It also committee for the Los Angeles Coalition Cultural Affairs programming, arts education, and building supports the London Assembly in their role for the Economy & Jobs (The L.A. Coalition), partnerships with artists and arts and of scrutinising the work of the Mayor and which focuses its efforts on initiatives Danielle Brazell is cultural organizations in neighborhoods representing the interests of Londoners. to spur economic growth and job creation the General Manager throughout the City of Los Angeles. DCA While the Mayor and the London Assembly in the region. She also serves on the boards of the City of Los significantly supports artists and cultural are elected by Londoners, the staff of the of Grantmakers in the Arts, is an officer of Angeles Department projects through its Public Art Division GLA are a permanent body that provides the Ford Theatre Foundation board and of Cultural Affairs (DCA), reporting directly by administering the Public Works

28 29 Improvements Arts Program and the Private of civic life. Prior to Arts for LA, she led from the Superior Technical School Jesús actively participates in international Arts Development Fee Program. DCA’s several successful initiatives within the Los of Architecture of Madrid. Ana studied in projects in Europe and Latin America Marketing and Development Division has Angeles County Arts Commission overseeing Copenhagen and worked in Madrid, aimed at rethinking the role of culture raised $34 million over the last 12 fiscal grant-making and professional development Amsterdam and London. Her teaching has in contemporary societies. years to re-grant to LA-based artists and arts programs, and was a primary architect of been developed at the European University and cultural organizations, and to support LA County’s Arts for All public school arts of Madrid, as Visitor Professor at the Department of Culture and Sports, DCA’s special programming and facilities. education initiative. Sofia serves on the University of Tongj, Shanghai. Her professional, City of Madrid DCA also grants approximately $2.3 million boards of California Arts Advocates and activist and research practice revolves around annually to almost 300 artists and nonprofit Californians for the Arts, and sits on the the nature of contemporary metropolitan The Department of Culture and Sports, City arts and cultural organizations through California Alliance for Arts Education’s Policy processes, interventions in public space and of Madrid understands that their task must its long-established Grants Administration Council. She received her B.M. in Electronic urban commons. Ana is a founding member be to ensure access to all citizens, promote Division. DCA provides arts and cultural Music Composition from Oberlin Conservatory of the collective for research and production the creation of devices that promote citizen programming through its Community Arts and her M.A. in Arts Administration from of the Metropolitan Observatory, Urbanacción participation and cooperation among social Division, managing numerous neighborhood Goucher College. and Areaciega. In the last ten years he and institutional actors and support the arts and cultural centers, theaters, historic has collaborated with agents and cultural creation circuit at all stages: investigation, sites, and educational initiatives. DCA’s Arts for LA institutions in the production of critical mediation, production, distribution and Marketing and Development Division also thinking, copyleft culture and city production. exhibition. We start from the idea of culture markets the City’s arts and cultural events Arts for LA is a nonprofit organization Currently she is a consultant and international as a linked right to, as a common good through development and collaboration with that serves as a voice for the arts in Greater planning in the cabinet of the Councillor for personal and social development and strategic partners, design and production Los Angeles to inform, engage, and mobilize Culture and Sports City of Madrid. as a right. Madrid is a city that has many of creative catalogs, publications, and individuals and organizations to advocate different types of capital, social and cultural, promotional materials, and management for access to the arts across all communities; Jesús Carrillo, that have always taken a very innovative of DCA’s social media channels and the arts education for every student; robust Director of and creative way and we believe that the culturela.org website. investment in the arts; and inclusion of Programs and work of the council should be to put all the diverse and underrepresented voices. Arts Cultural Activities infrastructure and resources needed for www.culturela.org for LA invests in leadership development, Department of citizenship to become a cultural complex, growing networks of civically engaged Culture and Sports, diverse and active subject. advocates; building deep relationships with City of Madrid elected officials; and working in partnership across sectors to make LA a vibrant, Jesús Maria Carrillo Sofia Klatzker, prosperous, creative, and healthy society. Castillo, PhD in Arts for All history from the University of Cambridge, MADRID professor of contemporary art history at the MELBOURNE Sofia Klatzker is Autonomous University of Madrid and head Executive Director Ana Méndez de of cultural programs at the Reina Sofia Jane Crawley, of Arts for LA, Andés, Architect Museum (2008–2015). Since July 2015 he Manager Arts a regional arts and Urban Planner, is Director of Programs and Cultural Activities Melbourne, City advocacy organization Madrid City Council Department of Culture and Sports, City of Melbourne dedicated to of Madrid. He has combined critical analysis ensuring the Ana Méndez de of contemporary cultural institutions and Since commencing greater Los Angeles region is one in which Andés Aldama is their role in shaping urban space with the the role in 2010, government, education, business and an architect and launch of new institutional experiences, Jane’s leadership residents value, support and fully integrate urban planner, MA based on the principles of openness, and strategic the arts—in all their diversity—into the fabric in Urban Studies transparency, responsibility and devolution. approach has

30 31 positioned the City of Melbourne as a valued MONTRÉAL Festivals – Events for the City, where in Sociology. For his work Vladimir has contributor to a thriving and growing creative he manages the Montreal Film and TV received government awards and merit metropolis. She oversees a portfolio Jean-Robert Commission, the Festivals Office and certificates. comprising triennial and annual arts funding Choquet, Director, the Special Events Department. He is also programs, a diverse range of producing Service de la responsible for the development of creative Moscow Department of Culture Moscow programs, and the management, Culture, City and cultural industries. interpretation and programming of the City’s of Montréal Department of Culture is part of the cultural facilities and assets. The City Service de la Culture Moscow Government. It develops municipal of Melbourne Arts Strategy 2014–17 is Jean-Robert Choquet targeted programmes in the arts and culture. a testament to the civic and collaborative has been the Ville The Service de la Culture plays a leading Today it plays a key role in the Moscow approach Jane has enabled, setting de Montréal’s role in the development and enhancement cultural policy. The Department of Culture a framework that places Melbourne as Director of Culture of the various components that make up manages about 500 legal entities, located a productive and inspiring environment and Heritage since 2004. Among other the cultural identity of Montréal. By fostering at more than 1000 addresses all over for artists and audiences, of all backgrounds achievements, he oversaw work on the city’s close ties between the various disciplines, Moscow. In addition to museums, theaters, and interests. Her work background spans Cultural Development Policy, and spearheaded the Service de la Culture makes culture a key libraries, parks, exhibition halls, cultural the community sector, local government, the organization of the two publics meetings: driver of the city’s growth. centers, youth centers, arts schools, concert arts organisations and community media. Rendez-vous 07 and in 2012. He also sits on halls and cinemas, the Department includes She has also has published numerous the 2007–2017 Action Plan steering http://ville.montreal.qc.ca organizations involved in sectoral and articles relating to arts and society. committee. Immediately prior to taking up territorial development. It develops his current duties, Mr. Choquet was the Ville pedestrian zones, organizes city festivals, City of Melbourne de Montréal Communications Director. He is launches grant programmes for cultural also a former Executive Director of the Union MOSCOW institutions, educational events for The City of Melbourne as a capital-city des artistes association. cultural managers and creative industry council, oversees Melbourne’s city centre Vladimir Filippov, entrepreneurs, etc. Also the Department and several inner suburbs, also representing Daniel Bissonnette, Deputy Head, is in charge of big city festivals and public Melbourne in local, national and international Director, Cinema Moscow Department holidays celebrations held in Moscow. forums. The City of Melbourne is committed – Festivals – Events, of Culture to a vision for a bold, inspirational, sustainable City of Montréal www.kultura.mos.ru and creative city, facilitating arts opportunities Vladimir Philippov and innovations through investment, Daniel holds a was appointed programming, infrastructure, support and degree in economics a Deputy Head planning. This includes producing projects, and has spent most of the Department programs and experiences, supporting of his career at the of Culture of Moscow the creative sector through grants, subsidies, crossroads of on 24 June 2013. In this position he is in Maria Privalova, services and spaces, managing and economic and cultural development. His charge of public parks, cultural and exhibition Director, Moscow developing arts assets, and engaging with experience has been acquired in the private, centers, museums, libraries, children’s Institute for Social the arts sector through policy, partnerships public and non-profit sectors. He has carried leisure and city festivals. In 2008–2012, and Cultural and regular dialogue. out strategic development mandates and Vladimir worked as the Head of the Department Programs (MISCP) has been involved in the implementation of Family and Youth Policy at the Northeastern and management of structuring projects Administrative Area of Moscow where he Maria was appointed that enable industries to grow and to better introduced the system of youth councils. In Director of the MISCP compete. After holding several managing 2012–2013, he was a Deputy Head of the in January 2015. posts for the City of Montreal, he was Department of Family and Youth Policy of Prior to that, she appointed in 2011 as Director Cinema – Moscow. In 2007, he received a PhD degree served at the Institute as a Senior Fellow,

32 33 led special projects, was Director of the communication between cultural managers NEW YORK Department of Housing Preservation and professional programme at the Moscow and the research team of the MISCP. Development to partner with applicants and International Forum “Culture. Looking Edwin Torres, residents as well as NYC’s design community into the future.” In 2007–2013 as part Moscow Institute for Social and Cultural Deputy to develop new communication tools and of the design agency LimitedUnlimited Maria Programs Commissioner services; and advance paradigmatic change worked as curator and producer for various of Cultural Affairs such as that of naturally-occurring cultural cultural projects, including: international The Moscow Institute for Social and Cultural for the City districts. Mr. Torres holds a Master of Arts design festival DesignAct; installations at Programmes (MISCP) is a government non of New York in Art History from Hunter College and the Central House of Artists; the “Collected commercial scientific-research organization. Edwin Torres serves a Master of Science in Management from Works” festival in the Russian State Library, The sponsor of the Institute is the Moscow as Deputy The New School. and many others. Maria has also organized Department of Culture. The institute’s main a number of educational projects activity is carrying out scientific-research, Commissioner New York City Department of Cultural (TEDxMoscow, discussions on creative methodological and educational procedures of Cultural Affairs for the City of New York. Affairs industries in the Garage Museum of in order to develop the sociocultural spheres The New York City Department of Cultural The New York City Department of Cultural Contemporary Art, course on design for of Moscow city. The Institute conducts applied Affairs is the largest local cultural funding Affairs (DCLA) is dedicated to supporting students of the Open University Skolkovo); research in sociology, culturology, agency in the United States. Mr. Torres began and strengthening New York City’s vibrant was in charge of Moscow-related projects socioeconomic geography, communications his career serving as Director of Longwood cultural life. Among its primary missions is at Reframing Studio (Amsterdam). and design as well as developing Art Project, the visual art facility of the Bronx to ensure adequate public funding for In 2013–2014, she was a Senior Lecturer recommendations based on the research Council on the Arts in the South Bronx nonprofit cultural organizations, both large at the HSE Faculty of Design. and organizing conferences, round tables where he was born and raised. From there and small, throughout the five boroughs. and seminars. In 2013 the MISCP created he moved on to serve on the Arts and DCLA also works to promote and advocate Alina Bogatkova, “The Mechanics of Moscow. Research into Culture team at The Ford Foundation. for quality arts programming and to articulate Deputy Director, an Urban Environment” project. This Subsequently, Mr. Torres served as Director the contribution made by the cultural Moscow Institute research was designed to help decentralize of External Partnerships for Parsons the community to the City’s economic and social for Social and the cultural life of the city, which is under New School for Design. He then joined vitality. The Department represents and Cultural Programs the oversight of Moscow’s Department The Rockefeller Foundation, serving as a serves nonprofit cultural organizations (MISCP) of Culture. Due to the complex and detailed program officer. Torres’ grantees helped involved in the visual, literary and performing approach to data involved in this research, make New York a nationally-recognized arts; public-oriented science and humanities Alina Bogatkova it can also be used to analyze other spheres leader in wage-theft prevention; helped institutions including zoos, botanical gardens graduated from of the urban environment such as safety, prevent the evictions of hundreds of public and historic and preservation societies; the Moscow State ecology, transport, education, etc. housing residents; helped place hundreds and creative artists at all skill levels who live University for International Relations The project is available at data.miscp.ru/en/ of low-income residents in jobs; and and work within the City’s five boroughs. (MGIMO-University). After working at the Other important topics of the Institute advanced paradigmatic change such as the International Business School of Plekhanov include leisure preferences and habits of collective impact approach for homelessness- www.nyc.gov/dcla/ Russian University of Economics she joined different age groups, audiences of Moscow prevention and crime-reduction. During the press office of the Moscow Department city festivals, communication and design Torres’ term at The Rockefeller Foundation, of Culture. In 2013–2014 she was Deputy for cultural institutions. their cultural grantees helped supply over Director of the State Bulgakov Museum. Alina $800,000 in goods and services to www.miscp.ru has been the Deputy Director of the MISCP art-making through on-line barter; increase since 2012. She provides organizational artists’ earned income by 150%; triple the support for all MISCP projects. She is in rate of participation in New York State charge of the research and analytics center Energy Research and Development Authority of the Institute, arranges workshops for (NYSERDA) residential energy-efficiency employees of cultural institutions, provides programs in Brooklyn; influence NYC

34 35 PARIS creation whether cinema, music, theatre Odile Soulard, range of publications, available online or books, and helps young people gain Urban Economist, at www.iau-idf.fr. Rachel Khan, access to culture. It is also involved in IAU Ile-de-France Cultural Counsellor installing technical equipment in studios of the Governor of and artistic workshops and is the first local Odile Soulard is Paris Ile-de-France government in France to support cinema an Economist at region and audiovisual. It also ensures that valuable the Paris Region Sophie Boulé, historic heritage is safeguarded and Urban Planning & Head of Cultural Rachel has been the developed. Development Agency and Urban Cultural Counsellor (IAU), Paris, France. Cooperation of the Governor of www.iledefrance.fr Her areas of expertise are mainly related Centre, General Paris Ile-de-France to the knowledge economy: R&D, innovation, Delegation for region for five years. Since appointed, she creative economy (cultural and creative International has been responsible for the implementation industries) and dynamics of networks, in Relations, City of the cultural and creative policies. Before local and international urban contexts. She of Paris joining the Regional Council, she was involved Carine Camors, contributed to the master planning process in urban planning for the development of Urban Economist, of the Paris metropolitan development Sophie Boulé has headed the cultural and Greater Paris, in gender mainstreaming, IAU Ile-de-France strategy. She is one of the two coordinators urban cooperation centre since January youth education and communication – on and researchers in charge of the Paris 2015, after being in charge of cultural affairs which themes she has served on several Carine Camors is region for the World Cities Culture Forum. and communication internationally (2010– public organizations. Rachel is also an actress an Economist at the 2014). Sophie started to work for the City for film and performing arts, a filmmaker Paris Region Urban IAU Ile-de-France of Paris in 1995 and was in charge of press and a dancer. In 2013, she was recognised Planning & and communication for the Musée Carnavalet as a Young Leader by the U.S. Department Development Agency IAU Ile-de-France is Paris Region Urban (History of Paris) from 1999 to late 2009, of State (International Visitor Leadership (IAU), Paris, France. Planning & Development Agency. It while curating several exhibitions. Today, Program, IVLP). She specialises on three main topics: has 50 years of experience in the urban Sophie Boulé specializes in international Employment, Social Economy and Creative development of the metropolis of Paris cooperation and running international Paris Ile-de-France Regional Council Economy. She contributed to the master and international planning projects. Thanks cultural projects in Paris and abroad, within planning process of the Paris metropolitan to a 200-strong multidisciplinary staff with the framework of the pacts of friendship The Regional Council is comprised of three development strategy. In regards to the expertise covering all aspects of planning, and collaboration that Paris has entered with branchs: an executive branch composed Creative Economy topic, she focuses on IAU carries out a global conception of partner cities. She also specialises in the of a president and 15 vice-presidents; a creative and cultural industries (CCI), as planning using an integrated approach coordination of international networks for regional assembly, elected by direct universal a strategic regional sector, and their impact (mobility and transport, urban project, Paris such as ICORN (International Cities of suffrage, constituted of 208 Regional on the territorial development in the Paris demographics and housing, economic Refuge Network) and in the implementation Council members; and the regional Region: profile of the creative workforce development, network management, vision of partnerships and international administration (1,800 administrative people and skills analysis, CCI organization within of social practices, culture...). As a regional competitions (in particular for art schools). and 8,500 technical agents of high schools). the metropolis and the dynamics at the think tank, IAU is involved in the economic Its 5 billion euro budget is dedicated to regional scale, new creative businesses development aspect of culture as well as Transportation and Mobility, Housing, High location, geographical cultural clustering the capital region’s cultural facilities and School Education, Economic Development, in the core of the City, the challenges practices planning, providing guidance Training and Employment, Health, Solidarity of the digital era. She is one of the two and support to decision-makers in their and Social Policy, Culture, Tourism, Sport, coordinators and researchers in charge practical and political choices. Since 2005, Sustainable Development. The Region of the Paris region for the World Cities IAU pioneered the creative sector and job supports culture through contemporary Culture Forum. cross-analysis in France. IAU issues a wide

36 37 Lauren Bouillot, ROME of Cultural Affairs he oversees the San public exhibition spaces and San Francisco’s Technical Advisor Francisco Arts Commission (SFAC), the $24 Civic Art Collection, which includes over 3,500 to Bruno Julliard Luca Lo Bianco, million City agency that champions the arts objects worth an estimated $90 million. (City of Paris Coordinator, as essential to daily life by investing in a Deputy Mayor Fondazione Cinema vibrant arts sector, enlivening the urban for Culture), per Roma environment and shaping innovative cultural City of Paris policy. Before being appointed Director of Luca is an expert Cultural Affairs by Mayor Ed Lee in 2012, Howard Pickett Lauren Bouillot in sustainable urban Mr. DeCaigny was an independent consultant Executive Vice has been technical development, with and strategist in the fields of arts and culture, President/Chief advisor in the office of Bruno Julliard since a background youth development and education. He served Marketing Officer April 2014, after having worked in the in urban and nine years as Executive Director of Performing San Francisco Directorate of Cultural Affairs of the City community planning. From 2002 to 2008 Arts Workshop, a San Francisco-based Travel Association of Paris. She now advises the Deputy Mayor Luca was head of Economic Development organization dedicated to helping on film, urban cultures, cultural and creative in Rome’s city government. During this marginalized young people develop critical Howard Pickett has industries, and international relations. She time, Luca designed and coordinated the thinking, creative expression and essential been Executive Vice obtained a Master in Public Affairs, with implementation of sustainable development learning skills through the arts. He helped President and Chief a cultural specialisation, from Sciences Po projects and of decentralised cooperation found an arts middle school for youth in the Marketing Officer of the San Francisco Travel Paris in 2012 and studied at King’s College projects aimed at economic development. juvenile justice system, managed the AIDS Association since October 2013. In his role London and New York University. Within the cultural realm, Luca has been Memorial Quilt’s National Youth Education he is responsible for marketing San Francisco president of Rome’s and Regione Lazio’s Program and conducted research for the as a world-class convention and leisure City of Paris film commissions where he coordinated National Committee for Responsive destination with oversight of all global cultural projects and cooperated with the Philanthropy. He currently serves on the marketing efforts related to the San Francisco As an international capital, Paris is involved Head of Culture in Rome’s city government. Board of Directors for the California Alliance Travel brand and its five core audiences in global issues. In 2014, the municipality Amongst these, Luca has led Rome’s for Arts Education. Mr. DeCaigny has a B.A. (visitors, meeting planners, travel trade, allocated more than 6,5 million euros in application UNESCO’s City of Film network. degree in Dramatic Arts from Macalester journalists and San Francisco Travel partners). order to help developing southern countries Luca also collaborates with several private College in St. Paul, MN and currently resides Previously, Howard worked for five years regarding health, sustainable development, entities, providing his expertise of in San Francisco, CA. as Chief Marketing Officer for Mammoth emergency aid, water and sanitation, sustainable economic development to inform Mountain Ski Area, the third largest ski waste processing, codevelopment, and the development of development strategies. San Francisco Arts Commission area in the United States. Prior to that social services. Paris is also concluding he was Chief Marketing Officer at Kerzner more and more agreements with cities in SAN FRANCISCO The San Francisco Arts Commission (SFAC) International, Inc., where he led sales and the entire world: decentralized cooperation, was established by San Francisco’s City marketing efforts for Atlantis on Paradise cultural partnership, school exchanges… Tom DeCaigny, Charter in 1932. The agency is charged Island in the Bahamas, from the corporate These actions are destined to be expanded Commissioner, with overseeing the design quality of all office in Ft. Lauderdale, Florida. Pickett was especially in the fields of digital technology Department of new public infrastructure, stewarding the also with the Walt Disney Company for 13 and innovation. Cultural Affairs, Cultural Equity and Cultural Center years in top leadership positions in the Parks City and County Endowments (totaling over $6 million in and Resorts division. He was instrumental in Paris.fr/international of San Francisco annual grant investments) and implementing the development and creation of a world- San Francisco’s ‘2% for Art’ public art wide organization designed to market and Tom DeCaigny is the ordinance. Additionally, the SFAC manages sell Disney parks and resorts in all of the top Director of Cultural San Francisco’s street artist licensing program regions of the world. Some of his key roles at Affairs for the City as well as oversees the capital management the Walt Disney Company included: and County of San Francisco. As the Director of four city-owned cultural centers, three Senior Vice President, Marketing, Disneyland

38 39 Resort, Anaheim, Senior Vice President, SEOUL “Seoul City Wa`lls (Hanyang Castle Walls)” Seung Hwan Seong, Marketing and Sales, Disneyland Resort as a UNESCO World Heritage site. Assistant manager, Paris,Vice President, International Marketing Chang Hun Lee, Research & Walt Disney Parks & Resorts, Orlando, Deputy Director, Development Team, Vice President, Marketing, Disney Cruise Cultural Policy Seoul Foundation Line, Orlando. Prior to his time with the Walt Division, Seoul for Arts and Culture Disney Company, Pickett was in Account Metropolitan Management with the J. Walter Thompson Government Mr. Seong has been advertising agency in New York, Los Angeles Hae-Bo Kim, Head, working for SFAC and Chicago. Pickett holds a Bachelor’s Chang Hun, Lee Research & since 2012. Currently degree in advertising from the University is currently in the Development team, he is dealing with the cultural-policy- of Florida. position of head Seoul Foundation committee of SFAC, and the local and global of Cultural Vision team in the Cultural Policy for Arts and Culture network of cultural policy. Before joining San Francisco Travel Association Division, Culture Headquarter, Seoul SFAC, Seung Hwan has work experience Metropolitan Government (SMG). As a Hae-Bo Kim is at the Hope institute and Jeonju international Acting as a specialized economic government official, he has 15 years’ working currently in the film festival. development agency, the San Francisco experience, in the Mayor’s office, bureau position of the Travel Association works to promote the of Economic planning, bureau of Finance, head of Research Seoul Foundation for Arts and Culture destination worldwide while ensuring and bureau of Culture since 2001. Regarding & Development team at SFAC. His experience that tourism, the top generator of outside with cultural affairs, he has dealt with and background ranges from majoring in Seoul Foundation for Arts and Culture was revenue into the city’s economy, is kept festivals, cultural planning. Since 2015, physics, doing arts management, and to established in 2004 to enhance the quality in the forefront as citywide decisions and he is in charge of developing new studying urban sociology. He has been of life of Seoul’s citizens, and increase the policies are made. With a staff of more than frameworks for citizens’ cultural right and working at SFAC since 2004, as managers city’s competitiveness, by deeply instilling 90 dedicated San Francisco experts, the cultural impact assessment. Another main of Art support team, Seoul Art Spaces TFT, culture and the arts in the daily life of the Association promotes the city and the region role of him is dealing with the cultural Seoul Theater Center and of the festival local population. To accomplish its mission, through sales and marketing to leisure visitors governance. production team. Before joining SFAC, the foundation carries out various initiatives and travel industry professionals, tour Hae-Bo worked for the Korea Science of arts support program, culture & arts operators, meeting and event planners, Culture Headquarter, Seoul Metropolitan Foundation dealing with science promotion education, public-arts projects & festivals, and journalists. Government programs, such as Sci-Art projects. He also and a cultural welfare program. It also worked for the SamulNori-Hannullim, the operates cultural facilities such as Seoul The Culture Headquarter of SMG is most famous Korean traditional percussion Art Spaces, Namsan Arts Center and Seoul responsible for the policies regarding culture troupe, and as a planner for the Moochon Theater Center. & art, design, museum, library, heritage and theatre company. Hae-Bo holds an MA in city-wall. In cooperation with several Arts Management from Chugye University affiliated organizations (Seoul Foundation of the Arts. And now, he is writing the thesis for Art & Culture, the Sejong Center, the for the doctoral degree in the graduate Seoul Philharmonic Orchestra, and others), school of urban sociology at the University SMG’s Culture Headquarter works to expand of Seoul. daily access to cultural and creative activities for all of the city’s citizens. SMG strives to make Seoul a city of culture that everyone would like to visit and live in. At the same time SMG is also trying to regain the title of a historic city, especially registering

40 41 SHANGAI Shanghai Municipal Administration Marina Guo, CEO, Municipal Education Commission, STA of Culture, Radio, Film and TV Shanghai Theatre is one of the best art institutions of higher Kailing Tang, Academy InnoEdu; education in China and has cultivated Deputy Director, The Shanghai Municipal Administration Founder, Huashan thousands of artists in various professional Finance Division of of Culture, Radio, Film and TV is established Multiversity fields nationally and internationally. Shanghai Municipal under the Shanghai Municipal Government. Meanwhile, the academy has also cultivated Administration of It is in charge of culture, broadcasting, film Dr. Marina Guo is a large number of talents for cultural Culture, Radio, and television industry. It is also responsible cultural entrepreneur, management, who are now working in Film & TV for the city’s public culture development academic and important posts in art institutions home and the regulations and the industry strategist. She is the and abroad, as well as in related Ms Tang Kailing management of radio, film and television. Head of Arts Management at School of government agencies. serves as the Deputy Creative Studies, Shanghai Theatre Academy, http://en.sta.edu.cn/ Director of the Finance Division of Shanghai Prof. Changyong Vice Director of John Howkins Research

Municipal Administration of Culture, Radio, Huang, Vice Centre on Creative Economy. She is currently Film & TV. She has over 30 years of President, Shanghai CEO of STA InnoEdu and founder of Huashan experiences in Shanghai’s cultural statistics Theatre Academy; Multiversity which offers capacity building SHENZEN analysis and public cultural projects Director, World talent development program for cultural management, including managing government Cities Co-ordinated creative sectors. Meanwhile, she is sitting Yurong Huang, procurements standards, budgets and the Centre for Culture on the Board of Director, American Institute Associate publishing of Shanghai Municipal Cultural and Innovation of Performing Arts and Editorial Board of Professor; Director, and Heritage Statistics. International Journal of Cultural & Creative Academic Research Prof. Huang Industries (IJCCI). Marina authored the Creative Department, Danni Tang, Changyong, Ph.D., Professor, is currently the Transformation (China Economic Press 2011) Institute for Principal Staff, Vice President of Shanghai Theatre Academy, and translated How Creativity is Changing Cultural Industries, Policy Laws & Founder and Director of the World Cities China (Wuwei Li, Bloomsbury 2011). Marina Shenzhen Regulations Co-ordinated Centre for Culture and was recognized as a future leader by the University Division of Innovation, Director of metropolitan Cultural Australian government when she received Shanghai Municipal Audit Centre. Meanwhile he also serves as the Australian Endeavour Award. She won She is an associate professor and the Administration professor at Tongji University, Deputy the most competitive Creative Leaders Award director of Academic Research Department of Culture, Radio, Director of the Ministry of Education of Art at China Creative Industries Award in 2011. of Institute for Cultural Industries, Shenzhen Film & TV Theory Committee, Vice Member of Shanghai Marina holds Ph.D. in Economics, Master University. Meanwhile, she is director of Writers Assocation. His major research of Arts and bachelor in International Business. Center for Arts and Cultural Policy Studies Ms Danni Tang joined the Policy Laws & covers the areas of literature, culture theory, She was a visiting scholar at Queensland Department of Shenzhen University. She is Regulations Division of Shanghai Municipal cultural and creative industries, and arts University of Technology (QUT). Vice Chair of Nanshan Association of Administration of Culture, Radio, Film & TV management. He has published over 100 Literacy Critics, Shenzhen. She received her in 2006. She specializes in cultural policy articles, and taken charge of several national Shanghai Theatre Academy doctoral degree from Sun Yat-sen University research and has been involved in the and provincial level research. He is the award and she was a Post-doctoral fellow at legislative matters in relation to Shanghai’s holder of the fourth Shanghai Philosophy and Shanghai Theatre Academy (STA) is a Cultural Policy Center, Chinese Academy of public culture, heritage preservation, Social Sciences Outstanding Achievement comprehensive university of performing Arts. She was a visiting scholar at New York intangible cultural heritage preservation as Award and the Eighth Shanghai Decision- arts, with the focus on theatre training and University (NYU), USA from January, 2014 well as Shanghai’s film industries. She is also making Consultation Achievement Award. studies and a history of almost 70 years. to February, 2015. Her main research interest a coordinator for Shanghai at the China Co-sponsored by the Ministry of Culture of is cultural policy. She has published several Ministry of Culture’s Research Department, China and the Shanghai Municipal People’s academic papers in the area of Cultural managing cross region’s policy research. Government, and reporting to the Shanghai Funding Management. She was Principal

42 43 Investigator of Analysis and System Design has also sponsored the activities of China November 2012, MCCY has been actively National Arts Council of Singapore for China’s Cultural Funding Management & (Shenzhen) International Cultural Industries engaging the arts, heritage, sports, Policy Environment for Creative Integration Fair (SZU Venue) since 2008. community and youth sectors. The Ministry The National Arts Council (NAC) of Singapore of Culture and Technology, funded by National aims to bring into sharper focus the efforts was established in September 1991 “to Social Science Foundation, P.R. China. to build a more cohesive and vibrant society, nurture the arts and make it an integral part and to deepen a sense of identity and of the lives of the people of Singapore.” The Penglin Hu, belonging to the nation. MCCY will work with NAC is made up of the following sectors and Deputy Director its stakeholders to create an environment departments: Performing Arts, Visual Arts, of Department where Singaporeans can pursue their Literary Arts, Arts & Community, Arts & Youth, of Project aspirations for a better quality of life and Arts Education, Capability Development, Development, SINGAPORE together, build a gracious and caring society Strategic Planning and Precinct Institute for we are proud to call home. Development. The NAC adopted an arts Cultural Industries, Amelia Tang, cluster development approach in 2004. Shenzhen Deputy Director www.mccy.gov.sg This new approach enabled the Council to University (Arts & Heritage), develop all its various art forms in a holistic Arts & Heritage manner by working through the entire value Mr Penglin Hu received his doctoral degree Division, Ministry of chain, nurturing and developing artists, arts from Wuhan University and he was a Culture, Community groups and arts businesses, to providing Post-doctoral fellow at Peking University. and Youth Sharon Chang, international stages for Singaporean artists Since 2015, he has been a lecturer of Deputy Director, to showcase their talents. In line with the Institute for Cultural Industries, Shenzhen Ms Amelia Tang Research Unit, NAC’s goal of developing lifelong arts University. He is mainly engaged in cultural is the Deputy Singapore National participation, the Council works closely with studies, cultural industries research. He has Director of the Arts and Heritage Division in Arts Council other agencies to bring arts to the wider published two books, Literary Modernity, Singapore’s Ministry of Culture, Community public using community platforms, such as cruel theater and body aesthetics. and Youth (MCCY). The Division is in charge Dr. Sharon Chang is the community centres, public libraries and of the development and implementation of the Deputy Director communal spaces found in the heartlands. Institute for Cultural Industries, cultural policies in Singapore. It aims to overseeing the https://nac.gov.sg/ Shenzhen University make the arts and heritage more accessible Research Unit of the to Singaporeans, to support the aspirations National Arts Council in Singapore. The Unit Established in May 2009, the Institute for of our cultural professionals and institutions, conducts biennial population surveys on arts Cultural Industries (SICI) is the first multi- and to develop the infrastructure and and cultural engagement in Singapore as disciplinary research institution of Shenzhen patronage necessary to support these aims. well as arts and cultural manpower surveys. University (SZU). The main research areas of Amelia has degrees in philosophy and Sharon is as an economist who has research STOCKHOLM SICI include: new forms of cultural industries economics from the London School of experience in productivity measurement and (CI), regional CI development and CI policy Economics and Utrecht University. growth, industry development and the Patrik Liljegren, & IPR. It is credited as one of the top three non-market valuation of cultural resources. Manager, among the CI research centres in China. Singapore Ministry of Culture, Community Her current research interests include the Department of SICI has conducted over 30 research and Youth measurement of the impact of community Culture Strategy, projects granted by National Social Science arts, arts education as well as cultural City of Stockholm Foundation (China), and Ministry of Education The Ministry of Culture, Community and tourism. Sharon has degrees from the etc. It organizes an annual Cultural and Youth (MCCY) seeks to inspire Singaporeans National University of Singapore, the London Patrik Liljegren is Technological Innovation Symposium since through the arts and sports, strengthen School of Economics and Political Science the current manager 2012, based on which the Bluebooks of community bonds, and promote volunteerism and the University of Queensland in Australia. of the Department Culture and Technology are published. It and philanthropy. Since its inception in of Culture Strategy

44 45 at the City of Stockholm. Patrik has for more at the Swedish Institute in 1980 then The Stockholm Culture administration TAIPEI than ten years had executive positions within became Senior officer at the National council and the Culture strategic department art institutions, for example as artistic and for cultural affairs (theatre expert) in 1985. Han-Chung Wu, executive manager at Södra Teatern – a In 1995, he served as cultural attaché at The Stockholm culture administration Executive Director, venue for international music and debate the Embassy of Sweden in Latvia. He worked works on behalf of the Cultural committee World Design in the center of Stockholm. His previous on a parliamentary report on Swedish and includes the City Library with about Capital Taipei 2016 employments focused on production within theatre in 1993, a report on the obstacles 40 neighborhood libraries, the Stockholm the performing arts and audience for cultural cooperation between the Baltic Culture School, Liljevalchs art gallery, the Han Wu is CEO development for young target groups at sea states in 1994, an evaluation of the Stockholm City Museum of Art and Museum of World Design Riksteatern (The National Touring Theatre). cooperation between Sweden and the Baltic of Medieval Stockholm. The Culture Capital Taipei 2016. In his current position Liljegren leads the Sea states in 1999 and a report for administration’s events department arranges As a social design development of the public funding systems the National council for cultural affairs the city’s two major festivals in August; evangelist, he leads for Stockholms institutions. The funding on Swedish local culture. Stockholm Culture Festival and the youth- design transformation in Taiwan. Prior to portfolio covers sectors such as theatre, oriented ‘We Are Stockholm, “Culture Night joining WDC, he was an innovation consultant music, art, film, dance, adult education Viveca Maak, in April, and civic ceremony on National Day. for corporate and social entrepreneurs. Han and public facilities. In the strategic work Advisor, The complete municipal culture budget also wrote a best-selling book about design Liljegren has developed key strategies Department of 2014 amounts to 120 million Euro whereof and is speaker at TEDxTaipei. He holds an for Stockholm with ambitions for a leading Culture Strategy, 90 million for the culture administration. MBA from Duke University, and a Master’s culture city. One of his main focus is to City of Stockholm The culture strategic department supports degree in Urban Planning from National integrate the cultural sector into the independent professional culture, culture Taiwan University. development plans of this fast growing city. Viveca has been associations, artist studios and scholarships, Liljegren holds a degree from the Chaospilot advisor at the adult education and community centers. Education in Denmark, and also studied Department of Specific support is given to strengthen World Design Capital Taipei 2016 courses in International Politics and Culture Strategy the culture of national minorities and young Relations from Göteborgs University and in for the City of Stockholm since 2009. In people’s own cultural projects. The budget The World Design Capital is an initiative French language from Sorbonne, Paris. her position, she analyses operational issues, 2014 amounts to 20 million Euro. of the International Council of Societies compiles and communicates relevant of Industrial Design (ICSID). Taipei was Mats Sylwan, knowledge base within the department. http://international.stockholm.se/ chosen as the World Design Capital 2016 Senior advisor, She contributes to wise decisions that lead and the project office aims to introduce Department of the organisation towards expected results design into everyone’s daily life, into the Culture Strategy, and attainment. She has extensive past work community and social issues people City of Stockholm experience in market research and analysis. concern with, to build a more liveable city. Prior to working for the City of Stockholm, Mats Sylwan has she used to work as a research consultant worked for the City for Radio Intelligence AB, a leading of Stockholm cultural consultancy specialised in strategic market administration analysis for radio and media. She also since 2001. He used to be the head of the worked as an account manager for Ipsos department for cultural grants from 2001 Sverige AB, providing strategic market to 2006, then became Culture Strategist insights on customer performance, as well until 2012 where he took on his current as for Coca-Cola Enterprises Sweden AB position as Senior advisor at the culture as a market research manager. She holds strategic department. Previously, Mats a Master’s degree in Business Administration started his career as International officer from Stockholm University.

46 47 TOKYO Government. Her previous affiliation was http://www.seikatubunka.metro.tokyo.jp Yuko Ishiwata, the Bureau of Taxation in which she handled Olympic Cultural Kohei Torita, Senior general affairs. When she was assigned Strategy Director, Director, Culture to the Culture Promotion Division from 2011 Planning Promotion Division, to 2012, she was active in the project Department, Arts Bureau of Citizens of major renovations of Tokyo Metropolitan Council Tokyo and Cultural Affairs, Museum, Tokyo Metropolitan Theatre Mitsuhiro Tokyo Metropolitan and Tokyo Metropolitan Teien Art Museum. Yoshimoto, Board Yuko Ishiwata Government From this April, she has been in the Member, Arts had served as the current position, and responsible for the Council Tokyo; Program Director Kohei Torita is management of Tokyo Arts and Culture Director of the of Arts Council Tokyo for three years since a Senior Director Committee, and coordination and planning Center for Arts the organization’s establishment in 2012. at the Culture Promotion Division, Bureau of matters related to the cultural policy of and Culture, NLI In this role, she launched grant programs of Citizens and Cultural Affairs, Tokyo the capital. Research Institute to support artists and the creative sector, Metropolitan Government. He has over 30 research projects to boost the quality of years of experience across various fields Culture Promotion Division, Yoshimoto Mitsuhiro cultural environments in Tokyo, and pilot in Tokyo Metropolitan Government. His Bureau of Citizens and Cultural Affairs, began his career as an architect in 1981, programs to foster young talent in the fields previous role was as the Vice Director Tokyo Metropolitan Government after studying urban planning at the of production and arts management. She General for Tokyo 2020 Bid Committee. Graduate School of Waseda University. was appointed to be the Director of the He was committed to win the bid to host Tokyo Metropolitan Government passed He became a consultant and researcher newly established department in June 2015. the Olympic and Paralympic Games in Tokyo. the Culture Promotion Ordinance in 1983 in cultural fields in 1985 and studied arts Before joining Arts Council Tokyo, she In 2015, he played a central role to develop which was about 20 years before the administration at Columbia University in was active in cultural policy making, culture “Tokyo Vision for Arts and Culture,” which Fundamental Law for the Promotion of 1997. Since 1985, he has been engaged promotion programs of local governments, acts as the basic guideline for the arts Culture and the Arts was enacted in 2001. in international studies on cultural policy, and evaluation systems of art programs. and culture of the Tokyo Metropolitan Since then, Tokyo has been proactively research on the management and evaluation She used to work in advertising agency Government, and will cover the cultural promoting arts and culture.Tokyo Vision of cultural organizations, master planning for ten years, Dentsu Inc., managing market policies towards and beyond the Tokyo for Arts and Culture was delivered in March, for cultural institutions and consultation trend analysis, marketing and consumer 2020 Olympic and Paralympic Games. 2015, and its role is to act as a basic for public art projects. Mr. Yoshimoto insight, and estimating advertisement guideline of Arts and Culture for the Tokyo is also the editorial supervisor of ‘Creative budgets of Japanese companies. Akiko Itou, Deputy Metropolitan Government towards and City of EU and Japan’. He is currently Director Director/Team beyond 2020. Culture Promotion Division, of the Center for Arts and Culture at NLI Arts Council Tokyo Leader, Cultural Bureau of Citizens and Cultural Affairs’ goal Research Institute, a member of the National Policy Team, is to develop Tokyo’s distinct culture and Cultural Policy Committee, Chair of the In line with a proposal from the Culture Promotion values into a strategy called “Tokyo Brand”, Yokohama Creative City Development Tokyo Council for the Arts, the Tokyo Division,Bureau to promote the brand nationally and Committee, a board member of the Metropolitan Foundation for History of Citizens and internationally, to establish Tokyo as a truly Association for Corporate Support of the and Culture established Arts Council Cultural Affairs, culturally mature city, and to develop arts Arts, Japan, and a board member of Art NPO Tokyo in November 2012, Japan’s first Tokyo Metropolitan and cultural projects further in education, Link. In 2014, Mr. Yoshimoto was appointed internationally acknowledged arts council. Government welfare, local regeneration and cultural to be a member of Tokyo Council for the Its programs subsidize and support the tourism. The organisation manages the Tokyo Arts and Culture as well as Chairman of the artistic and cultural activities that form Akiko Itou is a Deputy Director/Team Leader Arts and Culture Committee and municipal Council’s Committee for Cultural Program of the core of the Council’s mission. In addition of the Cultural Policy Team at the Culture cultural institutions, and implement projects Tokyo 2020 Olympic and Paralympic Games. to the Arts Council Tokyo Grant Program, Promotion Division, Bureau of Citizens or programmes in collaboration with these it has launched several pilot programs. and Cultural Affairs, Tokyo Metropolitan institutions. The Arts Academy cultivates talented youth

48 49 who plan to embark on careers in TORONTO Toronto Cultural Services assists in a wide venues serving more than 240,000 people production, arts management, or at public range of community arts organizations, in annually. After playing mentor and coach to institutions. The Showcase of Traditional Lori Martin, addition to formulating policy and planning organizations and governments in Canada Performing Arts program showcases the Senior Cultural for the sector overall. Maintaining and and abroad for many years, Tim and Artscape fascination of traditional arts and the Affairs Officer, developing Toronto’s cultural life is critical are beginning to play an active development dynamism of new creative innovations. Cultural Services, to the City’s quality of life and economic role in markets outside Toronto. In 2014, City of Toronto competitiveness. Tim was recognized by the Geneva-based www.artscouncil-tokyo.jp Schwab Foundation as Social Entrepreneur As an urban planner, http://toronto.ca/culture of the Year. Lori Martin has worked on the Artscape adaptive reuse of industrial heritage buildings for cultural Artscape is a not-for-profit urban NLI Research Institute purposes such as the Artscape Wychwood Tim Jones, development organization that makes space Barns, Evergreen Brick Works and the John CEO Artscape for creativity and transforms communities. NLI Research Institute has been engaged Street Roundhouse. Lori was an expert Artscape’s work involves clustering creative in a variety of arts and cultural projects witness at the Ontario Municipal Board Tim Jones is a people together in real estate projects that since its foundation in 1988 by Nippon hearing regarding the West Queen West champion for the serve the needs of the arts and cultural Life Group. These include international neighbourhood. More recently, Lori was role that the arts play community and advance multiple public studies and proposals on cultural policy, a strategic contributor to a multi-departmental in transforming cities policy objectives, private development creative city development and creative city team that successfully negotiated the and communities. interests, community and neighbourhood industries; research on the management Mirvish+Gehry redevelopment that retains Under his direction aspirations and philanthropic missions. and evaluation of cultural organizations, the Princess of Wales Theatre, heritage since 1998, Artscape Since its beginning in 1986, Artscape has master planning and consultation for warehousing and non-residential uses. has grown from a Toronto-based artist studio become recognized as an international cultural institutions and art initiatives. Her interests also include collaborating with provider to an internationally recognized leader in creative placemaking, a practice The Institute has also been involved in others who are committed to increasing leader in creative placemaking. The term that leverages the power of art, culture and the development of the National Art Center creativity in the places where we live with “creative placemaking” was coined by Tim creativity to catalyze change, growth and Tokyo, Tokyo Opera City, Setagaya Public the goal of developing new ways to stimulate in 2006 to describe the practice of transformation in communities. The Theater and Iwaki Performing Arts Center. regional prosperity by leveraging the leveraging the power of arts and culture organization achieves its mission through The Institute served as consultant for connections between culture, economy to act as a catalyst of change, growth and developing and managing unique cultural the artwork projects of the Tokyo and place. transformation of place. Today, city-builders facilities—including community cultural hubs, International Forum, as well as the new around the world are employing creative multi-purpose creative spaces and artist live/ headquarters building of Dentsu Inc. Toronto Cultural Services placemaking strategies to make cities more work projects—and delivering programs and These projects rank among the top cultural vibrant, prosperous, sustainable and liveable. services that promote creativity and cultural developments over the past two decades Toronto Cultural Services is part of the Artscape’s work involves clustering creative space development. in Japan. City of Toronto’s Economic Development & people together in real estate projects to Culture Division. It promotes the development serve their interests while advancing multiple Artscape.ca http://www.nli-research.co.jp/english/ of arts, culture and heritage through the public policy agendas, private development operation and administration of many interests, community and neighbourhood museums, historic sites, performing and aspirations and philanthropic missions. In visual arts centres. It provides financial Toronto, Tim has built an impressive portfolio support for cultural activity and individual of arts centres that provide space to more artists, and encourage public art projects than 2,300 people working and or living in both private and public developments. in Artscape properties, including 32 public

50 51 WARSAW Tomasz Thun – of the city. The city provides public services, WORLD CITIES CULTURE Janowski, Director, encompassing municipal and social services FORUM MANAGEMENT Jarosław Tomasz Department of and it is also responsible for satisfying TEAM Jóźwiak, Deputy Culture, City the needs of the inhabitants in the field Mayor, City of Warsaw of: education, health care, culture, social Paul Owens, of Warsaw welfare, safety and public order. As a Managing Director, Tomasz Thun – self-government unit Warsaw creates city’s BOP Consulting; In 1999, Jaroslaw Janowski is Director development policy and has a wide range Director, World was active in ‘World of the Culture of legal tools and broad infrastructure Cities Culture for YES’ Foundation, Department of the to implement project’s results especially Forum initially as a City of Warsaw. He is responsible for policies in a field of revitalisation and economic volunteer, and later regarding culture, art, heritage, cultural and development. Culture Department of City Paul is the director as a coordinator of programs for creative industries. He is working on increasing of Warsaw is designated by the mayor to of the World Cities development and establishing youth the value of Warsaw as a cultural brand. build the cultural policy of the city, cooperate Culture Forum, volunteers groups. Between 2001 and 2006, His areas of expertise are mainly related to with national, regional and local cultural supervising the organization’s ambitious he was member of the board of ‘World for communications management and brand organisations, NGO’s and local communities, future plans. Paul is also co-founder and YES’ Foundation, responsible for finances building. He has been professionally involved support artists, and realize CCI projects Managing Director of BOP Consulting, one and organization. He has been employee of in theatre and culture as a manager and among others. The City also runs theatres, of the UK’s leading consultancies on culture the City of Warsaw since 2006 – first as producer. For many years he was a Deputy local cultural centres, libraries, and other and the creative industries. He leads on Deputy Director of the Office of the Mayor Managing Director of TR Warszawa and institutions. The City of Warsaw has a much of BOP’s work in economic responsible for cooperation with combatants’ Head of Communications of the Adam significant experiences with interregional development and the creative industries, organizations, responsible for preparing the Mickiewicz Institute. As a member of Citizens cooperation through participation in various with particular knowledge of skills and anniversary celebrations of events important of Culture – a social movement promoting the city networks as well as through various EU training, entrepreneurship, cluster for the city and for international relations. increased recognition of culture in Polish funded projects. development and economic impact analysis. In 2013, he became director of the City of public policies, he was one of the signatories With his colleagues at BOP, he has pioneered Warsaw Center for Public Communication of the ‘Pact for Culture’ signed in 2011 by new ways of understanding the cultural and responsible for social participation, city the Prime Minister of the Republic of Poland. creative economies of cities and regions and promotion and international relations. Since He is a member of the Committee of the helped to design new policies and support December 2014, he has been Deputy Mayor Garden of the Righteous in Warsaw, which structures to foster culture and creativity. of the City of Warsaw, in charge of safety honours those who had the courage to He leads BOP’s international work, especially and crisis management, real estate defend human dignity and help victims in China and Taiwan. He is a regular speaker management, arts and culture, legal affairs, during totalitarian times. He graduated from and moderator at international conferences sports and recreation, promotion, as well the Nicolaus Copernicus University in Torun and workshops. as social communication and participation. and the University of Warsaw in Polish He has been distinguished with the Silver literature, theatre studies and philosophy. Matthieu Prin, Cross of Merit (Poland) and with the French Project Manager, National Order of Merit (Ordre national City of Warsaw World Cities Culture du Mérite). Forum; Consultant, The City of Warsaw is a local self- BOP Consulting government unit which executes public tasks of local nature belonging to the Matthieu is the competences of borough and county (two project manager local administrational levels), as well as of the World Cities tasks resulting from the capital character Culture Forum. He

52 53 is lead researcher and manager on Andrea Cetrulo, audio-visual sector. He was elected a Fellow organisations and their funders. We help the World Cities Culture Report and the Researcher, World of the RSA in 2007 and is a member of the them to write strategies and to plan for the Transformational Cultural Projects Report. Cities Culture UK Evaluation Society. future. We work with our clients to build new He has also been involved in a range of Forum partnerships and to deliver new projects. consultancy projects at BOP Consulting, Ulrike Chouguley, We help them to understand and most notably for Taiwan’s Ministry of Culture, As part of the World Senior Consultant, communicate the value of what they do. Shanghai Jing’an Municipal Government, the Cities Culture Forum BOP Consulting 2012 Taipei Design City Expo and Creative team, Andrea http://bop.co.uk/ Scotland. Matthieu holds a MA in Urban conducts research Having worked as a Governance from the Institut des Sciences for the World Cities senior consultant for Kate D. Levin, Politiques de Paris (Sciences Po) and a BA Culture Report, liaises with member cities BOP until this year, Advisor, World in International Relations from the University and contributes to the organization of the Ulrike recently Cities Culture of California Los Angeles (UCLA). forum’s activities. She holds an Msc in Urban started a PhD at City Forum and Studies from University College London, with University London. Principal, Yvonne Lo, a focus on the configuration of public space Her research builds on the World Cities Bloomberg Coordinator, World through music and sounds in the urban Culture Report and interrogates the role Cities Culture context. Prior to moving to London she lived of informal culture in world cities. Prior Associates Kate D. Forum; Researcher, in Buenos Aires, Toronto and Montevideo and to joining academia, Ulrike worked for BOP Levin is a Principal BOP Consulting studied in Berkeley and Barcelona, where for more than five years, specialising in at Bloomberg she obtained her degree in Sociology. evaluation and impact research on cultural Associates, a philanthropic consulting firm, Working alongside events and organisations. She also worked where she advises cities on cultural assets Matthieu, Yvonne Richard Naylor, for Warwick Arts Centre, Goethe Institute and public-private partnerships. She also coordinates activities Director, Research, Kolkata (India) and EuroNews (France). Ulrike oversees the Arts Program at Bloomberg of the World BOP Consulting holds a MA in European Cultural Policy and Philanthropies, which supports a range of Cities Culture Forum such as the World Management from the University of Warwick organizations and initiatives in the U.S. and Cities Culture Shanghai Symposium Richard supervises and a joint BA in European Culture and around the world. From 2002–2013, Levin and undertaking research for the Forum. all BOP’s major Media Studies from the Bauhaus University served as Commissioner of the New York Yvonne has over four years of experience research projects, Weimar (Germany) and the University Lyon II City Department of Cultural Affairs, during in programme evaluation and public affairs ensuring BOP’s (France). which time she participated in early efforts in Asia and Europe. At BOP, Yvonne works methods are that led to the creation of the World Cities across its research and evaluation portfolio. analytically rigorous BOP Consulting Culture Forum. The inaugural Fellow at the Her recent projects include evaluation of and appropriate to the task in hand. His work National Center for Arts Research at British Council’s Culture for Development has broken fresh intellectual ground in fields BOP Consulting specialises in culture Southern Methodist University and a former global portfolio, evaluation of the BFI such as the development of frameworks for and the creative industries. We built up professor of English at City College/CUNY, Film Academy, and a research on public measuring the economic and social impacts our expertise in the UK and we work across Levin also served in the administration of investment in design for the Design of cultural activities. Richard has over fifteen the world. We understand how culture New York City Mayor Ed Koch. Council. Yvonne holds a Master in Public years of contract research experience enriches people’s lives; and how culture Administration (International Development) in both consultancy and academia. Before and the creative industries make economies at the London School of Economics and joining BOP in 2002, Richard spent five competitive. We are expert in measuring a BBA (Hons) in Global Business and years as Research Associate with the Centre the social and economic value of both. Economics at the Hong Kong University for Urban and Regional Development Studies Underpinning all BOP projects is our of Science and Technology. (CURDS) at Newcastle University, and commitment to robust evidence and two years at the University of Westminster sustainable delivery models. BOP’s clients undertaking research projects on the are governments, private businesses, cultural

54 55 Tamara Rojo, Production with Goldberg: the Brandstrup- Artistic Director, Rojo Project. King Juan Carlos has decorated English National Tamara with Spain’s three highest Honours, Ballet The Prince of Asturias Award, the Gold Medal of Fine Arts and Encomienda de Número Tamara Rojo was de Isabel la Católica. She has also received appointed Artistic the Benois de la Danse Award, The Times Director of English Dance Revelation of the Year, Critics’ Circle National Ballet in National Dance Award, Barclay’s Outstanding 2012. She combines Achievement in Dance Award, Positano this role with her dancing career, performing Dance Award, Leonide Massine Premio as Lead Principal with the Company. She al Valore, the Italian Critic’s Award, and from was trained in Madrid at the Victor Ullate the City of Madrid, both the International School. She won a Gold Medal at the Medal of the Arts and the Interpretation Paris International Dance Competition and Award. She is on the Board of Dance UK, a Special Jury Award unanimously given the Anglo-Spanish Society, a Patron of the by a judging panel led by Natalia Makarova, Ipswich-based DanceEast Academy, Patron Vladimir Vassiliev and Galina Samsova, of the Flamingo Chicks and Adviser to who asks her to join Scottish Ballet. Whilst Spain’s Superior Council of Artistic Studies. at Scottish Ballet she danced the principal roles in Swan Lake, Cranko’s Romeo & Juliet Diane Coyle OBE, and Bournonville´s La Sylphide. Upon joining Director, English National Ballet within six months Enlightenment Speakers was promoted to Principal. She danced the Economics. full range of the Company’s principal roles. Derek Deane created the roles of Juliet Diane is Professor (Romeo & Juliet) and Clara (The Nutcracker) of Economics for her. Her performances as Clara broke all at the University box office records at the London Coliseum of Manchester in and The Times named her “Dance Revelation addition to running of the Year.” She collaborated once again Enlightenment Economics. She was with Derek Deane for the creation of Strictly Vice-Chair of the BBC Trust until April 2015, Gershwin at the Royal Albert Hall in 2008 a member of the Migration Advisory and 2011 with English National Ballet. Committee from 2007–2012, and a member Tamara joined The Royal Ballet as a Principal of the Competition Commission from 2001– at the invitation of Sir Anthony Dowell shortly 2009. She is also a visiting research after her highly acclaimed Guest Artist debut associate at the University of Oxford’s Smith with the Company in Sir Peter Wright’s School of Enterprise and the Environment. Giselle. During her 12 years she danced She specialises in competition analysis and all the classics as well as works by MacMillan, the economics of new technologies and Mats Ek, Forysthe, Kylián and Ashton. Tamara globalisation, including extensive work on has been repeatedly recognised for her the impacts of mobile telephony in developing artistic excellence. She won the 2010 countries. Diane is also a member of the Laurence Olivier Award for Best New Dance stakeholder advisory panel of EDF Energy.

56 57 She is the author of several books, including the Olympics, David spent 12 years involved Wells to become a producing house. He has 2011. He remains a personal member GDP: A Brief But Affectionate History (2014), in the delivery of major investment since driven the commissioning, producing of the German Olympic Sports Federation. The Economics of Enough (2011) and The programmes for Government, including and co-producing of more than 100 shows, Martin Roth is a Trustee of the British Council Soulful Science (2007), Sex, Drugs and establishing the delivery structures and including acclaimed collaborations Sutra, and of the Musée des Arts Décoratifs in Economics (2002), Paradoxes of Prosperity commercial arrangements for the Building m¡longa and Life in Progress. Spalding also Paris. He is a member of both the Council (2001), Governing the World Economy (2000) Schools for the Future secondary schools created the position of Associate Artist to the of the Royal College of Art and the Court and The Weightless World (1997). She has investment programme (2004–2005) and theatre. There are currently 16 Associate of Imperial College in London. also published numerous book chapters, the NHL LIFT primary healthcare programme Artists, three Resident Companies and one reports and articles, and was formerly a (2000-2002). Between 1995–2001 David Associate Company. Before joining Sadler’s Ekow Eshun, writer regular presenter on BBC Radio 4’s Analysis. played a prominent role in establishing the Wells, Spalding was the Head of Dance and broadcaster. She was previously Economics Editor of The structure by which Local Authorities could and Performance at the Southbank Centre, Independent and before that worked at deliver PFI / PPP projects – including London, between 1994 and 2000 and, Ekow Eshun the Treasury and in the private sector as changes in legislation, establishing the previously, a programmer at the Hawth is a writer an economist. She has a PhD from Harvard. necessary funding mechanisms and running Theatre, Crawley, from 1988 to 1994. In and broadcaster. Diane was awarded the Order of the British Government’s approval and prioritisation 2005, Spalding was awarded the Chevalier The former director Empire (OBE) in January 2009. framework, as well as helping deliver the des Arts et des Lettres. He was appointed of the Institute precedent setting schools transactions. as a national member of the Arts Council of Contemporary David Goldstone, David trained as a CIPFA accountant whilst England Council in 2009. He was appointed Arts, he is Chair Chief Executive, at the Audit Commission (1986–1989) before a Commander of the Order of the British of the Fourth Plinth Commissioning Group, London Legacy moving to Price Waterhouse (1989–1997), Empire (CBE) in the Queen’s Birthday overseeing the UK’s most significant public Development where he was responsible for a wide range Honours in 2012, for services to dance. art project. He is a contributor to TV and Corporation of public sector audit and consultancy work radio shows including The Today programme, in local government, the NHS, universities Martin Roth, Saturday Review and Channel 4 News and his David Goldstone and government departments. Director, Victoria writing has appears in publications including is Chief Executive and Albert the Financial Times, The Guardian, of the London Alistair Spalding Museum (V&A) The Independent, The Observer, the New Legacy Development CBE, Chief Statesman, Vogue and Wallpaper. Corporation where he leads the development Executive and Martin Roth became and regeneration of Queen Elizabeth Artistic Director, Director of the Eva Pascoe, Head Olympic Park and surrounding areas. Sadler’s Wells Victoria and Albert of Retail Futures, David joined LLDC from TfL where he was Theatre Museum in The Retail Practice Chief Finance Officer from 2012-2014. September 2011. David spent the previous 5 years as Finance Under Spalding, Before joining the V&A, Martin Roth was Eva Pascoe is an Director responsible for the Government’s Sadler’s Wells Director General of the Dresden State Internet pioneer, £9.3bn budget for the 2012 Olympic and has become a Art Collections (Staatliche Kunstsammlungen technologist and Paralympic Games. This involved over-seeing world-leading dance house, committed to Dresden), overseeing 12 museums and co-founder of the and funding all of the Olympic Delivery producing and presenting new work and galleries. From 1996 to 2001 Martin Roth world’s first Authority’s £7bn programme of investment to bringing the very best UK and international was a member of the senior management Cybercafe Cyberia in the Olympic Park venues and infrastructure, dance to its audiences. The theatre of the Expo 2000 in Hanover and Director (London, Paris, Tokyo 1994). The cybercafé including planning for legacy uses of the welcomes audiences of over 500,000 of Thematic Exhibitions. He was President movement which Cyberia led paved the Park and venues and Government’s role annually in London, while its productions of the German Museums Association from way for the development of the Internet in establishing LLDC, as well as managing attract audiences of over 120,000 each year 1995 to 2003, and a member of the German as a communication medium worldwide. Government’s guarantee of LOCOG’s by touring in the UK and overseas. In 2005, Ministry of Foreign Affairs’ Advisory Board Eva is a network technology practitioner operational budget. Prior to his role on Spalding announced his vision for Sadler’s in Berlin until his relocation to London in with two decades of experience in designing

58 59 and managing large e-commerce projects Jonathan Reekie, Governance and Operation for the Daily Mail, the first fashion Director, Somerset e-commerce for Topshop, Arcadia and many House Trust other High Street brands and charities. She is a trustee of Help4Heroes and supports Jonathan Reekie technology projects on human enhancement was appointed and bionic aids for armed force veterans. Director of Somerset She co-wrote a UK-wide report and survey House Trust in April Governance and Leadership Operation and funding of the UK High Streets for William Grimsey’s 2014. Before Joining Alternative High Street Review (Sept 2013) Somerset House, The World Cities Culture Forum operates The activities of the World Cities Culture and coined the term ‘Networked High Street’ he was Chief Executive of Aldeburgh Music, as an informal network. Forum are managed by BOP Consulting, to describe the future state of retail and city leading the direction and development a specialist consulting firm, on behalf of the informatics driving the innovation in UK of the world-renowned musical centre The network is convened by the Head Greater London Authority and the members towns. She is currently working on the in Suffolk since 1997. In addition to holding of Culture, Greater London Authority, of the Forum. ‘Reimagining the High Street’ government artistic responsibility for 16 Aldeburgh at the request of the Mayor of London. initiative aiming to introduce communication Festivals, he built a vibrant, year-round BOP Consulting has a contract with the technologies to the commercial layer of arts offering and an artist development Each year a member city is selected Greater London Authority to this effect. London and other UK cities. She is the programme. From 1991 to 1997 he was by the Chair to host the World Cities Culture The members of the Forum individually pay E-Commerce director of TheRetailPractice, General Manager of Almeida Theatre, Summit through an open bidding process. a fee directly to BOP Consulting to cover a leading London-based e-retail consultancy, where he founded Almeida Opera. Prior the costs of organising activities and and a director of Cybersalon.org, a London- to this, he worked as Company Co-ordinator The host city appoints a local organising undertaking research. based think-tank focused on the analysis for Glyndebourne Festival from 1987–1991. committee, which works with the World of new technologies and their From 1989 to 2005, he was a Trustee of Cities Culture Forum Team, to develop the As well as this basic fee, individual member impact on society, supported by Middlesex Musica Nel Chiostro, Batignano in Italy and content of the Summit. cities raise funds or pledge in-kind resources and Westminster Universities. Eva is also from 2007 to 2014 he was an Arts from internal and external sources to support a broadcaster and has appeared on Programme Committee Advisor for the Paul the activities of the Forum. Newsnight and BBC Questions Time, Hamlyn Foundation. He is currently a Trustee as well as a contributor to The Independent, of the Arts Foundation and holds an The Guardian, Huffington Post and Spectator. Honorary Fellowship from the Royal Academy of Music and an Honorary Doctorate of Music from the University of East Anglia. He was awarded a CBE for services to music in the 2013 Birthday Honours.

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