Seminar: Public and Private Cultural Exchange-Based Diplomacy: New Models for the 21st Century

Public and Private Cultural Exchange-Based Diplomacy:  New Models for the 21st Century Abstract At the onset of the 21st century, cultural diplomacy is encountering new challenges as policymakers, artists, and cultural leaders adapt to a rapidly changing global environment. This change is being driven by multiple factors, including the emergence of a multi-polar world, the growing influence of rapidly developing nations in Asia, South America, and the Gulf, increasing urbanization, rising educational levels, and accelerated scientific and business innovation. At the same time, the arts are experiencing seismic shifts emanating from more pluralistic and inclusive definitions of culture, a greater preponderance and acceptance of arts activity at all levels, and increased participation in the arts through broadcast, digital, and social media. Making matters even more complicated, our world is being recast by forces of cohesion and division. While digital technology and integrated markets are interconnecting global societies as never before, political, cultural, and religious tensions continue to create divides. Thus, the landscape for cultural diplomacy has changed dramatically and, consequently, the priorities and methods of cultural diplomacy need to change with the times and align more fully with new modes of cultural and political engagement. The revitalization of cultural engagement will require new energies and forms of collaboration between artists, cultural organizations, governmental and intergovernmental bodies, private foundations, corporations, and other citizen groups. The purpose of this Salzburg Global Seminar session is therefore to conduct an informed exchange among these constituencies, by bringing together policy experts, artists, cultural leaders, heads of cultural institutions and foundations, corporate leaders, and others committed to international cultural engagement to explore the evolving purposes, forms, and tools of cultural diplomacy in the 21st century. Plenary sessions and working groups will focus on the following themes: new pathways for government-sponsored cultural diplomacy; cultural organizations on the frontlines of arts exchange; new roles for NGOs and the private sector; and cultural diplomacy and exchange in the digital age. The convening is intended to foster a fresh exchange of ideas and to develop new rationales and approaches for cultural engagement at a pivotal moment in the evolution of cultural diplomacy. The Program of the Seminar Public and Private Cultural Exchange-Based Diplomacy: New Models for the 21st Century 490th Salzburg Global Seminar Saturday, April 28 – Wednesday, May 2, 2012 PROGRAM SATURDAY, 28 April 2012 PARTICIPANT ARRIVALS 12:30 Lunch 15:30 Coffee/Tea 16:00 WELCOME AND INTRODUCTORY MEETING Stephen Salyer President, Salzburg Global Seminar Margaret Ayers President and CEO, Robert Sterling Clark Foundation Susanna Seidl-Fox Program Director, Culture and the Arts, Salzburg Global Seminar 17:30 TOUR OF SCHLOSS LEOPOLDSKRON The Historic 18th Century Home of the Salzburg Global Seminar 18:30 DINNER 19:30 OPENING ROUNDTABLE THE IMPORTANCE OF INTERNATIONAL ARTS ENGAGEMENT MODERATOR: Andras Szanto (Session Rapporteur) Writer, Arts Consultant, New York, United States and Budapest, Hungary Karen Hopkins, President, Brooklyn Academy of Music, New York, United States Arturo Navarro, Executive Director, Mapocho Cultural Center, Santiago, Chile Yasushi Watanabe, Professor, Keio University, Tokyo, Japan Xiang Xiaowei, Deputy Director General, Bureau for External Cultural Relations, Ministry of Culture, Beijing, People’s Republic of China Followed by RECEPTION SUNDAY, 29 April 2012 9:00 PLENARY I: RE-IMAGINING PUBLIC AND PRIVATE ROLES IN INTERNATIONAL CULTURAL ENGAGEMENT FOR THE 21ST CENTURY KEYNOTE Michael Kaiser, President, Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts, Washington, DC, United States MODERATOR: Andras Szanto, Session Rapporteur RESPONDENTS Sari Bermudez, Chief Executive Officer, Inter-American Culture and Development Foundation, Washington, D.C., United States; former President, National Council for Culture and the Arts, Mexico John Brown, Author, John Brown’s Public Diplomacy Press and Blog; Adjunct Professor, Georgetown University, Washington, DC, United States Joy Mboya, Artistic Director, The GoDown Arts Centre, Nairobi, Kenya Corina Suteu, Director, Romanian Cultural Institute, Romania, New York, United States DISCUSSION 10:30 Coffee/Tea 11:00 PLENARY I BREAKOUT SESSIONS 12:30 Lunch 14:00 PLENARY II: SHIFTING ECONOMIC POWER: NEW PARAMETERS OF ENGAGEMENT IN A MULTI-POLAR WORLD KEYNOTE Vishakha Desai, President, Asia Society, New York, United States MODERATOR: Andras Szanto, Session Rapporteur RESPONDENTS Raj Isar, Independent Cultural Advisor; Professor, Cultural Policy Studies, American University of Paris, France Moukhtar Kocache, Program Officer, Ford Foundation, Cairo, Egypt Michael Schindhelm, Writer, Cultural Manager, and Theater and Film Director, Zurich and Moscow Claudia Toni, Expert on Public Policies for Arts and Culture; Chief Consultant for Music and Dance, Sao Paulo State Public TV and Radio, Sao Paulo, Brazil DISCUSSION 15:30 Coffee/Tea 16:00 PLENARY II BREAKOUT SESSIONS 18:30 Dinner 20:00 FIRESIDE CHAT THE ROLE OF MUSEUMS IN INTERNATIONAL ENGAGEMENT MODERATOR: Andras Szanto, Session Rapporteur Michael Conforti, President, Clark Art Institute, Williamstown, Massachusetts, United States Yuko Hasegawa, Chief Curator, Museum of Contemporary Art, Tokyo, Japan Görgün Taner, General Manager, Istanbul Foundation for Culture and Arts, Istanbul, Turkey Mats Widbom, Director & Cultural Counselor for Sweden, The Swedish Institute, Paris, France; former Director, Museum of World Culture, Gothenburg, Sweden MONDAY, 30 APRIL 2012 9:00 PLENARY III: CREATING AN ENABLING ENVIRONMENT THAT PROMOTES CULTURAL DIVERSITY WITHIN THE CONTEXT OF CULTURAL RELATIONS KEYNOTE Vernon Ellis, Chair, British Council, London, United Kingdom MODERATOR: Andras Szanto, Session Rapporteur RESPONDENTS Basma El Husseiny, Managing Director, Al Mawred al Thaqafy, Cairo, Egypt Olga Garay, General Manager, Department of Cultural Affairs, Los Angeles, California, United States Rita King, Vice President of Business Development, Science House, New York, New York, United States Lowery Stokes Sims, Charles Bronfman International Curator, Museum of Art and Design, New York, New York, United States DISCUSSION 10:20 GROUP PHOTO 10:30 Coffee/Tea 11:00 PLENARY III BREAKOUT SESSIONS 12:30 Lunch 14:00 PLENARY IV: GLOBAL COMMUNICATIONS AND THE RISE OF SOCIAL MEDIA: THE FUTURE OF INTERNATIONAL CULTURAL ENGAGEMENT KEYNOTE Oussama Rifahi, Executive Director, Arab Fund for Arts and Culture, Beirut, Lebanon MODERATOR: Andras Szanto, Session Rapporteur RESPONDENTS Joshua Fouts, Executive Director, Science House Foundation, Science House, New York, United States Dieter Bogner, Museum Planner, Art Historian, Author, and Collector of Site-Specific Contemporary Art Installations, Vienna, Austria Susan Sollins, Executive Director, Art21, New York, United States DISCUSSION 15:30 Coffee/Tea 16:00 PLENARY IV BREAKOUT SESSIONS 18:30 Barbecue TUESDAY, 1 MAY 2012 9:00 SMALL WORKING GROUPS PREPARE FOR FINAL PRESENTATIONS 10:30 Coffee/Tea 11:00 PLENARY V: SMALL WORKING GROUPS REPORT BACK MODERATOR: Andras Szanto, Session Rapporteur DISCUSSION 12:30 Lunch 13:30 PLENARY VI: REFLECTIONS AND NEXT STEPS MODERATOR: Andras Szanto, Session Rapporteur 15:30 Time to visit Salzburg 18:30 RECEPTION Venetian Room 19:00 CONCERT 20:00 FINAL BANQUET DINNER Followed by PARTY WEDNESDAY, 2 MAY 2012 Departures after Breakfast