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Welcome from the City of Lugano, LAC, and GCDN
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Chair, Global Cultural Districts Network (GCDN), Director, AEA Consulting
I am a Director of AEA Consulting and chair of the Global Cultural Districts Network. I have worked in senior management and as a board member in both museums and the performing arts and as a strategy consultant to clients in the cultural, public, and business sectors around the world...
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General Director, LAC Lugano Arte e Cultura
Born in Canada in 1956, Michel Gagnon has been Place des Arts Programming Director since 2000, where he was responsible for developing the overall programming, he also supervised the artistic direction of shows produced by Place des Arts, and he developed many cultural activities...
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Vice-Mayor, City of Lugano
Director of Cultural Affairs - City of Lugano, Città di Lugano
Luigi Maria Di Corato graduated with honours in art history from the University of Siena. He continued his education with a master's degree in Business Administration at the MIP Politecnico di Milano and a postgraduate course in Management and Economics of Culture at the SDA Bocconi...
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10:30 CEST
Morning session: that was then, this is now…
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Vice President for the Arts, University of Arizona
Andrew (Andy) Schulz joined the University of Arizona as Dean of the College of Fine Arts in July 2018. In January 2019, he was named the inaugural Vice President for the Arts and charged with carrying out a bold vision to elevate the arts at the University of Arizona.As Vice President...
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President & CEO, The Music Center
Rachel S. Moore is president and CEO of The Music Center, Los Angeles’ premier performing arts center. In that capacity, she leads the $70 million company that manages The Music Center campus and operates and programs Grand Park on behalf of the County of Los Angeles. In total...
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Chair, Creative Estuary
Sarah Dance is a strategic consultant for the culture and creative industries, with over 25 years’ experience in the creative sector. She has led a wide range of cultural organisations and set up her own consultancy in 2002. Her work covers business and capital development, creative...
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11:30 CEST
12:00 CEST
Breakout session: Networks for arts, culture, health and wellbeing
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Managing Director, Stavros Niarchos Foundation Cultural Center
Elly Andriopoulou is the Chairwoman and Managing Director of the Stavros Niarchos Foundation Cultural Center (SNFCC), appointed in June 2020. Before joining the SNFCC, Elly held leadership positions in banking, strategy consulting, and most recently, philanthropy.More specifically...
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Programme Director, Cluj Cultural Centre
My cultural work over the past 25 years has included arts management, curating, research and policymaking. Currently I am a Programme Director of the Cluj Cultural Centre, a membership organisation dedicated to culture as sustainable development based in Cluj, Romania. I am also a...
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Artist - Museum's Cultural Mediator - Music Therapist, LAC
Patrizia Nalbach is a Swiss-Italian soloist singer of classical, jazz and improvised music as well as the founder, director and performer of several projects and cultural concert-shows.Patrizia, born in Turin, has lived in several different cities in her life (Zurich, New York and...
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Professore Ordinario, Università degli Studi 'Gabriele d'Annunzio' di Chieti
I am Professor of Economic Policy at University of Chieti-Pescara, Senior Advisor to the OECD, Paris, Research Affiliate at metaLAB (at) Harvard and ISPC-CNR Naples. I have been the Special Advisor to the EU Commissioner on Education and Culture, Visiting Professor and Scholar at...
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Programme Manager (Arts and Health), Nesta
Rosie leads ‘HARP’, a large Arts and Health innovation and research programme with a focus on how the arts can play a more prominent role in the health and wellbeing of people in Wales. The programme is a partnership between Nesta, Arts Council of Wales and Cardiff University...
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12:00 CEST
Breakout session: new global geographies of cultural flagships
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Managing Principal, AEA Consulting
Daniel has a background that merges architecture, design, and business. Since joining AEA, Daniel has applied his skills to strategic and business planning for more than 100 clients, including:Developing financial models and business plans for the Stavros Niarchos Foundation Cultural...
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Professor, University of Lausanne
Martin Müller is a professor in the Department of Geography and Sustainability at the University of Lausanne, Switzerland. He is interested in how rich cities attempt to become sexy cities. In other words: How do cities seek to convert economic capital into cultural capital by investing...
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Senior Researcher, Institute of geography and sustainability – University of Lausanne
David Gogishvili is a senior researcher in the Department of Geography and Sustainability at the University of Lausanne, Switzerland. He is interested in the role that large-scale urban development projects, such as mega-events and cultural flagship institutions, play in cities across...
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12:00 CEST
Breakout session: Rethinking our cities... and new tools for action
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Culture Mile Manager, City of London Corporation
Tim Jones manages Culture Mile, a cultural district in the heart of London, on behalf of the City of London Corporation and in partnership with the Barbican Centre, the Museum of London, the Guildhall School of Music & Drama and the London Symphony Orchestra.Tim is a senior director...
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Founder / Director, BIDs Belgium
Rozina Spinnoy is a Design Strategist and Social Entrepreneur. Founder/Director of the NGO BIDs Belgium, which is a Community Partner of the New European Bauhaus. Also running the SME’s Belgium Design Council and Design2Style, based in Brussels and working internationally. Wearing...
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Director, Placemaking Europe
Ramon Marrades is an economist and urbanist with a passion for port cities, public spaces, culture, and innovation. He is currently Director at Placemaking Europe, the network that connects practitioners, academics, community leaders, market players, and policymakers across the field...
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President, Downtown Brooklyn Partnership
Regina Myer is President of the Downtown Brooklyn Partnership (DBP), a not-for-profit local development corporation that serves as the primary champion for Downtown Brooklyn as a world-class business, cultural, educational, residential, and retail destination.Until 2016, Regina served...
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12:00 CEST
Breakout session: What's next for public art?
Moderators
michael@why-site.com, WHY
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CEO, Iregular
Eloi Beauchamp has a very positive view on life and overflows with energy.He has a bachelor in biology, a masters in ecology and a degree in teaching.He thought he would become a teacher. He became an entrepreneur.In 1999 he founded l’ÉLOI, an integrated agency and production house.22...
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Artist, Jason Bruges Studio
Jason Bruges is a genre-bending artist and designer, based in London. He is internationally renowned as a pioneer of the hybrid space between art, architecture, and technology. His artworks are site-specific, ‘sculptural barometers’ that tap into the emotional tapestry of a...
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Development & Touring Manager - Interactive Installations, Quartier des Spectacles
I’m an art lover who studied theatre and art history before specializing in arts management. I’m adept at solving puzzles with a few small pieces that don’t quite seem to fit. That’s what makes me such an effective strategic planner for tour schedules. I’m always looking...
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13:00 CEST
14:30 CEST
Climate crisis & cultural districts – the European context
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Executive Director, Onassis Cultural Centre
Christos Carras was born in London (UK) in 1962. He read philosophy at Cambridge University and then at the Sorbonne where he earned his PhD. From 2000 onwards, he has been working in the cultural sector, initially as the Project Manager of the EU funded MediMuses network. In 2006...
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Director, MuseumsQuartier Errichtungs- und Betriebsgesellschaft mbH
Co-Founder & Executive Director, ARTPORT_making waves
Anne-Marie Melster is an art curator, writer and advisor focusing on social and environmental issues. As the co-founder and executive director of ARTPORT_making waves she creates interdisciplinary projects which search for environmental and social solutions. She is the pioneering...
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Sustainability Leader, Grimshaw
Dr Paul Toyne has a diverse background, having worked all over the world as an environmental campaigner, conservationist and sustainable built environment specialist. Within the fields of property and construction, he has held Group Sustainability and Environment Director roles at...
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10:30 CEST
Morning keynote: leading in a changed world – emerging cultural districts and a way forward
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Chair, Global Cultural Districts Network (GCDN), Director, AEA Consulting
I am a Director of AEA Consulting and chair of the Global Cultural Districts Network. I have worked in senior management and as a board member in both museums and the performing arts and as a strategy consultant to clients in the cultural, public, and business sectors around the world...
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Creative Economy Specialist, Yale University Institute for the Preservation of Cultural Heritage
Charlotte Ashamu is an expert in international economic development with a 20-year career advancing the creative and cultural industries. She currently serves as a Creative Economy Specialist at Yale University’s Institute for the Preservation of Cultural Heritage, where she leads...
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11:30 CEST
12:00 CEST
Breakout session: Building for the future
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Director, Museum of London
Sharon Ament is Director of the Museum of London, a cultural ambassador for the Mayor of London and member of the Mayor’s Cultural Leadership Board; on the London Area Council of Arts Council England, Chair of the London Screen Archives and Co-Chair of the Women Leaders in Museums...
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Partner, Buro Happold
Andrew is a Partner based in Buro Happold’s Berlin office. His work is spread across a diverse range of geographic locations, with a particular focus on cultural buildings, large international projects and buildings with geometrically complex structures.Andrew leads Buro Happold’s...
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Creative Director, WHY
Hello I am an architect and thinker in the realm of Architecture, Urban Design and Sustainability . WHY studios are in New York City and Los Angeles with projects all over the globe. We partner with public and private sector clients to engage communities , ask questions in order to...
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Director, Urbis
Kate is a passionate urbanist and place maker with more than 25 years of international experience working throughout Australia, as well as Asia, Europe and the United States. She is globally respected for her expertise in visioning and positioning city scale precincts, working sensitively...
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12:00 CEST
Breakout session: Cultural districts and the technologies of the future
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Executive Director, ArtTech Foundation
With her company Concilio, which she founded in 2017, Nathalie Pichard manages projects with and for her clients that draw on her practical experience in management, organization and innovation in the cultural and university domains.She has gained a great deal of experience in these...
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Director, Global Cultural Districts Network (GCDN)
Greg is the Director of the Global Cultural Districts Network (GCDN), a dynamic membership organization of over 60 international cultural districts with a mission to improve the quality of urban life through the arts, culture and creative industries.As Director of GCDN, Greg is responsible...
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Co-founder & CEO, Artivive
Conception and Content / Project Management, iart
An MA in Applied Cultural Studies from University of Lüneburg, furnished Anna with an interdisciplinary background of cultural management, art history and practical exhibition work. After a stint as a curator and educator, mainly at Staatsgalerie Stuttgart, she joined iart in 2004...
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12:00 CEST
Breakout session: From A to District – Phasing in a Creative District in Benin City
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Principal, AEA Consulting
With two decades of consulting and project management experience in the international cultural and business sectors, Sherif supports AEA’s global growth with a focus on our work in Europe, the UK and the Middle East. He joined AEA in 2019 from Cultural Innovations, where he served...
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Founder and Principal, Amaya Capital
Mr. Ihenacho is a founder and partner of Amaya Capital, a principal investment company that is an active investor in infrastructure businesses in Africa. Amaya is the founding investor of Azura Power, an Africa-focused power generation business that is the largest private sector financed...
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Director, The Pavilion, Edo Museum of West African Art
Ore Disu is the Director of the EMOWAA Pavilion, the research and collections facility of the Edo Museum of West African Art. Ore brings over 10 years of experience in cultural programming, research and stakeholder management to bear in the design and execution of early-stage programmes...
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12:00 CEST
Breakout session: Redefining safety and accessibility for public spaces
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Director of Special Projects, Global Cultural Districts Network (GCDN)
Stephanie Fortunato joined GCDN as Director, Special Projects in 2022. In this role, she focuses on supporting the activities, management, and development of the network – and oversees the delivery of special research and membership projects.Stephanie has been active in the network...
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Co-Executive Director, The Bentway Conservancy
Ilana Altman is a cultural planner and designer who has a background in art and architecture. In her role as Co-Executive Director she works with the community and creative partners to implement innovative and engaging programming and open up new avenues for collaborative design and...
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Founder and President, City Space Architecture
Luisa Bravo is a global academic scholar and educator, cultural entrepreneur and public space activist. She has more than 15-years experience in the professional field as urban planner and designer with a specific focus on public space. Her expertise is grounded in extensive academic...
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Director, Light Follows Behaviour
Elettra is co-founder and creative director at Light Follows Behaviour, a lighting design studio with the aim to design with people and for people, with the aim to bring lighting to less affluent communities.She has focused her attention on lighting design and associated research...
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14:30 CEST
Moral dilemmas and the challenges of cultural leadership today
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CoFounder & Managing Director, Kingston Creative
Andrea is an engineer, entrepreneur and executive. She is the Cofounder and Managing Director of Kingston Creative an organisation seeking to transform Downtown and the founder of Bookophilia, a bookstore that promotes Caribbean literature. Andrea has held senior management roles...
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Chair, Global Cultural Districts Network (GCDN), Director, AEA Consulting
I am a Director of AEA Consulting and chair of the Global Cultural Districts Network. I have worked in senior management and as a board member in both museums and the performing arts and as a strategy consultant to clients in the cultural, public, and business sectors around the world...
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Director and CEO, Newark Museum of Art
The Newark Museum of Art ( NOMA) is New Jersey’s largest fine arts museum was founded one the belief, radical among museums in 1909 that art is for everyone. It is made up of a 90-gallery main building, planetarium, two historic houses, an education center and sculpture garden...
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Artistic Programming Director, The Royal Commission for AlUla
Sumantro Ghose is an Arts Producer, Curator and Cultural Strategist with over 20 years’ experience in museums, festivals, education and cultural diplomacy.He is Artistic Programming Director for the Royal Commission for AlUla, where he is responsible for the creative direction of...
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16:00 CEST
Closing remarks
Speakers
Director, Global Cultural Districts Network (GCDN)
Greg is the Director of the Global Cultural Districts Network (GCDN), a dynamic membership organization of over 60 international cultural districts with a mission to improve the quality of urban life through the arts, culture and creative industries.As Director of GCDN, Greg is responsible...
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Chair, Global Cultural Districts Network (GCDN), Director, AEA Consulting
I am a Director of AEA Consulting and chair of the Global Cultural Districts Network. I have worked in senior management and as a board member in both museums and the performing arts and as a strategy consultant to clients in the cultural, public, and business sectors around the world...
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