29 – 30 November 2017
Chiang Chen Studio Theatre, Hong Kong Polytechnic University
With the theme “Where Do the Arts Lead Us?”, the 3rd International Arts Leadership Roundtable (the Roundtable) was held from 29 to 30 November 2017 at Chiang Chen Studio Theatre, Hong Kong Polytechnic University, gathering around 20 arts leaders from overseas and local arts institutions/ organisations to share their professional insights and experiences in different regions, discuss the global trends and issues in arts development, and formulate relevant strategies to cope with future challenges. This year’s Roundtable was also held concurrently with the Asia Cultural Cooperation Forum 2017, organised by the Home Affairs Bureau, to foster regional cooperation and development in arts and culture.
The Roundtable consisted of 3 plenary sessions during which overseas and local arts leaders were invited to share their views and experiences on a variety of relevant topics. Afterwards, the Closing Discussion was held to conclude the conference with four local arts experts had deeper discussions from a Hong Kong perspective on supporting arts development. Around 200 overseas and local arts organisations’ representatives participated in the conference.
| PLENARY ONE：CONNECTING THE ARTS WITH AUDIENCES | Video | ||
| Speakers | Dr. Sorcha CAREY Chair, Festivals Edinburgh [United Kingdom] |
Speech | PPT |
| Mr. Leong CHEUNG Executive Director, Charities and Community, The Hong Kong Jockey Club |
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| Mrs. Rosa Huey DANIEL Deputy Secretary (Culture), Ministry of Culture, Community and Youth & Chief Executive Officer, National Arts Council [Singapore] |
Speech | PPT | |
| Mr. Rupert MYER Chair, Australia Council for the Arts |
Speech | PPT | |
| Ms. Lynn F. C. YAU Chief Executive Officer The Absolutely Fabulous Theatre Connection [Hong Kong] |
Speech | PPT | |
| Panel Discussion (Moderator: Ms. Tisa HO | Executive Director, Hong Kong Arts Festival) |
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| PLENARY TWO：APPLYING TECHNOLOGY IN THE ARTS | Video | ||
| Speakers | Mr. Simon BRAULT Director & CEO, Canada Council for the Arts |
Speech | PPT |
| Dr. Bryan Wai-ching CHUNG Associate Professor, Academy of Visual Arts, Hong Kong Baptist University |
Speech | ||
| Mr. Andy STRATFORD Managing Director, FutureEverything [United Kingdom] |
Speech | PPT | |
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Panel Discussion |
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| PLENARY THREE：EXPLORING BOUNDARIES OF THE ARTS | Video | ||
| Speakers | Mr. Patrick CHIU Founder, Hong Kong Singfest [Hong Kong] |
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| Ms. Jane CHU Chairman, National Endowment for the Arts [USA] |
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| Dr. Richard GRANT Former Chair, Creative New Zealand |
Speech | PPT | |
| Panel Discussion (Moderator: Professor Samuel LEONG | Deputy Director (Academic), Hong Kong Academy for Performing Arts) |
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| CLOSING DISCUSSION (Moderator: Dr. Wong Ying-wai, Wilfred | Chairman, Hong Kong Arts Development Council) |
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| Respondents | Mr. Timothy CALNIN | Director of Tai Kwun –Centre for Heritage and Arts (The Jockey Club CPS Limited) [Hong Kong] |
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| Mr. Doryun CHONG | Deputy Director and Chief Curator of M+, West Kowloon Cultural District Authority [Hong Kong] |
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| Ms. Connie LAM | Executive Director, Hong Kong Arts Centre | |||
| Mr. TANG Shu-wing | Artistic Director, Tang Shu-wing Theatre Studio [Hong Kong] | |||
29 February to 1 March 2016
Hong Kong Maritime Museum
With the theme “Arts in the New World”, the ADC organised the 2nd edition of the International Arts Leadership Roundtable from 29 February to 1 March 2016. The Roundtable had gathered around 20 international and local arts leaders from various arts councils and institutions to discuss the prevailing key arts topics and trends in Hong Kong and around the globe, to exchange ideas on related policies and measures, and to propose strategies to meet future challenges. The conference was also a platform for arts leaders in Hong Kong to engage in in-depth exchanges with overseas speakers and acknowledge the latest development of the arts and culture on the global level.
Speakers were invited to discuss on the following three plenary topics on the first day of the conference: “The Development of Cultural Ecology”, “The Change of Arts Spaces” and “New Thinking for International Exchange”. On the second day, the closing discussion was held with local arts leaders invited to the stage for deeper discussions in response to Hong Kong’s scenario.
Mr. Cai Wu, Chairman of the China National Arts Fund, was invited to participate in the opening of the conference, while Mr. Kim Jong-ryeol, Secretary General of Gwangju Cultural Foundation [Korea], also participated in the conference as observer. The ADC also invited representatives of the Home Affairs Bureau (HAB), Leisure and Cultural Services Department, West Kowloon Cultural District Authority, major arts and arts education institutions, Major Nine Arts Groups, recipients of the ADC’s One-Year/ Two-Year/ Three-Year grants as well as Springboard grantees under HAB’s Arts Capacity Development Funding Scheme to attend the Roundtable.
| Plenary 1: The Development of Cultural Ecology | |||
| Panellists | Ms Kathy LAI | Chief Executive Officer, National Arts Council [Singapore] | Speech | PPT |
| Mr Rupert MYER | Chair, Australia Council for the Arts | Speech | PPT | |
| Ms Elaine YEUNG | Assistant Director (Performing Arts), Leisure and Cultural Services Department [Hong Kong] |
Speech | PPT | |
| Panel Discussion (Moderator: Dr WONG Ying-wai, Wilfred | Chairman, Hong Kong Arts Development Council) |
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| Plenary 2: The Change of Arts Spaces | |||
| Panellists | Ms Myung-jin PARK | Chairperson & CEO, Arts Council Korea | Speech | PPT |
| Mr Euan UPSTON | Director, Central Police Station [Hong Kong] | Speech | ||
| Panel Discussion (Moderator: Mr Vincent NG | President, Hong Kong Institute of Architects) |
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| Plenary 3: New Thinking for International Exchange | |||
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Mr Simon BRAULT| Director & CEO, Canada Council for the Arts | Speech | PPT |
| Dr Richard GRANT | Chairman, Creative New Zealand | Speech | PPT | |
| Mr Shokichi HIRABAYASHI | Executive Director, Japan Arts Council | Speech | PPT | |
| Dr Fredric MAO | Convener, Hong Kong-Taiwan Cultural Cooperation Committee | Speech | ||
| Panel Discussion (Moderator: Professor Samuel LEONG | Deputy Director (Academic Programmes and Educational Innovation), Hong Kong Academy of Performing Arts) |
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| Closing Discussion (Moderator: Dr WONG Ying-wai, Wilfred | Chairman, Hong Kong Arts Development Council) |
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| Respondents | Ms Tisa HO | Executive Director, Hong Kong Arts Festival | ||
| Dr Isaac LEUNG | Chairman, Videotage [Hong Kong] | |||
| Mr Duncan PESCOD | Chief Executive Officer, West Kowloon Cultural District Authority [Hong Kong] | |||
| Professor TSENG Sun-man | EMA Co-Programme Leader and Adjunct Professor, Hong Kong Institute of Education | |||
| Ms Ada WONG | Founder & Hon. Chief Executive, Hong Kong Institute of Contemporary Culture | |||
The inaugural International Arts Leadership Roundtable was held at Asia Society Hong Kong Centre on 8 to 9 November 2013, with the title of “Looking 10 Years Ahead: Towards a More Vibrant Arts Ecology”. International and local arts leaders invited to the conference included: Mr Alan DAVEY (former Chief Executive, Arts Council England), Mr JI Gon-gil (Chair, Gwangju Hub City of Asian Culture, Korea), Ms Kathy LAI (Chief Executive Officer, National Arts Council, Singapore), Mr Ted LIPMAN (Chief Executive Officer, The Robert H. N. Ho Family Foundation), Ms Cynthia LIU (former Deputy Director, Leisure and Cultural Services Department, Hong Kong), Mr Michael LYNCH (former Chief Executive Officer, West Kowloon Cultural District Authority), Mr Shichzaemon MOGI (President, Japan Arts Council), Ms Alice MONG (Executive Director, Asia Society Hong Kong Centre), Mr Rupert MYER (Chair, Australia Council for the Arts), Mr Robert SIRMAN (former Director & Chief Executive Officer, Canada Council for the Arts), Mr Philip SPEDDING (Director, Arts and Business, UK), Ms Mara WALKER (Chief Operating Officer, Americans for the Arts) and Dr Wilfred WONG (Chairman, Hong Kong Arts Development Council).