Discussion Paper
The World Summit Discussion Paper explored the Summit theme Mobile Minds: Culture, Knowledge and Change with the purpose to inspire delegates, to spark initial thinking around key issues, and the ways in which we might respond. The Discussion Paper was devised with two key objectives: to situate conversations in the wider global context, as well as the national context in which delegates would meet; and to present stories from the field that exemplify how individuals can effect transformative change.
The Discussion Paper included contributions from:
- YAM Tunku Zain (Malaysia), journalist and Founding President of the Institute for Democracy and Economic Affairs (IDEA), which evolved out of the Malaysia Think Tank, cofounded by him in 2006.
- Maria Daïf (Morocco), former journalist and Managing Director of the Touria and Abdelaziz Foundation – a private fund dedicated to supporting arts and culture – and its cultural space L’Uzine in Casablanca, Morocco from December 2015 to October 2018, whose professional adventures share a common driver: the conviction that access to arts and culture is a human right.
- Nick Capaldi (Wales), former Chief Executive of the Arts Council of Wales. A graduate of Chetham’s Music School, the Royal College of Music and City University in London, Nick’s career in the arts started as a professional musician in concert performances as well as broadcasts on radio and television.
- Katindi Sivi-Njonjo (Kenya), founder and lead consultant at LongView Consult, a socio-economic research, policy analysis, foresight strategy and training firm that works with individuals, companies and governments to prepare for an uncertain and rapidly changing world.
- Gustavo Vidigal (Brazil), a manager and researcher in culture, development and international cooperation, with more than 10 years of experience in the field, who has worked across government, academia, and socio-cultural movements; and has coordinated national and local creative economy policies.
- Dr Wulan Dirgantoro (Australia/Indonesia), an academic whose work focusses on the intersection between feminism, contemporary art and memory, and how the state, political and cultural institutions interlink in the arena of cultural production, with a regional focus on Southeast Asia.
- Taiarahia Black (Aotearoa-New Zealand), Professor of Māori and Indigenous Research Development at Te Whare Wānanga o Awanuiārangi, a university with a vision to empower the descendants of Awanuiārangi and all Māori to claim and develop their cultural heritage and to broaden and enhance their knowledge base, to be able to face with confidence and dignity the challenges of the future.
Summit Report
The 8th World Summit Report offers insight into the knowledge, experience and perspectives shared by participants and details the conversations that took place during the 8th World Summit on Arts and Culture, Kuala Lumpur in March 2019. It also presents the issues that participants identified as key areas that require action from the international arts and culture community.
