Highlight Recap

Opening Plenary - Creating the Right Home

Keynote Speakers
Mr Timothy Calnin, Executive Director, Performing Arts of Sydney Opera House
Mr Louis Yu, Executive Director, Performing Arts of West Kowloon Cultural District Authority

Respondent
Mr Him Lo, Socially Engaged Artist

Moderator
Mr Paul Tam, Chairman, Hong Kong Arts Administrators Association / Executive Director, Hong Kong Ballet

The Academy 1: How to Start and Sustain a Creative Career: the Model of Cultural Entrepreneurship

Guest Speaker
Mr Ian Chance, Lifetime Creative Entrepreneur from the UK and Creative Entrepreneurship Programme Director, the Hong Kong Academy for Performing Arts

The Academy 1: From Artist to Arts Manager: the Journey of Transformation

Guest Speaker
Mr Wu Dar-Kuen, Director, Taipei Artist Village and Treasure Hill Artist Village

Roundtable - Transcending Boundary: Artistic Collaborations Between Cities

Panelists
Mr Glen Goei, Film Director and Co-Director, the Singaporean theatre company, W!LD RICE
Ms Teresa Kwong, Programme Director, Hong Kong Arts Centre
Mr Wu Dar-kuen, Director, Taipei Artist Village and Treasure Hill Artist Village

Moderator
Ms Catherine Liu, Project Director, Hong Kong Fringe Club

Keynote Plenary – Social Gains through Arts (1 June 2016)

Keynote Speakers
Mr Garry Robson, Artistic Director, Fittings Multi Media Arts Liverpool and Birds of Paradise Theatre Company Glasgow
Ms Esme Ward, Head of Learning and Engagement, Manchester Museum and Whitworth Art Gallery

Respondent
Ms Grace Cheng, Director, Art in Hospital and Community Art Network

Moderator
Mr Robert Ness, Director, British Council (Hong Kong)

The Academy 2: Crowd-funding and Other Creative Approaches - Is It the Future for HK Musicians (1 June 2016)

Guest Speakers
Ms Vicky Fung, Founder, MusicBee
Mr Jing Wong, Musician

The Academy 2: Breaking the boundaries: Working with people of hearing impairment and disabled artists and performers. The Creative Case for Diversity (1 June 2016)

Guest Speaker
Mr Garry Robson, Artistic Director, Fittings MultiMedia Arts Liverpool and Birds of Paradise Theatre Company Glasgow

The Academy 2: Embracing Age-friendly Concept into Arts Programme (1 June 2016)

Guest Speaker
Ms Esme Ward, Head of Learning and Engagement, Manchester Museum and Whitworth Art Gallery

Roundtable – The Magic of Partnership (1 June 2016)

Panelists
Ms Angelika Li, Director, Mill6 Foundation
Mr Ted Lipman, Chief Executive Officer, The Robert H.N. Ho Family Foundation
Ms Georgina Lo, Company Manager, Unlock Dancing Plaza
Mr Michael MacLeod, Chief Executive, Hong Kong Philharmonic Orchestra
Mr Tang Shu-Wing, Artistic Director, Tang Shu-Wing Theatre Studio

Moderator
Prof. Bernadette Tsui, Executive Director, HKU Foundation / Director, Development & Alumni Affairs Office / Honorary Professor of Practice, Faculty of Social Sciences, The University of Hong Kong