Shaping Cultural Futures

Program

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Speakers

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Day 1: Tuesday, 4 November

• 09:00–9:30 Arrival & Registration & Coffee
• 09:30–10:00 Opening remarks by Estonian Minister of Culture Heidy Purga, Kadri Laas-Lepasepp (Estonian Contemporary Art Development Center (ECADC)) and Kadi-Ell Tähiste (Association of Estonian Art Institutions (KAEL))
• 10:00–11:00 Keynote: Rethinking Art, Business and Society / Tinni Ernsjöö Rappe, the executive director of the Stockholm School of Economics (SSE) Art Initiative and Literary Agenda
• 11:00–12:00 Panel Discussion: Cultural Leadership — How Art Builds Institutions / Panelists: Xenia Joost, Deputy Secretary General for the Arts at the Estonian Ministry of Culture (moderator); Tinni Ernsjöö Rappe; Siim Raie, Artrovert gallery founder and galerist, former Director of National Heritage Board and Office of the President of Estonia; Priit Turk, Director General for Digital & Cyber Diplomacy at the Estonian Ministry of Foreign Affairs
• 12:00–13:00 Lunch
• 13:00–14:00 Keynote: On creativity and income — comparing contemporary pay models for artists / Maria-Kristiina Soomre, Adviser on Visual Art at Estonian Ministry of Culture
• 14:00–15:00 Panel Discussion: From Precarity to Policy / Panelists: Maria-Kristiina Soomre (moderator); Vaida Stepanonovaité-Kobialka, researcher, curator, lecturer, organizer and co-founder of the Art Workers’ Union in Lithuania; Sten Andreas Ehrlich, Head of Operations for the memberowned pension fund and asset management company Tuleva and former undersecretary of labor at the Estonian Ministry of Social Affairs; Anna Rikkinen, artist and Contemporary Craft Specialist
• 15:00–15:15 Coffee break
• 15:15–16:45 Panel Discussion: Making Cities Visible / Panelists: Helen Sildna, Founder of Tallinn Music Week, Shiftworks (moderator); Elīna Drāke, Director of Riga Art Week; Kati Kivinen, Curator of Helsinki Biennial and HAM; Joanna Witek-Lipka, Director of Warsaw Gallery Weekend
• 16:45–17:00 Closing of Day 1: Open microphone for audience thoughts and reflections
• 17:00–17:30 Exhibition tour at Kai Art Center: On Fragile Grounds. Sirje Runge and Light
• 17:30 onwards, Reception & networking

Day 2: Wednesday, 5 November

• 09:30–10:00 Arrival & coffee
• 10:00–12:00 Workshop: Understanding Your Impact / Maria (Maja) Drabczyk, Chair of the Board and Head of Policy and Advocacy at the Centrum Cyfrowe Foundation
• 12:00–13:00 Lunch and networking
• 13:00–14:30 Lecture: Contemporary Revenue Models for Cultural Institutions / Ragnar Siil, Founder and Director of Creativity Lab
• 14:30–14:45 Coffee break
• 14:45–16:15 Seminar: Audience Data in Practice / Maarin Ektermann, President of the Estonian Artists’ Association in conversation with Jaan Naaber, Founder of Sviby
• 16:15 Wrap-up and closing remarks

The forum will be held in English.

This event is part of the ECADC project Development Services for the Arts Sector, co-financed by the European Union.