Tuesday June 12 - Day 1

SOH Playhouse Foyer

1100

Registrations open        

The Playhouse

1400

Official Opening
Intro: Joseph Skrzynski, Chair, Sydney Opera House
Opening: The Hon Bob Carr MP - Premier and Minister for the Arts, NSW

The Playhouse

1430

Session One
Keynote Conversation
Beyond Borders
What divides us, what brings us together?
Speaker: The Hon Dr Barry Jones AO, former Federal Minister for Science and Technology, writer and broadcaster, who has earned a reputation as one of Australia’s most respected public intellectuals.
(appears by arrangement with Saxton Speakers’ Bureau)
Facilitator: Joseph Skrzynski
Q & A from Floor

Man Of War Steps        

1630

Welcoming Cocktail
Sydney Harbour Cruise
Sponsored by Musical America
Entertainment: the Mell-o-Tones

1845

Close day 1

Wednesday June 13 - Day 2

The Playhouse

0900

Registration Coffee

0930

Session Two
Keynote Conversation
Virtual Culture
Can the arts survive change?
Speaker: Pat Kane, based in Glasgow, has been both a newspaper editor/writer and a pop/jazz musician. He is currently working on a book based on his ideas for The Play Ethic, which, he claims, will enable us to ‘live creatively’ in the next century – and why the ‘work ethic’ has to go.
Facilitator: Graham Sheffield, Barbican Centre, London

1100

Morning Tea
Sponsored by the Australian Ballet

1130

Session Three
Two speaker response
The Hon Dr Barry Jones
Dr Hilary Brown, Project Coordinator of the Cariforum Cultural Centre Jamaica, one of four regional Centres established to promote cultural integration, awareness, exchanges and development of cultural industries in the region.
Facilitator: Graham Sheffield

Botanical Gardens

1220

Walk via Gardens to Government House

Government House

1230

Buffet Lunch
Street Theatre

1400

walk to Recital Hall

City Recital Hall

Angel Place

1430

Prelude to Session Four
Australian Chamber Orchestra performance, with Richard Tognetti, Artistic Director

1445

Session Four
Keynote Conversation
The Global Consequence
Will the world economy produce only world culture?
Speaker: Dr Marilyn Waring, former NZ parliamentarian, a feminist economist, a development consultant who has worked in more than a dozen countries, a farmer and an activist for "female human rights", Dr Waring is currently Associate Professor in Social Policy and Social Work at Massey University in Auckland, New Zealand.
(appears by arrangement with Saxton Speakers’ Bureau)
Facilitator: Dr Simon Longstaff, Executive Director of the St James Ethics Centre. Established in 1989, the Centre is an independent forum, based in Sydney and Melbourne, for the promotion of business and professional ethics.

1545

Afternoon Tea
Sponsored by the ACO and Arup

Recital Hall

1615

Session Five
Two Speaker Response
Nomadlozi Kubheka, Director, Linkfest Art Promoters, Bulawayo, Zimbabwe and a leading advocate for African arts and the challenges faced by developing countries in the face of globalisation.
Rhoda Roberts, member of the Aboriginal Bundjalung nation, Wiyebal clan, was Director of the Olympic Festival of the Dreaming in 1997, co-creative director for the Olympics Opening Ceremony in 2000 of which, she was also Indigenous Cultural Advisor.  Well known for her work with SBS television as a journalist and presenter for the current affairs program, Vox Populi, she has also worked for Network Ten and ABC Radio as a producer and journalist.
Facilitator: Nicholas Heyward, Chief Executive Officer, Adelaide Festival Corporation

Northern Foyer - SOH

1830

Reception – including canapes with a Swiss flavour - sponsored by the ISPA Lucerne Congress Committee

The Studio - SOH

1930

SOH Showcase
a selection of ready-to-tour Australian work from leading music, theatre, dance companies in the region, hosted by renowned performer and festival director, Robyn Archer

2200

Close

Thursday June 14 - Day 3

The Playhouse

0830

Registration Coffee

0900

Session Six
Keynote Conversation
Change Makers
Are artists still the vanguard? Speaker: Marian Pastor Roces from the Philippines, President, TAO Management, Inc., a corporation developing museum, exhibition, databasing and publication projects
Facilitator: Robyn Archer

1030

Morning Tea

1100

Session Seven
Asian Artists Panel
Leading artists from Japan, Singapore and Vietnam will discuss the effect of change on artists in the region and ask: why cross borders?
Yumi Uminmare
Ngoc-Tuan Haong

Northern Foyer Concert Hall

1230

Networking Lunch

The Playhouse

1430

Session Eight
Asian Management Panel
Leading managers in the AsiaPacific will question how much management has already changed? And ask: what next?
Naomoto Okayama
Benson Puah
Facilitator: Ian Smallbone, Director, IMG Artists Asia

1600

Afternoon Tea

1630

Session Nine
Panel: leading Australian performing arts practitioners will debate why crossing borders – physical and intellectual are important to them Lyndon Terracini
Don Mamouney
Tess de Quincey
Facilitator: Marguerite Pepper, Director, Marguerite Pepper Productions, Performing Arts Management and Producers

1730

Close
Dinner – own arrangements

Friday June 15 - Day 4

Wharf 2/
Bangarra Dance Theatre

0830

Registration Coffee

0900

Session Ten
So, what happens now?
Speaker: Phillip Adams, writer, broadcaster and filmmaker, has had a wide-ranging career in many industries ranging from hard nosed advertising through newspaper and radio journalism to reviving the Australian film industry, and now in television and the arts. This is his personal vision of why we persist.
Facilitator: Michael Lynch, Chief Executive, Sydney Opera House, former General Manager of the Australia Council and the Sydney Theatre Company

Session Eleven
Panel: Hilary Brown, Nomadlozi Kubheka, Pat Kane, Marian Pastor Roces
Facilitator: Barbara Scales, Director of Latitude 45 - Agent for Performers and Composers

1100

Morning Tea Sponsored by the Sydney Dance Company

1130

Wind up session (open mic.)
Ken Fischer, University of Michigan Music Society

Rocks Walk

1215

Guided Historic Walk through the Rocks to the Museum of Contemporary Art (MCA)

1300

Awards lunch
occasional address by Dr Margaret Seares, eminent musicologist, University of Western Australia, currently Chair, Australia Council
Sponsored by ARTEC Consultants Inc.
Entertainment: The Song Company

1500

Optional – The MCA is open – admission is free if you’d like to stay