Fluidity Presentations View the presentation slides of 2007 New York Conference presenters Joshua Dachs (pdf), René Barsalo (pdf), and Deborah Rossi and Alan Brown

Gérard Mortier: Art as Political Manifesto An English summary of Mortier's keynote speech in Budapest. George Konrad: In the Beginning there was Literature "...no great nation has a more interesting or rich literature today than do the Hungarians, a not altogether hugely great nation."

Johann Zietsman: "Presenting the arts - Has our reason d’etre changed?" A speech to the Arts Midwest conference in September 2006 by ISPA's former Executive Director.

Lin Hwai-min on "Searching for Identity through Dance" A keynote speech delivered by this renowned choreographer and founder/artistic director of the Cloud Gate Dance Theatre of Taiwan. Delivered during the ISPA Hong Kong conference in June 2006.

Oliver Chou on the China National Symphony ISPA Academy presenter Oliver Chou writes about the China National Symphony Orchestra's 50th anniversary.

John Kani on "UBUNTU" Read and listen to the stirring keynote speech of Dr. John Kani — actor, director, and playwright — from our January 2006 New York Congress.

A STATEMENT FROM THE GATESHEAD CONGRESS ISPA Urges World's Leaders to Support the Arts A public statement by ISPA's Board of Directors on the importance and value of the arts to communities, cities, regions, and nations.

Two Keynotes from Shanghai The sixth China Shanghai Arts Festival and Forum in October 2004 featured two keynotes from ISPA representatives. You can read them here: Graham Sheffield: 'Tea for Two' — A Cultural Foxtrot Johann Zietsman: Reducing Conflict—The Real Value of Cultural Collaboration

An Endnote Keynote from London 2003 Gabriel Gbadamosi on cultural fusions in London. A keynote given during the 2003 ISPA conference.

FaceAsia Keynotes For those who could not attend our Singapore Congress, we've posted many of the excellent presentations delivered by our speakers around the East/West issues. Some of the pointed remarks by one of oue keynote speakers, Tommy Koh, set this ball rolling at a lively pace! Tommy Koh: "Asia and the West: What do we expect of each other?" J. Ostrom Moller: "Asia and the West: So What" Ramon Pagayon Santos: "A Concept of Time and Space in Asian Artistic Expression"

Frances Cairncross: On Technology The Senior Editor of The Economist talks about the impact of the internet and associated technologies on the economy, on companies and work, on governments and on society.

Don Marinelli on Entertainment Technology View the Powerpoint slides from Marinelli's engaging and high-energy presentation at the ISPA 2002 New York Conference.

STREAMING KEYNOTES (watch and listen online)
The 2001 ISPA New York Conference featured many insightful speakers, panels, and professional discussions. Three of these events have been captured on digital video, and are available for viewing on your personal computer.
• Closing Address - Philippe Petit
• Dr. Ken Robinson, Getty Foundation
• Contemporary Performance Panel (featuring pianist Lang Lang)

Dr. Ken Robinson: A Stream of Inventive
"We have spent years partially educating our children: the result is adults who have lost touch with, or never discovered, their own creative, intellectual and emotional abilities."

Highlights from Sydney International Congress, June 2001
Four speeches are now online from ISPA's International Congress in Sydney, Australia:

• Marian Pastor Roces: Are Artists Still the Vanguard?
• Dr. Hilary Brown: Can the Arts Survive Change? - A Response
• Naomoto Okayama: Asian Management
• Dr. Marilyn Waring: Will the World Economy Produce Only World Culture?

Pat Kane: Play Ethic
Scottish journalist and musician Pat Kane explores the "play ethic," asking: "Why believe in work when it doesn't believe in you?"

Europe: The Cultural Dimension
An overview and report on the Wilton Park Conference, held September 25 - 28, 2000, in association with the Goeth Institute and the British Council.

Edward Villella: Risk and Reward
"The moment you play it safe, you're practically moribund. Nobody wants safe. Everybody wants risk, where there's reward at the end of it. Don't be afraid...just a little afraid."

Leadership Forum on Presenting International Work
In August 1998, over fifty members of the presenting community gathered to define the current state of international presenting, and envision a better way. Here is the report from that meeting.

The Art of Juxtaposition
an interview with Jonathan Miller
The renowned British author, director, producer, lecturer, and physician talks about the need for "argumentative exhibitions", and takes on the star machine of present-day presenting.

Religion and Art
A.B. Yehoshua
"The target of both religion and art is the human soul, and both wish to penetrate its depths so as to influence it, to purify and shape it."

Lessons in Tolerance
Amnon Shamosh
"Those who have a definite answer, one way or another, those who have no doubt at all, cannot be tolerant; even if they believe in tolerance as a virtue, even if they try."

New Definitions: New Discourse
Robert Hewison
"What we need above all...is a new mental model of the relationships that structure the connections between the arts and society as a whole."

Audiences Unbound
Anne Millman and Steven Wolff
Two leading arts consultants discuss the changing nature of arts audiences, and how you can ride the trends toward stronger attendance.

The Myths of High and Low
Robert Hughes
"If a society is to thrive, to really work, its values have to be strong enough to attract a continuous inflow of outsiders who want to adopt them, adapt them, pass them along to the next generation."

Apocalypse Now and Then
Robert Fitzpatrick
"America no longer has an effective National Endowment for the Arts. The agency is brain dead, and the sign on the hospice door says 'do not resuscitate'."

A World Falling Apart?
Conor Cruise O'Brien
"When a world falls apart, that is not necessarily the end of the world . . ."

The Good, the Bad, and the Cultural Industry
Dr. Gérard Mortier
"The cultural industry pollutes the life of the arts much more than a gap in the ozone layer."

The Restoration of Civilization
Sir Ernest Hall
"The restoration of civilization requires the restoration of the creative arts at the heart of our society."

High Tech or High Touch?
Lendre Kearns
"With limited financial and human resources to invest in generating an audience for our artists, how much risk can we afford? But then again, can we afford not to?"

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