GLOBAL CULTURAL CAPITALS: NEW TRENDS IN CITY DEVELOPMENT
The competition between major global cultural capital cities for recognition has only grown fiercer over recent years and major cities such as Paris, London, New York, Madrid, Moscow, and St. Petersburg are renewing efforts to enhance their positions. The deciding factor in this competition will be the strategic and comprehensive development of cultural industries. What new public-private initiatives, expanded cultural exchanges, and new forms of international cooperation are revitalizing culture in the modern global capital city?
Moderator:
Oleg Kharkhordin ,
Rector, European University in St. Petersburg
Panellists
Irina Antonova ,
Director, Pushkin State Museum of Fine Arts
Valery Gergiev ,
Artistic and General Director, State Academic Mariinsky Theatre
Sergey Kapkov ,
Head of the Centre for Culture Economy, Urban Development and Creative Industries Research, Faculty of Economics, Lomonosov Moscow State University
Alexey Kudrin ,
Chairman of the Board, Center for Strategic Research Foundation; Deputy Chairman, Economic Council under the President of the Russian Federation
Vicente Gonzalez Loscertales ,
Secretary General, International Exhibitions Bureau
Vladimir Medinskiy ,
Minister of Culture of the Russian Federation
Mikhail Piotrovsky ,
General Director, Hermitage Museum
Mikhail Prokhorov ,
Founder, ONEXIM Group; Founder, The Mikhail Prokhorov Foundation
Alexander Sokurov ,
Producer, winner of the Venice Film Festival in 2011