The Arts Diplomacy Festival 2012

"Cultural Diplomacy in Practice"

(Berlin; March 22nd - 25th, 2012)
  Thursday,
March 22nd, 2012
Friday,
March 23rd, 2012
Saturday,
March 24th, 2012
Sunday
March 25th, 2012
09:30 (8:30) Registration Tea, Coffee &
Refreshments
Tea, Coffee &
Refreshments
(10:00) Tea, Coffee &
Refreshments
10:00 Welcome and Introduction by Mark C. Donfried

“21st  Century  Cultural  Diplomacy:  Leveraging  Local  Voices”
(Lecture & Discussion)

Speaker:
Amb. Prof. Dr. Cynthia Schneider
(Distinguished Professor of Diplomacy, Georgetown University)

Location:
Auswaertiges Amt
(The German Foreign Office)
“Moroccan Art & the Practice of Cultural Diplomacy in Morocco”
(Visit and Seminar)

Speaker:
H.E. Amb. Omar Zniber

(Ambassador of Morocco to Berlin)

Location:
Embassy of Morocco in Berlin
Cultural Diplomacy in Practice: Case Study - Taiwan
(Lecture)

Speaker:
Dr. Tschen-fong Wu

(Deputy Representative
Taipeh Vertretung)

Location:
ICD House of Arts & Culture
Good Neighbor Cultural Diplomacy in World War II:  The Art of Making Friends
(Lecture & Discussion)

Speaker :
Dr. Darlene J. Sadlier
(Professor of Spanish and Portuguese, Indiana University, USA)
Food as an Emerging Diplomatic Tool in Contemporary Public Art
(Lecture & Discussion)

Speaker :
Carly Schmitt
(Public Artist and Creative Entrepreneur; founder, President and CEO of Artist @ Large)
11:00 Break   Tea, Coffee &
Refreshments
Tea, Coffee &
Refreshments
11:30 "Culture and Education - A Central Pillar of German Foreign Policy”
(Lecture & Discussion)

Speaker:
Werner Wendt

(Director, Cultural Department of the Germany Foreign Office)

Location:
Auswaertiges Amt
(The German Foreign Office)


 
(11:00) Models of Cultural Diplomacy for the Moroccan - US and Moroccan - German Relationship
(Moderated Discussion)

Speakers:
Amb. Dr. Cynthia Schneider
(Distinguished Professor of Diplomacy, Georgetown University) H.E. Amb. Omar Zniber
(Ambassador of Morocco to Berlin)

Location:
Embassy of Morocco in Berlin
Case Study: Taiwan - “The National Palace Museum" and "The Cloud Gate Dancing Group
(Multimedia Presentation & Dance Performance)

Location:
ICD House of Arts & Culture
Music as Mediation: Transcending Political Borders & Building Relationships
(Lecture & Discussion)

Speaker :
Amitai Gross
(Executive Director of Music in the Key of Peace, USA & Israel)
Music to Shatter Social Barriers and Amplify Voices of the Silent Majority in Israel and Palestine
(Lecture & Discussion)

Speaker :
Aaron Schneyer
(Executive Director of Heartbeat: New Sound Foundation)

Location:
ICD House of Arts & Culture

Dance as Cultural Diplomacy
(Presentation & Performance)

Ipshita Kumar
(Dancer, India)
“Culture as Commodity: Harmonizing Dichotomies”
(Lecture & Discussion)

Speaker :
Dance as Cultural Diplomacy
(Presentation & Performance)

Ipshita Kumar
(Dancer, India)
“Culture as Commodity: Harmonizing Dichotomies”
(Lecture & Discussion)

Speaker :
Madeline del Toro Cherney 
(Adjunct faculty in the International Academic Programs at Stony Brook University, USA)
12:30 Lunch Break (12:00) Lunch Break Lunch Break (13:00) Lunch Break
14:00 Art Projekt : BOOTSCHAFT
(Lecture & Presentation)

Sabine Kacunko
(Installation Artist)

Location :
ICD House of Art & Culture
(15:00) Travel Time to the Embassy of Uzbekistan in Berlin
(14:30) Art as Cultural Diplomacy in Europe
(Lecture & Discussion)

Speaker:
Amb. Karl-Erik Norrmann
(Secretary of European Culture Parliament)

Location :
ICD House of Art & Culture
“International Festivals in Africa”
(Lecture & Discussion)

Speaker:
Amer Nabeeh Tadros Gerges
(General Director for Programs & International Festivals, Ministry of Culture of Egypt)
“Art and Sports and Cultural Diplomacy – Case Study: The Delphic Games – Sister of the Olympic Games”
(Lecture & Discussion)

Speaker:
J. Christian B. Kirsch
(Founder & Secretary General, International Delphic Council)
(15:00) Berlin Wall Walking Tour & Talk
(Excursion)

Speaker:
Günther Schäfer

(Historian, Artist and Gallery Owner)

Location:
East Side Gallery
15:30 (16:00) “Cultural Diplomacy -Perspectives from Uzbekistan”
(Visit & Seminar)

Speaker:
H.E. Amb.
Dilshod Akhatov
(Ambassador of Uzbekistan to Berlin)

Location:
Embassy of Uzbekistan in Berlin
“Indian Art & Cultural Diplomacy in India”
(Lecture & Discussion)

Speaker:
Prof. H.S. Shiva Prakash
(Counsellor for Education & Culture, Indian Embassy to Germany)

Location:
ICD House of Art & Culture
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"Inspiration: Arts for Humanity"
(Presentation & Discussion)

Speakers:
Lauren Albert & Danielle- Natalie Kind
(Brit Olam Organization)  

Location:
ICD House of Art & Culture
 
16:30   Tea, Coffee &
Refreshments
Tea, Coffee &
Refreshments
 
17:00

Continuation & Travel Time to the ICD House “Breaking Boundaries: Creating Unique Opportunities for Diplomacy”
(Interactive Panel Discussion)

Moderator:
Amb. Dr. Cynthia Schneider

Speakers:
Amb. Karl Erik Norman
Prof. H.S. Shiva Prakash
Sankajit Guha
Mark Donfried
“Practical Cultural Diplomacy: A Blueprint for Advancing Cultural Diplomacy through the Arts”
(Interactive Panel Discussion)

Moderator:
Mark Donfried


Location:
ICD House of Art & Culture
 Farewell
18:00 “Kick the Lion”
(Presentation & Film Screening)

Oliver Becker
(Film Producer & Director, Occasione Documentaries)

Location:
ICD House of Art & Culture
Welcome Group Dinner

Location:
Ach Niko Ach restaurant
(19:00) Pakistan & India Evening Concert and Dinner
(Concert, Dinner)

Participants will dine at the famous Pakistan Restaurant- Bar- Lounge “SWERA”, with Live Pakistani & Indian Music

Location:
SWERA  Restaurant- Bar- Lounge
“Breaking Boundaries Through Art,  Music & Cuisine: An Evening w/ Turkey”

Art Exhibition and Turkish Cuisine Presentation followed by concert and reception


Location:
ICD House of Art & Culture