What do cultural industries offer communities and individuals from conflict zones and from economically impoverished societies? Artists, film-makers and sports people will offer diverse perspectives on how cultural industries can act as a force for social change. They will look at how institutions and individual artistic expression support and sustain cultural identity and social change.
Session Description
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14:00 - 16:00, Thursday, March 27, 2008 BSTSpeakers
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SpeakerExecutive Director - Skoll Center for Social Impact Entertainment, UCLA School of Theater, Film and TelevisionAs executive director of The Skoll Center for Social Impact Entertainment at UCLA TFT, Peter Bisanz brings his extensive experience as a social entrepreneur, filmmaker and global communications expert to build awareness and transform social capital in a way that affects society…
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SpeakerFounder and Chairman, THE 99Naif Al-Mutawa is the creator of THE 99, the first group of comic superheroes born of an Islamic archetype. THE 99 received positive attention from the world’s media. Forbes named THE 99 as one of the top 20 trends sweeping the globe and named Naif Al-Mutawa as one of the 7 most influential…
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SpeakerSouth Bank Centre and Chair of Culture, Artistic DirectorJude Kelly is Artistic Director of the South Bank Centre and Chair of Culture, Ceremonies and Education at the London Organising Committee for the Olympic Games. Jude is an award-winning theatre director and, during her 27-year career, founded Solent People’s Theatre and then Battersea Arts…
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SpeakerSculpter,Fiel has been drawing since his childhood. In subsequent years, he developed his artistic talents experimenting with other media such as ceramics and metalwork. In 1994 he discovered that his heart belonged to sculpting and he started making works of art out of wood. In 1994, his wood sculpture…
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SpeakerPediatrician and Executive Director, Grassroot Soccer, Inc.Dr. Thomas S. Clark, Pediatrician and Executive Director of Grassroot Soccer, Inc., conceived the idea for Grassroot Soccer after living in Zimbabwe. Clark completed his medical training at Dartmouth Medical School, graduating in 2002. He went on to get advanced training in HIV prevention…