Building Trust - Creativity and Society

Arts and Creative Industries

	Building Trust


	A Forum on Cultural Leadership 2012

			Date		10 February 2012
			Time		9:30 a.m. – 5:00 p.m.
			Venue		agnes b CINEMA, Hong Kong Art Centre, 2 Harbour Road, Wanchai
			Fee		HK$480
			Registration		Registration is full
			Remarks		Conducted in English
			Enquiry		arts@britishcouncil.org.hk/2913 5100

Building trust is vital to a flourishing cultural sector. Trust enables new collaborations to form and cement partnerships, gives autonomy to key players, enables creative risks where necessary, encourages the development of leadership, and builds public reputation. The level of trust is a measure of the cultural sector’s ability to work together for a common purpose that is greater than the sum of its parts. In Hong Kong, a highly administrative culture often substitutes the creative freedom afforded by trust for a stringent system of accountability. Yet the fear is that trust, if left unchecked, could lead to lack of control or even, at its most extreme, corruption. How can trust underpin a robust network in the cultural sector which will also win the trust of the public?

Cultural leaders from different parts of Hong Kong's cultural sector will explore these issues in conversation with speakers from the Clore Leadership Programme.

Dialogues:

Dialogue 1

Michael Lynch CBE, AM - Chief Executive Officer of West Kowloon Cultural District Authority
Sir John Tusa - Chair of the Clore Leadership Programme

Speakers' bios

Michael Lynch joined the Authority in July 2011. He has had a long and distinguished career in arts administration, serving as Chief Executive of the Sydney Opera House from 1998 to 2002 and then leading the rejuvenation of London’s Southbank Centre, where he was Chief Executive from 2002 to 2009. Michael was awarded an Order of Australia (AM) in 2001 and made a Commander of the British Empire (CBE) in 2008.

Sir John Tusa is a distinguished arts administrator, TV and radio presenter, and author. From 1979 to 1986 he was a main presenter of BBC 2's "Newsnight", Managing Director of the BBC World Service from 1986 to 1992 and Managing Director of the Barbican Centre from 1995 to 2007.

Dialogue 2

Fearghus O'Conchuir-Independent Choreographer and Dance Artist
Cynthia Liu -Deputy Director (Culture) of Leisure and Cultural Services Department, HKSAR

Speakers' bios

Fearghus O'Conchuir’s recent work explores the relationship between bodies and buildings in the context of urban regeneration, and was featured at the Shanghai World Expo. He is a board member of several arts organisations, including Project Arts Centre and Dance Digital.

Currently Deputy Director (Culture) of the Leisure and Cultural Services Department, Cynthia Liu oversees the management of 15 publicly funded performance venues and indoor stadia, 14 museums, a film archive and 77 libraries, as well as cultural presentations and thematic festivals, museum exhibitions, literary activities and arts funding.

Dialogue 3

Erica Whyman - Chief Executive of Northern Stage
Tang Shu-wing - Artistic Director of Tang Shu-wing Theatre Studio

Speakers' bios

Northern Stage is the largest producing theatre in the North East of England and has recently completed a £9m capital redevelopment. Erica Whyman is a practising theatre director and was previously Artistic Director of the Gate Theatre in London.

Former Dean of School of Drama of the Hong Kong Academy for Performing Arts, Tang Shu-wing is an experienced stage director and actor, whose vision is to “bring theatre works of the highest quality to the maximum number of people”. This May, he will perform Titus Andronicus in Cantonese at the Globe Theatre, London, at the Globe World Shakespeare Festival in London as part of the Cultural Olympiad 2012.

Dialogue 4

Sue Hoyle OBE- Director of the Clore Leadership Programme
Raymond Young JP - Permanent Secretary for Home Affairs

Speakers' bios

Sue Hoyle has held many senior arts management positions, including Deputy Secretary-General of Arts Council England and Executive Director of The Place.

Raymond Young has been with the Administrative Service of the Hong Kong Government for 30 years and has served in various bureaux and departments, including the Civil Service Bureau and the former Industry Department. He has been Permanent Secretary for Home Affairs since 2010.

Dialogue 5

Dick Robertson - Director, Ideas Unlimited
Fellows of the Advanced Cultural Leadership Programme, HKU

Speaker's bio

	Ideas Unlimited is an international consultancy that delivers imaginative approaches to leadership and organisation development in both the corporate and cultural sectors. Dick Robertson has also been involved for several years with Tipping Point, a charitable trust that brings artists and scientists together on the subject of climate change.

Dialogue 6

John Newbigin - Cultural Entrepreneur
Ada Wong - Founder and Hon Chief Executive, Hong Kong Institute of Contemporary Culture

Speakers' bios

John Newbigin is Chair of Creative England and Chair of Culture24, one of the UK's leading cultural web publishers. He works across the arts and digital media and previously served as Special Advisor to the Secretary of State for Culture.

Ada Wong is a staunch advocate of creative education, social innovation, and cultural development. She founded the non-profit Hong Kong Institute of Contemporary Culture, as well as the HKICC Lee Shau Kee School of Creativity, of which she is now supervisor. Between 1995 and 2008, she was an elected Urban Councillor, District Councillor. She is currently a member of the Consultation Panel of the West Kowloon Cultural District Authority and the Art Museum Advisory Panel.