The Edinburgh International Cultural Summit will open dialogue with the public wherever it is in the world through daily broadcast Q&A and offer festival city crowds around the world gallery tickets to the Scottish Parliament’s Chambers.
Streamed live from the Scottish Parliament, each day of Summit 2022 will conclude with a live stream from the Cultural Summit. Interactive panel discussions will be broadcast on all Cultural Summit channels to engage people both in the UK and beyond on the daily theme strands. world.
Two live performances from the Culture Summit have been announced. Culture & Education on Saturday 27th August from 17:00 to 18:00 and Culture & Sustainability on Sunday 28th August from 17:00 to 18:00. His third broadcast on Friday, August 26 and additional panelists will be announced soon.
These dialogues will be hosted by Sir Jonathan Mills, Summit Program Director, and will interact with Cultural Summit contributors and international ministers in attendance. The panel will answer questions from fellow Cultural Summit attendees, as well as special guests and listeners at home.
The first panelists to be announced at the live panel discussion are Culture & Education (Sat 27). Fairouz Nishanova, director of the Aga Khan Music Program, which promotes the development of a living musical heritage in societies around the world. Professor Ashley Solomon is Head of Historical Performance at the Royal College of Music and Director of one of Britain’s finest period ensembles, the Florilegium. Culture and Sustainability (28th). Alison Tickell, founder and CEO of Julie’s Bicycle, is a pioneering nonprofit that mobilizes arts and culture to address climate and ecological crises.
Anyone can join the conversation by joining the Summit channels on Youtube, Facebook and CultureSummit.com. Questions can be submitted using #CultureSummitLive on our live feed and on Twitter @CultureSummit.
No registration is required, but interested listeners can sign up at the following link to receive pre-event reminders: Live at the Cultural Summit – Event Reminder Registration
Scottish people also have the opportunity to attend major international summits in person at the Scottish Parliament.
The Scottish Parliament today released 50 free tickets to the Public Gallery of the Debating Chambers for the public to observe the summit’s keynote addresses and plenary sessions.
The Summit is organized in collaboration with the Scottish Parliament, the Scottish Government, the UK Government, the British Council and the Edinburgh International Festival.
Sessions open to the public include:
Friday, August 26th
14:00-16:00 Summit opening plenary. Scottish and UK government representatives and keynote speakers will be announced.
Saturday, August 27th
11:00 – 12:30 Cultural and educational plenary with keynotes, performances and ministerial retrospectives.
