The power of culture, policy and diplomacy.

As the world restitches the threads of global connectivity against a backdrop of changing geopolitical tensions and international relations, is the role of arts centres and national cultural policies shifting?

Esplanade – Theatres on the Bay’s Chief Executive Yvonne Tham leads a discussion with regional and policy experts including Richard Maude (Asia Society Policy Institute), Adrian Collette AM (Australia Council for the Arts) and Joyce Chiou (National Taichung Theater).

About AAPPAC
The Association of Asia Pacific Performing Arts Centres (AAPPAC) 2023 conference focused on Global Megatrends – Shaping Culture to 2040, taking as its starting point the 2022 CSIRO report Our Future World which identifies seven global megatrends set to influence the world over the next two decades.

How will these megatrends intersect with arts and culture in the Asia-Pacific region?

Be part of this important conversation, recorded at the Queensland Performing Arts Centre’s (QPAC) Cremorne Theatre, with leading arts professionals, academics, scientists and health practitioners.