03-06-2011

Italy, Venice
Thetis, Arsenale

Posted by: mahir-namur

Category: Meeting

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“A Soul for Europe” - European Culture and Economy Platform:
Venice meeting: “Culture Economy and Social Responsibility”
3rd of June 2011
Thetis, Arsenale, in Venice, Italy.

The European Culture and Economy Platform (ECEP) is a European-wide civil society platform of individuals from the culture and economic sectors and invited politicians which functions as a think-tank to develop common strategies, actions and policy proposals and concrete recommendations to ensure the sustainable development of Europe, its regions, its cities and communities in a global contest. It is a long term project of the “A Soul for Europe” initiative and its partners in the culture and economic sectors. The need to build such a platform was formulated during the “A Soul for Europe” Berlin Conference in 2008, on the basis of which “A Soul for Europe” planned to create this platform in four stages by a series of meetings in Istanbul, Berlin, Venice and Brussels.

The first action was taken with „A Soul for Europe“ Istanbul Forum: „Global Challenges, Cultural Visions“ in October 2010. This joint endeavour co-organized in partnership with the European Cultural Association in Istanbul, Istanbul 2010 European Capital of Culture, TUSIAD -Turkish Industrialists‘ and Businessmen’s Association, BDI Kulturkreis der Deutschen Wirtschaft brought together highly-ranking personalities from the fields of business, politics and non governmental organisations as well as a large group of engaged young Europeans from many different countries. One of the main result of the Istanbul Forum is that a concensus among all participants has been reached on the necessity to arrive to a common vision among all actors in society to coherently address global challenges. A comprehensive book has been published on the Forum outcomes with the aim to constitute the basis for the further steps of creating the platform (more info at: www.europist.net/asfe).

The second step has been the Berlin Conference: Towards a Citizens’ Europe, which took place in November 2010. In this occasion Dr. Arendt Oetker, the Vice President of BDI expressed the need for a continuous and structured dialogue in order to find a common language between business and culture actors.

It is, therefore, crucial that the business sector, the non governmental organisations as well as the individual citizens take active responsibility, together with the political decision makers, in the process of the European development facing global challenges such as the economical and financial crisis, socio-cultural tensions, worldwide threat of climate change more.
 


The Venice meeting on the 3rd of June 2011 will be the third and next step to strengthen the dialogue among the actors, and proceed with a further step towards the implementation of the European Culture and Economy Platform. The choice of this date and place is not a co-incidence. It is one day before the opening to the public of the 54th Art Exhibition of the Venice Biennial, which is the first and the best known cultural event in the world having a substantial economic dimension in many respects. It is a symbol of the interaction between culture and economy since a century and it gathers several personalities form the culture and business sectors at the same time, in the same place. Therefore, the Venice meeting aims at bringing new actors and new points of view into the platform project and fostering its visibility. The meeting’s discussions will focus on „Culture, Economy and Social Responsibility“ with the goal of identifying new ways of relationship and concrete collaboration between actors from the field of culture and business.

Draft Programme:

09:30 - 09:55 Morning Tea, Coffee and Registration
10:00 - 10:15 Opening speeches
Dr. Antonietta Grandesso, Thetis
Dr. Vittorio Urbani, Nuova Icona, ZONA
Steve Austen, „A Soul for Europe“Initiative (about ASFE, İstanbul Forum and Berlin Conference history of the platform)
10:15 - 11:30 Roundtable Discussion I “Culture Economy and Social Responsibility”
Moderator: Vittorio Urbani, Nuova Icona
Prof. Pier Luigi Sacco, IULM University, Milano
Hannes Swoboda, Member of European Parliament
Dr. Luigi Brugnaro, Confindustria Venezia, President
Roger Tropeano, “Les Rencontres”, Chairperson
Augusto Perfetti, Perfetti Van Melle Holding N.V., CEO
Jürgen R. Thumann, President of Business Europe Association
11:30 - 11:45 Coffee Break
11:45 - 13:30 Roundtable Discussion II “Culture Economy and Social Responsibility”
Moderator: Steve Austen, Felix Meritis Foundation
Jan Runge, ASFE SG member
Beral Madra, Curator, Art Critic, BM Contemporary Art Center
Dr. Fabio Achilli, Fondazione di Venezia
Diego Vecchiato, Director, Department for International Relations
Veneto Regional Government
İpeknur Cem Taha, Financial Consultant, Journalist
Silvia Costa, Member of European Parliament



Participants: besides the above mentioned contributors, a number of personalities for the business, culture and politics will be invited to attend the Venice meeting as “active participants” and will contribute to the discussions.

Please note that this is a draft program (as per 5th May 2011) and it is subject to change.

More information and contact: Mahir Namur mahir.namur@europist.net, Ruggero Lala ruggero.lala@felix.meritis.nl

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