Programme

Dr Ana Gaio has worked and researched in the cultural and creative sector for over 25 years, in the UK and internationally.  In her time as an academic at City, University of London she has taught, researched and currently lead the MA programme (MA Culture, Policy and Management) – which was a pioneer degree in this area of studies in the world (since 1974) and has ca. 3500 alumni from 100 countries who now operate in the global creative industries. From managers (all art/cultural forms, occupations, organization settings and levels), to policy makers, to culture ministers. She has therefore a very comprehensive and deep understanding of the cultural sector, of globally, relevant issues and professions. Her current research is on policy agendas (cultural policy), how agendas emerge and the factors that shape policy development (her own doctoral research focused on the EU’s cultural policy/ies). A parallel interest focuses on management perspectives, critical and other, that address the specificities of creative/cultural work and organisations. She was also part of the team that developed the UK’s Creative Industries Mapping for the UK’s Department of Culture, Media and Sport in 2001, which provided a blueprint for creative industries development in many other parts of the world.

Avril Joffe is the head of the Cultural Policy and Management Department at the Wits School of Arts, University of the Witwatersrand in Johannesburg and coordinates the Post Graduate programme. She is an economic sociologist with experience in the field of cultural policy, culture and development and the cultural economy specializing in mapping and measurement, programme design, implementation, stakeholder relations and evaluation. She recently completed her Diploma in Education in the field of Higher Education at Wits University. Avril is an active member of UNESCO’s Panel of Experts for Cultural Policy and Governance (2011-2022). Avril has completed numerous consultancy and evaluation projects in the field of culture and development on the continent. Avril is also a member of the International Advisory Council for NESTA’s Policy and Evidence Council for the Cultural and Creative Industries. As a member of the South African Ministerial Review Panel, Avril helped draft the revised cultural policy for South Africa adopted in February 2020. She is on the board of the National Arts Council and chairs its
Audit and Risk Committee and a member of Im4theArts, a new arts and culture organization in South Africa.

Twitter: @NiaAvril1
LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/avril-joffe-a741b7/

Dr Ana Gaio has worked and researched in the cultural and creative sector for over 25 years, in the UK and internationally.  In her time as an academic at City, University of London she has taught, researched and currently lead the MA programme (MA Culture, Policy and Management) – which was a pioneer degree in this area of studies in the world (since 1974) and has ca. 3500 alumni from 100 countries who now operate in the global creative industries. From managers (all art/cultural forms, occupations, organization settings and levels), to policy makers, to culture ministers. She has therefore a very comprehensive and deep understanding of the cultural sector, of globally, relevant issues and professions. Her current research is on policy agendas (cultural policy), how agendas emerge and the factors that shape policy development (her own doctoral research focused on the EU’s cultural policy/ies). A parallel interest focuses on management perspectives, critical and other, that address the specificities of creative/cultural work and organisations. She was also part of the team that developed the UK’s Creative Industries Mapping for the UK’s Department of Culture, Media and Sport in 2001, which provided a blueprint for creative industries development in many other parts of the world.

Dr. Milena Dragićević Šešić, prof. emerita, former President of University of Arts,
Belgrade, founder of UNESCO Chair in Interculturalism, Art Management and
Mediation, professor of Cultural Policy & Management, Cultural studies, Media
studies. Diplomas: D.E.A. Paris-VIII 1977, Mag. University of Arts Belgrade (1981),
and Ph.D. in literature and communication University of Belgrade (1990).
Commandeur dans l`Ordre des Palmes Academiques (French Ministry of Education)

2002. ENCATC Fellowship Laureate 2019. University of Arts Laureate in 2004 &
2019. Guest Lecturer at numerous world universities. Published 20 books and more
than 200 essays: Vers les nouvelles politiques culturelles; Art management in
turbulent times: adaptable quality management; Intercultural mediation in the
Balkans (both with S. Dragojevic); Culture: management, animation, marketing;
Neofolk culture; Art and alternative… Translated in 17 languages. Expert for
UNESCO, European Cultural Foundation, Council of Europe. Realized 50 projects &
programmes in cultural policy and management (Europe, India, Cambodia, Arab
countries, Central Asia).

LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/milena-dragicevic-sesic-67311020/

Dr. Xin Gu is an Expert appointed by UNESCO 2005 Convention on the Protection
and Promotion of Expression of Cultural Diversity (2019-2022). She was Director of
the Master of Cultural and Creative Industries (MCCI) at Monash University in
Australia (2018-2019). She has published widely on urban creative clusters and
agglomerations, cultural work, creative entrepreneurship, cultural and creative
industries policy, media cities, maker culture and cyberculture. Xin has worked with
policy initiatives in the UK, China and Indonesia to support small-scale local creative
industries development services. Her work focuses on the transformation of creative
cities and the creative economy under different social, economic and political
conditions. Xin’s current research concerns the digital creative economy, looking at
the democratization of creativity through vast transformative digital media
ecosystems. Her recent publications include Red Creatives (Intellect, 2020) and Re-
imagining Creative Cities in Twenty-First Century Asia (Palgrave Macmillan 2020).

Twitter: @guxin2010
LinkedIn: Linkedin.com/in/xin-gu-53154019

Javier J. Hernandez Acosta, PhD, MBA is Assistant Professor and Director of the
Business Department at Universidad del Sagrado Corazón. He is the founder
of Inversión Cultural, a non-profit organization that promotes the development of
cultural and creative businesses in Puerto Rico. He holds a Ph.D.
in Entrepreneurial Development and Management from the Interamerican
University of Puerto Rico and an MBA in International Business from the
University of Puerto Rico, Río Piedras campus. He is a self-taught musician
(percussionist) and has collaborated with multiple artists. He was Cultural
Advisor of the Commission for Cultural Development (CODECU) and a member

of the Advisory Council for the Creative Industries in Puerto Rico (2014-2018).
He is the author of the Profile of the Creative Economy in Puerto Rico and the
book Emprendimiento Creativo. He has been principal investigator or co-
investigator in projects such as Puerto Rico Innovation Survey (2015),
the Science and Technology Survey in Puerto Rico: Research and
Development (2014-2015) and the World Values Survey in Puerto Rico - 2018.
He has presented research in over 15 countries. He is a member of the board of
directors of Pública Espacio, Teatro Breve (President), 80grados (Treasurer) and
Pro Arte Musical (Artistic Director).

Twitter: @javihernande
LinkedIn: http://www.linkedin.com/in/javiher

Alan Salzenstein is Professor at DePaul University in Chicago where he directs the MFA/Arts Leadership and Performing Arts Management programs. Salzenstein is an international correspondent board member of ENCATC and past president of AAAE (Association of Arts Administration Educators).  He has held various Executive Director positions for a wide array of arts organizations over the past thirty-five years, with a long history of theatrical producing, devising and presenting many special events, membership on various arts boards, and as an arts consultant. He is a frequent invited speaker on topics related to arts management and legal issues in the arts, having presented across North America, Europe and Asia. Salzenstein is also an attorney, focusing on issues relating to the performing arts industry.

Dr. Marilena Vecco is Professor in Entrepreneurship at Burgundy Business School, Dijon (France) and Professor Associated to the Carmelle and Rémi Marcoux Chair in Arts Management HEC Montréal (Canada). Her research focuses on cultural entrepreneurship and management with a special focus on cultural heritage (tangible and intangible) and art markets. Marilena has researched and consulted for several public and private organisations, including OECD, Centre for Entrepreneurship, SMEs and Local Development, World Bank, and The European Commission. She is the author of several books and articles.

LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/marilena-vecco-
b53027b1/?originalSubdomain=fr

Piero Luigi Fratini works at European Commission’s Education, Audiovisual and Culture Executive Agency since 2009. He is the call coordinator for the Creative Innovation Lab and for the MEDIA Programme. He was also the call coordinator for Creative Europe Culture programme.

Previously, worked for GE Oil&Gas, the Italian Council of Minister, and for the International and European Affairs office of Intesa S.Paolo Group.

Twitter handle: @piero_fratini

Professor Ruth Rentschler OAM (BA Hons Melbourne; PhD Monash) works in UniSA Business, University of South Australia, Adelaide, Australia.

She is a management scholar in the context of arts and culture, with a history of research excellence demonstrated by her quality national and international grants, quality journal publications and leading of national and international research team, while developing an international profile as a researcher (H index=29).

She is Deputy Chair of the board of Australian Dance Theatre.

She has served on the boards of other organisations, such as Deakin University council, Vic Health (ministerial appointment), Multicultural Arts Victoria, and Duldig Museum & Sculpture Garden, Art Gallery of Ballarat, where she took leadership roles, where she was counted as a trusted and authentic leader.

She has published books, quality journal articles (e.g., Journal of Business Ethics; Journal of Business Research; British Journal of Management) and industry research reports nationally and internationally, with a focus on diversity and social inclusion.

She has received various honours and awards, such as Vice-Chancellor’s Award for Service to the Community, Best Doctoral Supervisor Award, Cutting Red Tape Award, and an Order of Australia for services to education, the arts and the community.

Twitter: @ruthrentschler

Prof. Dr. Yi LIN focuses her research interests in Arts Management, marketing, and Intercultural Communication of Arts.

She is Distinguished Professor of Cheung Kong Scholar; Director of National Centre for Research into Intercultural Communication of Arts; Executive President of China Arts Administration Education Association Chairperson and Specialist of the International Advisory Board for Promotion of Chinese Arts and Culture, Confucius Institute Headquarters；Inspector and Board member of the Asia Theatre Education Centre.

She is a doctoral supervisor in Chinese and English, in which the English doctoral program recruits students from outside China. Currently, she has a postdoctoral position available to PhD graduates from outside China.

https://www.art.pku.edu.cn/szdw/zzjs/jslb/yzxllx1/ly/index.htm  

http://www.ncrica.org/

Madeleine de Cock Buning is the Vice President for Public Policy EMEA at Netflix.

Prof. Dr. de Cock Buning is chaired professor of Digital Politics, Economy and Societies at the School of Transnational Governance of the European University Institute (EUI) in Florence and of Copyright and Media Law at the Faculty of Law (UU) in Utrecht, The Netherlands.

De Cock Buning was Chair of the European Commission’s High-Level Expert Group (HLEG) on fake news and disinformation (2018), chair of the European Regulators Group for Audiovisual Media Services (ERGA) (2016 & 2017) and was President of the Board of Commissioners at the Dutch Media Authority (2009-2019). She was Honorary Judge of the Court of Appeal in The Hague (2010-2020) and was a panelist of the World Intellectual Property Organisation (WIPO) (2001-2018).

Tanja Johansson is a professor in arts management at the Sibelius Academy of the University of the Arts Helsinki. She has ten years of experience in arts management teaching at the university level during which she has taught both Master's and doctoral students, supervising Master's and doctoral thesis, and involved in several EU projects (e.g., in Lifelong Learning and Erasmus+ projects). As the Head of Arts Management for last seven years, she is also experienced in pedagogical and curriculum development within arts management, take part in the university management and hold several positions of trust in the University of the Arts Helsinki.

She originally graduated from a music conservatory and became a professional piano teacher. After working some time within music pedagogy, she got interested in arts management and finalized Bachelor degree in Art, Culture, and Economy Programme at the Södertörn University in Stockholm. She continued the Master's degree studies at the Swedish speaking business school Hanken, management and organization as my major. In 2010, she finished a doctoral degree at Hanken, again management and organization as her major. The doctoral thesis was written about opera house management. Post-doctoral research include topics such as managing cultural joint ventures, networks, creativity, societal impact and regional development. These research have been published in journals such as International Journal of Arts Management and Journal of Arts Management, Law and Society.

Ms Magnant is Head of the cultural policies department in the European Commission Directorate General for Education and Culture. She was previously Head of the Commission Task Force of the European Year of Cultural Heritage 2018, which took place in 37 countries.

She started her career in Moscow, where she headed the Press and Information Section of the European Commission Delegation. Back in Brussels, she was part of the team preparing the EU enlargement to Central and Eastern Europe. She then joined the EU's external relations service where she worked to promote human rights in third countries. She later turned to internal EU policies and was Deputy Head of Unit for cultural policy and innovation in the Directorate General for Education and Culture, working on the creative economy.

Catherine, a French citizen, is an alumnus of the Ecole Normale Supérieure de Saint-Cloud, Paris. She  also graduated in international relations and Russian language from the Sorbonne University.

Tanja Johansson is a professor in arts management at the Sibelius Academy of the University of the Arts Helsinki. She has ten years of experience in arts management teaching at the university level during which she has taught both Master's and doctoral students, supervising Master's and doctoral thesis, and involved in several EU projects (e.g., in Lifelong Learning and Erasmus+ projects). As the Head of Arts Management for last seven years, she is also experienced in pedagogical and curriculum development within arts management, take part in the university management and hold several positions of trust in the University of the Arts Helsinki.

She originally graduated from a music conservatory and became a professional piano teacher. After working some time within music pedagogy, she got interested in arts management and finalized Bachelor degree in Art, Culture, and Economy Programme at the Södertörn University in Stockholm. She continued the Master's degree studies at the Swedish speaking business school Hanken, management and organization as my major. In 2010, she finished a doctoral degree at Hanken, again management and organization as her major. The doctoral thesis was written about opera house management. Post-doctoral research include topics such as managing cultural joint ventures, networks, creativity, societal impact and regional development. These research have been published in journals such as International Journal of Arts Management and Journal of Arts Management, Law and Society.

Dr Ali FitzGibbon is a researcher in management, leadership and cultural labour within the arts and cultural industries. Her interests lie in transdisciplinary research in decision-making in the creative economy and the role of freelance artists. She is currently Subject Lead for Arts Management and Cultural Policy at Queen’s University Belfast. She has over 25 years’ experience as a producer and programmer in international arts, theatre and festivals. She is on the editorial board of the Irish Journal of Arts Management and Cultural Policy. Her research has been published in a number of academic journals. She regularly works as a policy and strategic advisor at city and regional government levels on cultural strategies, artform policy. Most recently, on a post-COVID-19 cultural recovery strategy for Northern Ireland. She is currently a Co-Investigator on two projects investigating the impact of COVID-19 on freelance arts workers variously in the UK, Ireland and Greece.

Anastasiia Sedova is Assistant Professor for the Department of Architecture and Director of the educational program in Building Design at Izhevsk State Technical University (Russia), where she is also a member of the Council of Young Scientists. She holds a PhD in Architectural Technology at the Polytechnic University of Milan (Italy) and was awarded the title of Doctor Europaeus. Her PhD thesis “Spaces ‘Out of Religious Use’ and Ecclesiastic Architecture as Marketable Real Estate Assets. A Potential Solution for Russia’s Abandoned Religious Heritage Artifacts” makes an important contribution to the decision making process with regard to the future of abandoned and obsolete ecclesiastical cultural heritage typologies, both in Russia and internationally. During her PhD path she has been visiting researcher in Technological University Dublin (Ireland), Moscow State University of Civil Engineering (Russia), and Burgundy School of Business (France). Anastasiia is a certified consultant in sustainable architecture (issued by DGNB), and she has expertise in project management (issued by IPMA Italy).

Eman Kandil is an Egyptian architect, heritage activist and academician. She is a lecturer of architecture at the High Institute of Engineering and Technology in Menoufia, Egypt and at several other academic institutions in the Egyptian Nile Delta. She received her Bachelor of Architectural Engineering and her M.Sc. degree in Architecture from Menoufia University, Egypt. Her 2014 master thesis was on exploring the attributes of “beauty” entailed in the built fabric of the Nubian historic settlements; a study that remains a key reference on the subject. Her Ph.D. dissertation she submitted to Menoufia University in 2020, explores the dichotomy in the international urban conservation approaches, more specifically those of the Historic Urban Landscape (HUL) and the Ecomuseums, and proposes a comprehensive framework suitable for Egypt and other parts of the Arab Region. She practices architectural design and heritage conservation in various areas in Egypt. Her researches and practices aim to help regenerating traditional areas by accentuating their attributes of cultural values and identities those worth of preserving in their contemporary contexts.

Rocío Nogales Muriel earned her PhD at the University of Barcelona in 2017 on the topic of social innovation in cultural and artistic social enterprises. In particular, she studied the scaling-up process of the SMart cooperative model. Her research focuses on social change, organizational transformation and the management strategies operating in cultural third sector organizations. She is currently the Managing Director of the EMES International Research Network and her professional experience includes the US cultural non-profit sector, where she managed a social enterprise initiative in a community arts centre. She was a member of the Experts Group on Social Enterprise of the European Commission (GECES) from 2013 to 2017. Since 2015, she is part of the coordination team of the Ecopoetry Festival held in Northern Extremadura (Spain). More recently, she co-launched Luminosas, an initiative aimed at raising awareness on issues of gender equality and social justice through photography and poetry.

Twitter: @gefiri

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GiannaLia Cogliandro Beyens, has been since 2004 the Secretary General of ENCATC, the European network in the field of cultural management and policy. She is also the administrator of the Thomassen mobility programme and serves on several boards. With more than 20 years experience in international relations, GiannaLia is an expert in advocacy, cultural policy and strategic management, in particular in the context of international cultural organisations. Former Policy Officer of the Cultural Forum of EUROCITIES, the network of major European cities, she successfully designed and coordinated several transnational and cross-sectorial projects in the field of culture and education. GiannaLia was Secretary General of the Association of the European Cities of Culture of the year 2000 set up in 1996 by the European Commission. Journalist since 1993, she started her career as Press & PR Officer for the N.A.T.O organisation in Rome. For the European Commission she wrote 10 Reports on social European policy and a major study on the European Cities of Culture for the year 2000. Educated at the University “La Sapienza” in Rome, GiannaLia holds a Degree in Political Sciences - International Relations, a M.A. in European & International Career Studies and a M.A. in European Constitution. GiannaLia was trained for six months at the European Commission and at the Italian Institute for Foreign Trade, ICE, in Brussels.

Francesca Imperiale has her PhD in business administration and management from the University of Salento, Italy where she is Associate Professor. Since 2008, she teaches management of cultural organizations, with a focus on heritage assets management, in the master degrees of the Department of Management and Economics and the High School of Archaeology, University of Salento. She specialized in research activities in the field of cultural heritage management and cultural network performance. The main topics of investigation in these fields are: public-private governance, community engagement, co-creation processes, heritage asset accounting and network performance evaluation systems. Francesca is also interested in catastrophic risk management related to heritage assets and has written about 40 publications on these topics. Furthermore, she participates as principal investigator in several research and local development projects on cultural heritage management which she designed, developed or proposed for funding in partnerships with public institutions in Italy and in the Mediterranean area (particularly Greece, Croatia, Albania). She has served on the ENCATC Board since 2015 and in the role of ENCATC President since the end of 2017. 

Tanja Johansson is a professor in arts management at the Sibelius Academy of the University of the Arts Helsinki. She has ten years of experience in arts management teaching at the university level during which she has taught both Master's and doctoral students, supervising Master's and doctoral thesis, and involved in several EU projects (e.g., in Lifelong Learning and Erasmus+ projects). As the Head of Arts Management for last seven years, she is also experienced in pedagogical and curriculum development within arts management, take part in the university management and hold several positions of trust in the University of the Arts Helsinki.

She originally graduated from a music conservatory and became a professional piano teacher. After working some time within music pedagogy, she got interested in arts management and finalized Bachelor degree in Art, Culture, and Economy Programme at the Södertörn University in Stockholm. She continued the Master's degree studies at the Swedish speaking business school Hanken, management and organization as my major. In 2010, she finished a doctoral degree at Hanken, again management and organization as her major. The doctoral thesis was written about opera house management. Post-doctoral research include topics such as managing cultural joint ventures, networks, creativity, societal impact and regional development. These research have been published in journals such as International Journal of Arts Management and Journal of Arts Management, Law and Society.