Dates: 16-20 November 2020
Location: Online virtual event
Overview: The 51st Academy Symposium - At the Crossroad? Australia's Cultural Future - will explore Australia’s cultural terrain in light of recent events and longer-standing disruptions to consider what transformations are needed to secure our cultural and creative future. Bringing together perspectives from researchers, practitioners, creators and policy makers, it will consider how innovative cultural policy settings and creative practice could together underpin a path to recovery, for our people and our communities.
In addition to the five Symposium webinars, there will be a number of free satellite events exploring intersections between creative practice, research, industry and government. We are also creating opportunities to bring participants together in an informal online networking space.
The Symposium will be held as a series of free online webinars from Monday 16 to Friday 20 November 2020.
The webinars are open to all and will bring together Academy Fellows, humanities researchers and representatives from the arts and culture sector, government, universities, industry, philanthropy and the public.
Free registration: See our Symposium website for the program and to register. Subscribe to our e-newsletter for updates.
Annual Fellowship events: Section Meetings and the Annual General Meeting (AGM) will also now be virtual, online events. Section meetings will be held between 9-13 November 2020 and the AGM is scheduled for Tuesday 24 November 2020. and Section meetings will occur the week prior. Further details will be provided in due course.
| SYMPOSIUM Monday 16 to Friday 20 November |
| SESSION 1 Technologies & Creative Futures 4:00pm-5:30pm AEDT Monday 16 November |
| SESSION 2 Continuous & Diverse: A long history of many cultures 4:00pm-5:30pm AEDT Tuesday 17 November |
| SESSION 3 Policy Matters: Key insights from A New Approach 4:00pm-5:30pm AEDT Wednesday 18 November |
| SESSION 4 Connecting Policy & Artists 4:00pm-5:30pm AEDT Thursday 19 November |
| SESSION 5 Culturing the Creative Economy 9:00am-10:30am AEDT Friday 20 November |
| SESSION 6 Closing Session 3:00pm-4:00pm AEDT Friday 20 November |
| ONLINE NETWORKING SESSIONS |
| SESSION 1 2:30pm-3:30pm AEDT Tuesday 17 November |
| SESSION 2 2:30pm-3:30pm AEDT Thursday 19 November |
| SATELLITE SESSIONS |
| SESSION 1 The National Institute of Dramatic Art (NIDA) Leadership in Creative Practice and Research 1:00pm-2:00pm AEDT Monday 16 November |
| SESSION 2 The Australia Council for the Arts Enquiring Minds: What Artists can bring to Government and Industry Research 10:30am-12:00pm AEDT Tuesday 17 November |
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