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Abu Dhabi
Safiya Al Maskari
Manager, Lest We Forget, Abu Dhabi, UAE
Ayesha Hadhir
Program Coordinator for Art, Culture and Heritage, Warehouse421, Abu Dhabi, UAE
Laila Binbrek
Director of the National Pavilion UAE at the Venice Biennale, Abu Dhabi, UAE
Aaron Fallon
Head of Strategy, The Salama bint Hamdan al Nahyan Foundation, Abu Dhabi, UAE
Musbah Ormago
Senior Researcher, Salama bint Hamdan Al Nahyan Foundation, Abu Dhabi, UAE
Adelaide
Aaron Davis
Researcher, Design Educator; Ph.D. candidate, University of South Australia
Edwin Kemp Attrill
Founder and Artistic Director, ActNow Theatre
Athens
Dimitrios Bogdanos
Creative Director & Founder/Theater Director, Actor and Drama Teacher, the.flat, Athens, Greece
Christiana Damanaki
Content Creator, Clio Muse, Athens, Greece
Lazaros Damanis
Creative Industries Entrepreneur, Athens, Greece
Despoina Gerasimidou
Director, Future Library Organization, Athens, Greece
Dafni Kalafati
Founder, Amaka, Athens, Greece
Lida Mantzourani
Project Manager, Culturplay, Future Library, INELI, Athens, Greece
Konstantinos Matsourdelis
Founder & CEO, Museum of Greek Gastronomy, Athens, Greece
Yiannis Nikolopoulos
Co-Founder & Lead Developer, Clio Muse, Athens, Greece
Nafsika Papadopoulou
External Collaborator and Project Coordinator, Neon Organization for Culture and Development, Athens, Greece
Mily Paschali
Sotiris Stampoulis
Project Assistant, ??ART, Thessaloniki, Greece
Dora Thanopoulou
Educator, Marketeer, Co-Director, Logou Paignion, Athens, Greece
Gabriella Triantafyllis
Programming and Production Manager, Stavros Niarchos Foundation, Athens, Greece
Violetta Tsitsiliani
Cultural Manager, The Language Project, Athens, Greece
Chryssa Vlachopoulou
Communication, Press Officer and Events Manager, BIOS, Athens, Greece
Stephania Xydia
Governance & Social Innovation Officer, ICLEI Europe, Freiburg, Germany
Baltimore
Aishah Alfadhalah
Co-Founder, Mera Kitchen Collective, USA
Devin Allen
Photographer, Baltimore, Maryland, USA
Carly Bales
Performance Artist & Cultural Organizer; Executive Director, Le Mondo; Baltimore, Maryland, USA
Quinton Batts
Design Researcher, MICA Center for Social Design, Baltimore, USA
Jermaine Bell
Programming Director, Exittheapple Artspace, Baltimore, Maryland, USA
Priya Bhayana
Director, Bromo Tower Arts & Entertainment District, Baltimore, Maryland, United States
Andrea Boston
Digital Media Manager, The Baltimore Museum of Art, Baltimore, USA
Meryam Bouadjemi
Filmmaker and Founder, Jean Hill Studios, Baltimore, Maryland, USA
Scott Burkholder
Executive Director, Baltimore Love Project, Baltimore, Maryland, United States
Shawn Burnett
Co-Founder and Executive Director, Walks of Art, Baltimore, Maryland, USA
Rebecca Chan
Program Officer, LISC National Creative Placemaking and Economic Development Program, Baltimore, USA
Sharayna Ashanti Christmas
Executive Director, Muse 360 Arts, Baltimore, Maryland, United States
Nicholas Cohen
Executive Director, Maryland Citizens for the Arts, Baltimore, Maryland, USA
Zeke Cohen
Councilperson and Chair of Education and Youth Committee, Baltimore City, Baltimore, Maryland, USA
Retji Dakum
CEO, Mukad Yara LLC, Baltimore, USA
Joy Davis
Director and Curator, Waller Gallery, Baltimore, USA
Julia Di Bussolo
Executive Director, Arts Every Day, Baltimore, Maryland, USA
Alexis Dixon
Arts Administrator, Curator, Visual Artist; Executive Assistant, Greater Baltimore Cultural Alliance, Baltimore, Maryland, USA
Dave Eassa
Artist, Cultural Worker, Director of Public Engagement at the Baltimore Museum of Art, USA
David Fakunle
CEO, DiscoverME/RecoverME: Enrichment Through the African Oral Tradition, Associate Faculty, Department of Mental Health Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health, and Adjunct Assistant Professor, University of Florida Center for Arts in Medicine
Brian Gerardo
Entrepreneur, Dancer, Teaching Artist, Baltimore, Maryland, USA
Brion Gill
Spoken Word Artist, Poetry Coach, Activist, Organizer and Educator, Baltimore, Maryland, USA
Deana Haggag
Director, The Contemporary Museum of Baltimore, Baltimore, Maryland, USA
Cadeatra Harvey
Creative and Emerging Entrepreneur, Baltimore, Maryland, USA
Sammy Hoi
President, Maryland Institute College of Art, Baltimore, Maryland, United States
Thomas James
Executive Director, The Last Resort Artist Retreat, United States
Fred Lazarus IV
President Emeritus, Maryland Institute College of Art (MICA), Baltimore, Maryland, USA
Sally Lehrman
Knight Ridder Chair
Kim Loper
Designer and Project Manager, Baltimore, USA
Gianna Rodriguez
Executive Director, Baltimore Youth Arts, United States of America
Lisa Snowden-McCray
Editor-in-Chief, Baltimore Beat, USA
Jess Solomon
Senior Program Officer, Robert W. Deutsch Foundation, Baltimore, Maryland, USA
Ben Stone
Director of Arts & Culture, Smart Growth America/Transportation for America, Detroit, MI
Maggie Villegas
Executive Director, Baltimore Creatives Acceleration Network, Baltimore, Maryland, USA
Kira Wisniewski
Executive Director, Art+Feminism, Baltimore, Maryland, United States
Bilphena Yahwon
Writer; Outreach Coordinator, Restorative Response Baltimore, Maryland, USA
Buenos Aires
Marcos Amadeo
CEO & Founder, StarUp Global, Argentina
Alejandra Angarita Chahín
Juan Francisco Baron
Creative Director, NODO - Centro Cultural Digital, Buenos Aires, Argentina
Cecilia Bunge
Founder and Project Manager, Recursos Culturales, Buenos Aires, Argentina
Lu Chait
Educator, AulaVereda Villa 31, Buenos Aires, Argentina
Sebastian Chuffer
CEO, Cineastas del Futuro, Buenos Aires, Argentina
Gabriel Costa
Journalist; Director, Conventillo Babel Magazine, Buenos Aires, Argentina
Paz Begué
Director, VERDEVER, Buenos Aires, Argentina
Verónica del Carril
Chief of Institutional Development, Brotes Atelier, Buenos Aires, Argentina
Nicolás García Mayor
President, Fundacionar, Buenos Aires, Argentina
María Gómez
President, Cooperativa Eloísa Cartonera, Buenos Aires, Argentina
Josefina Goñi Bacigalupi
Director, Dibago, Buenos Aires, Argentina
Maria Greloni
Latin America Regional Director of Communication and Online Campaigns, Wingu, Buenos Aires, Argentina
Ian Hilzerman
Director of Operations, MakePogo, Buenos Aires, Argentina
Lala Pasquinelli
Founder, Mujeres que no fueron tapa (Women who were not on the cover), Buenos Aires, Argentina
Mariano Pozzi
Image and Sound Designer, Buenos Aires, Argentina
Ro Rapoport
Singer, Guitar Player & Composer; Co-Founder, Blazar; Buenos Aires, Argentina
Maria Florencia Rivieri
Moira Rubio Brennan
Co-Director, Fundación ph 15, Buenos Aires, Argentina
Maria Laura Sanchez Ferreyra
Program Officer, Microcredit Program for Habitat, Vivienda Digna, Buenos Aires, Argentina
Lucía Santana
Co-founder, CommunityOn!, Buenos Aires, Argentina
Tatiana Temerlin
Coordinator /Teacher, Upa Luna / Tapioca Films, Buenos Aires, Argentina
Canada
Randell Adjei
Executive and Creative Director of (Reaching Intelligent Souls Everywhere) R.I.S.E Edutainment, Toronto, Canada
Jonathan Astley
Centre Director (Moncton), Sistema, New Brunswick, Canada
Belle Chi-Tung Cheung
Cultural Planner, City of Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada
Marika Crete-Reizes
Arts education consulting and project design, Research, Training in aesthetic education, Montreal, Canada
Alyssa Fearon
Curator, Art Gallery of Southwestern Manitoba, Brandon, Manitoba, Canada
Katie Green
Executive Director, inPath, Montreal, Canada
Emma Hassencahl-Perley
Curatorial Intern, Beaverbrook Art Gallery, Canada
Frances Koncan
Playwright, Manitoba Theatre Centre, Canada
Samantha Mark
Senior Manager of Regional and Community Planning , Prairie Wild Consulting Co., Saskatchewan, Canada.
Brian McBay
Executive Director, 221A; Vice-Chair, City of Vancouver's Arts & Culture Policy Council, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada
Trenton Pierre
Artist & Motivational Speaker, RainAwakens, Canada
Marco Pronovost
General Manager and Artistic Director, B21; Curator, Maison de la Photo de Montréal, Montréal, Québec, Canada
Michael Prosserman
CEO, EPIC Leadership xChange, Canada
Xavier Roy
Director of Marketing, Opéra de Montréal, Québec, Canada
Daniel Rumbolt
Board Member, Canadian Artist`s Representation, Canada
Jung-Suk (JS) Ryu
Executive Director, Indefinite Arts Centre, Canmore, Alberta, Canada
Nikki Shaffeeullah
Artistic Director, The AMY Project, Toronto, Ontario, Canada
Patrick Shannon
Owner, InnoNative, Skidegate, British Columbia, Canada
Su Ying Strang
Director, The New Gallery, Alberta, Canada
Alison Uttley
Communications Director, Business for Peace, Canada
Lindsey Mae Willie
Filmmaker; Traditional L& & Governance Coordinator, Dzawada'enuxw First Nation; Dzawada'enuxw, British Columbia, Canada
Jenna Winter
Administrator, Producer, Facilitator; Whitehorse, Yukon Territory, Canada
Helen Yung
Artist-Researcher, Culture of Cities Centre, Toronto, Ontario, Canada
Cape Town
Suramya Bansal
Heritage Consultant
Firdous Hendricks
Senior Programmes Manager, Lalela, Cape Town, South Africa
Faye Kabali-Kagwa
Theatre4Youth Western Cape Coordinator, ASSITEJ South Africa, Cape Town, South Africa
Linda Kaoma
Program Manager, Clowns Without Borders, Cape Town, South Africa
Tiisetso Mashifane
Freelance Playwright, Theater Director, Producer, and Performer, South Africa
Shiba Mazaza
Impact Reporter, Salzburg Global Cultural Innovators Forum, South Africa
Siviwe Mbinda
Founder, Happy Feet Youth Project, Cape Town, South Africa
Mawande Ndywamba
Art Director/Organizer, Amazink, South Africa
Siphiwe Ngwenya
Director, Maboneng Township Arts Experience, South Africa
Palesa Ngwenya
Development Coordinator, Maboneng Township Arts Experience, Cape Town, South Africa
Wandisile Nqeketho
Founder, The Gangster Museum, Cape Town, South Africa
Dani O'Neill
Film Composer, Researcher, Sound Artist and Cultural Worker, South Africa
Deirdre Prins-Solani
Heritage & Education Consultant, South Africa; former Director, Center for Heritage Development in Africa, Mombasa, Kenya
Rowan Pybus
Co-Founder, Sunshine Cinema, Cape Town, South Africa
Belisa Rodrigues
Founder, Belle and Co Consultancy, Cape Town, South Africa
Litha Sokutu
Cultural Analyst; Director, SLC Associates, Cape Town, South Africa
Detroit
Maia Asshaq
Co-founder, Detroit Art Book Fair; Co-Founder, DittoDitto Books, Detroit, MI
Tazeen Ayub
Co-Director of Detroit Chapter, Gathering All Muslim Artists, Detroit, USA
Christy Bieber
Anishinaabe Artist & Cultural Worker; Co-Director, The Aadizookaan, Detroit, Michigan, USA
Xochitl Calix Ulloa
Economic and Cultural Strategist, The Aadizookan, Detroit, USA
Nique Campbell
Co-Founder, Hip-Hop Artist, Social Entrepreneur, D.Cipher/NLR Entertainment, Detroit, USA
Chase Cantrell
Executive Director, Building Community Value, Detroit, Michigan, USA
Shelley Danner
Program Director, Challenge Detroit, Detroit, Michigan, USA
Julien Godman
Contributing Writer, The Metropolitan, Detroit, USA
Melvin Henley
Organizational Development Consultant, Nonprofit Enterprise at Work (NEW), Detroit, Michigan, USA
Sebastian Jackson
Founder & Co-Owner, The Social Club Grooming Company, Detroit, Michigan, USA
Razi Jafri
Documentary Filmmaker, Center for Arab American Studies, Detroit, Michigan, USA
Robert-David Jones
Founder and Director, Untitled Detroit, Detroit, USA
Brittany Rhodes
Director of Community Engagement, Belle Isle Conservancy, Detroit, Michigan, USA
Lauren M. Rossi
Founder, Stellar Friend & Partner, Michigan, Detroit, USA
Omari Rush
Executive Director, CultureSource, Upper Midwest/Detroit, USA
Karah Shaffer
Executive Director, Facing Change: Documenting America, Detroit, Michigan, USA
Alissa Shelton
Executive Director, Bank Suey/Brick + Beam Detroit, Detroit, Michigan, USA
Phillip Simpson
Artist; Gallery Owner, The Baltimore Gallery, Detroit, Michigan, USA
Bucky Willis
Design Consultant, Bleeding Heart Design, Detroit, Michigan, USA
Knoxx Yepez
Director, The Aadizookaan, Detroit, Michigan, USA
Japan
Shuko Ebihara
Founder & Director, kuriya, Tokyo, Japan
Akio Hayashi
Managing Director, inVisible, Tokyo, Japan
Sadayuki Higuchi
Independent Arts Administrator, Arts NPO Link, Kyoto, Japan
Misaki Iwai
Event and Collaboration Manager, Impact HUB Tokyo, Japan
Miku Kano
Member, ISHINOMAKI 2.0, Ishinomaki, Japan
Yuki Kato
Musician, Artist, Creative Director; Producer, UQiYO, Tokyo, Japan
Toshimasa Kawai
COO, Fabcafe LLP, Tokyo, Japan
Kaoru Kumagai
Independent curator, researcher and consultant
Fuyuko Mezawa
Dancer & Company Manager, Baobab Dance Company, Tokyo, Japan
Yu Nakamura
Founder
Yoko Nakashima
Representative, The Yoko Foundation, Japan
Risa Nikaido
Freelance Animation Producer, Tokyo, Japan
Chika Ogi
Specialist, Corporate and Project Planning, Shochiku Co. Ltd., Tokyo, Japan
Yuki Oka
Founder & Managing Director, Ubdobe, Tokyo, Japan
Nana Ota
Program Director, Daiwa Anglo Japanese Foundation, London, UK
Kensaku Shinohara
Freelance Choreographer, Japan
Kyoko Sudo
Founder & Chairman, People Design Institute; Founder, NEXTIDEVOLUTION and Fujiyama Store, Tokyo, Japan
Eisuke Tachikawa
Founder, CEO & Design Architect, Nosigner, Yokohama, Japan
Mami Takahashi
Community Manager, Hub Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan
Shino Tsuchiya
Co-Founder & Director, HUB Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan
Yuki Uchida
Urban Designer & Co-representative of Re:public Inc, Tokyo, Japan
Kotaro Watanabe
Design engineer, Director, Takram, Tokyo, Japan
Mio Yachita
Research Associate, Graduate School of Global Arts, Tokyo University of the Arts, Tokyo, Japan
Ayaka Yamashita
Co-founder and Director, Edaya, Japan
Akinobu Yoshikawa
Senior Design Fellow, MakiBiz, Ishinomaki, Miyagi (previously Architecture for Humanity), Sendai, Japan
Mitsuhiro Yoshimoto
Director, Center for Arts and Culture, NLI Research Institute, Tokyo, Japan
Malta
Lisa Andrews
Associate for Creative Entrepreneurship, Arts Council Malta, Malta
Toni Attard
Founder and Director, Culture Venture, Malta
Jean Noel Attard
Marketing Executive, Malta Philharmonic Orchestra, Malta
Kristina Borg
Visual Artist & Project Coordinator, Santa Venera, Malta
Philippa Cassar
Co-Artistic Director, The New Victorians, Malta
Maria Galea
Director, ARTZ ID, Malta
Dorian Mallia
Founder & Artistic Director, Moveo Dance Company, Floriana, Malta
Bettina Muchmore
Co-Artistic Director, The New Victorians, Malta
Greta Muscat Azzopardi
Facilitator; Writer; co-director, The Amber Spark, Malta
Elyse Tonna
Design Architect; Board Member, Malta Society of Arts, Naxxar, Malta
Manila
Chino Aricaya
Community Manager, Pineapple Lab, Manila, Philippines
Reymart Cerin
Creative Director, The Public School Manila Branding & Design Studio, Manila, Philippines
Norvs De los Santos
Producer/Director, Newtown Pictures, Philippines
Ralph Eya
Independent Art Practitioner, Manila, Philippines
Mon Garilao
Secretary/Independent Cinema Sector Representative, National Committee on Cinema - National Commission for Culture and the Arts, Philippines
Fiona Prisca Lazaro
Founder, Kampana, Philippines
Andrei Pamintuan
Founder and Creative Director, FringeMNL; Director, The Gayborhood Festival, Manila, Philippines
Kerstin Pinto
Human Resources Director, Para Sa Sining, Philippines
Micah Pinto
Executive Director, Para Sa Sining Collaboratory, Manila, Philippines
Mark Salvaus
Visual Artist and Founder of Load na Dito Projects
Cyrene Kazandra Tumaliuan
Founder & Chief Librarian, Kwago Bookstore, Manila, Philippines
Andrei Venal
Executive Creative Director, DAKILA Philippine Collective for Modern Heroism, Quezon City, Philippines
Memphis
Calley Anderson
Playwright; formerly Inclusion Manager, Memphis Symphony Orchestra, Memphis, Tennessee, USA
Ebony Archie
Communications and Development Manager, Urban Art Commission, Memphis, USA
Burton Bridges
Associate Director of Field Development, ALSAC/St. Jude Children's Research Hospital, Memphis, Tennessee, USA
Claire Brulatour
Program Management Coordinator, BlueCross BlueShield of Tennessee, Memphis, USA
James Dukes
CEO, Unapologetic LLC, Memphis, Tennessee, USA
Steve Fox
Founder, The Story Agents, Memphis Tennessee, USA
Whitney Hardy
Founder, 3RDSPACE, Memphis, Tennessee, USA
Victoria Jones
Executive Director, The CLTV (Collective), Memphis, Tennessee, USA
Lauren Kennedy
Executive Director, UrbanArt Commission, Memphis, Tennessee, USA
Rachel Knox
Program Officer - Thriving Arts and Culture, Hyde Family Foundation, Memphis, Tennessee, USA
Steven McMahon
Company dancer, Choreographic and Associate Artistic Director, Ballet Memphis, Memphis, TN
Jazmin Miller
Theatre Director, Crosstown Arts, Memphis, USA
Chloe Hakim-Moore
Founder & Director of NEXT Memphis, Tennessee, United States
Ian Nunley
Program Officer, Hyde Family Foundation, USA
Yasmine Omari
Marketing & Education Outreach Coordinator, Germantown Performing Arts Centre, Memphis, Tennessee, USA
Dan Price
Co-Founder & Executive Director, Creative Works, Memphis, Tennessee, USA
Molly Quinn
Executive Director, OUTMemphis: The LGBTQ+ Center for the Mid-South, Memphis, Tennessee, USA
Elena Stoeva
Marketing and PR Manager, Galler Foods, Memphis, Tennessee, USA
New Orleans
Fari Nzinga
Independent curator, writer and educator, Oberlin, Ohio, United States
Nic Aziz
Curator, New Orleans Museum of Art/Prospect, New Orleans, Louisiana, USA
David Baker
Associate Editor, The Louisiana Weekly, New Orleans, Louisiana, USA
Samuel Bowler
CEO, Culturalyst, New Orleans, Louisiana, USA
Imani Brown
Director of Programs, Antenna, New Orleans, LA
Atianna Cordova
Founder and CEO, WATER BLOCK, New Orleans, Louisiana, USA
Jose Cotto
Collaborative Design Project Manager, The Albert and Tina Small Center for Collaborative Design, New Orleans, Louisiana, USA
Sayde Finkel
Legislative and Public Policy Director, New Orleans City Council, New Orleans, Louisiana, United States of America
Ashley-Crystal Firstley
Grants and Marketing Manager, Arts Council New Orleans, New Orleans, USA
Gabrielle Garcia Steib
Writer, Documentarian, Photographer, Antigravity Magazine, Encore, New Orleans, USA
Samuel Oliver
Executive Director, Acadiana Center for the Arts, Lafayette, Louisiana, USA
Heidi Schmalbach
Executive Advisor/PhD Candidate, Arts Council New Orleans/Tulane University, New Orleans, Louisiana, USA
Cameron Shaw
Executive Director, Pelican Bomb, New Orleans, LA
Mari Sheppard
Managing Director, Junebug Productions, New Orleans, Louisiana, USA
Alphonse Smith
Executive Director, Arts Council New Orleans, New Orleans, Louisiana, USA
Mekong Delta
Minh Hoang
Youth Activist, Hanoi, Vietnam
Dara Huot
Chief Executive, Phare Performing Social Enterprise, Siem Reap, Cambodia
Meta Moeng
Arts Manager & Network Coordinator, Cambodia Living Arts; Community Projects Manager, SA SA BASSAC, Phnom Penh, Cambodia
ONN SOKNY
Senior Manager, Epic Arts Cambodia, Kampot, Cambodia
Anouza Phothisane
Co-Founder, Loabangfai, Vientiane, Laos
Phloeun Prim
Executive Director, Cambodia Living Arts, Phnom Penh, Cambodia
Lomorpich Rithy
Independent Filmmaker, Director & Founder of Plerng Kob, Phnom Penh, Cambodia
Frances Rudgard
Managing Director, Living Arts International, UK
Nini Senkitchanuluck
Director of IBosses; Co-Founder and Deputy Director, Bizmatch Co.,LTD, Vientiane, Lao People's Democratic Republic
Phina So
Director, Women Writers Cambodia, Phnom Penh, Cambodia
Sinath Sous
Grants Manager, Cambodian Living Arts, Cambodia
Arlette Quynh-Anh Tran
Curator & Director, Post Vidai, Saigon, Vietnam
Chheangly Yeng
Co-Founder, Magic Library as well as Slap Paka Khmer, Phnom Penh, Cambodia
Nairobi
Christine Gitau
Convener & Curator, Craft Afrika, Nairobi, Kenya
Dicky Jr
Founder, 510 Media, Nairobi, Kenya
Brian Kepher
Student of Political Science and Philosophy, University of Nairobi, Kenya
Ian Lai
Founder, Ingenio, Kenya
Esther Mbatha
Vice Chairperson, Youth Council for Cultural Heritage, Kenya National Commission for UNESCO, Nairobi, Kenya
Nancy Muigei
Governance Adviser, FCDO, Kenya
Chris Mukasa
Founder, Fatuma's Voice, Kenya
Arnold Muriithi
Creative Director, Arnold Muriithi (Fashion Brand), Nairobi, Kenya
Wairimu Mwangi
Founder and CEO of Literature Africa Foundation (LAF), Nairobi, Kenya
Brenda Onono
CEO, Marumara Creations; Art Teacher, Konionia Education Centre, Nairobi, Kenya
Julius Ooko
Rapper, Songwriter and Social Activist, Nairobi, Kenya
Geoffrey Oyoo
Director, Kibera Creative Arts (KiCA), Kenya
Plovdiv
Raya Stefanova
Artistic Director, ONE DESIGN WEEK, Plovdiv, Bulgaria
Yoana Stefanova
Cultural Manager, One Foundation for Culture and Arts, Plovdiv, Bulgaria
Albena Tagareva
Ph.D. Student at the Institute of Art Studies, Bulgarian Academic of Sciences, Sofia, Bulgaria
Viktor Yankov
Festival Director, Open Arts Foundation, Plovdiv, Bulgaria
Liliya M. Yovcheva
Visual artist and Performer, Bulgaria
Rhodes Scholars
Jenny M. Bright
D.Phil. Student, Oxford University, Oxford, United Kingdom (as of October 2015)
Natalya Din-Kariuki
Student, Oxford University, Oxford, United Kingdom
Samuel Galler
D.Phil. Student, Oxford University, Oxford, United Kingdom (as of October 2015)
Kiron Neale
Ph.D. Student, Oxford University, Oxford, United Kingdom
Rachel Woodlee
D.Phil. Candidate, Oxford University, Oxford, United Kingdom (as of October 2015)
Rotterdam
Rasheida Adrianus
Director, Girls 'N Cocktails Productions Foundation, Rotterdam, The Netherlands
Kenneth Asporaat
Theater Producer, Rotterdam, The Netherlands
Sophie Bargmann
Owner, gem creative agency, Rotterdam, The Netherlands
Sanne Donders
Photographer, Rotterdam, The Netherlands
Tjeerd Hendriks
Founder, Groos, Rotterdam, The Netherlands
Ashley Nijland
Owner, RAAF, Rotterdam, The Netherlands
Immanuel Spoor
Owner, On Track Agency, Rotterdam, The Netherlands
Mahasin Tanyaui
Director of DREAMERS INC.; columnist at Moslim Omroep; cultural entrepreneur, Rotterdam; Salzburg Global Young Cultural Innovator
Leal van Herwaarden
Head of Education & Events, HipHopHuis / Circle of Codes, Rotterdam, The Netherlands
Salzburg
Noémie Anneg
Dancer, Bodhi Project Dance Company, Salzburg, Austria
Tatjana Borodin
Student, University of Applied Arts Vienna, Austria
Silvija Ciuladyte
Founder, CROSSROADS Festival, Salzburg, Austria
Gerhard Feldbacher
Designer & Architect, Austria/Czechia
David Fisslthaler
Designer, Thinker, Artist, Salzburg, Austria
David Grethen
Author, Creative, Marketing Innovator, Salzburg, Austria
Astrid Grossgasteiger
Director, Salzburg State Theater, Salzburg, Austria
Katharina Kapsamer
Visual Artist & Cultural Worker, Salzburg & Vienna, Austria
Thomas Layer-Wagner
Creative Entrepreneur, University of Applied Science Salzburg/ Polycular, Salzburg, Austria
Matthias Leboucher
Musician; Co-Founder, New Art and Music Ensemble Salzburg (NAMES), Salzburg, Austria
Stefano Mori
Architect & Project Manager, Studio Anna Heringer, Salzburg, Austria
Martin Murer
Research Fellow, Center for Human-Computer Interaction, University of Salzburg, Salzburg, Austria
Irina Paraschivoiu
Research Fellow, Center for Human-Computer Interaction, University of Salzburg, Austria
Robert Praxmarer
Founder, Polycular, Hallein, Austria
Sergej Pumper
Chairman, Urban Foundation, Salzburg, Austria
Christian Riedlsperger
Lab Manager, Happy Lab, Salzburg, Austria
Seda Röder
Founder & CEO, Sonophilia Foundation; Founder & Managing Partner, The Mindshift Global, Austria/Turkey
Simone Rudolph
Communications & Assistant to the Director, Salzburg Summer Academy of Fine Arts, Salzburg, Austria
Annelies Senfter
Visual Artist, Salzburg, Austria
Romy Sigl
Lead Partner, Citylabor Salzburg; Founder, CoWorking Salzburg, Founder, Auf*Wind, Salzburg, Austria
Andreas Vierziger
Artistic & Strategic Consultant, Salzburg, Austria
Rüdiger Wassibauer
Artistic Director, Schmiede Hallein, Hallein, Austria
Alexander Wengler
Dancer, Choreographer; Cultural Manager, Kunsthilfe Salzburg, Austria
Angelika Wienerroither
Journalist, Salzburger Nachrichten, Salzburg, Austria
Lucy Wilhelm
Lucy Wilhelm Design, Mondsee, Austria
Christian Winkler
Cultural Manager, Curator & Texter, Salzburg, Austria
Seoul
Minseok Chi
Artist, ARKO, South Korea
In Dong Cho
Director General, Seoul Innovation Department, Seoul, Korea
Donghee Cho
Communication Designer, Peaberry Soop, Republic of Korea
Ala Cho
Head Curator, Gwanghwamun International Art Festival Organizing Committee, Seoul, Republic of Korea
Hannah Choi
Museum Instructor, National Museum of Modern and Contemporary Art Korea, Seoul, Korea
Minji Chun
Coordinator and Editor, TheArtro, Korea Arts Management Service, Seoul, Korea
Zoe Chun
Director, The Great Commission, Seoul
Yoyojin Im
Artist, Yoyojin Creative Lab, South Korea
YeiBeech Jang
Assistant Professor, Ajou University, Gyeonggi-do, Korea
Yejeong Ji
President and Co-Founder, Omkim, Seoul, Korea
Namhee Joo
Senior Researcher, International Heritage Education Center, South Korea
Sukyeong Kang
CEO & Music Director, Seoul Artistic Orchestra, Republic of Korea
SoonYoung Kim
Project Director, Playmakers Project, Work Together Foundation, Seoul, Republic of Korea
Hyun KIM
Assistant Programme Specialist, Publication and Public Relations Team, Asia-Pacific Centre of Education for International Understanding under the auspices of UNESCO (UNESCO Category II Centre), Seoul, Korea
Sara Kim
Founder & Principal, Diagonal Thoughts, Seoul, Korea
Mihong Kim
Science, Technology & Innovation Officer, The Embassy of Denmark, South Korea
Gukhee Kim
Author, South Korea
Youngji Kwon
Assistant Manager, Seoul Foundation for Arts and Culture(SFAC), Seoul, South Korea
Ji Young Lee
Deputy Chief Executive, Hwansang Forest Gotjawal Park, Seoul, Korea
Haevan Lee
Artist, Arts Council Korea, South Korea
Hyunwoo Moon
Founder, Korea Cultural Diplomacy Team Arirang Yurangdan, Suwon, Republic of Korea
Jooim Moon
Senior Researcher, World Culture Open (WCO), Seoul, Republic of Korea
Yeong Yeol Oh
CEO, Bicycle of Promise, Seoul, Republic of Korea
Soo Chung Om
Founder and CEO, Space Seon, Republic of Korea
Jiwon Park
Co-Founder & Director, Design Can Do, Seoul, Korea
SungSoo Park
Founder & Representative, BLEND Company, Seoul, Korea
Slovakia
Dominika Belanská
Architect, Journalist, Art Educator, Activist, Bratislava, Slovak Republic
Zuzana Kotiková
Manager, Košice Artist in Residence (K.A.I.R.), Košice, Slovak Republic
Michal Tursky
Project Manager, f4u group, Bratislava, Slovakia
Tirana
Sonila Abdalli
Co-Founder, Destil Creative Hub, Albania
Bora Baboci
Architect & Visual Artist, Tirana, Albania
Anila Balla
Theater Director and Actor, Albania
Tereza Çuni
Head of Communication and Promotion, Marubi National Museum of Photography, Shkodër, Albania
Taulant Dibra
Founder and CEO, TD architecture Studio, Shkodra, Albania
Kleidi Eski
Founder and Creative Director, Light and Moving, Tirana, Albania
Elkjana Gjipali
Adviser to the Minister, Ministry of Culture, Tirana, Albania
Bledi Hoxha
Project Coordinator for Entrepreneurship, Albanian-American Development Foundation, Tirana, Albania
Bruno Ismaili
Cultural Coordinator, Tirana Ekspres, Tirana, Albania
Mirela Kocollari
Director, Cultural Heritage and Tourism at the Municipality of Tirana, Albania
Alketa Kurrizo
Program Coordinator, Tirana Institute of Contemporary Art, Tirana, Albania
Anisa Lloja
Program Staff, Cultural Heritage without Borders Albania; Co-Founder, Nji Mar, Nji Mrapsht; Tirana, Albania
Anisa Mano
Community Development Manager, Cultural Heritage without Borders Albania, Tirana, Albania
Kreshnik Merxhani
Freelance Architect, Tirana, Albania
Kibela Nasufi
Consultant for BID Berati, Albanian-American Development Foundation, Tirana, Albania
Anisa Papajani
Senior Sales Account Executive, Vodafone, Tirana, Albania
Ilir Parangoni
Coordinator of Cultural and Eco Tourism, Albanian-American Development Foundation, Tirana, Albania
Marius Qytyku
Specialist of Cultural Heritage and Arts, Municipality of Berat, Berat, Albania
Andi Tepelena
Producer & Art Director, Art Kontakt, Tirana, Albania
Dorina Xheraj-Subashi
Lecturer and Researcher in Museology, University Aleksander Moisiu--ICOM Albania, Albania
Upper Midwest USA
Michele Anderson
Rural Program Director, Springboard for the Arts, Fergus Falls, Minnesota, USA
Korina Barry
Managing Director of NDN Action, NDN Collective, Minneapolis, Minnesota, United States
Adrienne Benjamin
Mille Lacs Regional Equity Champion for the Minnesota Education Equity Partnership, Isle, Minnesota, USA
Shaina Brassard
Writer and Economic Development Specialist, Brassard Group, Minneapolis, Minnesota, United States
Zach DeBoer
Artist, Sioux Falls, South Dakota, United States
Holly Doll
President and Founder, Native Artists United, Mandan, North Dakota, United States
Alayna Eagle Shield
Health Education Program Director, Standing Rock Sioux Tribe, Mandan, North Dakota, USA
Amber Henderson
Associate Professor of Management, Northern State University, Aberdeen, South Dakota, United States
Kyle Hill
Assistant Scientist, Johns Hopkins University, Center for American Indian Health, Minneapolis, Minnesota, United States
Lucas Koski
Director of Property Development, Artspace, Saint Paul, Minnesota, USA
Sieng Lee
Artist & Designer, Saint Paul, Minnesota, USA
Amanda Lovelee
Parks Ambassador, Metropolitan Council, Minneapolis, Minnesota, United States
Aneesha Marwah
Project Manager, Artspace Projects Inc., Minneapolis, Minnesota, United States
Heather Meyer
Improv Performer, The Theatre of Public Policy, Minneapolis, Minnesota, USA
Muna Mohamed
Program Coordinator, Girls on the Run, Upper Midwest, USA
Dina Mousa
Writer, San Diego, California, United States
Omari Rush
Executive Director, CultureSource, Upper Midwest/Detroit, USA
Carla Schleicher
Artistic Programs and Project Coordinator, West Broadway Business and Area Coalition
Farrington Llewellyn
Advocacy and Community Organizer, Heritage Park Neighborhood Association, Minneapolis, USA
Altman Studeny
Teaching Artist, Artists in Schools and Communities, South Dakota Arts Council, Pierre, South Dakota, United States
Carl Swanson
Associate Director, Springboard for the Arts, Minneapolis, MN, USA
Caroline Taiwo
Program Director of Economic Opportunity, Springboard for the Arts, Saint Paul, Minnesota, USA
Moira Villiard
Artist, Duluth, Minnesota, United States
Chaun Webster
Poet and Graphic Designer; Co-Founder, Ancestry Books
Adam Wiltgen
Development Director, Anderson Center for Interdisciplinary Studies, Red Wing, Minnesota, USA
Angela Zonunpari
Writer / Public Relations, Fresh Produce LLC / Ipso Gallery, Sioux Falls, South Dakota, United States