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Salzburg Global Forum for Young Cultural Innovators: Regional Fellows Event
By Invitation Only
The first major offsite meeting of the Salzburg Global Forum For Young Cultural Innovators brought together selected YCI Fellows from our expanding network of US city hubs, including Memphis, TN, Detroit, MI and New Orleans, LA. Hosted by partners in Detroit, itself undergoing radical urban transformation and renewal, participants worked on collaborative micro-innovation projects tied to the creative economy and social innovation.
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Facilitators
Cezanne Charles
Director of Creative Industries, Creative Many, Detroit, MI
Amina Dickerson
President, Dickerson Global Advisors, Chicago, Illinois, USA
Peter Jenkinson
Cultural Broker, London, UK
Satori Shakoor
Executive Producer, The Society of Twisted Storytellers?, Detroit, MI
Regina Smith
Managing Director, Arts and Culture Program, Kresge Foundation, United States
Shelagh Wright
Director, ThreeJohnsandShelagh and Mission Models Money; Associate, Demos; London, UK
Participants
Maia Asshaq
Co-founder, Detroit Art Book Fair; Co-Founder, DittoDitto Books, Detroit, MI
Nic Aziz
Curator, New Orleans Museum of Art/Prospect, New Orleans, Louisiana, USA
Imani Brown
Director of Programs, Antenna, New Orleans, LA
Shelley Danner
Program Director, Challenge Detroit, Detroit, Michigan, USA
Steve Fox
Founder, The Story Agents, Memphis Tennessee, USA
Melvin Henley
Organizational Development Consultant, Nonprofit Enterprise at Work (NEW), Detroit, Michigan, 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
Samuel Oliver
Executive Director, Acadiana Center for the Arts, Lafayette, Louisiana, USA
Cameron Shaw
Executive Director, Pelican Bomb, New Orleans, LA
Alphonse Smith
Executive Director, Arts Council New Orleans, New Orleans, Louisiana, USA
Elena Stoeva
Marketing and PR Manager, Galler Foods, Memphis, Tennessee, USA
Ben Stone
Director of Arts & Culture, Smart Growth America/Transportation for America, Detroit, MI
Bucky Willis
Design Consultant, Bleeding Heart Design, Detroit, Michigan, USA
Knoxx Yepez
Director, The Aadizookaan, Detroit, Michigan, USA
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Faye Hobson
Director, Culture
Stephen Salyer
Former President & Chief Executive Officer, Salzburg Global Seminar
Susanna Seidl-Fox
Program Director, Culture and the Arts, Salzburg Global Seminar, Salzburg, Austria
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