Friday, November 16

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Every day until the Forum, discover our speakers and their reasons to hope

9.00 – 12.30 am : Reasons to hope for culture

The Study Louvre Alliance for the Forum d’Avignon, “Reasons to hope from creators and creation”, by Bertrand Moineau.

Video of Gilles Porte, Portraits/Autoportraits

• Zahia Ziouani, Conductor of the Divertimento Symphony Orchestra, France.
• Elie Barnavi, Scientific Advisor of the Museum of Europe, Israel.
• Krzysztof Candrowicz, director of the Lodz Art Center, member of the European Young Leaders, Poland.
  
• Pierre-Karl Péladeau, President and CEO of Quebecor Inc., Canada.
• Pierre Lescure, Chief Operating Officer of the theater Marigny, France.
• Didier Reynders, Vice president and minister of foreign affairs, Belgium.
• David Throsby, Professor of economics, Australia.
• Jean-Christophe Bas, Senior Advisor Strategic Development and Partnerships at the United Nations Alliance of Civilizations.
• Renaud Capuçon, violonist, France.
• Joakim Stymne, State Secretary to the Minister for Culture and Sport, Sweden.
• Stéphane Richard, CEO of France Télécom – Orange, France.

Watch the session The Reasons to hope: Part 1 & Part 2

2.15 – 4.30 pm : The Fabric of culture

The Study Bain for the Forum d’Avignon “The Seven Year Itch : Imagination and passing on, creating values?”, by Patrick Béhar

Tishani Doshi and Markus Schmidt, a meeting at the Forum d’Avignon 2011, an artistic performance in 2012.

• Olivier Poivre d'Arvor, Director of the public radio station France Culture, France.
• Kitsou Dubois, Choregrapher, France
• Claudie Haigneré, Chairman of Universcience, France
• Nabil Ayouch, Director, Morocco
• Eduardo Browne, Orchestra conductor and professor, Chile.
• Carlo d'Asara Biondo, Operations Southern Eastern Europe, Middle East Africa, Google, Italy.
• Rick Cotton, executive vice president and general counsel of NBC Universal, United States.
• Mourad Merzouki, director of the Centre chorégraphique National de Créteil et du Val-de-Marne, France
• Sana Ghenima, CEO of Sanabil Med, Tunisia.
• Patrick Zelnik, President of la Gaité Lyrique, France.

Watch the session The Fabric of culture

5.30 – 7.30 pm : University “15-25 year-olds, which culture do the digital generations receive, create and pass on ?”

The study Atelier BNP Paribas for the Forum d’Avignon “The digital generations and culture”, with Philippe Torrès.

• Chirstophe Ono-Dit-Biot, Journalist and writer.
• Ramata Sy, student, La FEMIS
• Laura Cerdan, student, France.
• Julien Levesque, Visual artist, France.
• Amina Belghtiti, Head of Platerform Partnerships, Tunisia.
• Georges Sanerot, Chairman of the Management Board of the group Bayard, France.
• Jaromil, Italy.
• Dominique Wolton, Sociologist, France.
• Axel Dauchez, Deezer, France.

Watch the session at the university of Avignon: Part 1 & Part 2

Free concert of Etienne de Crécy at the Opera Theâtre of Avignon