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Venice Meeting: "Culture Economy and Social Responsibility”

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03-06-2011

Italy, Venice
Thetis at the Arsenale, Venice, Italy

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“A Soul for Europe” - European Culture and Economy Platform
Venice Meeting: Culture Economy and Social Responsibility”
3rd of June 2011 at Thetis at the Arsenale, in Venice, Italy.

The Venice meeting on the 3rd of June 2011 will be the third and next step to strengthen the dialogue among the actors, and proceed with a further step towards the implementation of the European Culture and Economy Platform a project of the “A Soul for ...Europe” initiative. The choice of this date and place is not a co-incidence. It is one day before the opening to the public of the 54th Art Exhibition of the Venice Biennial, which is the first and the best known cultural event in the world having a substantial economic dimension in many respects. It is a symbol of the interaction between culture and economy since a century and it gathers several personalities form the culture and business sectors at the same time, in the same place. Therefore, the Venice meeting aims at bringing new actors and new points of view into the platform project and fostering its visibility. The meeting’s discussions will focus on “Culture, Economy and Social Responsibility“ with the goal of identifying new ways of relationship and concrete collaboration between actors from the field of culture and business.

Invited guests: Silvia Costa, Member of European Parliament/ Prof. Pier Luigi Sacco, IULM University, Milano/ Jürgen R. Thumann, President of Business Europe Association/ Beral Madra, Curator, Art Critic, BM Contemporary Art Center, Chief Curator of Azerbaijan Pavilion at 54. Venice Biennale / Dr. Antonietta Grandesso, Thetis/ Dr. Vittorio Urbani, Nuova Icona, ZONA/ Steve Austen, “A Soul for Europe” Board Member, Felix Meritis Foundation/ Diego Vecchiato, Director, Department for International Relations, Veneto Regional Government/ İpeknur Cem Taha, Financial Consultant, Journalist/ Roger Tropeano, “Les Rencontres”, Chairperson/ İsrafil Kuralay, Istanbul Chamber of Commerce/ Jan Runge, ASFE SG member

The “A Soul for Europe” - European Culture and Economy Platform (ECEP) is a European-wide civil society platform of individuals from the culture and economic sectors and invited politicians which functions as a think-tank to develop common strategies, actions and policy proposals and concrete recommendations to ensure the sustainable development of Europe, its regions, its cities and communities in a global contest. It is a long term project of the “A Soul for Europe” initiative and its partners in the culture and economic sectors. The need to build such a platform was formulated during the “A Soul for Europe” Berlin Conference in 2008, on the basis of which “A Soul for Europe” planned to create this platform in four stages by a series of meetings in Istanbul, Berlin, Venice and Brussels.

Registration:http://venice.europist.net/

More information and contact:

http://www.asoulforeurope.eu/what/ecep

Mahir Namur mahir.namur@europist.net T:0090 216 3383780 F: 0090 216 3383706

Ruggero Lala ruggero.lala@felix.meritis.nl T:0031(0)20 6262321;F:0031(0)20 6249368

Co-producers;
A Soul for Europe/ European Cultural Association/ Felix Meritis Stichting/ Stiftung Zukunft Berlin/ Nuova Icona

With contributions of;
Robert Bosch Stiftung/ citizensofculture.net