Contributors

The Summit brings together the world’s leading minds in the fields of culture, the sciences and politics to discuss issues which effect nations around the world.

Find out more about our contributors for Edinburgh International Culture Summit 2022 by exploring their pages below.

A K Balan
Government of Kerala, India
Aaron Soriano
Special Performances
Youth Orchestra Los Angeles, USA
Aditi Mayer
Sustainable Fashion Content Creator, Photojournalist, Labor Rights Activist
Ahmad Al-Maziad
Saudi Arabia
General Culture Authority
Akram Khan
UK
Akram Khan Company
Aktoty Raimkulova
Republic of Kazakhstan
Alex Talbott
United Kingdom
King's College London
Alhaji Lai Mohammed
Nigeria
Alison Johnstone
Presiding Officer
Scottish Parliament
Alison Tickell
UK
Julie’s Bicycle
Amica Dall & Charles Smith
United Kingdom
Assemble
Andreas Schleicher
Paris
OECD
Andrew Gilmour
Culture and Social Cohesion
Berghof Foundation, Germany
Andrew Wilson
Edinburgh International Culture Summit Foundation
Andy Haldane
Culture and Education
Bank of England, UK
Angus Farquhar
UK
Dandelion
Anna Gesualdi
Italy
AltoFest
Anna Laura Orrico 
Republic of Italy
Antimo Cesaro
Italy
Arianne Welsh
United Kingdom
National Youth Arts Advisory Group
Asaduzzaman Noor MP
PEOPLE’S REPUBLIC OF BANGLADESH
Asif Majid
The Laboratory for Global Performance and Politics
Assal Habibi
Culture and Education
Brain and Creativity Institute, University of Southern California, USA
Basel Rajoub
Syria
Basma El Husseiny
Culture Resource (Al Mawred Al Thaqafy)
Bastiaan Bloem
The Netherlands
Radboud University Medical Centre
Bea Webster
UK
Benny Higgins
UK
National Galleries of Scotland
Bongani Tembe
KZN Philharmonic Orchestra
Boris Johnson
UK Government
Bridget McConnell
Glasgow Life
Cameron Rashti
Culture in Vibrant Communities
Aga Khan Trust for Culture, Geneva, Switzerland
Camilla Høg
Denmark
Kulturprinsen Development Centre for Children and Youth Culture
Carla Hayden
Culture in Vibrant Communities
The Library of Congress, Washington DC, USA
Caro Overy
UK
Creative Carbon Scotland
Caroline Dinenage
UK Government
Catarina Vaz Pinto
Portugal
City of Lisbon
Catherine Calderwood
UK
Scottish Government
Catherine Cassidy
UK
Scottish Ballet
Catherine Holden
United Kingdom
Chan Heng Chee
Singapore
Charlene Boyd
UK
Charlotte Eagar
Culture and Social Cohesion
Trojan Woman Project, UK
Christopher Breward
University of Edinburgh
Ciarán Devane
Special Messages
British Council
Clara Miller
Culture in Vibrant Communities
Heron Foundation, New York, USA
Clare Adamson
UK
Constitution Europe External Affairs and Culture Committee, Scottish Parliament
Constantin Chiriac
Romania
Sibiu International Theatre Festival
Consuelo Valdés Chadwick
Republic of Chile
Cynthia Schneider
USA
Georgetown University
Cynthia Schneider
Special Performances
Laboratory for Global Performance and Politics, Georgetown University, USA
Daisuke Matsunaga
Japan
Daisy Fancourt
Culture and Education
University College London, UK
Dame Meg Taylor
Papua New Guinea
Pacific Island Forum
Daniel Lubetzky
Culture and Education
KIND & Empatico, USA
Daniel McCormick
UK
National Youth Advisory Group (NYAAG)
Danielle Cliche
UNESCO Convention on the Protection and Promotion of the Diversity of Cultural Expressions
Danilo Santos de Miranda
Serviço Social do Comércio (SESC)
David Chipperfield
UK
David Chipperfield Architects
David Leventhal
USA
Mark Morris Dance Group's Dance for PD® programme
David Strathairn
Special Performances
Laboratory for Global Performance and Politics, USA
Deborah Colker 
Special Performances
Companhia de Dança Deborah Colker, Rio de Janiero, Brazil 
Deirdre Quarnstrom
USA
Microsoft
Derek Goldman
Special Performances
Laboratory for Global Performance and Politics, Georgetown University, USA
Devika Ranjan
USA
Georgetown Laboratory for Global Performance and Politics
Dr Yalinu Poya Gow
Duke Redbird
Canada
Toronto School District Board
Ea Sola
Ea Sola Dance Company
Egly Pantelakis
Cyprus
Elif Shafak
Culture and Social Cohesion
Author, London, UK
Elizabeth Diller
USA
DS+R
Elsje Kibler-Vermaas
Culture and Education
Los Angeles Philharmonic, USA
Emilie Torp Henriksen
Denmark
Think Tank for Youth Culture
Emily Granozio
UK
Emma Jayne Park
UK
Cultured Mongrel
Emma Ruse
United Kingdom
National Youth Arts Advisory Group
Emmanuel Mthethwa
Republic of South Africa
Ernesto Ottone
Paris
UNESCO
Essam Rabih
Culture and Social Cohesion
Trojan Women Project, UK
Etan Kinsella McLennan
United Kingdom
King's College London
Fairouz Nishanova
Aga Khan Music Programme
Fairouz Nishanova
Aga Khan Music Initiative
Faisal Abu Alhayjaa
Palestine
Red Noses International
Faith Lidell
UK
Institute for International Cultural Relations
Farrokh Derakhshani
Culture in Vibrant Communities
Aga Khan Trust for Culture, Geneva, Switzerland
Fehinti Balogun
UK
Feras Charestan
Fergus Linehan
Edinburgh International Festival
Fiona Hyslop
UK
Scottish Parliament
Fryad Rwandzi
Iraq
Gemma Connell
UK
The Artifact
Gemma Jones
Scotland
abrdn
Giovana Elizabeth Jaspersen García 
State Government of Jalisco, Mexico 
Giovanni Trono
Italy
AltoFest
Glen Grant
Denmark
Super16
Graham Sheffield
British Council
Gustavo Dudamel  
Special Messages
Los Angeles Philharmonic 
Heba Alwadi
Scotland
Trojan Women Project
Her Majesty Gyalyum Dorji Wangmo Wangchuck
Special Messages
Queen Mother of Bhutan
Irina Bokova 
Paris
UNESCO
Ismail Serageldin
Culture in Vibrant Communities
Library of Alexandria, Egypt
Ivan Grdešić
Republic of Croatia
James Arroyo
The Ditchley Foundation
Janet Archer
Creative Scotland
Jean Claude Kugener
Luxembourg
Jenny Waldman
UK
14-18 NOW
Jeremy Wright
United Kingdom
UK Government
Jerry Mateparae
New Zealand
New Zealand Government
Joan McAlpine MSP
UK
Scottish Government
Joanna Baker
UK
Edinburgh International Festival
John Swinney
Scotland
Jojo Ruf
USA
The Laboratory for Global Performance and Politics
Jonathan Mills
Edinburgh International Culture Summit
Jonty Claypole
BBC
Jordi Savall
Hespèrion XXI, La Capella Reial de Catalunya and Le Concert des Nations
Joseph V Melillo
Brooklyn Academy of Music (BAM)
Joshua Ramo
USA
Kissinger Associates
Juan Cruz
Edinburgh College of Art
Julie James
Wales
Justinien Tribillon
United Kingdom
Theatrum Mundi
Karen Ingham
UK
Swansea College of Art
Kathrin Deventer 
Belgium 
European Festivals Association, Brussels, Belgium 
Ken Macintosh
Scottish Parliament
Kent Larson
MIT Media Lab's Changing Places Group
Kōichi Hagiuda
Japan
Laura Gardiner
The Benedetti Foundation
Leah Barber
Environmental Activist and Artist
Leah Pisar
Culture and Social Cohesion
The Aladdin Project, France
Lemi Ponifasio
New Zealand
MAU (theatre + dance)
Leo Kellgren-Parker
UK
LIVR
Likeleli Tampane
Lesotho
Lili Lainé
UK
We Made That
Lillian Ngo Usadi
Musician and researcher
Lisa Joan Ireland
United Kingdom
National Youth Arts Advisory Group
Louise Richardson
University of St Andrews
Lucy O’Carroll
UK
Aberdeen Standard Investments
Lydia Koniordou
Greece
Maggie Barry
New Zealand
Maisah Sobaihi
Saudi Arabia
King Abdul Aziz University
Malika Bendouda
People’s Democratic Republic of Algeria
mandla rae
Maria Balshaw
UK
Tate
Maria Portman Kelly
USA
Mark Morris Dance Group's Dance for PD® Programme
Marie Royce
United States of America
Marie-Claude Champoux
Québec
Martin Davidson
British Council
Martin Rose
UK
Prince Alwaleed bin Talal Centre for Islamic Studies
Maryna Krut
Ukraine
Matt Baker
UK
The Stove Network
Matt Hancock
United Kingdom
Melissa Meyer
United Kingdom
We Made That
Michael Orlove
United States of America
Michael Power
London School of Economics and Political Science
Mina Girgis
Egypt
The Nile Project
Murdo Macdonald
Scotland
University of Dundee
Nandi Mandela
Mediclinic International
Narcisse Mouelle Kombi
CAMEROON
Neil Murray
National Theatre of Scotland
Nicholas Kenyon
Barbican Centre
Nicola Benedetti
The Benedetti Foundation, Edinburgh International Festival
Nicola Killean 
Culture and Education
Sistema Scotland, Stirling, UK 
Nicola Sturgeon
Scotland
Ofelia Omoyele Balogun
UK
Oksana Zabuzhko
Ukraine
Oleksandr Tkachenko
Ukraine
Ollie Bray
Education Scotland
Ong Ken Seng
Singapore
Theatreworks
Park Yang-woo
Republic of Korea
Paul Carter
School of Architecture and Design, RMIT University
Paul Fitzpatrick
Scotland
National Theatre of Scotland
Paul Fletcher
Commonwealth of Australia
Paul Givan MLA
Northern Ireland
Paul Smith
UK
British Council
Paul Tam
Hong Kong
Performing Arts, West Kowloon Cultural District
Pawel Potorocyzn
Adam Mickiewicz Institute
Peter Housden
Scottish Government
Philip Long
UK
V&A Dundee
Prince Totto Théogène Niwenshuti
Rwanda
Professor Ashley Solomon
Director of Florilegium
Royal College of Music
Professor Drew Hemment
UK
Edinburgh Future’s Institute
Professor Guy Claxton
UK
Professor Jeffrey Sharkey
Scotland
Royal Conservatoire of Scotland
Pu Cunxin
China
Rahul Mehrotra
Culture in Vibrant Communities
RMA Architects, Mumbai, India and Harvard University, Cambridge, USA
Ramadan Shebani
Libya
Rebecca Walton
UK
British Council
Renato Quaglia
Italy
The Future Forum of Udine
Richard Sennett
USA
Theatrum Mundi
Rob Dickie
UK
Scottish Mental Health Arts Festival
Robbie Gordon
Scotland
Wonder Fools
Rosa Daniel
Republic of Singapore
Rosemary Nalden
South Africa
Buskaid, Soweto String Project
Rosie Sumsion
UK
Culture & Media Committee, Scottish Youth Parliament
Rt Hon Angus Robertson
UK
Scottish Government
Rt Hon. Lord Stephen Parkinson of Whitley Bay
UK
UK Government
Rumaisa Zubairi
UK
College of Medical, Veterinary & Life Sciences, University of Glasgow
Rupert Myer
Australia
Ruth Hogarth
UK
King's College London
Ruwanthie de Chickera
Sri Lanka
Sajid Javid
Department of Culture, Media and Sport, UK Government
Salim Almahruqi
Oman
Sana’a Al Froukh
Culture and Social Cohesion
Trojan Women Project, UK
Sanjoy Roy
India
Teamwork Arts
Saskia Sassen
Columbia University
Seona Reid
National Theatre of Scotland
Serin Kim Hong
South Korea
Korea Arts & Culture Education Service
Shafqat Mahmood  
Islamic Republic of Pakistan
Simon Anholt
University of East Anglia
Simon Sharkey
Scotland
The Necessary Space
Sona Jobarteh
Gambia
The Gambia Academy
Sonia Mbarek
Tunisia
Stephen Deuchar
British Council
Stephen Stenning
UK
The British Council
Steven Feld
USA
Steven Guilbeault
Canada
Suhair Khan
Google
Sunil Wijesiriwardena
Sri Lanka
Sybille Kastner
Germany
Lehmbruck Museum
Symone Hutchinson
Scotland
Big Noise Raploch/Sistema Scotland
Symone Hutchison 
Special Performances
Big Noise Raploch, Stirling, UK
Tadej Rupel
Slovenia
Tahlia Petrosian
Germany
Klassik Underground
Theresa May
UK
UK Government
Tim Crookall MLC
Isle of Man
Todd Hoffman
The Gambia Academy US
Tricia Marwick
The Scottish Parliament
Tristram Hunt
Culture in Vibrant Communities
Victoria and Albert Museum, London, UK
Vernon Ellis
British Council
Victoria Chen
UK
Bhumi Collective
Volodymyr Sheiko
Ukrainian Institute
Wesley Enoch
Australia
Sydney Festival
William Stirling
Culture and Social Cohesion
Trojan Women Project, UK
Xiang Zhaolun
PEOPLE’S REPUBLIC OF CHINA
Yoshiki Takeuchi
OECD
Younggoog Park
Republic of Korea
Yu Bo
China
Blackbow