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.

Click through to a contributor’s page to see their extended interview for the Summit’s Special Edition 2020.

A K Balan
Government of Kerala, India
Aaron Soriano
Special Performances
Youth Orchestra Los Angeles, USA
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
Amica Dall & Charles Smith
United Kingdom
Assemble
Andrew Gilmour
Culture and Social Cohesion
Berghof Foundation, Germany
Andy Haldane
Culture and Education
Bank of England, UK
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
Bongani Tembe
KZN Philharmonic Orchestra
Bridget McConnell
Glasgow Life
Cameron Rashti
Culture in Vibrant Communities
Aga Khan Trust for Culture, Geneva, Switzerland
Carla Hayden
Culture in Vibrant Communities
The Library of Congress, Washington DC, USA
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
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
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 
Derek Goldman
Special Performances
Laboratory for Global Performance and Politics, Georgetown University, USA
Devika Ranjan
USA
Georgetown Laboratory for Global Performance and Politics
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
Emma Jayne Park
UK
Cultured Mongrel
Emma Ruse
United Kingdom
National Youth Arts Advisory Group
Emmanuel Mthethwa
Republic of South Africa
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
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
Feras Charestan
Fergus Linehan
Edinburgh International Festival
Fiona Hyslop
Scottish Government, UK
Fryad Rwandzi
Iraq
Gemma Connell
UK
The Artifact
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 
Her Majesty Gyalyum Dorji Wangmo Wangchuck
Special Messages
Queen Mother of Bhutan
Irina Bokova 
Special Messages
UNESCO, Paris, France
Ismail Serageldin
Culture in Vibrant Communities
Library of Alexandria, Egypt
Ivan Grdešić
Republic of Croatia
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
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
Julie James
Wales
Justinien Tribillon
United Kingdom
Theatrum Mundi
Karen Ingham
UK
Swansea College of Art
Kathrin Deventer 
Special Messages
European Festivals Association, Brussels, Belgium 
Ken Macintosh
Scottish Parliament
Kent Larson
MIT Media Lab's Changing Places Group
Kōichi Hagiuda
Japan
Leah Barber
Environmental Activist and Artist
Leah Pisar
Culture and Social Cohesion
The Aladdin Project, France
Leo Kellgren-Parker
UK
LIVR
Likeleli Tampane
Lesotho
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
Malika Bendouda
People’s Democratic Republic of Algeria
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
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
Nandi Mandela
Mediclinic International
Narcisse Mouelle Kombi
CAMEROON
Neil Murray
National Theatre of Scotland
Nicholas Kenyon
Barbican Centre
Nicola Killean 
Culture and Education
Sistema Scotland, Stirling, UK 
Nicola Sturgeon
Scotland
Oleksandr Tkachenko
Ukraine
Ong Ken Seng
Singapore
Theatreworks
Park Yang-woo
Republic of Korea
Paul Carter
School of Architecture and Design, RMIT University
Paul Fletcher
Commonwealth of Australia
Paul Givan MLA
Northern Ireland
Paul Smith
UK
British Council
Pawel Potorocyzn
Adam Mickiewicz Institute
Peter Housden
Scottish Government
Philip Long
UK
V&A Dundee
Prince Totto Théogène Niwenshuti
Rwanda
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
Rosa Daniel
Republic of Singapore
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
Shafqat Mahmood  
Islamic Republic of Pakistan
Simon Anholt
University of East Anglia
Sonia Mbarek
Tunisia
Steven Guilbeault
Canada
Suhair Khan
Google
Sunil Wijesiriwardena
Sri Lanka
Sybille Kastner
Germany
Lehmbruck Museum
Symone Hutchison 
Special Performances
Big Noise Raploch, Stirling, UK
Tadej Rupel
Slovenia
Theresa May
UK
UK Government
Tim Crookall MLC
Isle of Man
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
Wesley Enoch
Australia
Sydney Festival
William Stirling
Culture and Social Cohesion
Trojan Women Project, UK
Xiang Zhaolun
PEOPLE’S REPUBLIC OF CHINA
Younggoog Park
Republic of Korea
Yu Bo
China
Blackbow