The Edinburgh International Culture Summit Foundation is delighted to announce the appointment of Jenny Niven as its new Executive Producer. Jenny will lead the development and delivery of the fifth Edinburgh International Culture Summit in August 2020.

Culture Ministers, speakers and artists from around the world have arrived at the fourth Edinburgh International Culture Summit, held during one of the world’s greatest cultural events, Edinburgh’s summer Festivals. Now in its 4th edition this year the Summit addresses three key areas; Culture in a Networked World, Culture and Investment and Culture and Wellbeing. […]

OVER 100 ARTISTS, CULTURE MINISTERS INFLUENCERS AND PRACTITIONERS PREPARE TO COLLECTIVELY ADDRESS ISSUES OF CULTURAL HERITAGE, CONNECTIVITY, INVESTMENT AND WELLBEING. IN SCOTLAND’S YEAR OF YOUNG PEOPLE 2018 THE SUMMIT INCLUDES 13 INTERNATIONAL YOUTH DELEGATES AND 20 YOUTH CONTRIBUTORS PARTICIPATING IN  EVERY ASPECT OF THE PROGRAMME Countries attending include: Argentina, Australia, Bangladesh, Belgium, Brazil, Bulgaria, Cameroon, […]

The theme of culture and investment seeks to explore questions such as: How should government policy balance investment in individual artists, creative communities, and buildings? The provision of elaborate arts centres throughout the world is certainly politically attractive, but what of the art and people that brings these places to life? At a time when […]