2018, Hamburg
"Utopias for the cultural landscape of tomorrow - cultural innovation and international perspective on arts management"
The first ACMC edition explored the cultural innovation with an international lens on arts management. This groundbreaking event not only laid the foundation for subsequent editions but also cast a powerful spell on the emerging generation of arts and culture enthusiasts.
With its gaze fixed on the horizon, the conference delved into the future possibilities of the cultural sector.
Keynote Speakers:
- Volker Kirchberg: professor for Sociology of the Arts and Culture at Leuphana Universität Lüneburg and chairman of the Association for Arts Management.
- Sigrid Gareis: dance and theatre curator, director of the first European university course for „Curating in the Scenic Arts“ (Kuratieren in den szenischen Künsten) at the Universität Salzburg and Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München, founding director of the Tanzquartier Wien and the European Dancehouse Network.
- Jurriaan Cooiman : founder and director of the festival CULTURESCAPES – Basel, Switzerland
- Veronica Kaup-Hasler: director of contemporary arts festival steirischer herbst in Graz/Austria