28-30 September in Sibiu, Romania
Arranged in cooperation with ANUC (the National Alliance of Creators' Unions) and supported by the Ministry of Culture and Religious Affairs of Romania
Draft programme:
Friday 28 September
Arrival
Reception in the Town Hall, Opening dinner
Saturday 29 September
Morning
1. panel: The Status of the Artist
Speeches by
Ion Caramitru, president of the Actors' union and former Minister of Culture, Romania
Invited to debate: representatives for Culture Ministries: Norbert Riedl, Austria, Irena Soldat-Vujanovic, Republic Srpska and Rasida Zygiene, Lithuania
Moderator: Vivan Storlund, researcher, Finland
Afternoon
Visits to cultural institutions/workshops with local artists
4 thematic groups.
Evening
Faust by Goethe, production by Sibiu National Theatre "Radu Stanca".
Direction by Silviu Purcarete
Sunday 30 September
Morning
2. panel: Mobility
Speeches by
Liviu Danceanu, composer, Romania
Konstanze Breitebner, actress, Austria
Moderator: Ovidiu Gant, MEP, Romania
3. panel: Authors' and performers' rights
Speeches by Philippe Kern, researcher, Belgium
Eugen Vasiliu, Director General, Romanian office for Authors' Rights
Moderator: Pia Raug, composer, Denmark
Afternoon
4. panel: Status of the Artist - cultural policy or legal instrument?
Speeches by
Erna Hennicot-Schoepges, MEP and former Minister of Culture, Luxembourg
Kornelijus Platelis, writer, president of the Lithuanian Association of Artists
Serban Dumitru, sculptor, president of the Romanian Ass. of visual artists
Moderator: Ludwig Laher, writer, president of ECA, Austria
Final debate. Resolution. Closure