The 10th World Summit on Arts and Culture, taking place in Seoul, Republic of Korea 27–30 May 2025, brings together key leaders and decision-makers from around the world, from the arts and cultural ecosystem and beyond. The Summit provides a space to exchange, debate and harness the knowledge systems we need to future-proof the cultural and creative sectors (CCS) and our roadmap, with a focus on current and projected digital and technological realities. It will help co-create new pathways to advance arts and culture and affirm our collective position as we seek to positively influence the sustainable agenda for the global community, and communities within our local contexts.
The 10th World Summit aims to inspire delegates through lived experience examples, intersections and good practices from diverse voices across all corners of the globe; respond to different perspectives presented based on a dialogue of exchange and mutual learning; and reflect on the impact of diverse knowledge systems, technological advances, innovation and digitalisation on the cultural sectors in transforming, empowering, decolonising and building more sustainable communities. The Summit will provide a diversity of approaches to explore, provoke and seek answers to the questions raised throughout the Summit programme.
On the Move Secretary General Marie Le Sourd will facilitate the panel called ‘Global connections: rethinking transnational cultural exchange and mobility’, with speakers Maanka A. Chipindi (Zambia), Dereka Deleveaux-Grant (The Bahamas), Diego Mencaroni (Italy/USA), and Yuanyuan Sun (China).
The World Summit on Arts and Culture is organised by the International Federation of Arts Councils and Culture Agencies (IFACCA) in partnership with one of its National Members. The Summit is a participatory platform that fosters exchange between representatives from government, cultural and non-cultural sectors and civil society, which is open to IFACCA Members and the wider international community. The 10th World Summit is co-hosted by the Arts Council Korea (ARKO) and IFACCA.
