Conferences and Events

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Please note, IFACCA has no organisational role in the events listed below.  To register, or for further information, please follow the links and contact the event organisers.

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Latest Conferences and Events:

11th Festival of Pacific Arts

The Council of Pacific Arts is  looking forward to the 11th Festival of Pacific Arts. more >

Pre-registration: European Atelier for Young Festival Managers

The European Atelier for Young Festival Managers is a unique, intense, one-week training programme initiated by the European Festivals Association. more >

11th International Conference on Arts and Cultural Management

11th International Conference on Arts and Cultural Management (AIMAC 2011), Antwerp, Belgium, 3-6 July 2011. This scientific conference will address various sectors of the arts and cultural industries. Papers are welcome on all arts and cultural management areas more >

Call for papers: Measures of Support for Intangible Cultural Heritage : Governments, Institutions and Municipalities

Through this conference the Conseil québécois du patrimoine vivant (CQPV) will bring together professionals and decision-makers in the field in order to encourage the exchange of international expertise. more >

Measures of Support for Intangible Cultural Heritage : Governments, Institutions and Municipalities

Call for papers. This conference will provide a way for participants to discover best practices in the field and to evaluate how the experience of certain countries or municipalities could apply elsewhere. It will also provide ways to learn from actual regional case studies in order to better reflect on the whole process of safeguarding intangible cultural heritage. more >

4th Global Conference: Interculturalism, Meaning and Identity

Call for papers. This multi-disciplinary project seeks to explore the new and prominent place that the idea of culture has for the construction of meaning and identity, as well as the implications for social political membership in contemporary societies. more >

Ready to change

Culture as a factor of economic and social innovation in the Mediterranean space: Towards new solidarities in a changing Europe. more >

Dates set for the VII Euro-American Campus on Cultural Cooperation

The next Euro-American Campus on Cultural Cooperation will take place this year from 30 November to 3 December, in Gran Canaria. The Campus is aimed at creating a space for exchange and discussion for cultural agents and cultural networks interested in international cooperation. more >

The Art of Good Health and Wellbeing

Call for papers: The Art of Good Health and Wellbeing - 2nd Annual International Arts and Health Conference. The conference will present best practice and innovative arts and health practice and programs, examples of effective healthcare promotion, methods of project evaluation and data from scientific research. more >

Third International Conference on African Culture and Development

The Golden Jubilee celebrations of 17 African countries were considered in choosing this year’s theme which is; “Post Independent Africa: Cultural imperatives for development.”   more >

Call for Papers: 11th International Joint World Tourism Conference

The aim of this conference is to provide a forum for international educators, scholars, researchers, industry professionals, policy-makers and graduate students with opportunity to explore and discuss issues in the topics on cultural tourism. more >

International Council of Museums Conference 2010 : Museums for Social Harmony

The 22nd General Conference of the ICOM will be held from 7th to 13th Nov, 2010 in Shanghai, China. The theme of ICOM is “Museums for Social Harmony”. more >

'My City's Still Breathing'

This symposium will gather local, national and international experts from a wide range of disciplines to deliberate and debate the current and future relationship of art and design to city-making. more >

II Workshop en Economía y Gestión de la Cultura/ II Workshop on Cultural Economics and Management

Os invitamos a  participar en el II Workshop en Economía y Gestión de la Cultura / II Workshop in Cultural Economics and Management, que tendrá lugar los próximos días 4 y 5 de Noviembre en la Facultat de Economia de la Universitat de València. more >

Taking Part: arts, culture and civil society

This major international and multidisciplinary conference seeks to engage with questions regarding the role of arts and cultural activity in civil society. more >

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