ASEF culture360 is pleased to announce a new media partnership with Borak Art Series 2015, organised by My Performing Arts Agency (MyPaa) in collaboration with the Georgetown Festival on 29-30 August 2015 in Penang, Malaysia. Malaysia’s primary regional networking platform for creative practitioners and business leaders from around the world is taking place in Penang enabling participants to immerse in some of the best ‘glocal’ arts and culture.
Celebrating Malaysia’s chairmanship of ASEAN this year, the theme of Borak Arts Series will be “ASEAN and the Future”. The conference will bring together artists, presenters/producers, intermediaries, and funders. There will be keynote addresses, panel discussions, country and city highlights, round robin sessions, networking platforms as well as performances.
Some of the expected speakers are Rithisal KANG (Amrita Performing Arts, Cambodia), Amna KUSUMO (Kelola Foundation, Indonesia), Dr Joseph Victor GONZALES (ASWARA, Malaysia), Eliza ROBERTS (Asialink, Australia), Laurent VAN KOTE (Ministere de la Culture et de la Communication, France), PANG Khee Teik (Malaysia), Grace CHIN (Viddsee, Malaysia), Emmanuel BENBIHY (Cities of Love, France), and Pauline FAN (PUSAKA, Malaysia).