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Tuesday, May 21 • 10:30 - 11:30
CULTURAL DISTRICT AS AGORA: THE ATHENS PERSPECTIVE

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What does it mean to be an agora – a communal public space – today? How do we create and maintain places where everyone feels that they belong? In a period of growing polarization, the role of cultural districts as places that support inclusivity and openness has never been higher on our agendas, but the barriers are complex and hard to surmount. So how do we go about it? To get us started and anchor the convening in its geographical context, this opening session focuses on the perspective from Greece, the origin of both the word and the concept.
Moderators
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Adrian Ellis

Chair, GCDN, Director, AEA Consulting
I am a Director of AEA Consulting and chair of the Global Cultural Districts Network. I have worked in senior management and as a board member in both museums and the performing arts and as a strategy consultant to clients in the cultural, public, and business sectors around the world... Read More →

Speakers
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Elly Andriopoulou

Managing Director, SNFCC
Elly Andriopoulou is the Managing Director of the Stavros Niarchos Foundation Cultural Center (SNFCC), appointed in June 2020 and renewed in December 2023. Before joining the SNFCC, Elly held leadership positions in banking, strategy consulting, and most recently, philanthropy.More... Read More →
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Christos Dimas

Deputy Minister of Culture, Government of the Hellenic Republic

Tuesday May 21, 2024 10:30 - 11:30 EEST
Stavros Niarchos Foundation Cultural Center: Lighthouse Leof. Andrea Siggrou 364, Kallithea 176 74, Greece
  Convening sessions, Plenary