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OLIVIER MENTZ

Après une thèse de doctorat en didactique de la géographie à la Pädagogische Hochschule Freiburg, Olivier Mentz y devient professeur de langue et de littérature françaises en 2004. Directeur du bureau européen de l’université de 2004 à 2014, il gère la filière européenne de formation des enseignants. Il est nommé vice-doyen de la faculté des sciences culturelles en 2004, puis doyen de la faculté en 2014.

Directeur de l’institut des langues romanes, il est l’initiateur et le coordinateur d’une série de conférences intitulées « Café Europe » ainsi que de lectures-rencontres avec de jeunes auteurs français.

Il est également membre du sénat de la Pädagogische Hochschule Freiburg et membre du directoire de son centre de langues.

Directeur d’institutions et d’équipements dans le domaine culturel et événementiel, François Belfort mène un parcours diversifié entre privé et public, composé de trois étapes, spectacle vivant, événementiel, et institutionnel culturel.

Dans ce secteur, après la Direction de la production du Centre Pompidou de 2000 à 2004, et quatre années en cabinet ministériel, auprès de Jean-Jacques Aillagon et Renaud Donnedieu de Vabres, il rejoint le Grand Palais, où il est en charge de la réouverture de la nef, de sa programmation et de sa commercialisation jusqu’en 2010, où il devient l’un des directeurs généraux de la Fondation pour la sauvegarde et le développement du Domaine de Chantilly.

En 2013, François Belfort est nommé Directeur général de la Cité de la Mode et du Design à Paris, à laquelle il donne une dimension pluridisciplinaire avec de nombreux événements culturels et gastronomiques qui établissement sa notoriété et son lancement commercial avec 1.4 millions de visiteurs.

En 2016, il crée PEGASUS Conseil pour porter des missions d’expertise et de conseil dans le domaine culturel.

Depuis mars 2017, Francois BELFORT est Directeur général du Syndicat National des Antiquaires et de La Biennale Paris qui se tient chaque mois de septembre dans la nef du Grand Palais.

Chevalier de l’Ordre National du Mérite et des Arts et Lettres, François BELFORT est également lauréat de la "Personnalité événementielle de l'année" Heavent en 2014 à Cannes.

PIERRE TERRIER CEO VALTERRA INTERNATIONAL

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For more than twenty years, VALTERRA develops incontested know-how in the field of the innovative environmental solutions, face to the industrialists and the public authorities.

In each of the missions which are entrusted to her, as studies of purification or rehabilitation of industrial lakes, ponds and lagoons VALTERRA is guided by two major ideas :

• Propose compatible budgetary solutions with economic and local constraints

• Look for sustainable solutions easy to implement and to maintain.

This is the way VALTERRA adapted its techniques to the African context through the first biological patented system allowing to treat and to value liquid slurries and waste materials, so reducing the sanitary risks and improving the quality of life in urban zones.

VALTERRA is also capable of proposing, in partnership with member French companies of her network of the global solutions of waste management.

Strong of a first permanent subsidiary in CAMEROON, VALTERRA aspires to propose soon its services to the whole western Africa and Central Africa as well as in North Africa.

Introducing Innovative Technologies To Make Boats Fly

Richard Forest

Founder & CEO of SEAir

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Richard Forest is the co-founder and CEO of SEAir, an equipment manufacturer and engineering testing and consulting firm in Lorient (Morbihan), using it's expertise to make boats fly thanks to foils, the nautical revolution of these coming years.

These innovative concepts are developed on full-size demonstrators and combined with the chance to dream about flying boats.

Richard is a serial entrepreneur who founded several SMEs including ANEO (2002) which reached 200 collaborators in 2014 and a 25 M€ revenue. 

Philippe Coen

Founder of Respect Zone
Director of Public & Legal Affairs in the Media Sector

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Philippe Coen is a Director of Public & Legal Affairs in the Media Sector and the founder of Respect Zone, an NGO initiated on France.  Respect Zone develops tools against violent communications and cyber violence. www.respectzone.org develops CSR and soft law tools.

Philippe is the Honorary President of ECLA (www.ecla.eu).  ECLA is the umbrella association gathering 20 European company lawyers associations, amounting to 67,000 company lawyers altogether.  Among other initiatives, he prompted ECLANEWS, ECLACHANNEL, the ECLA Code of Ethics for Company Lawyers and the White Paper “Independent by design” and an online database on Legal Privilege across Europe. Philippe founded the ethical Comittee of the Company Lawyers profession in France and is a Board Member of In-House Counsel Worldwide.

Before practicing as a company lawyer, Philippe started his career in private practice in NYC with an International British law firm where he qualified.  He then lead the competitipon law practice of a French law firm. He obtained his double JD at the Paris Sorbonne and a post-grad degree (LL.M.) from the Harvard Law School (with a scholarship of the French Ministry of Foreign Affairs). 

He has taught various law topics including anti-trust and IP at the University of Paris I (Panthéon-Sorbonne), Paris X and currently teaches anti-trust law at the international post grad Business school named ESSEC and media law at Paris 2 Assas.  He pens from time to time published essays and legal chronicles in various periodicals.  

He released a book in French "To get over it with Mein Kampf, (How to overcome hate speech online?), Le Bord de l'Eau, 2016.

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Laurent Bibard, was born June 28 1962 in Mexico. He teaches philosophy and management at ESSEC Business School, and he is Head of the Edgar Morin chair on complexity since it was created in 2014. He graduated ESSEC in 1985, and he is Tenure in Philosophy and Management. He related his theoretical work to a thorough understand of practices through analyses of vigilance and ethical awareness in uncertainty contexts.

Laurent Bibard, né le 28 juin 1962 à Mexico enseigne la philosophie et la gestion à l'ESSEC et dirige depuis sa création en 2014, la chaire Edgar Morin de la complexité de l’ESSEC. Diplômé de l’ESSEC et de Sciences-Po Paris, docteur en philosophie et en économie, Laurent Bibard articule un travail théorique sur le plan philosophique à un travail pratique portant sur les dynamiques de vigilance et d’éthique dans un contexte d’incertitude. 

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A CONVERSATION WITH ØYSTEIN BIRKELAND, INITIATOR OF DEXTRA MUSICA

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The basic idea was for the foundation to invest in stringed instruments and lend it out on a long term basis to Norwegian musicians. Based on the foundation's obligation to not only own the bank DnB, but also return value back to society in a philanthropic sense, the musicians are obliged to do a limited amount of musical work for free on an annual basis. This could be concerts, teaching children and young students or other musically related work benefiting society.

By doing this, the foundation is not only helping the the musician and the national musical environment, but also gives a significant support to what is to be described as a world heritage.

Dextra Musica was established in 2005 as a subsidiary of the foundation. I was their managing director until mid 2007, then their artistic director until mid 2010 and now their consultant together with the world renowned expert Peter Biddulph. First instrument was purchased in January 2006 and today the collection consists of more than 70  instruments and has invested somewhere around $ 40 mill

A CONVERSATION WITH ANASTASIA GAI AND HER GUESTS FROM THE RUSSIAN COMMUNITY IN PARIS

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Meet some of the most inspiring members of the Russian Community in Paris !! 

Rencontre avec Anastasia Gai, diplômée de MGIMO Université de Relations Internationales - Science Po Russie et de Paris IX Dauphine.

Anastasia a mit en place plusieurs événements d’envergure internationale en France, en Russie, mais aussi aux Etats-Unis, à Hollywood. Révélatrice de talents et d’opportunités,   Anastasia est connue à Paris entre autre comme la créatrice du célèbre  Bal des Tsars et des Tsarines. Cet événement de prestige, qu’elle organise depuis 6 ans déjà à l’élitaire au Cercle de l’Union Interallié et est désormais devenu le rendez-vous international culturel et festif traditionnel, ambitionnant d’être le salon d’affaires de la nouvelle génération. Il réunit de nombreux invités venus du monde de l’entreprise, des médias, de la politique, des sciences, des arts, du spectacle, du sport de Moscou, Londres, Genève, Monte-Carlo … 

Anastasia est également directrice nationale du World Championship of Performing Arts à Hollywood. Coach de carrière et de réussite  elle est souvent invitée dans les jurys de concours nationaux et internationaux  et organise des master classes sur la mise en place et la promotion de projets d’envergure, des tables rondes sur les échanges et la coopération internationale. Elle anime aussi son émission franco-russe sur IDFM 98 FM.

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Anthony Zacharzewski
Governor, "The Democratic Society", Brussels

Anthony Zacharzewski is trying to make European democracy work. He founded the Democratic Society in 2006, and since 2010 he has led practical democracy projects and research from village councils to the European Commission. Recent and current project partners include the European Commission, the Open Society Foundations, the Scottish Government, the Serbian government, the Council of Europe, and the UK’s Health Foundation. He is involved in numerous European networks including the Club of Venice, SEECOM, and the World Forum for Democracy’s Democracy Incubator.

From 1996 to 2010, he worked for the UK’s Treasury, Cabinet Office, and Department of Health, and led the strategy function for the city of Brighton & Hove. 

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VIVIANE ADJADO, KONNECT AFRICA

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Passionate about the change of Africa’s narrative and brand equity management, Viviane joined an ambitious project fostering Sub-Saharan African development: Konnect Africa (Eutelsat subsidiary). Responsible for implementing Konnect Africa’s marketing and communication strategy across the African continent with a B2C and B2B2C approach, while assisting local partners on their brand challenges, Viviane and her team are working closely with local communication agencies to ensure consistency of the project. Furthermore, she is in charge of managing specific key events for the company, such as the largest event that focuses on African Telecoms, Media & Technology: AfricaCom (this year’s edition will be from the 7th to 9th of November in Cape Town, South Africa).

Prior to joining Konnect Africa, Viviane has developed a deep experience in the telecommunications area during her time within the Lebara Group, where she focused on raising awareness of the company towards the African market. Last but not least, Viviane is also passionate about entrepreneurship – as marketing and events officer, then vice-president of London South Bank Entrepreneurs, from 2010 to

2012, she developed and delivered entrepreneurial events to empower students to start their projects, and helped them create a comprehensive marketing plan.

Charles Bouaziz,

President & CEO of Ontex group S.A

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Charles Bouaziz, Chief Executive Officer, has been appointed Chief Executive Officer of the Company on January 22, 2013. Prior to joining Ontex, Mr. Bouaziz held a number of senior positions during his 23 years in the Consumer Goods industry. He spent his early career at Michelin (in Canada) and Procter and Gamble before joining PepsiCo in 1991. Mr. Bouaziz joined PepsiCo as Marketing Director of France & Belgium and in 1996 became General Manager for France. In 2006, he became General Manager of a group of countries including France, Germany, Italy, Switzerland and Austria. In 2008, Mr. Bouaziz was appointed President of PepsiCo Western Europe. In 2010, he left PepsiCo and became CEO of Monoprix. Charles joined PAI in 2010 as member of the Food & Consumer Goods sector team and later as head of the Portfolio Performance Group. Mr. Bouaziz graduated  from Ecole Supérieure des Sciences Economiques et Commerciales (ESSEC 1985). 

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Founder and manager of the Master’s programme in Art, Law and Business, he teaches the Business units of the MSc.

Regular Contributor (since 2010, writing several hundreds articles) of reports andcommentary on the international art market for ArtEconomy24, a specialized section of Il Sole 24 Ore, the leading Italian financial paper.

Occasional contributions to The Art Newspaper.

Art Market dynamics and regulations, innovation in the art business practices, with a particular emphasis on the modern and contemporary art market and quantitative approaches to market analysis, including collectable markets such as stamps, classic cars and watches.

He is also committed to the restoration and protection of the artistic and historic heritage with a particular attention to his country of origin, Italy. 

MILA LIGHTS,

ARTIST

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Discover the upcoming artistic sensorial experience in Seoul in the Spring of 2018

“  The light of our soul is eternal and Art is its messenger  “

Mila Lights 

JIM JERMANOK

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For the past two decades, Jim Jermanok has had the good fortune to work as an award-winning writer, director and producer, creative entrepreneurship expert, consultant and speaker based in NY. Jim wrote and produced the highly acclaimed romantic comedy, “Passionada,” which was released by Columbia Tri Star in over 150 countries. His latest film “Em” recently won the Grand Jury Prize at the Seattle International Film Festival and the Criterion International Inspiration Award. It was released recently by Vanguard Cinema and SnagFilms. Last year, Jim Jermanok wrote and directed “Homophonia,” a political comedy film on gay marriage rights which has appeared at over 50 film festivals while winning several of them. Also active also in TV and New Media, Jim is currently developing eight fictional, comedy and reality TV series.  

His web series “LIFEADVICE.TV” has drawn tremendous praise since going live globally in November, 2015. Mr. Jermanok is a former ICM Agent who helped to represent Arthur Miller, Shirley MacLaine, John Chancellor, Ben Kingsley, Dudley Moore, Helen Hayes, Alan Arkin and General H. Norman Schwarzkopf, among others.  Jim also speaks and conducts workshops worldwide on the subject of his recently published book, BEYOND THE CRAFT: What You Need to Know to Make A Living Creatively, Making Your Projects Happen: Successful Film/TV Producing and Financing as well as The Art and Business of Screenwriting.  

ERICK YONG,

CEO & CO-FOUNDER OF GREEN TEC CAPITAL

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Erick Yong is the CEO and cofounder of GreenTec Capital Partners, a new kind of Impact Capital Venture. He is a successful serial entrepreneur- having already launched and scaled several businesses across various industries, an international marketing expert and a seasoned strategic executive with a vision.

Erick was born in Germany to a family of Diplomats and is fluent in German, English and French. He also is well-versed in cross-cultural collaboration and international team management. In a former life, Erick used to be a professional basketball player.

GreenTec Capital Partners (GCP) is a Frankfurt based, Impact driven, Private Equity Firm investing in Africa. GCP empowers innovative Startups, SMEs and talented entrepreneurs by providing them with the specific means to their respective ends, be it talent, be it cash. GCP has developed a unique Results4Equity© model to ensure constant alignment of interest of all the stakeholders. GCP’s ambition is to contribute to filling the Equity Gap in Africa and be the partner of choice for the Impact sector.

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Philippe Zaouati is the CEO of Mirova. Mirova currently manages around EUR 6,5 billion, distributed across equities, fixed income, infrastructure and impact investing.

Prior to his tenure at Mirova, Philippe was Deputy CEO of Natixis Asset Management. His previous experience includes high-level management roles within the Groupe CDC, La Banque Postale, and the Crédit Agricole.

Philippe has contributed to the development of responsible finance both in France and across Europe, in particular through his role in various professional associations (AFG, EFAMA) and international organizations (ICGN, IIRC, Investment Leaders Group). He has recently been appointed by the European Commission as a member of the High Level Expert Group on Sustainable Finance.

Philippe Zaouati is graduated from the ENSAE (École Nationale de la Statistique et de l’Administration Économique) and an accredited member of the French Society of Actuaries.

CHRISTOPHE PERSON
Director of strategy and business development
at PIASA

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Christophe Person worked for over 10 years in finance in London and Paris, including as part of several branches of the Groupe Crédit Agricole where he was in charge of projects management and investment products development.

Christophe graduated in 2004 from HEC business school with a Master Degree in Management and earned another Master Degree in Art, Law and Business from Christie's Education in London in 2015.

He has been advising and guiding art collectors for several years with a special attention to Post-War European Art and a good understanding of the art market.

Chrisophe joined PIASA as the Director of Strategy and Business Development in January 2016 with an aim to reinforce the positioning of PIASA on both its traditional specialties and the development of new auctions themes and services to PIASA's partners and clients. He is in charge of African Contemporary Art sales.

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Filippo Addarii has 15 years’ experience in designing, fundraising for and leading European multi-stakeholder projects for socio-economic development through innovative approaches and stakeholders’ engagement in Europe and internationally. His projects have been funded by the European Commission, British Foreign Office, UN Fund for Democracy, private foundations and corporations.

 Filippo holds several non-executive positions and advisory roles: co-founder and board member of Nethical s.r.l., Italian company leader in digital health; senior research associate of the Global Climate Forum (Berlin); senior advisor to The Research Foundation Flanders, and Fondazione Sanpatrignano (Italy) on impact investment strategy; senior advisor on the international development strategy of Scientific and Technology Park of the United Arab Emirates University; senior fellow of the European Center for Living Technologies (University Ca’ Foscari, Venice), and the think-tank Counterpoint (London); senior associate at Agirre Center for Social and Political Studies (Bilbao, Basque Country, Spain), and Goodwill Ambassador of Pakistan Poverty Alleviation Fund and World NGO Day Initiative. He’s a member of BMW Foundation’s Responsible Leaders Network, and in the international advisory board of Impronta Etica, the CSR association of Emilia Romagna.

He has a degree in Philosophy at University of Bologna, a MSc in non-profit management at the University of Urbino, a Leonardo bursary for research at Université Paris Ouest Nanterre La Défense, and enrolled in executive education courses at Harvard University (Kennedy School of Governance), INSEAD (ISEP) and Cass Business School (Centre for Charity Effectiveness).

He’s a passionate activist in social media and contributor in various news media such as The Guardian, Il Foglio, Milano Finanza, and Vita Third Sector Magazine.

Robert Madelin
President at FIPRA International, 
negotiator in international trade and investment for the UK & the EU

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Robert joined Fipra in October 2016 as Fipra's (Foresight International Policy and Regulatory Advisers) Chairman.

Robert’s other current major engagement is as Visiting Research Fellow at the University of Oxford’s Department of Politics and International Relations.

Previously (2004-16), Robert held a series of senior leadership positions at the European Commission: as Senior Adviser for Innovation, as Director General for Communications Networks, Content and Technology (CONNECT) and as Director General for Health and Consumer Policy (SANCO).

Prior to that, Robert was for 20 years a negotiator in international trade and investment, first for the UK, and then for the EU. Robert served notably in the Cabinet of European Commission Vice-President Leon Brittan.

Robert studied at Magdalen College, Oxford and at the French Civil Service College (ENA). He is an Honorary Doctor of the University of Edinburgh, an alumnus Policy Fellow of Cambridge University’s Centre for Science and Policy and an Honorary Fellow of the Royal College of Physicians of London. Robert is the author of ‘Opportunity Now: Europe’s mission to innovate’ (2016).

STANISLAS ROUSSIN,

DIRECTOR AT SERIC COREE

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Mr. ROUSSIN, major in Economic Geography (University of Nantes), and in Land and Transport planning (University of Le Havre), moved to South Korea in 2002 further to a researcher exchange between INHA University (South Korea) and Le Havre University where he has been graduated and was assistant teacher during several years. Since 2004, he joined SERIC, an International Business Consulting firm based in Eastern Asia, where is now working as Director. Mr. Roussin is the representative of HAROPA (Le Havre-Rouen-Paris ports) in Korea since 2012. He has proven business experience with North Korea, South Korea and Mongolia.

On an academic point of view, since its graduation Mr. Roussin wrote several publications and speeches on International business practices, North Korean logistic organization, spatial development of North Korea, and on Korean peninsula ports system and port-cities. He also joined as Senior Researcher, the SEOUL-ASEM Institute in 2011. 

SERIC Group is a consulting and representative company, specialized in international business development between North-East Asia (Japan, Korea and China) and Europe. For more than 35 years, SERIC is offering to its customers advices in strategy, rising business opportunities, concluding partnerships and supporting M&A operations, technology transfer and license deals. SERIC has a recognized and strong expertise on mobility industries (automotive, aeronautic & airports, ports etc.).

Françoise N'Da-Koyé, 

FOUNDER OF THE GALLERY "AWALE ART"

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Françoise N’da-Koyé est originaire de Yamoussoukro, au cœur du pays Baoulé́. Une ethnie mythique marquée par la légende héroïque de la reine Pokou, de son fils le prince Kouakou et à notre époque récente par Felix Houphouët Boigny, le père de la nation ivoirienne et grande figure de l'histoire africaine emplie de majesté́.
L'histoire de Françoise N’da-Koyé est celle d'une vie baignée tôt dans une atmosphère où les coutumes et les traditions s’apprennent et s’exercent dans une forme d'alliance entre la connaissance des récits historiques et les activités de la vie courante. C'est donc naturellement qu'elle exerce sa passion pour l'Art africain et œuvre pour son rayonnement dans le monde.

Ce travail réalisé́ dans toute sa noblesse, sa finesse et la rigueur de son expertise, Françoise N’da-Koyé sublime le monde de l'Art en portant à notre savoir la richesse de ses œuvres. On peut citer les pagnes nobles de son terroir, les poteries de Katiola, ou encore du poids baoulé́ qui autrefois servait à peser l'or, ainsi que de nombreux autres objets à haute valeur symbolique et historique originaires de la Côte d'Ivoire et d'Afrique.

La découverte des œuvres de Françoise N’da-Koyé nous entraine dans un voyage initiatique au plus profond de l'âme africaine. 

SHIVA LYNN BURGOS
Contemporary Artist & Photographer

with guest speaker Professor Nicolas Garnier, Museé du quai Branly-Jacques Chirac

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BIO

Shiva is a contemporary artist and photographer from New York USA currently living and working between Paris, London and Papua New Guinea. She took her BFA in Photography at City University of New York at Brooklyn College and continued her studies in Performance, Photography and Photojournalism at the School of Visual Arts New York and in Advanced Painting, Studio Photography at the American University in London.   

Her diverse and collaborative practice encompasses photography, film, sculpture, painting and drawing. She has a enduring artistic collaboration with Javier Barrera; Ned&ShivaProductions. Shiva Lynn Burgos is the first international contemporary artist to work in Mariwai, a small Kwoma village located in the Upper Sepik River, Papua New Guinea. She has returned three times following her first trip there in 2013 and has since been working on The Mariwai Project, a broad-ranging and long-term artists’ project and cultural exchange

GUEST SPEAKER

Burgos has invited Professor Nicolas Garnier to contribute to the topic. Professor Garnier, Chargé de collections Océanie (Curator in charge of the Pacific Collections), Musée du quai Branly-Jacques Chirac, will present his research concerning cultural loss and how it is interpreted by modern day Papua New Guineans. He led a seven year long series of experiments on cultural repatriation conducted at the University of Papua New Guinea in collaboration with approximately 25 international museums.

THE MARIWAI PROJECT

The Mariwai Project has a number of diverse aims:
▪To encourage and assist the Kwoma in keeping their culture alive in a changing world.
▪To inspire museums to engage with and encourage the living cultures and communities represented in their collections and to bring a new audience and purpose to the museum collections.
▪To encourage a live dialogue with ethnographers, anthropologists, museum personnel, collectors and dealers and a new engagement with the region
▪To tell the story of the Kwoma Ceiling panels and the people that made them and in doing so to reveal a wider story about the value of myths and culture.
▪To provide artists materials and support for the new ceremonial house in Mariwai
▪To take artists and others (linguists, dancers, musicians, architects, scientific community, etc.) to Mariwai to engage with and be inspired by Kwoma culture and traditions. We currently have a discreet search and selection process in progress and have been working with the village to ensure a welcome and enable guests to have a deep and meaningful engagement with the community.
▪To give to the people of Mariwai the opportunity to study their own history and culture as it has been recorded, analyzed and presented by outsiders. We have presented them with copies of the available books on Kwoma art and history along with other relevant historical documents and photographs to form a small library.
▪To research historic museum collections and their relation to current practices in the region
▪To encourage and facilitate responsible cultural tourism in the region
▪To work with other agencies to provide support for healthcare, education and development in the region. 
▪To work with local communities and other organizations to ensure the continued awareness and preservation of the natural environment and ecosystem of the Sepik River.

Working together with a group of village women Shiva Lynn Burgos developed the Women’s Tapestry Initiative using embroidered tapestry as a means for artistic expression by stitching the wool onto a substrate vinyl mesh that has a commercial purpose as mosquito netting. Together Burgos and the group created a series of these tapestries which combine representational symbols, such as fish and birds, together with bilum-style motifs and contemporary designs to create a new art form in which women can participate fully.

The extraordinary ceremonies involved in initiating a spirit house were filmed using photography and video as well as both aerial drone technology and also the latest innovations in 360 degree filming. In collaboration with Sydney based Paper Moose Studio a rig of 10 cameras filmed at the same time all directions. The resulting film stitches these together to make an immersive experience which virtually teleports the sights and sounds of the Sepik River. As this is still a new platform we enjoy the position of being at the forefront of the technology and pushing the medium in several directions.  Our goal is to create a new way of seeing and experiencing the content by stretching the boundaries of both video art and documentary film.

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Nyaba Ouedraogo est né en 1978au Burkina Faso.

Son approche photographique tient autant du documentaire que de la recherche esthétique. En 2008,  il entreprend « L’enfer du cuivre », une réflexion sur les déchets électroniques et leurs conséquences. Suivront d’autres séries telles que « Les casseurs de granite et de sable » au Burkina-Faso (2010 -2011), « Erreur humaine » (2011) qui sont empreintes d’une volonté de narration des multiples mutations des sociétés africaines. Ces séries consistent à ne pas montrer des images pour ce qu'elles racontent mais pour ce qu'elles traduisent.

Entre 2011 et 2013il s’éloigne de la forme documentaire et se met enquête d’une nouvelle poésie photographique. Il en ressort « The Phantoms of Congo River ». Une  recherche esthétique sur l’ambiguïté de la représentation de la réalité ou du réel. Cette série a fait l’objet de plusieurs expositions en France et dans le monde.

En 2014, il réalise « Les dévoreuses d’âmes », une série de diptyques confrontant des images documentaires et la mise en scèned'une représentation sociale se jouant des croyances mystiques.

Nyaba a reçu plusieurs prix dont celui de L’union Européenne aux 9ème Rencontres de la photographie de Bamako (2011). Il est également finaliste du prix Pictet 2010, et lauréat des Résidences Photoquai 2013.

Nyaba Ouedraogo  A collabore régulièrement avec Jeune Afrique Magazine. Son travail a été diffusé dans de nombreuses revues et magazines (Guardian, Connaissances des arts) ses œuvres sont présentes dans différents musées et collections privés.

Alexandre Brailowsky

Chief of Societal Responsibility at ENGIE

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Alexandre Brailowsky, Physician worked in humanitarian organizations as Doctors without borders in Guatemala , Kenya Somalia and Haiti. He conducted project to give access to water for low income neighborhoods in Haiti for one million people.

He enters in SUEZ in 1999 to organize the access to water and sanitation for low income population of Buenos Aires.

In 2006 he creates the Societal Responsibility Direction in SUEZ Headquarters. Since June 2014, he is societal responsibility Director in ENGIE.

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Pierre graduated from the Ecole Normale de Musique in Paris and was awarded by the Ménuhin Foundation. He was Alberto Ponce and Narciso Yepes’ student. 

Pierre enriches the guitar repertoire with his own musical creations from Dufour, Reverdy, sheding a light on the important time frame of the Baroque guitar, performing on authentic instruments from the 17th century – at Universal recrods – and integrating in his programs pieces from Mozart, K.P.E. Bach, Gershwin, Copland, Debussy and also Satie – including a CD  dedicated to Satie produced under the label EMI – which ravishingly  vibrate on his 10 strides guitar.

His way of playing is characterized by a rigorous technique that echoes the melody and makes the instrument sing, balancing tones and colors.

Pierre recorded CDs with EMI, Universal, Naxos & AND Entertainment in South Korea.

His international career includes tours in over 90 countries and participations in several TV shows in France and abroad: films by G. St Bris, de P. Meyer, de F. Mitterrand, de J. Martin, P. Bouteiller as well as important festivals in Montpellier, Marseille, Lille, Paris, on the radio at France-Musiques etc.