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HKAF Distinguished Cultural Leadership Series (VIII) 傑出文化領袖講座系列（八）

David Baile is the Chief Executive Officer of the International Society for the Performing Arts (ISPA) based in New York. ISPA is an international network of more than 550 leaders in the performing arts from 56 countries. Since joining ISPA, Mr Baile has significantly expanded both the diversity of the membership as well as the programmes and in particular its leadership development initiatives.

Before joining ISPA, he previously enjoyed a 20-year career in the arts in Toronto in both management and consulting roles. Mr Baile is also very active with volunteer positions including past membership on the Mayor’s Round Table on Arts and Culture (Toronto) and positions on the Board of the Toronto Arts Council (Chair of the Large Institutions Committee), and OPERA America, to name a few.

In the past year, Mr Baile has witnessed the performing arts world shift from analogue to digital. In a conversation with Ms Tisa Ho, Executive Director of the Hong Kong Arts Festival, Mr Baile will share with the audience his insights on the industry’s shift to digital based on personal experience, as well as observations of colleagues worldwide. The focus will be the impact and opportunities, gains and losses of this shift, and how it will shape the future.

Speaker: David Baile (Chief Executive Officer of the International Society for the Performing Arts)
Host: Tisa Ho (Executive Director of the Hong Kong Arts Festival)
Language: In English, without subtitles

大衛．貝爾是紐約國際表演藝術協會（ISPA）的行政總裁。ISPA的成員來自56個國家，由超過550位表演藝術界領袖組成。貝爾自加入ISPA後，為協會招募更多來自不同背景的成員，又積極推動更多元化的計劃，尤其着重領袖發展範疇。

貝爾加入ISPA前，已在多倫多從事藝術工作超過二十年，於多間藝術機構擔任行政管理及諮詢職務。貝爾公餘時亦活躍於藝術界，曾參與多倫多藝術與文化市長圓桌會議、擔任多倫多藝術協會大型機構委員會主席，以及出任紐約藝術機構「歌劇美國」委員會成員等。

在過去的一年間，貝爾見證表演藝術行業從舞台發展至網上媒介。是次講座由香港藝術節行政總監何嘉坤主持，貝爾將與觀眾分享他對於表演藝術行業轉向數碼發展的個人經驗，以及各國成員對轉型的見解。講座將着重探討行業數碼化帶來的影響、機遇、得失，以及對表演藝術產業未來發展的意義。

講者：大衛．貝爾（國際表演藝術協會行政總裁）
主持：何嘉坤（香港藝術節行政總監）
語言：英語主講，不設字幕

Mar 19, 2021 10:00 AM in Hong Kong SAR