As we come together for the final day, this plenary will synthesise the issues and calls to action arising from the previous two days of the Summit, and provide further analysis of possible solutions to advance artistic freedom.

Do we need new models for investment, collaboration and exchange to develop and support independent, challenging, relevant, diverse and sustainable contemporary practices across borders? How can we build support for change and prepare for a future that is likely to be very different, and politically, economically, socially, technologically, environmentally, and culturally challenging?

These questions will be considered from a global perspective, identifying key challenges as well as contextualised solutions and next steps that individuals and institutions can make at local, national and international levels. The panel will envision a world where we actively promote and responsibly exercise artistic freedom, while acknowledging and respecting differences within a shared agenda.

What tools, structures and thinking do we need to strengthen and advance artistic freedom: to improve how they are invoked and exercised and how they are protected through policymaking? How do we ensure that these tools are useful, relevant contextual and used effectively and fairly? And what actions can be identified, used and propelled to decolonize processes to (re)claim cultural narratives, voice and self-determination and freedom?

Our Summit Rapporteurs will provide a summary of discussions, highlights and takeaways at the end of the 9th World Summit, from their viewpoints as sector leaders, policy makers, as government representatives, and academics, and from various regional and cultural contexts.