Now in its seventh year, the forum is set to explore “culture as a country’s strategic potential”.
Thousands of people are
expected to attend this year’s International Cultural Forum in St Petersburg,
kicking off on 15 November.
More than 20,000 people
took part in the forum’s public and professional programmes in 2017. This
year’s event also hopes to attract locals (местные) and visitors with a placed schedule including the
Europe Theatre Prize and the Theatre Olympics, as well as exhibitions, lectures
and public panels.
Organisers say that they
want the forum to provide a space (место) for international cooperation.
“This is the venue where
world experts can publicly share their views and experience, freely discuss
the art world’s most pressing issues and controversies (дискуссии), and search for solutions to their problems in
an atmosphere of mutual support and confidence,” they said.
