Tue 20 Feb 9:30am - 11:30am
Wed 21 Feb 9:30am - 11:30am
Thu 22 Feb 9:30am - 11:30am
Ballroom 1 | Sofitel Brisbane Central
2 hrs




EXCHANGE
PRESENTED BY CREATE NSW, MODERATED BY APAM’S AMBASSADORS

SPEED DATING

Take a ‘one-on-one’ date with a presenter and see where it leads…

Speed Dating offers delegates 10 minute one-on-one encounters to discuss possibilities for future collaboration or presentation. In 2018 Speed Dating is bigger and better than ever with 36 national and international presenters and influencers available to meet delegates over three mornings of APAM at Sofitel Brisbane Central.

Dating places are limited and are only available to registered delegates. If additional meeting times become available delegates can sign up on the day of event at the venue. Registrations for this event closed on Friday 2 February.

Moderators/
APAM 2018 Ambassadors

Tuesday 20 Feb

NAME COUNTRY POSITION COMPANY WEBSITE
River Lin Taiwan Director Asia Discovers Asia Meeting (ADAM) / co3 tpac-taipei.org
Sarah Graham New Zealand Program Director Q Theatre qtheatre.co.nz
Jarmo Penttila France Director  Theatre de Chaillot theatre-chaillot.fr
Virve Sutinen Germany Artistic Director Tanz im August tanzimaugust.de
Matthias Von Hartz Switzerland Artistic Director Zurich Theatre Festival / Theaterspektakel theaterspektakel.ch/en
Glyn Roberts Australia Artistic Director Castlemaine State Festival castlemainefestival.com.au
Sergio Matos Mexico Founder and General Director Festival Cultural De Mayo festivaldemayo.org
Virginia Hyam Australia Head of Programming Arts Centre Gold Coast artscentregc.com.au
Yoshiji Yokoyama Japan Programmer World Theatre Festival, Shizuoka Performing Arts Centre (SPAC) spac.or.jp/e
Alex Wu China Director of Marketing and Programming Shanghai Dramatic Arts Centre china-drama.com
Ron Berry USA Artistic Director Fusebox Festival fuseboxfestival.com
Stefan Schmidtke Germany Head of Program Humbodlt Forum humboldtforum.com/en

Wednesday 21 Feb

NAME COUNTRY POSITION COMPANY WEBSITE
Leelo Lehtia Estonia Director NordicBaltic Festival Platform artsplmf.ee
Frank Chiang China Executive Deputy General Manager Shanghai Interactive Festival of Theatre/SHIFT shiftfestival.cn/en
David Berthold Australia Artistic Director Brisbane Festival brisbanefestival.com.au
Johanna Tuukanen Finland Artistic Director / Arts Program Manager ANTI Contemporary Arts Festival antifestival.com
Stephane Boitel France Artistic Programmer Theatre Garonne (Toulouse) theatregaronne.com
Rainer Hofman Netherland Artistic Director SPRING Performing Arts Festival springutrecht.nl
Fiona Winning Australia Program Director Sydney Opera House sydneyoperahouse.com
Cho Donghee Korea Artistic Director Seoul Street Arts Festival festivalseoul.or.kr
Daniel Brine England Artistic Director Norfolk and Norwich Festival nnfestival.org.uk
Louise Bezzina Australia Artistic Director Bleach* Festival bleachfestival.com.au
Kristopher McDowell Australia Director / Program Manager KMP Artists/Merrigong Theatre Company merrigong.com.au
Gaurav Kripalani Singapore Festival Director Singapore International Arts Festival sifa.sg/

Thursday 22 Feb

NAME COUNTRY POSITION COMPANY WEBSITE
Phillipe Bachman France Artistic Director / CEO La Comete - National Stage & 360 Network la-comete.fr
József Kardos Hungary Program Director Sziget Festival szigetfestival.com
Cian O'Brien Ireland Artistic Director Project Arts Centre projectartscentre.ie
Heather Redfern Canada Executive Director The Cultch thecultch.com
Yuan Zhang China Curator Curator, Ming Contemporary mcam.io
Joe Sidek Malaysia Artistic Director Georgetown Festival georgetownfestival.com
Charlie Unwin New Zealand Artistic Director Nelson Arts Festival nelsonartsfestival.co.nz
John Baylis Australia Head of Programming Bundanon Trust bundanon.com.au
Lynn Fu China International Programs Wuzhen Theatre Festival wuzhenfestival.com/en/
Felix Preval Australia Artistic Director Darwin Festival darwinfestival.org.au