Global Arts Leadership Initiative will conduct a variety of arts leadership activities worldwide, in partnership with Cultural Leaders and high-impact arts organizations, to engage them in a collaborative, multi-stakeholder approach to developing solutions to global challenges and building a system of values-based decision making with the goal of long-term positive impact on society.
Global Arts aims to create high‐impact events designed to draw the attention of global leaders to the importance of the Arts in society.

Arts Leadership in Focus 2010
On 18 February 2010, the World Economic Forum and its Forum of Young Global Leaders presented Arts Leadership in Focus, at Carnegie Hall, to highlight the transformational power of arts and the critical role of cultural institutions and arts education, particularly during times of economic difficulty.

Panel Discussion

In the morning of February 18, the World Economic Forum hosted a panel discussion at Carnegie Hall on the critical role of cultural leaders and institutions in a multi-stakeholder dialogue in the process of de-veloping solutions to global issues.

Participating Panelists:
Matthew Bishop (YGL), New York Bureau Chief, The Economist
Hilda Ochoa-Brillembourg, CEO Strategic Investment Group; Founding Chairman of The Youth Orchestra of the Americas
Professor Klaus Schwab, Founder and Executive Chairman of the World Economic Forum
James D. Wolfensohn, Chairman, Wolfensohn & Company
Deborah Borda, President and CEO of the Los Angeles Philharmonic
Moderator: Dr. Erwann Michel-Kerjan (YGL), Managing Director, Center for Risk Assessment Management and Decision Processes, Wharton School of Business

• Click: Link to panel discussion programme
• Click: Link to panel discussion transcript (Coming soon)
• Click: Link to panel discussion press coverage

Evening Programme

Performances by world-renowned artists, who are members of the Forum of Young Global Leaders, gave voice to the potential impact the Arts have to transform the world:
Julian Rachlin (YGL) and Joshua Bell (YGL), violins
Valery Gergiev (member of the YGL Foundation Board) and Carlos Prieto (YGL), conductors
Youth Orchestra of the Americas, with musicians from El Sistema of Venezuela,
Manhattan School of Music, and New England Conservatory.

Remarks by: Clive Gillinson, Artistic and Executive Director, Carnegie Hall
Professor Klaus Schwab, Founder and Executive Chairman of the World Economic Forum
John Hope Bryant (YGL), Vice Chairman, U.S. President’s Advisory Council on Financial Literacy; Founder, Operation HOPE

Video Presentation: Arts Leadership in Focus – spotlight on the efforts of YGL artists:
Gustavo Dudamel (El Sistema)
Midori (Midori & Friends)
Lang Lang (Lang Lang Foundation)
Carlos Miguel Prieto (Youth Orchestra of the Americas).
The results of these efforts underscore the long-term value of supporting cultural endeavors and arts education regardless of economic conditions.

• Click: Link to evening concert programme
• Click: Link to concert poster
• Click: Link to video presentation
• Click: Link to evening concert press coverage

Financial Support by: Lorenzo Mendoza (YGL), Hilda Ochoa-Brillembourg (Founding Chairman of the Youth Orchestra of the Americas and President of Strategic Investment Group), Brian Henderson (Senior Advisor, Espirito Santo Financial Group).

Concept for Arts Leadership in Focus and Global Arts Leadership Initiative: Katya Gorbatiouk (Vice President, Mergers & Acquisitions, Russia and CEEMEA, Barclays Capital) and Rafael DeStella (destella.creative).

Media Management and Production 21C Media Group and Hawley Morton Productions.