The social role of art (its contributions to urban development, cultural preservation, ecological conservation, poverty reduction, equitable education, etc.)
The relationship between art and society (exploration of values)
Host: Lewis Biggs, Chairman of the Institute for Public Art (IPA), Chairman of the Academic Committee of the International Institute of Public Art at Shanghai University
Speaker: Jack Becker, Founder Emeritus, Forecast Public Art
Title: Public Art Research: Making A Case
Speaker: Jennifer McGregor, Curator and art planner.
She once served as the Artistic Director and Senior Curator of Wave Hill, a public garden and cultural centre in the Bronx, New York, and the first Director of New York City's "Per cent for Art Program".
Title: Conundrum of Permanence: New York City Waterfront
Speaker: HU Yijia
Associate Professor and Deputy Director, Office of Academic Development, China Academy of Art
Title: Symbiotic Art in Vertical Gradients: A Cross-Disciplinary Public Art Practice Based on Plant Diversity of the Tibetan Plateau
Speaker：DONG Huafeng, Director of Foreign Affairs Office, Qingdao, West Coast New Area, China
Title: A Discussion on Pathways to Empowering Sustainable Development of Coastal Cities Through Public Art: The Four-Pronged Integrated Practice of Qingdao West Coast New Area, China
Case studies on interdisciplinary and cross-sector collaboration
Innovative cases of integration between AI and art
Speaker: Iryna Kanishcheva, Public art curator, producer, and founder of Monochronicle, a consultancy, artist network, and marketplace platform integrating AI-enhanced art management tools.
Title: Human-Centred Algorithms: Rethinking Equity and Access in Public Art Through AI-Enhanced Platforms
Speaker: Jessica Fiala, Independent scholar, consultant, and dancer based in Minneapolis, USA. She is currently a research associate at the consulting firm 8 Bridges Workshop. She served as the research coordinator for the 2015 International Award for Public Art
Title: AR in Transit: Artist Navigations of Body and Space through Augmented Reality
Speaker: WU Dingy, Professor and Doctoral Supervisor, Vice Dean of the School of Advertising and Branding, Communication University of China.
Title: The Path of Chinese Art City Construction: From Hard Infrastructure to Soft Systems —A Case Study of Beijing Municipal
Speaker: Andrew Brewerton, Professor Emeritus and former Principal of the Arts University Plymouth (UK)
Title: Education as Public Art
Successful case studies of applying new technologies and concepts
Best practices from various countries, cities, and institutions around the world
Host: Jack Becker, Founder emeritus, Forecast Public Art.
Speaker：Jonathan “JJ” Johnson, Accomplished public art consultant, primarily with the Hawai`I State Arts Agency, where he served as Executive Director, Director of the Hawai`I State Art Museum and Public Art Administrator and currently serves as the President of the Friends of the Hawai`I State Art Museum.
Title: HAWAI‘I STATE CAPITOL POOLS “Waterless Solution”
Speaker: SUN Ting, Associate Professor, School of Arts, Nantong University
Title: Reconnecting Culture and Community Through Participation: New Forms of Art in Public
Speaker: LIU Ye, Independent Curator and Vice-Chair of Curatorial Research Committee, RMIT University (Royal Melbourne Institute of Technology)
Title: The Nomadic Collective: Relational Transformations from Ritual to Collaborative Practices in Chinese Rural Art
Host Organisation: Shanghai University
Shanghai University is a comprehensive research-oriented university administered by the Shanghai Municipality and co-established by the Ministry of Education and the Shanghai Municipal Government. It is a key institution under China’s " Project 211," a high-level local university in Shanghai, and a university included in the "Double First-Class Initiative."
