Unesco chief to speak at Bali cultural congress
May 14th, 2008
Denpasar, Bali (ANTARA News) - Unesco Director General Kaichiro Matsura is expected to be a keynote speaker at the first Bali Cultural Congress which is to be held in conjunction with the opening of the 30th Bali Arts Festival on June 14, 2008.
Kaichiro Matsura will be one of six foreign speakers in the three-day congress on June 14-16, according to information from the organizing committee.
The five other international speakers would be Dr Shangkar Dhayal Dvivedi of Uthar Prodesh University in India, Prof Jenskin of the United States, Adrian Vickers of Australia, Shenji Yamasitha of Japan, and Dr Mark Hobart of Britain.
In addition to the six foreign speakers, nine national culturalists will also speak at the congress which is expected to be attended by at least 400 people.
The national speakers would be among others Culture and Tourism Minister Jero Wacik, Putu Wijaya, and Prof Komang Gede Bendesa, and 12 local speakers from Bali.
Meanwhile, Bali Cultural Office chief I Nyoman Nikanaya expressed hope that the Bali Cultural Congress would be able to formulate something important for the province in the globalization era. (*)
Source: ANTARA News
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