| ELIA Leadership Symposium 2022: Surfing Uncertainties |
ELIA Leadership Symposium:
Surfing Uncertainties
8 - 10 June 2022 Tallinn, Estonia Hosted by Estonian Academy of Arts and Estonian Academy of Music and Theatre
ThemeThe Leadership Symposium brings together influential leaders from higher arts education institutions and universities across the globe for a timely exchange and discussion on how the economic, social, cultural, and political changes influence different aspects of their duties and responsibilities as local leaders in the field of education. The ELIA Leadership Symposium in 2022 was held in Tallinn, hosted by Estonian Academy of Arts and Estonian Academy of Music and Theatre. Unfortunately, managing the impact of radical change, and upheaval has become an everyday task within higher arts education institutions around the world. As arts education leaders, managers, and staff members, you have all been affected and challenged recently by the two world crises – the Covid-19 pandemic and the war in Ukraine. There is no doubt that this is crucial moment for us all to come together, to support, exchange and connect with each other. Not only is it time to take stock of what we have achieved in extraordinary circumstances, but to forge new paths forward. As we enjoyed each other’s company in beautiful Tallinn, together we strengthened bonds and developed ways of preparing for an unknown future. The Global Pandemic has overturned everything we thought we knew in higher arts education. Our institutions, staff, and students have witnessed intense, unprecedented levels of change, even chaos. Operational systems we relied on for years were turned upside down. A lot of new responsibilities were put on our shoulders. Overnight, we saw classrooms, studios, and rehearsal spaces move into lockdown. Intimate, in-person pedagogy was rapidly transformed into remote delivery. Our doors were shut. Our doors may have been shut, but our minds stayed open. As leaders in arts education during this time, we adapted, performed, and remained vibrant while in a constant state of flux and dramatic disruption. This required a steady hand and a compassionate outlook. It necessitated clarity and focus, and a vision sensitive to the needs and concerns of arts students and their uncertain futures. With great change comes self-discovery and institutional opportunity. Unforeseen benefits open up new possibilities. The ELIA Leadership Symposium exploreed the momentum of radical change and dynamic uncertainty - how it can be articulated, assessed, and assembled into a positive and powerful force. Through case study analysis, reflective discussion, and personal interaction, we examined both the pitfalls and the resiliencies we witnessed. And we will look hopefully ahead with, and for, our students as they optimistically interpret the now and experience the new.
Pricing
For any questions regarding the registration and pricing, please contact ELIA Conference Manager Janja Ferenc.
Single Member Pass€650
1 participant
Combi Member Deal€1000
1 + 1 colleague*
Non-member pass€900
1 participant
*1 + 1 colleague from the same ELIA member institution. Purchase this deal for two and add extra attendees to your package for the reduced fee of €400 per person. PROGRAMMEOptional excursions in Tallinn
Venue: Estonian Academy of Music and Theatre (EMTA) Concert HallRegistration Opening Keynote by Kersti Kaljulaid Coffee break Keynote by Aaron Dworkin Concert Break Dinner in the old town (Academy of Sciences) Venue: Estonian Academy of Arts (EKA) Assembly HallKeynote by Mikko Dufva and Ene-Liis Semper Stories of Uncertainties (part 1) Lunch at EKA Mobile Visits Venue: Estonian Academy of Arts (EKA) Assembly HallFAST45 Workshop on Future Images for Arts Schools Stories of Uncertainties (part 2) Dinner & entertainment Venue: Estonian Academy of Music and Theatre (EMTA) Concert HallFinal Keynote by Harald Friedl & Monica L Edmondson Conclusion & Farewell Final lunch OPTIONAL EXCURSIONS OUTSIDE TALLINN
Speakers
Mikko DufvaMikko Dufva is The Finnish Innovation Fund Sitra’s leading foresight specialist. In his work, he examines future trends, the tensions between these trends, weak signals of change, and mental images connected with futures. His aim is to make futures understandable. He has extensive experience in foresight and futures studies and a doctorate in Science (Technology) on creation of futures knowledge and systemic foresight. 
Aaron DworkinNamed a 2005 MacArthur Fellow, President Obama’s first appointment to the National Council on the Arts and member of President Biden’s Arts Policy Committee, Aaron P. Dworkin served as dean of the University of Michigan’s School of Music, Theatre & Dance (SMTD), which is ranked among the top performing arts schools in the nation. He is currently a tenured full professor of arts leadership and entrepreneurship at SMTD as well as serving as a Professor of Entrepreneurial Studies at the Stephen M. Ross School of Business at the University of Michigan. Aaron is a successful social entrepreneur having founded The Sphinx Organization, the leading arts organisation with the mission of transforming lives through the power of diversity in the arts. He is also host of the nationally-broadcast Arts Engines show in collaboration with Detroit Public Television. Aaron is a best-selling writer having authored The Entrepreneurial Artist: Lessons from Highly Successful Creatives published by Rowman & Littlefield, a science-fiction novel, Ethos: Rise of Malcolm published by MorganJames, as well as his memoir titled Uncommon Rhythm: A Black, White, Jewish, Jehovah's Witness, Irish Catholic Adoptee's Journey to Leadership released through Aquarius Press, a poetry collection, They Said I Wasn’t Really Black, and a children’s book The 1st Adventure of Chilli Pepperz. Aaron is a prominent spoken-word performing artist represented by Cadenza Artists with a current national tour of his American Rhapsody with a national consortium of orchestras and premiered with the Minnesota Orchestra and Maestro Osmo Vänskä. Aaron is also an Emmy award-winning filmmaker having produced and directed three films including An American Prophecy, Deliberation and The Book of Aaron in addition to recording and producing two CDs, entitled Ebony Rhythm and Bar-Talk. Aaron has served as a juror for the international Menuhin Competition, London Music Masters Competition, Stulberg International Violin Competition and the Sphinx Competition. Aaron has strong interests in politics, innovation, creativity, human pair bonding and issues of economic and social justice. He enjoys travel, movies, and the culinary arts. 
Kersti KaljulaidFormer President of Estonia, Kersti Kaljulaid is a supporter of a nonrestrictive legal space for the ongoing digitalization of economies and governments. She is an active promoter of sustainability and halting climate change. She advocates for publicly speaking up against violence and for giving a voice to those affected by it. In 2016 Kersti Kaljulaid was elected President of the Republic of Estonia. Previously she served from 2004 to 2016 as a Member of the European Court of Auditors. Kersti Kaljulaid was the CFO and CEO of the Iru Power Plant of state-owned energy company Eesti Energia and prior to that Prime Minister Mart Laar's Economic Advisor. Kersti Kaljulaid has graduated from the University of Tartu in the field of genetics in the Faculty of Natural Sciences and she has a master`s in Economics and Business Administration. 
Ene-Liis SemperEne-Liis Semper (b. 1969) is an Estonian video and installation artist and theatre director. Semper is one of the most internationally acknowledged Estonian contemporary artists. Her works almost always involve a kind of duality, maintaining a precisely measured cognitive balance between seriousness and irony. The artist interacts with the viewer through testing the limits of both physical and psychological space. In 2004, together with Tiit Ojasoo Semper founded Theatre NO99, becoming its artistic directors, as well as the authors of original texts for most of its productions Theatre NO99 (2004-2019) was a serial work of contemporary art. At the beginning of it was an idea that considering the inherently finite nature of time and its finality, time should instead be measured backwards. This served as the impetus for Tiit Ojasoo and Ene-Liis Semper’s idea for a theatre where only 99 stage productions should open and which thus moves along sequential numbers to zero, towards oblivion. 
Monica L EdmondsonAfter a visual arts degree from Canberra School of Art (1999), Monica L Edmondson established a glass workshop and studio in Tärnaby, north Sweden. Public art work and collaborations with architects are just as important in Edomondson’s practice as hands-on glass work and extensive art projects. Monica belongs to the indigenous Sami people of north Scandinavia and she often uses glass as a material to express the coexisting notions of fragility and strength in humans and our land. Her work is part of the art collections at National Gallery of Australia and Nationalmuseet Stockholm and has been exhibited at the National Gallery of Canada in Ottawa and Koganezaki Glass Museum Shizuoka Japan, amongst others. Photo by Marianne Lindgren 
Harald FriedlHarald Friedl is a serial impact entrepreneur. He currently advises the global Climate Change Negotiations COP 26 and is the Circular Economy Accelerator for the Austrian Government. 2017 until 2021 he has been for three years the CEO of Circle Economy, an impact organization of 50 people based out Amsterdam with a global reach. Circle Economy is a leading ecosystem builder that translates circular pathways into concrete action on the ground – with businesses, cities and nation states. Harald has extensive international experience running both for-profit and non-profit businesses with a focus on scaling impact. Prior to joining Circle Economy in 2017, Harald spent 5 years in South East Asia (Myanmar) where he co-founded the Impact Hub Myanmar and was Managing Director of a renewable energy company. Before that he spent time working with the United Nations in New York and worked as spokesperson for the Austrian Government and advisor to the Austrian Deputy Prime Minister. Harald started his career as journalist and TV anchor and presented a daily show for economic news in Austria. Harald enjoys connecting with people, spending time in nature and nurturing ecosystems and people that are dedicated to making the world a better place for future generations. HOSTS 
Estonian Academy of ArtsFounded in 1914, the Estonian Academy of Arts (EKA) is the oldest and only public university of visual culture in Estonia. The Academy offers over 30 curricula in the four faculties of Architecture, Design, Art Culture and Fine Arts. 1200 students from all parts of the world are engaged in the curricula to cultivate their analytical abilities and critical thinking with the aim to develop into environmentally and socially conscientious creators. They are taught and supported by lecturers and instructors who are professionals in their field - internationally recognised artists, architects, designers, and scholars who provide unique, individualised study and personal mentorship in an interdisciplinary and synergetic atmosphere. In 2017, EKA was listed among Top 200 Architecture and Design Universities by QS World University Rankings. The Estonian Academy of Arts’ new building, designed by its alumni, was inaugurated in 2018 and has since received over ten awards for its architecture, including interior design. Located between the picturesque UNESCO world heritage medieval Old Town and the vibrant and hip Kalamaja districts, the Academy stands as an oasis of art culture in the midst. 
 Estonian Academy of Music and TheatreThe Estonian Academy of Music and Theatre (EAMT) is a public university offering higher education in all major fields of the musical and dramatic arts at the undergraduate, graduate and postgraduate levels. Although with its approximately 550 students, of whom 28% are foreign, EAMT is the smallest among six Estonian public universities and university-level higher education institutions, internationally it can be compared to medium-sized music and theatre academies. Founded in 1919, today the Estonian Academy of Music and Theatre is a world-class institution boasting an impressive roster of alumni including composers Erkki-Sven Tüür, Helena Tulve and the world's most performed living composer Arvo Pärt, pianists Ivari Ilja, Peep Lassmann and Kalle Randalu, as well as conductors Olari Elts, Tõnu Kaljuste, Anu Tali and Arvo Volmer. The vast majority of the actors performing in Estonian theatres are also alumni of the Drama School. Research into a multitude of subjects takes place under the musicology, education, pedagogy, and dramatic art departments. PRACTICAL INFORMATION
Hotels
ELIA has made pre-bookings for participants at several hotels within walking distance or a short public transport ride from the main venues, Estonian Academy of Arts (EKA) and Estonian Academy of Music and Theatre (EAMT). Participants will receive information about hotel booking when completing the registration. The selected hotels are following the Covid-19 safety protocols with the aim to make each guest feel safe and secure. Health, safety, and security is one of the highest priorities for the selected hotels. Travel information
Estonia is located between Scandinavia, central Europe, and Russia, therefore there are multiple ways to travel over to Estonia across the land, water, and air. There are regular ferries running between Tallinn, Helsinki, and Stockholm, and landing in Tallinn Airport places you right in the middle of the city. The flights from Oslo and Stockholm to Tallinn are all under 2 hours. You can fly from Helsinki to Tallinn in 20 minutes, and from Helsinki to Tartu in a little less than an hour. More information about flight schedules
is available on Tallinn Airport website.
While the larger cross-Baltic rail line is still very much a work in progress, you can conveniently take a train from Latvia and Russia. Estonian trains are spacious, comfortable, and clean, with free wifi offered by most local operators. The ferry ride from Helsinki will take around 2-2.5 hours (with exception on one ferry, 4 hours). The trip from Stockholm to Tallinn is a 12-hour overnight ferry ride. The following ferry operators service the lines. Tallinn port is located a 15-minute walk from the city centre. COVID-19 and travelling to Estonia
Entry requirements
More information about travelling to Estonia can be found at the following links: We encourage participants to check the COVID-19 travelling regulations to Estonia in advance to prepare for their travel.
Requirements on-site All foreign visitors of the ELIA Leadership Symposium must follow the Estonian state guidelines. From 26 August, masks must be worn indoors where COVID infection safety is not proven. Masks must be worn in all public spaces where anyone can enter and where there are many people who do not come into contact with each other on a daily basis. These are rooms that do not require a COVID certificate. This applies in particular to trade and service institutions, but also to state and local government institutions. For example, masks must be worn in shops, pharmacies, service points of telecommunication companies or banks, post offices, libraries, as well as in the service points of the Police and Border Guard Board, the Social Insurance Board, or the Health Insurance Fund, and elsewhere. The visitors at EKA and EAMT must be prepared to either submit a formal COVID vaccination certificate, proof of having previously been infected with the COVID-19 disease or a negative test result. According to the rules and restrictions currently issued by the government, the certificates will be inspected from the participants at the venue by the organisers. Those participants who are not vaccinated or do not wish to present their health data to the organisers, must wear a protective mask in the venues (except when mask wearing is not possible for health reasons and the person is willing to present a medical excuse) and take a COVID-19 rapid test on site.
Taking a futures studies approach, the FAST45 project aims to imagine, map and shape a higher arts education landscape where participation, research, and education in the arts play a crucial and integrated role within the sector and society as a whole. FAST45 is funded by the Erasmus + Knowledge Alliance programme of the European Union.
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