CHILDREN NEED ARTS
GLOBAL SUMMIT

How arts create value for
children and society

26 - 27 April 2021 Copenhagen

Registration for the Children Need Arts - Global Summit 2021 is open.
Ticket for the entire summit or day ticket CAN BE ORDERED HERE >

Target group
The Children Need Arts – Global Summit 2021 is directed towards actors, decisionmakers and other interests in the cultural, social and educational fields who devote themselves to and are interested in the development of children and young people through arts and culture.

PROGRAM TEASER

The Royal Playhouse

The Royal Playhouse is the setting for the summit’s first day of activities.

Andria
Zafirakou (UK)

Keynote speaker Andria Zafirakou (UK), winner of The Varkey Foundation’s Global Teacher Prize, 2018

Musical
feature

Copenhagen Girls' Choir, Choirmaster Anne Marie Granau

Joy Mogensen

Speech by Danish Minister for Culture Joy Mogensen

Moderator

Adam Holm and Lotte Thor Høgsberg are the moderators for both days of the summit.

Tone Fløtten (N)

PhD sociology, Managing Director of Fafo – Institute for Labour and Social Research, Oslo

Musical performance

Musical performance by young musicians from the Children’s Home, Uummannaq, Greenland

Pamela Burnard (UK)

Professor of Arts, Creativities and Educations, Cambridge University

Holly Bass
(USA)

National Director, Turnaround Arts, Washington DC

Tivoli

Networking reception at the H.C. Andersen Castle, Tivoli, followed by free admission to Tivoli

June M.
Breivik (N)

Presentation of The Cultural Schoolbag, June Mariann Breivik, (N), department leader

Musical feature

Musical welcome by wind instrumentalists from The Band of the Royal Life Guards

Ann Andreasen (GL)

Leader of The Children’s Home in Uummannaq, Greenland

Kjeld Fredens (DK)

MD, brain scientist and author

Call to Action

The future’s opportunities – The future’s solutions. Formulation of joint strategy for further action.

Thank you to our partners of Children Need Arts

Kulturministeriet

Lauritzen Fonden

Spar Nord

Nordisk Kulturfond

Det Kgl. Teater – Skuespilhuset

Tivoli

Arp Hansen Group

Turnaround Arts

CAPE

Færøsk organisation Barnabati

Børnehjemmet i Nordgrønland

Dansk Handicap Forbund

DLA Piper

Wonderful Copenhagen

Ege

Crone & Co