Directed by Loring Randolph, the program includes nearly 50 top-level speakers, including museum directors, gallerists, curators, artists, scholars, journalists, non-profit leaders, auction house and art fair executives, who will join in conversations about the significant issues facing the art world today. Topics to be discussed include the impetus for institutional change in art museums; New York City’s position in the art world; the climate crisis; developments in the art infrastructures of the Caribbean, Africa, and East Asia; trends in gallery practices; the invisible market and the ongoing rise of private and data-driven sales; innovations in patronage; and the impact of digital art technologies. The two-day symposium consisted of 15 sessions, including two keynote addresses.

Welcome speeches:

- Llucià Homs, Founder and Director, Talking Galleries
- Allan Schwartzman, Founder and Principal, Schwartzman
- Loring Randolph, Programming Director, Talking Galleries New York

Public Institutions:
A New Vision for The Future

Speakers:

- Thelma Golden, Director and Chief Curator, The Studio Museum in Harlem, New York
- Michael Govan, CEO and Wallis Annenberg Director, Los Angeles County Museum of Art
- Sandra Jackson-Dumont, Director and CEO, Lucas Museum of Narrative Art, Los Angeles

Moderated by Charlotte Burns, Founder, Studio Burns, London

Opening keynote:
Reflections: How Did We Get Here? Where Are We Today?

Lindsay Pollock, Chief Communications and Content Officer, Whitney Museum of American Art, New York

Galleries:
The Next Generation

Speakers:

- Nicole Calderón, Founder and Director, Calderón, New York
- Kibum Kim, Partner, Commonwealth and Council, Los Angeles
- Alex Logsdail, CEO, Lisson Gallery
- Nicola Vassell, Nicola Vassell Gallery, New York

Moderated by Maximilíano Durón, Senior Editor, ARTnews, New York

Leveling Up:
Infrastructure in Africa

Speakers:

- Yto Barrada, Artist and Founder of The Mothership, Tangier
- Ayana V. Jackson, Artist and Founder of STILL Artist Residency Program, South Africa
- Daudi Karungi, Founder, Afriart Gallery, Kampala, Uganda
- Othman Lazraq, Director of the Fondation Alliances and President of the Museum of African Contemporary Art Al Maaden (MACAAL), Marrakech

Moderated by Touria El Glaoui, Founding Director, 1-54 Contemporary African Art Fair, London

Focus:
Art Finance Debunked

Speakers:

- Suzanne Gyorgy, Managing Director and Head of Citi Bank Private Art Advisory & Finance, New York
- Noah Horowitz, Worldwide Head of Gallery & Private Dealer Services, Sotheby’s, New York
- Jan Prasens, Deputy Chairman. The Fine Art Group, New York

Moderated by Melanie Gerlis, Art market columnist and contributor, Financial Times and Editor at large, The Art Newspaper, London

Models of Our Time:
The Caribbean

Speakers:

- Christopher Cozier, Artist, Trinidad
- Sara Hermann, Art Historian, Chief Curator at Centro León and Founder of Curando Caribe, Santo Domingo
- Tavares Strachan, Artist, New York

Moderated by Carla Acevedo-Yates, Marilyn and Larry Fields Curator, Museum of Contemporary Art Chicago

Focus Ukraine:
Art in A Time of Turmoil

Maria Lanko, Curator and culture producer. Co-founder of The Naked Room, Kyiv. Co-curator of the Ukrainian Pavilion, 59th Venice Biennale

In conversation with Sarah Douglas, Editor in Chief, ARTnews

Keynote:
Looking Forward:
The Future of The Art World

Jason Farago, Critic at large, New York Times

The New, New York

Speakers:

- Lonti Ebers, Founder and CEO, Amant, New York
- Ebony L. Haynes, Senior Director, 52 Walker | David Zwirner, New York
- Diya Vij, Associate Curator, Creative Time, New York

Moderated by, Julia Halperin, Executive Editor, Artnet News

The Invisible Market

Speakers:

- Joeonna Bellorado-Samuels, Director, Jack Shainman and Founder, We Buy Gold, New York
- Marek Claassen, Co-Founder, ArtFacts / Limna, Berlin
- Elizabeth Dee, Co-Founder, Independent Art Fair and Director, The John Giorno Foundation, New York
- Nicholas Olney, President, Kasmin Gallery

Moderated by Farah Nayeri, author and New York Times culture writer, London

Focus Afghanistan:
Art in a Time of Turmoil

Rahraw Omarzad, Professor, artist, and curator

Pre-recorded presentation

Climate Change Responsibility in the Visual Arts

Speakers:

- Luise Faurschou, Founder and Director, ART 2030, Copenhaguen
Allison Janae Hamilton, Artist, New York
- Filipa Ramos, Ph.D., writer and curator. Director of the Contemporary Art Department of the City of Porto, London
- Victoria Siddall, Non-Executive Director of Frieze, Co-Founder and Trustee of Gallery Climate Coalition, London

Moderated by Evan Moffitt, Writer and host of the podcast Precious Cargo, New York

Art Fairs:
Is Asia the Hub of the 21st Century?

Speakers:

- Emi Eu, Executive Director, STPI Singapore & Project Director, S.E.A. Focus
- Magnus Renfrew, Co-Founder, ART SG and Taipei Dangdai

Moderated by Andrew Goldstein, Editor in Chief, Artnet News

The Digital Future:
How Can New Technology Move Art Forward?

Speakers:

- Victoria Gandit Lelandais, Cultural strategy consultant and LITO Ambassador, Paris
- Marc Glimcher, CEO and President, Pace Gallery
- Sara Ludy, Artist, New Mexico

Moderated by Tim Schneider, Art Business Editor, Artnet News and Founder, The Gray Market

Paying It Forward:
The Importance of Innovative Forms of Patronage Today

Speakers:

- Marguerite Hoffman, Art collector, philanthropist and civic volunteer, Dallas
- Bernard Lumpkin, Art collector, patron, educator, and organizer of Young, Gifted and Black, New York
- Amar Singh, Art patron and activist, London

Moderated by Kathy Halbreich, Executive Director, Robert Rauschenberg Foundation, New York