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Friday 11 October, 2024

09:30: Welcome coffee and networking

10:00 - 10:05: Welcome by Riah Pryor, Conference Chair

10:05 - 10:45:AI- the challenges and opportunities for the art market & creativity.This session will open with a broad overview of the latest developments in AI policy and technology development and will then take a deeper dive into how AI is impacting the art market. Speakers: Lord Holmes of Richmond, Chris Eastham (Fieldfisher) and Jo Lawson-Tancred (Artnet) and moderated by Annie Armstrong (Artnet).

10:45 - 11:05:AI & Creativity setting a global standard to protect artists and their work: a fireside conversation with artist Adelaide Damoah (Artist) and Lanre Bakare (The Guardian)

11:05 - 11:25: Networking coffee break

11:25 - 12:00: Curating the Digital: join us for a discussion on the challenges and opportunities that digital technology presents for curatorial and artistic practices. This session offers a unique chance to explore how this medium can address and reflect on pressing environmental, political, and social issues, demonstrating its power to inspire change and broaden perspectives in our interconnected world. Speakers: Gonzalo Herrero (Curator Art Dubai Digital 2025), Ben Cullen Williams (artist), Tamar Clarke-Brown (Serpentine)and moderated Benedetta Ghione (Art Dubai)

12:00 - 12:40: Art & Data: existing data for new opportunities. The good news is the asset managers, banks and insurers are incorporating strategies around art…but what about the data …and opacity? How does data need to be structured to facilitate new business opportunities, is data useful purely for internal business operations, or is there now a clear client demand for data and technology implementations? With Harco van den Oever (Overstone Art Services), Chris Bentley (AXA XL) and moderated by Nathanael Price (Hallett Independent)

12:40 - 1:00:Quick fire pitches:four shortlisted companies will present a pitch of up to 4 minutes outlining how their company will have revolutionised the art world in 2050. A panel of judges will vote on one winner that will be announced at the conference. Judges: Chris Bentley (AXA XL), Helen Mulcahy (Fieldfisher) and Marc Spiegler (Cultural Strategist)

Criteria for entry: How will your company have revolutionized the artworld by 2050? The 5 factors for selection:

How impressive and interesting is the raw idea?
How effective is the implementation so far
How big is the problem being solved?
How ethical is the business?
What are the business’s long-term prospects?

1:00-1:25: Art Tech & the Art Market: building the technology tools for the future art market. We ask our panel of CTO’s and CPO’s what they are working on, looking to develop and what art market professionals can do to help support their product development journey. With Rodrigo Esmela (Arcual), Sal Usmani (White Cube) and moderated by Charlotte Black (Artclear)

1:25: Quick fire pitch winner announcement

1:30: Networking Lunch

2:05: The Asia Pivot: Asian Futurism. This panel delves into the role technology plays in the practice of artists with Asian roots and their efforts in reshaping the representation of Asian identities through their work. It also examines the institutional support for this practice and intersection of the Western and Asian art markets for technology-based artworks. With Carrie Chan (V&A), Sougwen Chung (Artist) and Sammi Liu (Tabula Rasa Gallery) and moderated by Vivienne Chow (Artnet)

2:30: Closing remarks by Riah Pryor

The Art Market 2050