Entrepreneurship and Investment in Performing Arts Industry

Entrepreneurship and Investment in Performing Arts Industry

Time: 9:30am-17:30pm, Oct. 18th, 2015

Location:800SHOW, Jing’an District

China Shanghai International Arts Festival, as the only state-level comprehensive international arts festival, is a great opportunity for experts in the international art community to conscientiously learn the development of Chinese culture, and it is also a wind vane for domestic performing arts projects. In the new era, focusing on the need for overall development of the domestic industrial chain, the Entrepreneurship & Investment Conference of the 17th CSIAF will play the role of match-maker by bringing together the performing art creation teams and finance and investment institutions through both online and offline channels. 

Meanwhile, the Entrepreneurship & Investment Conference of the 17th China Shanghai International Arts Festival, which has 3-year experience of  match-making between capital and culture. In the times of developing Internet Plus, elements such as culture, finance, investment and science will be united to boost the cultural and creative industry and open up a path that caters to r the needs of citizens and satisfies art and the market, so as to promote creativity and productivity of the whole society and achieve win-win cooperation.


Section I: Opening Remarks and Financing Information Release

•Introduction of “IP of InteractiveEntertainment” by Tencent

•Information Release of Modern Drama Valley

Section II:  Onsite Introduction of Performing Art Programs

New original prominent performing art programs from home and abroad will be presented on stage. This section will help combine original programs and financing resources together as well as promote international communication among art organizations.


•Speech given by Chinese theatre director LI Liuyi on Thunderstorm 2016

•Presentation given by Sven Soeren Beyer, Artistic Director of Phase7 Performing Arts Company from Germany.

•Presentation given by Zsolt Mihalyfi, CEO of 360world Company from Hungary as Phase7’s Partner on Smart Glass.

•Showcase and presentation of eSonic by Shanghai Music Conservatory 

•Performance of DelusionsII


Section III: Showcase of Funding Projects

Three most popular projects will be voted and awarded by key Chinese performing arts investors and experts. These program will give a ten-minute roadshow and a 5-minute Q&A section. 


Section IV: One on One Speed Dating Meetings between Project Companies and Investors

Providing an online platform for performing arts programs and investors, this section enables both parties to communicate their demands, share program information and produce an O2O agglometration effect. Over 20 programs having been reserved online will have face-to-face conversation with their investors face-to-face onsite.