The Edinburgh International Culture Summit is a biennial ministerial forum established in 2012 by the Edinburgh International Festival in a unique partnership with the British Council, Scottish Parliament and the Scottish and UK Governments. The Summit is devised and produced on behalf of its partners by an independent charity – Edinburgh International Culture Summit Foundation. Summit Aims: The Edinburgh International Culture Summit brings together Culture Ministers, artists, thinkers and arts leaders from around the world to share ideas, expertise and best practice, with a view to inspiring positive change in cultural policy and investment. The Summit seeks to emphasise the importance of artistic exchange in a world that is increasingly complex and multi-lateral. Our agenda is deliberately non-partisan and pragmatic. We aim to present multiple points of view rather than singular attitudes, ensuring that no country, continent or cultural perspective comes to dominate proceedings. Culture and the arts have an inestimable impact on the vibrancy of the world we create and on the strength of the relations we create with each other.