Related: Theme Conference of Asian (10＋3) Art Museum Directors Forum

1. Introduction

The Asian art boasts unique features in terms of style, forms, language, and aesthetic and artistic conceptions.

The Asian art museums have made great contribution to the development of Asian art in terms of art colleting, exhibiting and researching.

The "Theme Conference of Asian (10＋3) Art Museum Directors Forum," held by China's Ministry of Culture and presented by the National Art Museum of China, aims to unite all the national art museums of Asian (especially ASEAN) countries to focus on the present situation and development of modern Asian art, the exchange of each other's experience on collecting, exhibiting and researching, the establishment of regional cooperation system, and the promotion of common development of Asian art museums.

2. Conference Time: August 31-September 3, 2006

3. Place: Beijing

4. Timetable of Activities (draft)

1) Aug. 30: Reception of representatives
2) Aug. 31:
09:00 Opening Ceremony
12:00 Reception Banquet
Afternoon Curators' Forum
3) Sept. 1: Experts' Meeting
4) Sept. 2: Sightseeing
5) Sept. 3: Sightseeing
5) Sept. 4: Departing Beijing

5. Participating Fee

The participants will be responsible for the round-trip ticket fees. The Forum organizer will be responsible for the accommodation fees during the conference days in Beijing from August 30 to September 3. However, unofficial participants are not included.

6. Information Feedback

The speech paper of those who are to make speeches on the conference should be handed in to the Forum's Organizational Committee before July 31.

The participants' name list should be handed in to the Forum's Organizational Committee before July 31, who will in turn send out the official invitation.

Contact: Zheng Yan, Yang Yumei
Tel：86-10-64054972
Fax：86-10-84033488
E-MAIL：pr@namoc.org