The New York Times Art for Tomorrow Conference announces the full lineup of participants set to join leading New York Times editors this March 10-13 at the W Doha Hotel & Residences in Doha, Qatar, rounding out its program of events.

Led by award-winning New York Times journalists, this year’s event, convened in association with Qatar Museums, will explore the tangible contributions art and cultural development can make to economic growth and nation-building initiatives. The conference will be introduced by Arthur O. Sulzberger, Jr., chairman of The New York Times Company and publisher of The New York Times.

Confirmed speakers include:

• Christo, Artist
• Idris Khan, Artist
• Liu Bolin, Artist
• Bernardo Paz, Art Collector and Creator, Inhotim
• Chris Michaels, Head of Digital Media and Publishing, The British Museum
• Yannis Behrakis, Photojournalist, Reuters
• Andreas Görgen, Director General for Culture and Communication, German Federal Foreign Office
• Hon. Adrienne Clarkson, Former Governor General of Canada
• Dr. Hermann Parzinger, President, Prussian Cultural Heritage Foundation
• Vilma Jurkute, Director, Alserka Avenue
• Pedro Gadanho, Director, Museum of Art, Architecture and Technology, Lisbon
• Dia Azzawi, Artist
• Sir David Chipperfield, Architect, David Chipperfield Architects
• His Excellency Sheikh Hassan bin Mohamed bin Ali al-Thani, Collector and Founder, Mathaf: Arab Museum of Modern Art
• Sultan Sooud Al Qassemi, Columnist and Founder, Barjeel Art Foundation
• Allan Schwartzman, Chief Curator and Creative Director, Inhotim, and Founder and Principal, Art Agency, Partners
• Daniel Tobin, Co-Founder and Creative Director, UAP (Urban Art Projects)
• Barthélémy Tuguo, Artist
• Julien Breton (a.k.a. Kaalam), Artist
• Abdulnasser Gharem, Artist and Founder, The Gharem Studio
• Shaweesh, Artist
• Julian Payne, Creative Design Director, De La Rue
• Peter Stone, Unesco Chair in Cultural Property Protection and Peace, Newcastle University
• Faig Ahmed, Artist
• Touria El Glaoui, Founding Director, 1:54 Contemporary African Art Fair
• Zaki Aslan, Regional Representative for the Arab States, The International Centre for the Study of the Preservation and Restoration of Cultural Property
• Amanda Pinatih, Art Historian and Curator, Design Museum Dharavi
• Jorge Mañes Rubio, Artist, Design Museum Dharavi
• Tariq al-Jaidah, Managing Director, Al-Jaidah Brothers W.L.L.
• Yorgos Kaminis, Mayor, City of Athens

Topics will include areas of collaboration and competition among countries of the Arab world in the creation of a new cultural landscape; the challenge of heritage protection in the context of Palmyra; and the impact of censorship on artistic expression.

Event details about The New York Times Art for Tomorrow Conference, including all confirmed speakers and the agenda, can be found on the event website. For news and updates about the conference, follow @NYTLive on Twitter. The hashtag for the conference is #NYTAFT.

The 2017 New York Times Art for Tomorrow Conference is organized in collaboration with START Solo and is supported by headline sponsor Richard Mille, bronze sponsor Federal Foreign Office of Germany and airline partner Qatar Airways. The host sponsors are Jaidah Holdings and W Doha Hotel & Residences.