Hong Kong Culture and Sustainability Conference 2026

The theme of Hong Kong Culture and Sustainability Conference 2026 (CU:SU 2026) is “Alliance for Action”, which builds on the momentum of CU:SU 2025 discussions on “Advocacy, Practice, and Conservation”. CU:SU 2026 focuses on how ideas move into actions through international alliances and cross-disciplinary collaboration, responding to the broader needs of sustainable development through culture.

CU:SU 2026 brings together artists and practitioners from diverse cultural networks over two days of encounters and exchanges, opening different ways of imagining and enacting practice. Day One turns to the performing arts, reflecting on its ecosystem, modes of collaboration, and how practice is sustained and renewed across changing contexts. Day Two shifts focus to the making of sustainable communities, drawing on practices from rural contexts, visual culture, and social innovation to examine how culture can foster connection, support wellbeing, and invite wider forms of participation.

Beyond the conference sessions, a series of extension activities, CU:SU plus will take place during the conference period, transforming the encounters and exchanges into more focused and participatory settings. In these workshops, participants dialogue around specific themes and engage more deeply with shared questions, exploring possible actions moving forward.

This conference is co-presented and co-organised by the Hong Kong Academy for Performing Arts and Hong Kong Culture and Sustainability Centre.