Greetings Andre and everyone, just wanted to share the updated info, since April 2017:
Olivier Urbain, Director of the Min-On Music Research Institute (MOMRI)
http://institute.min-on.org/newsandtopics/ “Talk” to you very soon!

Trying to join this discussion.

Thank you Olivier - we have updated your title.

Checking in myself. We’ll start in about 30 minutes

Also checking in – looks like everything is set.

Ready to join the discussion.

Hello everyone,
I am also ready to join in.
Nancy

Good Morning Everyone! We will start in just a few minutes

Welcome everyone! We’re looking forward to the conversation!

Happy International Day of Peace! Today, we begin the last of a four-month long discussion on how music and business can interact in order to foster peace. There is a literature and tradition for music to impact peace. More recently, the same has developed with respect to businesses as well. For the last two years, we have held conferences with business and music schools at Indiana University and, through this forum this summer, are reaching out to create a wider network of conversations. We’ll run for an hour today, but of course, the discussion can continue (and we hope that it will) beyond today.

I know that there will be some people joining a bit later as they get out of meetings, but perhaps we could start by introducing those who are signed on right now. To get us going, my name is Tim Fort. My focus is on business and peace and I teach at the Kelley School of Business

Connie Cook Glen, Jacobs School of Music -I teach a course entitled “Music of War and PEace” and have focused on social justice through the arts for several years.

My name is Kathleen Higgins, and I’m a professor of philosophy at the University of Texas at Austin.

My name is Gisela Flanigan, executive director for Sistema Global.

My name is Nancy Love. My focus is on music, democracy, and peace. I teach at Appalachian State University.

I’m Olivier Urbain, director of the Min-On Music Research Institute. Focusing on the application of music and musicking in peacebuilding activities. Min-On means Music of the People in Japanese.

Thanks to all of you. I know there will be some others dropping in as well, but let’s go ahead and get started. We have three starter questions for us. We’ll have each one run for about 15-20 minutes. As these things tend to go, I am sure (and look forward to) tangents along the way as well.

Our first question is a simple, but important one: 1. What is your view on the positive ways music and business can contribute to peace and to reinforce each other?