TEHRAN-Iranian music producer, festival manager, and composer Ardavan Jafarian will be one of the guest speakers at the 10th St. Petersburg International United Cultures Forum, slated to be held in St. Petersburg, Russia, from September 11 to 14.

Jafarian, who has been a member of the Executive Board of the International Music Council (IMC) based at UNESCO's headquarters in Paris since 2019, will deliver a speech on “The Rise of Artificial Intelligence in Music,” at the event, Mehr reported.

IMC is the world’s largest network of organizations and institutions working in the field of music. The council promotes access to music for all and the value of music in the lives of all people.

United Cultures is a forum that assembles representatives of many diverse cultures and nationalities. Amid a new, rapidly changing world, this event is going to become a place to talk over the most pressing social and cultural issues, as well as a platform where new ideas and projects are brought to life.

The Forum will be dedicated to the theme “Culture of the 21st century: sovereignty or globalism?”. The program will include ten thematic areas: “The Right to Heritage in a Multipolar World,” “Artificial Intelligence in Culture and National Sovereignty,” “Cultural Heritage: Traditions and Modernity,” “Business Culture,” “Media Culture,” “Cinema,” “Theater,” “Musical Culture,” “Circus,” and “Museums”.

Director General of the Presidential Fund for Cultural Initiatives Roman Karmanov will supervise five discussions and the show program within the “Artificial Intelligence in Culture and National Sovereignty” section, including the one addressed by Jafarian.

Traditionally, the Forum brings together leading Russian and foreign cultural and artistic figures, representatives of the business community, and authorities to exchange ideas and discuss trends and current issues in the development of the modern cultural environment.

About 1,700 participants are expected to take part in the Forum. The main venues of the Forum's program will traditionally be the headquarters of the State Hermitage Museum, the State Academic Chapel of St. Petersburg, and the Winter Palace

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