Are you passionate about art, human rights, and freedom of expression? Do you want to connect with a global community of artists and activists who use creativity to challenge censorship and inspire change?

From September 23- 26, the Safe Havens Freedom Talks (SH|FT) Digital Conference will bring together artists, cultural workers, and human rights defenders from across the world — and we’re projecting it live at goto10.

The conference is more than just talks. It’s a space to:

• Hear powerful stories from artists at risk
• Learn about international campaigns and creative resistance
• Discover how art connects to struggles for equality and justice
• Meet other students and people who care about freedom, solidarity, and cultural rights

Come and be part of a global conversation without leaving your city. Bring your curiosity, your questions, and your ideas — and let’s explore how art can change the world.

Safe Havens Freedom Talks (SH|FT) is a non-profit organization dedicated to the protection and promotion of artists at risk and artistic freedom. Since 2013, its annual Safe Havens conference has grown into a key global network meeting, bringing together artists, activists, NGOs, academics, and intergovernmental organizations engaged in the Arts Rights Justice sector.

The conference takes its starting point from a human rights perspective, aiming to provide an open platform for cultural operators and human rights defenders in the arts. By creating collaborative meeting spaces, SH|FT promotes knowledge-sharing on urgent issues such as shelter city initiatives, safe communication, funding opportunities, legal advice, and international campaigns. It also amplifies the voices of those facing threats and persecution, including women, indigenous and LGBTQI+ groups, and highlights the vital role of culture and academia in advancing human rights worldwide.

This year, the Safe Havens conference will be held as a digital gathering. We will project the sessions to create a local meeting space for collective participation. Audiences are invited to join us to follow the global conversations while engaging in reflection and dialogue with others committed to freedom of expression, cultural rights, and international solidarity.

• 13:30 - 13:45 Opening - Dr Daniel Gad, Managing director of UNESCO Chair in Cultural Policy,
  Germany, Head of the ARTS RIGHTS JUSTICE LIBRARY (mod)
• 13:45 - 14:45 Session I - The In-Between Archive: Connectivity, Records, and Transformation in the Arts - Jonida Gashi, Senior researcher, Centre for Art Studies, Academy of Sciences of Albania - Armando Lulaj, Artist and filmmaker, Founder and co-director of DebatikCenter of Contemporary Art - Robert Nilsson Mohammadi, Senior lecturer, Malmö University - Asst.Prof. Sorayut Aiem-UeaYut, Department of Media Arts and Design, Faculty of Fine Arts, Chiang Mai University - Karin Zackari, Ph.D., researcher Lund University
• 14:45 - 15:00 Open Floor
• 15:00 - 15:15 Short break
• 15:15 - 16:00 -"En lo ancho de la Tierra". Defendiendo formas propias de habitarla | "On the breadth of the Earth". Defending ways of inhabiting.* - Sofia Carrillo, Curator and SH|FT Board Member (mod) - Robin Canul, Documentary Photographer and Multidisciplinary Artist from the Mayan Peninsula - Saul Kak, Painter and Audiovisual, Zoque Artist from Chiapas - Claudia Ituarte-Lima, Lawyer, Leader and Senior Research at Raoul Wallenberg Institute on Environmental Law and Human Rights (Sweden) - Haizel de la Cruz, Photographer, Member of the Maya Assembly Múuch'
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• 16:00 - 16:30 Open floor
• 16:30 - 16:45 Closing performance by Vanesa Rivera, Dancer
• 16:45 - 17:00 Closing of Meeting remarks by tbc
  *The session will take place in Spanish with English interpretation