Statements

Statement from Dr. Frank Müller, Managing Director of Glashütte Original

“After the huge success of the World Culture Forum’s kick-off event, the watch manufacturer, Glashütte Original, is very pleased to be collaborating once again in this socially very important initiative. All the more so, because right from the beginning Glashütte Original has been involved in conceiving the content of the Forum.”

Statement from Uwe Gabler, Chief Executive Officer/Owner of the V.V.K. Group of Companies

“Although culture is the most basic resource, no one can ever manage to appropriate it. This has not been for lack of trying – throughout the history of humanity there have many attempts to accomplish this, attempts that failed and often brought disaster. This makes culture, as the basis and prerequisite for human relations, all the more valuable and the self-reflective turning to culture all the more necessary. Culture as a phenomenon claims the honor of remaining ultimately indefinable, worthy of discussion, and intractable. When one debates culture, dissent is sometimes the real virtue. The V.V.K. Group is dedicated to actively supporting the preparations for the planned World Culture Forum, because we neither view nor live our company philosophy as a lecture or as a monologue. We converse face to face with the past as well as the future and take
our responsibility to the present very seriously.”

Statement from Daniel Werner, General Manager of the Westin Bellevue, Dresden, Germany

“As partner hotel, the Westin Bellevue Hotel, Dresden is also pleased to continue supporting the initiative to create a World Culture Forum. We are very happy that this project has come of age in the artistic and cultural city of Dresden and we are eagerly awaiting its continued development.”

Statement from Stefan Schulte, Head of Sales and Marketing at the Transparent Factory, Dresden

“We are very happy that the kick-off event for a World Culture Forum was such a success and that the Transparent Factory was able to perform an essential role as host. Moreover, I am convinced of the extremely high significance and the necessity of a discussion on the collaboration of culture and industry and am awaiting the next steps of the World Culture Forum with great interest.”