Arriving in Dalian - the World Expo Center
       
     
Dalian WEF Betazone room
       
     
Unlocking Creativity panel
       
     
"Footsteps in the Snow"
       
     
"UP!" for the first zero-gravity art exhibition
       
     
My Portraits of Fenwick & West
       
     
With Mrs. Hilde Schwab after the Creativity Panel.
       
     
My Solo Session
       
     
My Solo Session in the Geneva Room
       
     
My Solo Session in Dalian
       
     
Mrs. Schwab - directly after my solo session. Photo is by Ms. Zhan an Ling.
       
     
The World Economic Forum Arts & Culture Brochure featured my new works
       
     
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With World Economic Forum Founder & Chairman Klaus Schwab in his office.With World Economic Forum Founder & Chairman Klaus Schwab in his office
       
     
With young translators at the Summer Davos
       
     
At Japan night with Mitsubishi Chairman of the Board Yorihiko Kojima
       
     
Dalian Ballet performance at the Cultural Soiree
       
     
Rehearsal with my co-panelists for the "Art in Asia" panel. (L to R) Xing Danwen, Barbara Pollack, Roger Pfund and Pierre Keller.
       
     
Art in Asia panel, again in the Geneva room.
       
     
With my co-panelist Barbara Pollack. Her book Wild Wild East about Chinese Contemporary Art is excellent, but she's working on a new one now
       
     
With Mireille Bertolini-Cabezas, WEF
       
     
Prof. Klaus Schwab gives a speech at Japan Night
       
     
Cultural Soiree
       
     
With Emma Loades, WEF
       
     
Adrian David Cheok, Director of the Mixed Reality Lab, National University of Singapore
       
     
Translation at all sessions of the Summer Davos
       
     
Orchestra at Tianjin Night.
       
     
The people of Tianjin welcome you to the next Summer Davos!
       
     
Arriving in Dalian - the World Expo Center
       
     
Arriving in Dalian - the World Expo Center

The World Expo center in Dalian, China was the site of the Summer Davos. The rooms built upstairs were all named after Swiss cities as a nod to the World Economic Forum's roots and history.

Dalian WEF Betazone room
       
     
Dalian WEF Betazone room

My rehearsal in the Betazone room-- the day before the "Unlocking Creativity" panel. The walls of this room are made of glass so even attendees who are not registered for the session can watch it from outside as it goes on.

Unlocking Creativity panel
       
     
Unlocking Creativity panel

Navi Radjou was a superb moderator for the Unlocking Creativity panel. Here he's asking me about the symphony model vs the jazz band model, and how that applies to business. Navi is the Executive Director of the Centre for India & Global Business at the Judge Business School at the University of Cambridge.

"Footsteps in the Snow"
       
     
"Footsteps in the Snow"

"Footsteps in the Snow" - from the series that I showed in Davos this past January.

"UP!" for the first zero-gravity art exhibition
       
     
"UP!" for the first zero-gravity art exhibition

"UP!" for the first zero-gravity art exhibition - a conceptual piece flown to the International Space Station

My Portraits of Fenwick & West
       
     
My Portraits of Fenwick & West
With Mrs. Hilde Schwab after the Creativity Panel.
       
     
With Mrs. Hilde Schwab after the Creativity Panel.
My Solo Session
       
     
My Solo Session

My Solo Session - playing an original composition on my flute. Photo is by Ms. Zhan an Ling, who has an amazing artistic eye.

My Solo Session in the Geneva Room
       
     
My Solo Session in the Geneva Room

My Solo Session in the Geneva Room - Slide is a detail from my painting "Kelp Harvest Dalian." Photo is by Ms. Zhan an Ling.

My Solo Session in Dalian
       
     
My Solo Session in Dalian
Mrs. Schwab - directly after my solo session. Photo is by Ms. Zhan an Ling.
       
     
Mrs. Schwab - directly after my solo session. Photo is by Ms. Zhan an Ling.
The World Economic Forum Arts & Culture Brochure featured my new works
       
     
The World Economic Forum Arts & Culture Brochure featured my new works
dalian-summer-davos-kataoka-14.jpg
       
     
With World Economic Forum Founder & Chairman Klaus Schwab in his office.With World Economic Forum Founder & Chairman Klaus Schwab in his office
       
     
With World Economic Forum Founder & Chairman Klaus Schwab in his office.With World Economic Forum Founder & Chairman Klaus Schwab in his office
With young translators at the Summer Davos
       
     
With young translators at the Summer Davos

With Jiao Zhang and Yapin Yue - young translators at the Summer Davos. I was touched to receive email messages from many of the young people helping with the conference, who are interested in art and culture.

At Japan night with Mitsubishi Chairman of the Board Yorihiko Kojima
       
     
At Japan night with Mitsubishi Chairman of the Board Yorihiko Kojima

At Japan night with Mitsubishi Chairman of the Board Yorihiko Kojima whom I had met in Davos earlier this year. He gave a great speech about Japan's past, present and future.

Dalian Ballet performance at the Cultural Soiree
       
     
Dalian Ballet performance at the Cultural Soiree

Ballet performance at the Cultural Soiree. Traditional music, puppet and calligraphy performances followed

Rehearsal with my co-panelists for the "Art in Asia" panel. (L to R) Xing Danwen, Barbara Pollack, Roger Pfund and Pierre Keller.
       
     
Rehearsal with my co-panelists for the "Art in Asia" panel. (L to R) Xing Danwen, Barbara Pollack, Roger Pfund and Pierre Keller.
Art in Asia panel, again in the Geneva room.
       
     
Art in Asia panel, again in the Geneva room.
With my co-panelist Barbara Pollack. Her book Wild Wild East about Chinese Contemporary Art is excellent, but she's working on a new one now
       
     
With my co-panelist Barbara Pollack. Her book Wild Wild East about Chinese Contemporary Art is excellent, but she's working on a new one now
With Mireille Bertolini-Cabezas, WEF
       
     
With Mireille Bertolini-Cabezas, WEF
Prof. Klaus Schwab gives a speech at Japan Night
       
     
Prof. Klaus Schwab gives a speech at Japan Night

Prof. Klaus Schwab gives a speech at Japan Night - Towards Creative Reconstruction, and welcomes students who suffered tragic losses of their family members in the Tohoku earthquake.

Cultural Soiree
       
     
Cultural Soiree
With Emma Loades, WEF
       
     
With Emma Loades, WEF
Adrian David Cheok, Director of the Mixed Reality Lab, National University of Singapore
       
     
Adrian David Cheok, Director of the Mixed Reality Lab, National University of Singapore

With Adrian David Cheok, Director of the Mixed Reality Lab, National University of Singapore. He talked about his digital taste interface and human PacMan projects.

Translation at all sessions of the Summer Davos
       
     
Translation at all sessions of the Summer Davos

Translation at all sessions of the Summer Davos
Channel 1: English. Channel 2: Chinese. Channel 3: Japanese.

Orchestra at Tianjin Night.
       
     
Orchestra at Tianjin Night.
The people of Tianjin welcome you to the next Summer Davos!
       
     
The people of Tianjin welcome you to the next Summer Davos!