Under the nation's flagship New Southbound Policy, the Ministry of Culture launched the Southeast Asia Advisory Committee in 2015 to coordinate exchanges with esteemed cultural professionals and leaders of their respective fields from Southeast Asia, New Zealand, and Australia. This year's events that took place in Taiwan from April 24 through 27 under the theme "Diversity ․ Inclusivity ․ Southbound" encompassed film screenings, forums, and workshops that were open to the general public.
In addition to members of the 3rd SEA Advisory Committee, April events also featured appearances by heavyweight directors, curators, museum directors, and other experts from Cambodia, Indonesia, Japan, Laos, Malaysia, Myanmar, Singapore, Taiwan, Thailand, Vietnam, and the Philippines, New Zealand, and Australia, with the latter two nations included for the first time last year to expand upon the scope of exchanges.
Transcripts of the discussions that took place are available here.