“SCAN Summit 2026: Take Liberty – the right to participate in a cultural life” will be held 10am-4pm at The Briggait in Glasgow.

Naoko will be facilitating the “Highland place-making” table in the Roundtable session on behalf of SCAN’s Highland Member Development Lead Emma Gibson, as one of the practitioners working in the region as well as a SCAN board member.

“SCAN’s flagship conference Summit comes to Glasgow this year, with a focus on human rights and the arts. SCAN Summit 2026: Take Liberty is held ahead of a new Human Rights Bill, due to be advanced in Scottish Parliament in May 2026. If the bill is enshrined into Scots Law, the rights of all people in Scotland to participate in a cultural life will become enforceable. At SCAN Summit 2026: Take Liberty, invited artists, academics, lawmakers and cultural workers from across disciplines will look at this new legislation and our intersecting human rights. A series of talks, activities and provocations will consider the implications of embedding the proposed new legal framework, and what it will mean for both contemporary art practice and civic life.”