Prof David Rowland opens the conference by welcoming delegates and introducing Lord Putnam's  keynote address. The conference was sponsored by Laurence King Publishing and Wiley-Blackwell.

Dr Carol Richardson, Senior Lecturer in Art History at the Open University at the time and one of the convenors of the conference gives a brief welcome to the conference.  The conference was sponsored by Laurence King Publishing and Wiley-Blackwell.

At the 2012 Conference held at the Open University, Lord Putnam gives the keynote address considering 'How the arts are going to save us from civil war.'

The conference was sponsored by Laurence King Publishing and Wiley-Blackwell.