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NEWS AND RELEASES Press Releases Press Briefing Speeches WHO's WHO Presidential Panelists Workshop Moderators Participant List BACKGROUND Conference Background History of Cultural    Programs Current Cultural and    Arts Programs Featured Project PHOTO GALLERY State Department    Touring Groups Photographs from the    Conference FINAL REPORT Text Version PDF Version    [download with Adobe    Acrobat Reader]		The White House Conference on Culture and Diplomacy brought together diplomats, artists, and scholars for a discussion on how to better integrate cultural concerns into the day-to-day conduct of American foreign policy and to strengthen cultural exchange programs that serve as invaluable forms of international communication . . . . Building on a meeting hosted by Secretary Albright last March with diplomats, Members of Congress, international leaders of cultural institutions, the arts, foundations, multinational companies, and nongovernmental organizations, the White House Conference on Culture and Diplomacy focused on the intersection of culture and foreign policy, more specifically the role of culture in the formulation and conduct of foreign policy.