Associate Professor Jo Caust is a Principal Fellow (Hon) at the University of Melbourne and Director of her own arts consulting company, JoCaustArts.  Previously she directed the Graduate Arts and Cultural Management Program at the University of South Australia for many years and founded and edited the Asia Pacific Journal of Arts and Cultural Management.  Her edited book Arts leadership: International Case Studies was published by Tilde University Press in September 2012. She is presently writing and editing two more books on arts leadership.  Dr Caust has extensive experience internationally as a trainer, researcher and consultant. Over the past five years she has run many workshops in different Asian countries on arts leadership, cultural policy and planning. She has authored over 30 journal articles and conference papers as well as working in the arts sector as an arts practitioner, arts manager and consultant for more than 20 years.