Professor Octavian Saiu is a scholar and a global facilitator of cultural exchanges. He holds a PhD in Theatre Studies from the National University of Theatre and Film (NUTF) in Romania, and another PhD in Comparative Literature from the University of Otago in New Zealand. He teaches at HKMU and the Doctoral School of Sibiu University. He was Visiting Fellow at the University of London, and is Visiting Professor at universities in Tokyo, Beijing and Lisbon. He has been actively involved in several major theatre and academic events around the world, including the Theatre Olympics, Wuzhen Theatre Festival, Tokyo Festival, and Edinburgh International Festival. Since 2004 he has been Chair of the Conferences of Sibiu International Theatre Festival. He has published fourteen books on theatre. INTERNATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF THEATRE LEADERS| ROMANIA
