Lapis Festival

Become a partner

What the festival offers each partner, and what it asks in return.

Labels in the making · Lapis Certa & Sound

Two worlds together

The heritage of the Medicine Buddha and the life sciences, presented together to a wide audience, around care.

A written framework

An ethics charter already drafted; then, at every edition, a safety plan drawn up with the venue, published accounts and tracked indicators.

An independent programme

Patrons support the festival without deciding its programme. Conflicts of interest are published.

No debt: the festival only spends money already raised, and its size adapts to the funds obtained.

Governments, regions and tourism boards

  • A cultural and scientific event in your region, announced in several languages.
  • A place for the region’s artists, researchers and craftspeople.
  • A written framework: an ethics charter already drafted, and a safety plan drawn up with the venue before each edition.
  • What we ask: permits, promotion, a venue or financial support.

Foundations

  • A cultural and scientific project, open to all.
  • Published accounts and indicators tracked at each edition.
  • What we ask: a grant, paid to the host organisation.

Universities and research centres

  • A place to present research to the public and meet independent researchers.
  • Research topics: citizen science, Buddhist heritage, ethics.
  • What we ask: speakers, equipment, scientific supervision, and laboratory models presented safely.

Companies

  • Your name shown as a partner to the festival’s visitors.
  • A link with the working groups, which keep their independence.
  • The possibility of selling equipment and ingredients that comply with the country’s law.
  • What we ask: sponsorship, loaned equipment, stands. Interests are published.

Private philanthropists

  • Following the project from the start, and coming on site.
  • Being thanked publicly, or staying anonymous below the donation publication threshold.
  • What we ask: a donation, primarily for the project direction.

Buddhist institutions

  • A documented presentation of their heritage, to an audience that may not know it.
  • A place in the exhibitions and the gathering space, alongside the other traditions.
  • What we ask: loans of works or texts, historical talks, within a secular and cultural framework.

Two labels being created

  • Lapis Certa, a science label: it will date the speakers’ work and make it citable (public charter, a DOI for each contribution, open licence, ORCID identifier).
  • Lapis Sound, a music label: it supports the artists who bring the festival to life (standard contracts, ISRC codes, digital distribution).

Provisional names: nothing has been registered yet.

Contact

The first exchange takes place by email, and meetings take place in person. You are welcome to write in your own language.

Confidentiality commitment, to be ticked by the partner before writing:

Write to the project
Budget and funding

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