Draft Conference Programme
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Gaelic will be the language of the main conference sessions and simultaneous translation will be provided. Workshops should be in Gaelic where possible.
Tuesday 8th May
12.30 – 14.00 Lunch and Registration
13.45 – 14.00 Welcome - Agnes Rennie The Chair of GASD and PNE will set out the aims of the conference re Gaelic Arts Strategy and the GASD mandate
Session one
14.00 – 14.30 Keynote speaker (Q&A) – John Angus MacKay
Session two 14.30 – 15.00 “The Voice of the Community” (Q&A) – Prof. Alan Sproull Glasgow Caledonian University
Session three
15.00 – 15.15 Models of good practice
1. Ceolas - Mairi Bh MacInnes
Session four 15.15 – 16.15 Workshops focused on Sessions One and Two with set questions and discussion themes. “Developing the Gaelic arts in the community (urban and rural)” “Nurturing the aspirations of new talent”
Tea & Coffee will be served at the Session Four Workshops.
Session five 16.15 – 16.45 National Plan for Gaelic (Q&A) – Donald Ryno Morrison Bord Na Gaidhlig
Session six 16.45 – 17.45 Workshops
A. Music
B. Drama
C. Publishing
D. Arts in the Classroom
E. The Role of the Arts Centres
F. The Role of Television
Session seven 17.45-18.00 Summary of the day’s debate
Wednesday 9th May
09.00 – 09.30 Coffee
09.30 -10.00 Welcome - Arthur Cormack Summary of Day One - Reporter Objectives for Day Two - Agnes Rennie
Session eight 10.30 – 11.00 Keynote speaker - Jim Tough The new Chief Executive of the Scottish Arts Council will address the future of Gaelic arts development.
Session nine
11.00 – 11.15 Models of good practice
2. Fèisean Nan Gaidheal - Arthur Cormack
Session ten 11.15 – 11.45 Audience Development – Julie Tait. Glasgow Grows Audiences
Tea and Coffee will be served at the Session Eleven Workshops
Session eleven 11.45 –13.00 Workshops
A. The Political Context
B. Building Bridges and International Links
C. Cultural Investment and Creating Added Value
D. New Media and a new Window for the Gaelic Arts
E. Audience Development
13.00 – 14.00 Lunch
Session twelve
14.00 – 14.15 Models of good practice
3. Ur Sgeul – Mark Wringe
14.15 -1430 Models of good practice
4. Taigh Chearsabhaigh – Norman Macleod
Session thirteen 14.30 – 15.00 Panel for Q & A session to follow Workshop themes
Session fourteen 15.00 – 16.00 Performances
2 x Drama (Mach ann an Deich)
2 X Music (Feis Eilean an Fhraoich)
Session fifteen 16.00 – 17.00 Closing debate and conclusions
1700 Close of conference
