A SENSE OF PLACE
Day 1 - Monday 24th November
Day 2 - Tuesday 25th November
Day 3 - Wednesday 26th November
Day 4 - Thursday 27th November

9.30-12.30am
Registration

During the registration period, delegates will have the opportunity to take tours of the exhibitions and installations led by the artists-in-residence.

12.00-1.00pm
Welcome Lunch

1.00pm
OPENING ADDRESS

David Green, Director General of the British Council
Lembit Opik MP, Leader of the Welsh Liberal Democrats

1.15pm
'SAFE'

5 minute video
LWT award-winning documentary film about living in London made by five young refugees.

1.20pm
KEY NOTE SPEAKER

Gary Younge, New York Correspondent, The Guardian

1.55pm
PANEL PRESENTATIONS

Chair: Don Flynn, Joint Council for the Welfare of Immigrants

Marc Verlot, Director of the Institute of Interculture Education,
University of Ghent, Belgium
France Mochel, Unit 2A (Immigration and Asylum) European Commission
Ian MacDonald, QC

3.15pm
Coffee Break


3.45pm
POETRY PERFORMANCE

Choman Hardi

3.50pm
KEY NOTE SPEAKER

Breda Beban, Artist, Filmmaker and Curator, UK/Croatia

4.30pm
PANEL PRESENTATIONS

Chair: Jennifer Williams, Executive Director of the Centre for Creative Communities

Alex Rotas, Researcher, Bath Spa University College
Kuljit 'Kooj' Chuhan, Video & Digital Media Artist 'Virtual Migrants'
Nadim Karam, Architect/Artist, Visiting Associate Professor, American University of Beirut, Lebanon 'In Transit'
Judith Stewart, Curator of 'Strangers to Ourselves'

5.30pm
QUESTIONS FROM THE FLOOR


6.00pm
Close of day 1


Additional speakers to be confirmed

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