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| Friday 16 October 2009 |
| Abbeyfield Hotel, Ballaghaderreen |
| 18.00 – 20.00 |
Registration |
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| 20.00 – 20.30 |
Welcome |
Cathal MacCoille, Conference Chair
Kathleen Martin, Dir. Community & Enterprise, Roscommon Co. Co.
Tony Ward, Mayor, Roscommon County Council |
| 20.40 – 21.00 |
Opening Address |
Martin Cullen TD, Minister for Arts, Sports & Tourism |
| 21.00 – 22.00 |
Panel Discussion |
The Creative Economy - Martin Cullen TD, Mícheál O' Súilleabháin, Finbarr Bradley, Lisa McAllister & Roger O'Keefe. |
| 22.00 – 23.00 |
Reception |
John Wynne & friends in the Abbeyfield's Hyde Bar |
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| Saturday 17 October 2009 |
| Abbeyfield Hotel, Ballaghaderreen |
| 9.45 – 10.00 |
Tea/Coffee |
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| 10.00 – 10.30 |
Mícheál Ó Súilleabháin |
Director of Irish World Academy of Music & Dance and Chairperson, Culture Ireland |
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The Economy of Festivity : Celebrating our way to recovery |
| 10.30 – 11.15 |
Panel Discussion |
Mícheál Ó Súilleabháin, John Concannon (Director of Regional Development, Fáilte Ireland) and Una McCarthy (Head of Festivals, Street Arts & Spectacle, The Arts Council) |
| 11.15 – 11.30 |
Tea/Coffee |
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| 11.30 – 12.00 |
Finbarr Bradley |
Co-author of Capitalising on Culture, Competing on Difference: Innovation, Learning and Sense of Place in a Globalising Ireland. |
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Cultural Revival - Key to Economic Recovery |
| 12.00 – 12.45 |
Panel Discussion |
Finbarr Bradley with Frank Dawson (Manager, Roscommon Co. Co.), Martina Earley (CEO, Roscommon Integrated Development Company) and Garry Hynes (Director, Druid Theatre Company) |
| 13.00 – 14.30 |
Lunch |
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| 14.30 – 15.00 |
Lisa McAllister |
CEO, Western Development Commission |
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Creative West - Learning from Research - The role of creativity to society and the economy |
| 15.00 – 15.45 |
Panel Discussion |
Lisa McAllister with Sarah Glennie (Director, Irish Film Institute) and Stuart McLaughlin (CEO, Business to Arts) |
| 15.45 – 16.00 |
Tea/Coffee |
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| 16.00 – 16.30 |
Roger O'Keeffe |
European Commission Directorate General of Education and Culture and Co-ordinator of European Year of Creativity and Innovation 2009 |
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Ireland in the European Year of Creativity and Innovation |
| 16.30 – 17.15 |
Panel Discussion |
Roger O'Keeffe with Michael John Gorman (Director, The Science Gallery) and Alice Lyons (Poet and Visual Artist) |
| 18.00 – 19.30 |
Dinner |
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| 20.00 – 21.30 |
Concert |
Máirtin O’Connor, Cathal Hayden, Séamie O’Dowd & Jimmy Higgins |
| 21.30 – late |
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Traditional Music Session @ Spells Bar |
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| Sunday 18 October 2009 |
| Douglas Hyde Interpretative Centre, Portahard |
| 10.00 – 10.45 |
Service |
Dr. Douglas Hyde Graveside Commemoration |
| 10.45 – 11.45 |
Lecture |
Dr. Niall Brady, Project Director of the Medieval Rural Settlement Project |
| 11.45 – 12.30 |
Lunch |
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| 13.00 – 16.00 |
Field Trip |
This field trip led by Dr. Niall Brady observes the medieval site adjacent to the Cruachán Ai Centre |
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