ECA Annual Conference 2011

Back to Business - the need for industrious artists

Saturday 12th November - From 9.30 am to 6.30pm
Sunday 13th November - From 10 am to 1 pm


Moderator: Lisbeth Kirk, editor, EUObserver

Saturday Morning Session 9.30 am

Opening
- Michael Burke, ECA outgoing President
- Jorge Bosso, FAEE General Secretary
- Carlos Carnero González, Ambassador-at-Large for Projects within the Framework of European Integration

Towards Creative Iceland - Building Local, Going Global
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Kolbrun Halldorsdottir, President of the Icelandic Federation of Artists

Raising Audiencies - The value of the Arts to Society
- Ara Malikian, Violinist, Spain-Lebanon


Saturday Afternoon Session 3.30 pm

Value and Economic Value of the Arts
- Victor Fernández Blanco, Professor of Cultural Economics

Artists leading change in Times of Financial Austerity
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Sally Sheinmann and Elpida Hadzi-Vasileva, visual artists, Artists Interaction and Representation (AIR), Britain
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Chris Biddlecombe, Scottish Artists' Union

Sunday Morning Sessoin 10.00 am

Arts, Social Inclusion and Economic Recovery
- Sister Bernadette Sweeney, Principal, St Agnes' Primary School, Ireland

Industrious Artists - the Instruments of Revitalisation
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Jose Sanchis Sinisterra, Playwright and Theatre Director, Spain
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Anya Vollhardt, Flamenco Dancer, Manager of Artebar Cultural Centre, Germany
- Federico Jusid, Composer, Spain
- Anna Cabo, Director of the International Festival of Dance in Madrid, Spain

Artists' Rights - Protection of Performers through the Collection of IPR
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Pilar Bardem, actress and president of AISGE, Spain