ECA Annual Conference 2011
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
- 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
- Sally Sheinmann and Elpida Hadzi-Vasileva, visual artists, Artists Interaction and Representation (AIR), Britain
- 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
- Jose Sanchis Sinisterra, Playwright and Theatre Director, Spain
- 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
- Pilar Bardem, actress and president of AISGE, Spain