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2010 BAFA Annual Conference
3, 4 and 5 November 2010
The Corn Exchange, Brighton
Delegates can now book their place at the upcoming 2010 BAFA Annual Conference in Brighton.
Hosted by Brighton and Hove City Council, Brighton Festival and Brighton Fringe Festival, BAFA offers three days of serious debate, interactive workshops and entertaining events which will focus on the state of festivals in these complex times

BAFA 2010: Take away more than you thought, more than you brought!

Conference Programme:
Wednesday 3 November
Starting at 4pm with a Welcome Reception hosted by Brighton and Hove City Council, this is a chance to meet up with friends from a year ago – and get introduced to new ones!
As well as our hosts, three festivals will be happening whilst we are in Brighton: Brighton Photo Biennial 2010, Brighton Photo Fringe Festival and the Brighton Early Music Festival and all will be part of the programme.
Following the welcome reception, there will be options to attend various live festival events, before we attend to the Brighton Fringe Festival Launch:

Brighton Fringe would like to invite all BAFA delegates to its registration launch party on November 3 during the first evening of the conference: there will be entertainment from top Fringe acts.
Come and join us on the night to find out more: www.brightonfestivalfringe.org.uk

The evening will be rounded off with late supper at Jamie’s Italian

Thursday 4 November
Festivals: Stay Connected
Festivals: Work Smarter
Concentrated bursts of performance and live festival case studies will underscore probing keynote sessions with Roger Wright, BBC 3 Controller and Director of the BBC Proms, Joanna MacGregor, Artistic Director, Bath International and Ignite Festivals and Deborah Bull, Creative Director at the Royal Opera House. Practical workshops on Festival Hubs, Tourism, Sustainability, Digital Marketing and Volunteers will focus on money saving initiatives and together with plenty of time for networking the day concludes with Ruth Mackenzie, Director of the Cultural Olympiad.
In the evening the Conference Party overlooking Brighton Pier will include the presentation of the BAFA Award for Outstanding Contribution to British Arts Festivals.

Friday 5 November
Festivals: Mean Business
Peter Florence, Director of the Hay Festivals in Wales, Colombia, Spain, Lebanon, Mexico, India, Kenya, and the Maldives launches a day that includes further workshops on Governance, Research, the Economy and Fundraising highlighted with yet more performance and festival case studies. The UK’s inaugural City of Culture project will be investigated as well as Commissioning and Programming Premiers and the revelations of New Politics.
The afternoon will focus on Brighton:City of Festivals – with the highlight being ‘behind the scenes’ site visits.
The three days end with a Round-Up Reception and – if you dare - a race to Lewes for the Lewes Bonfire Society 5 November extravaganza!