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AFO ONLINE CONFERENCE AGENDA
5 FEBRUARY 2022 10AM - 6PM

BACK TO OUR BEST

1

10am

Opening – Etiquette & House Rules

Simon Care

Intro Steve

2

10:05

General Secretary Welcome

Steve Heap

Intro Eric

3

10:15

Are Security Part of Your Team?

Eric Stuart, Chair UKCMA

 

4

10:30

NFTs - the future of ticketing?

Phil Hayes, TicketSellers

Simon intro Phil Live

5

10:40

Network – Meet Who Else is Here (1)

 

Chair Steve

6

11:00

Keynote Speech – What will festivals be like Post Covid?

Kevin Brennan, MP, Member of DCMS Select Committee and a strong Festival Supporter

Steve intro Kevin Live

7

11:15

Artists Play Best When Happy

Kelly Wood, MU plus Q & A

Simon intro Kelly Live

8

11:45

Lunchtime / Coffee Break & Network

 

Simon

9

12:20pm

The Case for LIVE – What is it? What does it do? Who is in it?

How is it funded?

Greg Parmley, Chair & CEO LIVE in conversation with Steve Heap, AFO

Steve intro Greg

10

12:40

Network (2)

 

Chair Dave

11

1:00

BSL Signing opens you to new Customers

Marie Pascal, Performance interpreting

Dave intro Marie Live

12

1:20

So, what happened about INSURANCE?

Darren Vickery, EVS

Tim Thornhill, Tysers

plus Q & A

Steve intro Insurance Live

13

1:50

Showcase 1

Track Dogs

Simon intro Live

14

2:05

It’s Easy to Attend a Festival

(ACCESSIBILITY)

Jacob Adams, Attitude Is Everything

Simon intro Jacob Live

15

2:20

Network (3)

 

Chair Simon

16

2:45

This Earth a Common Treasury for Festivals

Intro by John Langford, Chair LIVE Green

Jo Blick, Little Green Man

Pauline Bourdon, Love Saves the Day

Naomi Lawson, Ecolibrium

Simon intro John Live

17

3:25

The Don’t Do It List

Simon Care and Steve Heap

Simon and Steve Live

18

3:35

The Colin Irwin Interview with Simon Nicol

Colin Irwin

Steve intro Colin

19

4:35

Network (4)

 

Chair Craig Live

20

4:55

Funding is Available
(some pointers on how to get it and make your application different)

Hannah Travers, The Fundraisers plus Q & A

Craig intro Hannah Live

21

5:20

There is Another One Around the Corner.

Craig Mathie leads a discussion on how we will cope with the next pandemic

Craig Mathie

Chair Craig Live

22

5:55

General Secretary Round Up

Showcase 2

Steve Heap
Rusty Shackle

Steve round up / intro Live

23

6:15approx

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