EFA Jubilee: 23-25 May 2012, Bergen/Norway

Wednesday, 23 May 2012 - Grieghallen

   
17:00 – 18:45 Opening Gala EFA Jubilee
17:00 – 17:30 Reception
17:30 – 17:35 Welcome by Åse Kleveland, Head of Board Bergen International Festival
17:35 – 17:40 Welcome by Darko Brlek, President European Festivals Association
17:40 – 17:50 Filmed message by Herman van Rompuy, President European Council
17:50 – 18:10 Festivals: 60 Years On. A keynote by Michael Haefliger, Director Lucerne Festival, on behalf of 15 founding members of EFA
18:10 – 18:20 Festivals and the World: Signing of the EFA Anniversary Book by representatives of EFA sister networks from Asia, Africa, South America and the Arab region
   
18:45 – 22:30 Bergen International Festival
  Festival Opening: G.F. Händel: Xerxes (Komische Oper, Berlin) directed by Stefan Herheim
22:30 Reception

Thursday, 24 May 2012 - Grieghallen
EFA 60 Years On: The Bergen Agenda
   
9:00 Registration and welcome coffee
9:30 – 10:15 Setting the Bergen Agenda: Celebrate the Arts, Transform People, Imagine the World
 
  • Per Boye Hansen, Director Bergen International Festival
  • Kjersti Stenseng, State Secretary for Minister of Culture
  • Trude Drevland, Mayor of Bergen
  • Kathrin Deventer, Secretary General European Festivals Association
   
10:15 – 13:00 Every little thing (she does) is magic*
Festivals – Celebrate the Arts, Committing to Innovation
  This session looks at new ideas for collaboration, presentation and artistic development in festivals. It questions the notion of innovation in the arts, festivals and society. It proposes measures at local, national and European level (and beyond) which reflect the changing artistic, social and political circumstances. Read ahead.
   
  Panel moderated by James McVeigh, Head of Marketing and Innovation Edinburgh Festivals:
 
  • Michael Haefliger, Director Lucerne Festival
  • Stefan Herheim, Stage Director
  Reactions moderated by Hugo De Greef, Co-Founder European House for Culture:
 
  • Xavier Troussard, Head of Unit European Commission
  • Darko Brlek, President EFA, General and Artistic Director Ljubljana Festival
  • Bernard Faivre d’Arcier, President Biennale de Lyon
  This session is co-produced with the European House for Culture, an initiative of the European Festivals Association.
   
  Coffee Break from 11:30 - 12:00
   
13:00 – 13:20 FESTudy: New Tools for Festivals
  The FESTudy is a Europe-wide study of festivals initiated by a trans-European research group and EFA Collective and Affiliate Members. Session led by Lluis Bonet, University of Barcelona. Read ahead.
   
13:20 - 14:30 Lunch
   
Festivals: Transform People (parallel Jubilee sessions)
   
14:30 – 15:45 Take a chance on me*
Festivals mean Business, Festivals have meaning for Business
  This session discusses festivals’ contribution to the development of economic sustainability and their position as major businesses themselves. It looks at if and how festivals capitalise on their influence and at new ways of unlocking their business potential, providing practices of stimulation and support to local businesses other than marketing and communication. Read ahead.
  This session is co-produced with A Soul for Europe, a European wide initiative stimulating platforms of exchange between business and cultural representatives.
   
  Working Group 1: Festivals have meaning for business
  With the contribution of Joanna Baker, Edinburgh International Festival, Jan Briers, Flanders Festival, Valeria Marcolin, International Advisor
   
  Working Group 2: Festivals mean business
  With the contribution of Jurriaan Cooiman, Culturescapes, Colm Croffy, Association of Irish Festival Events, Ruggero Lala, A Soul for Europe, Felix Meritis Foundation, Philipp Thomaschke, Festival Mitte Europa
   
14:30 – 15:45 Video killed the radio star?*
Festivals and the Citizen in Digital Times
  This session looks at the role of festivals as agents of participation and cohesion; at the implications and opportunities of new technologies and asks whether (and if so, which) festivals are making the most of them. It looks at how festivals can use their influence during the European Year of Citizens in 2013 to activate citizens and help shaping policies for citizens in Europe. Read ahead.
  This session is co-produced with the Access to Culture Platform, established by the EU; EFA is involved in particular through its Working Group “Communicating Festivals- Communicating Europe”.
   
  Working Group 3: Audiences building and the digital media
  With the contribution of Katherine Heid, Access to Culture Platform, RESEO, Peter Inkei, Budapest Observatory, Tony Lankester, National Arts Festival Grahamstown, Kerstin Schilling, Cultural Manager and Communication/Marketing Specialist
   
  Working Group 4: Festivals and citizenship development
  With the contribution of Steve Austen, Access to Culture Platform, Felix Meritis Foundation, Airan Berg, Mannheim 2020, Miguel Angel Martin Ramos, Access to Culture Platform, European Academy of Yuste Foundation, Erik Söderblom, Helsinki Festival
   
14:30 - 15:45 Information session: FESTudy - Share the knowledge
  As part of FESTudy, each of the 10 countries has produced a report on national festivals policy. For the first time, a panel of 6 representatives will share the key issues raised by their national reports. Read ahead.
 
  • Moderator: Lluis Bonet, University of Barcelona
  • Kai Amberla, Finland Festivals
  • Jan Ove Hafstad, Swedish Music Festivals
  • Baudouin Muylle, Festival de Wallonie
  • Philippe Toussaint, France Festivals
16:15 – 17:00 Stir it up*
Re-Imagine the World!
 
  • Anna Lewanowicz, Krakow Theatrical Reminiscences, Nadin Deventer, Jazzwerkruhr/Jazzplays- europe, on behalf of the Atelier for Young Festival Managers
  • Keynote by Odile Quintin, Former Director General and External Advisor European Commission
  • Feedback from the working groups
  • Closing remarks on the Bergen Agenda by Mike van Graan
   
17:00 - 18:30 Following the conference: information meeting of MusMA - Music Masters on Air
   
20:00 EFA Jubilee Banquette - Fløien Folkerestaurant
  With celebration EFA 60 Years On and Concert by Violin Virtuoso Ragnhild Hemsing
   

Friday, 25 May 2012
   
09:00 – 12:00 EFA General Assembly
   
12:00 – 13:00 Round table: Mayors, Ministers and European Union representatives discuss the European Agenda for Culture: 'Europe for Festivals - Festivals for Europe'
  A discussion on the role of festivals in local, regional, European and global development with the contribution of:
 
  • Doris Pack, Chairwoman Culture Committee European Parliament
  • Jan Truszczynski, Director General for Education, Training, Culture and Youth European Commission
  • Gunnar Bakke, Responsible for cultural affairs, business development, sports and church affairs
13:00 - 14:30 Lunch
   
16:00 – 19:30 Boat trip
Handing over of the Bergen Agenda to Granada 2013 and the public, with Simon Mundy, Poet, Guro Rimeslåtten, Yaniv Cohen, Carte Blanche, introduced by Jelle Meander, Poet
   
Evening Individual dinner and optional cultural programme Bergen International Festival
   

On invitation only
   
23 May 2012 Working Group "Communicating Festivals - Communicating Europe"
15:30 - 16:30  
   
24 May 2012 Meeting Nordic-Baltic Festivals: preparing Stockholm Event October 2012
17:00 - 18:30  
   
25 May 2012 Atelier for Young Festival Managers: Alumni Meeting
09:30 - 12:00  
   
25 May 2012 MusMA: Conclusions
14:30 - 15:30  
   
25 May 2012 General Assembly European House for Culture
19:30  
   

 

 

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