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Events

During its Presidency, the UK will chair a number of EU working groups and a meeting of the Culture Council of Ministers. The working groups are the Audio Visual working group and the Cultural Affairs Committee.

As well as these meetings, DCMS is organising (either itself or in partnership with a range of other bodies) a number of conferences and events designed to achieve progress in the range of issues being considered by the EU and partner member states.

July; September; October; November; December

July 2005

• 1 July 2005
  Visit by the European Commission
  London
  
  
• 5 July 2005
  (First) Cultural Affairs Committee
  Brussels
  
  
• 6-8 July 2005
  European Cultural Tourism Network conference
  Designed for those involved in the development of cultural tourism products, the conference will focus on how to grow cultural tourism, its management and marketing.
  Cardiff
  
  
• 12 July 2005
  UK Ministers present Presidency programme to European Parliament Education and Culture Committee
  Brussels
  
  
• 13 July 2005
  Ministers present Presidency programme to Women's Interests Committee
  Brussels
  
  
• 15 July 2005
  (First) Audiovisual Committee
  Brussels

September 2005

• 7 September 2005
  Cultural Affairs Committee
  Brussels
  
  
• 15 September 2005
  Audiovisual Committee
  Brussels
  
  
• 15-17 September 2005
  Catalyst conference: incorporating a meeting of EU cultural contact points
  Some 500 delegates from art organisations and administrations around the globe heard speakers including David Lammy (Minister for Culture), Germaine Greer (academic and author), Felicity Goodey CBE DL (journalist, broadcaster and business woman), and Oriol Blaguer (Managing Director, Institute of Culture in Barcelona). Full details of speakers at the Catalyst conference. 
  The speakers generated a great deal of debate, encouraging many useful ideas which in turn were discussed and developed, providing the delegates with much to feed into their own cultural strategies.
  
  
• 19-20 September 2005
  Meeting of EU Sports Ministers
  Ministers will discuss key issues of common interest to EU Sports Ministers. In particular, the meeting is likely to discuss anti-doping action and combating discrimination in sport.
  Liverpool
  
  
• 20-22 September 2005
  Broadcasting conference: "Television Without Frontiers directive"
  Designed for industry representatives, regulators and Government officials (from the EU, EU candidate and EFTA countries), the conference will consider the future of the "Television without Frontiers" directive - the principal piece of EU legislation concerning broadcasting.
  Liverpool
  
  
• 23 September 2005
  Audiovisual Committee
  Brussels
  
  
• 28 September 2005
  Cultural Affairs Committee
  Brussels

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 October 2005

• 5-7 October 2005
  Creative economy conference
  Some 300 delegates from the 25 EU Member States representing key stakeholders from the audiovisual, publishing and music sectors, creators, intermediaries, and consumers, visited London to attend this UK Presidency badged Creative Economy conference, supported by DCMS and DTI. To open, Secretary of State, Tessa Jowell, gave a wide-ranging speech, to an enthusiatic audience. The conference explored the impact of major technological and commercial developments on the creative industries. In the Plenary Sessions and Working Groups, participants explored to what extent the legislative framework needs to change and were provided with an opportunity to deliver policy recommendations to the European Commission. The findings of the conference are wide ranging and available via http://www.creativeeconomyconference.org/ but we are delighted that the Austrian Presidency has made a firm commitment to continue this work and is planning to hold an experts seminar early next year to discuss and take forward recommendations from the Creative Economy Conference wherever possible.
  
  
• 11 October 2005
  Cultural Affairs Committee
  Brussels
  
  
• 13 October 2005
  Audiovisual Committee
  Brussels
  
  
• 13-15 October 2005
  European forum for architecture
  Designed for decision makers in architecture, representatives of museums, research institutes and architects' organisations, the conference focused on how architecture can help define national identities.
  Edinburgh and Glasgow
  
  
• 19 October 2005
  Cultural Affairs Committee
  Brussels
  
  
• 19-21 October 2005
  EU tourism forum
  With delegates from all EU Member States, this annual event gave the European tourism industry and other stakeholders the opportunity to exchange views on key tourism issues.
  Malta
  
  
• 24-26 October 2005
  "Creative clusters" conference
  Designed for people involved in cultural development, this conference will focus on the potential of this sector to stimulate regeneration.
  Belfast

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November 2005

• 7 November 2005
  Audiovisual Committee
  Brussels
  
  
• 14-15 November 2005
  Secretary of State to chair Youth and Culture Council
  Brussels
  
  
• 15 November 2005
  Michael: the catalogue for the European Digital Library
  Launch of the Michael project in the UK, which will provide simple and quick access to the digital collections of museums, libraries and archives from Europe.
  Bristol
  
  
• 16-17 November 2005
  Digitisation of culture conference
  For national experts, this conference will focus on a new action plan for the digitisation of cultural heritage.
  Bristol
  
  
• 28 November 2005
  Mobility of Collections conference
  This gathering of experts and lead officials will consider practical actions and best practice in allowing museum collection to be more mobile, allowing more people to access culture.
  Manchester

 December 2005

• 6 December 2005
  Joint Cultural Affairs Committee and audiovisual working group (final meeting)
  Brussels

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