Programme and Delegate List Historic Towns - Walled Towns Programme for 23rd Annual Symposium & European Walled Towns AGM, Londonderry, Northern Ireland. Wednesday 23rd October 2013 Arrival Day for international delegates and EWT Executive Meeting 18.00-20.00 European Walled Towns Executive Meeting, Board Room, Tower Hotel, Butcher Street, Derry. Chaired by Joseph Spiteri, President, European Walled Towns. [Closed meeting for EWT members only]. 20.00-22.00 Welcome Dinner, Tower Hotel, Butcher Street, Derry. Welcome and opening remarks by Joseph Spiteri, President, European Walled Towns, Eamonn Deane Director, Holywell Trust and Tony Monaghan, Senior Economic Development Officer, Derry City Council. 1 Thursday 24th October 2013 Symposium Day 1: Presentations, Walled City Workshop and Gala Dinner 08.30-09.00 Registration with morning coffee. The Playhouse Theatre, Artillery Street, Derry. Session 1: Regional Approaches to Heritage Management Session Chair – Tony Monaghan, Senior Economic Development Officer, Derry City Council 09.00-09.10 “Welcome” Ald. Gary Middleton, Deputy Mayor, Derry City Council 09.10-09.30 “The Walled City Signature Project as a best practice exemplar” Arlene Foster MLA, Minister for Enterprise, Trade & Investment 9.30-10.00 “Historic Towns, Walled Towns. Heritage as a driver for economic recovery – an Irish perspective”, Michael Starrett CEO of Heritage Council of Ireland 10.00-10. 30 “Innovation Trials for the Management of Key Heritage Sites in Northern Ireland”, Stephen Aston, Director of Innovation Strategies, DOE Northern Ireland Environment Agency 10.30-11.00 Tea and Coffee Break Session 2: Best practice examples 11.00-11.20 "Valletta and Mdina - best practice in the rehabilitation of disused spaces in walled towns", Victor Sladden, Development Services Manager, Malta Environment and Planning Authority 11.20-11.40 “Seeing the wood for the trees: the Norwich experience”. Michael Loveday, Chief Executive, Norwich Heritage Economic & Regeneration Trust (HEART) and Historic Towns Forum Executive Committee Member 11.40-12.00 “Westport: a case-study of how a leading designated Irish Heritage Town changed itself”, Simon Wall, Town Architect, Town of Westport, Co Mayo, Ireland 2 Session 3: Panel Discussion 12.00-12.30 “ The value of heritage networks”, Joseph Spiteri, European Walled Towns; Michael Loveday, Historic Towns Forum; Liam Mannix, Irish Walled Towns Network; David Bruce, Research Fellow, University of West of England, Bristol. 12.30-13.30 Lunch, The Playhouse Theatre, Artillery Street, Derry. Workshop Day 1 Theme: “Derry - Old Town & the New Cultural & Residential Quarters”. Workshop and tour, examining the conservation, management and development of the Walled City in its contemporary setting. Challenge: How should the next phase of regeneration of the Walled City of Derry be designed? In which ways can it complement and support the regeneration of adjacent residential neighbourhoods and the regeneration of the new cultural quarter, being created in a former military base, across the river? Session Chairs: Kevin McGovern, regeneration consultant; John Kelpie, Strategic Director, Derry City Council Facilitators: Adrian Kerr, Curator, Museum of Free Derry; Joe Hider, Apprentice Boys of Derry; Mary Kerrigan, Education Officer, Walled City Partnership; Maybelline Gormley, Archaeologist, DOE NIEA. 13.30-14.00 Workshop Overview – Playhouse Theatre, Artillery Street, Derry. 14.00-16.00 Group Tours: Group 1: A Walled Community -What do the Walls mean for the communities outside them? Group 2: The Walled City - A Place to Play? Group 3: Beyond The Walls - What do the Walls have to offer beyond the city limits? 16.00-16.20 Group Consolidation Time, St Columb’s Park House, Waterside, Derry. 16.20-17.20 Plenary Session, St Columb’s Park House, Waterside, Derry. 17.20 Return to hotels. 3 Gala Dinner, the Guildhall, Derry 19.00-19.30 Drinks reception with his Worship the Mayor of Derry City Council, Cllr Martin Reilly; Reception Corridor, First Floor, Guildhall. 19.30- 19.45 Welcome by Cllr Martin Reilly, Mayor, Derry City Council. Main Hall, Guildhall. 19.45-20.00 Presentation by Philip Geoghegan, Ireland Council Member, Europa Nostra -The Voice of Cultural Heritage in Europe, of the 2013 EU Prize for Cultural Heritage / Europa Nostra Award 2013. Received on behalf of the Irish Walled Towns Network by the Minister for Arts, Heritage and Gaeltacht for Ireland and the Minister for the Environment for Northern Ireland. After Dinner: Keynote speeches on the theme of Historic Towns, Walled Towns: Mark H Durkan, MLA, Minister for the Environment for Northern Ireland Jimmy Deenihan T.D., Minister for Arts, Heritage and Gaeltacht for Ireland 22.00-late Entertainment: traditional music and dancing, provided by Cultúrlann Uí Chanáin Derry’s Irish language arts and cultural centre. 4 Friday 25th October 2013 Symposium Day 2: Presentations, Donegal Workshop, Donegal County Council Reception. 8.30-09.00 Registration with morning coffee, Playhouse Theatre, Artillery Street, Derry Session 2: Thematic Approaches to Heritage Management 09.00-09.15 “Welcome” by Session Chair, Prof. Gabriel Cooney, Chair of NI Historic Monuments Council 9.15- 9.45 “Putting people at the heart of heritage” Carole Souter, Chief Executive, Heritage Lottery Fund 9.45-10.15 “ Delivering heritage learning experiences in Ireland”, Kevin Baird, Chief Executive, & Jennifer McCrea, Learning & Access Manager, Irish Heritage Trust 10.15-10.45. Tea and Coffee Break Session 2: Best practice examples 10.45-11.05 “On the edge of two Empires: the origins of Narva and its fortifications,” Peeter Tambu, Chief Architect, Department of the Architecture and Urban Planning Department, City of Narva, Estonia 11.05-11.25 “Almeida - a case study of the use of historic documents to inform present-day conservation of a Walled Town”, João Campos, Architect and Urbanist, Almeidia, Portugal 11.25-11.45 “The role of digital scanning in conservation of heritage sites”, Anthony Corns, Technical Manager, Discovery Programme, Dublin 11.45-12.05 “If Walls Could Talk: An Innovative Approach to the Conservation and Interpretation of Chester’s Walls and Towers”, Jane Hebblewhite, Senior Archaeologist (Heritage Assets and Community Archaeology), Cheshire West and Chester Council. 5 12.05-12.15 “Summation of Morning 2 Q&A ”, Prof. Gabriel Cooney, Chair of NI Historic Monuments Council 12.15-13.30 Lunch – Playhouse Theatre, Artillery St. 13.30-14.00 Travel by coach to Grianan of Aileach, Burt, County Donegal. 14.00-15.00 Tour of Grianan of Aileach, a ring-fort, once a royal palace of Gaelic Ireland. Led by Colm Murray, Architecture Officer, Heritage Council of Ireland and Declan Moore, Archaeologist. 15.00- 15.45 Travel by coach to St Eunan’s Cathedral, Raphoe, County Donegal Workshop Day 2 Theme: “Raphoe - Small Heritage Town Challenges”, workshop and tour examining the conservation, management and development of a small heritage town. Challenge: County Donegal in the Republic of Ireland is just across the border from Derry. As part of the tour/workshop we will look at Raphoe, a small town situated in the agrarian heartland of east Donegal which has a rich built, cultural and ecclesiastical heritage. The potential of Raphoe’s heritage to contribute to its sense of place, its quality of life and the socio- economic development of the town will be considered. Session Chair: Joe Gallagher, Heritage Officer, Donegal County Council. Facilitators: Colm Murray, Architecture Officer, Heritage Council of Ireland; Manus Deery, Principal Conservation Architect, DOE NIEA; Rónán McConnell, Project Coordinator, Raphoe Heritage Project; Denis Kelly, Senior Executive Planner, Donegal County Council; Dr Liam Campbell, Heritage/Cultural History Social Innovator, Holywell Trust; Caroline Dickson, Conservation Architect, Derry 15.45-16.00 Workshop Overview: What recommendations would you make in order to maximise the benefit of heritage to the regeneration of the town? 16.00-16.45 Working group tours. 6 • Group1: How is the built heritage of a small town conserved and presented in order to reinforce its sense of place and identity? • Group 2: What opportunities exist for the interpretation and presentation of the built, archaeological and cultural heritage of a small historic town? • Group 3: What challenges does the management of the town’s growth present for the built and archaeological heritage and the character of its townscape? 16.45-17.15 Plenary session, St Eunan’s Church Hall, Raphoe. 17.15-17.30 Travel by coach from Raphoe to Lifford, County Donegal. 17.30-19.00 Reception in Old Courthouse, Lifford, hosted by Cllr Ian McGarvey , Mayor of Donegal County Council. 19.00 Return to hotels by coach 20.00-21.00 “A Promise Delivered” An informal visit to St Columb’s Cathedral, London St, Derry to see the results of the recent £3.6m conservation and restoration programme, especially the lighting scheme. Hosted by Very Rev. Dr William Morton, Dean of St Columb’s Cathedral, with some musical entertainment and light refreshments. 7 Saturday 26th October 2013 Symposium Day 3: EWT AGM and Causeway Coast Tour 09.00-10.30 European Walled Towns Annual General Meeting, Bluecoat Room, Verbal Arts Centre, Stable Lane. Chaired by Joseph Spiteri, President, European Walled Towns . Handover of EWT flag from Mayor of Derry to Mayor of Chichester at 10.15am. [Closed meeting for EWT members only] Study tour 10.30-18.30 “The Causeway Coastal Trail”. Travel the Causeway Coast by coach, with stops in Derry, Dunluce, Giant’s Causeway and Carrickfergus Castle. The Causeway is part of the Causeway Coastal Trail, linking the Walled City of Derry in the west with Carrickfergus Castle in the east. Other key heritage sites along the route are Dunluce Castle and the Giant’s Causeway, a UNESCO World Heritage Site Travelling by coach, this study tour will stop at Dunluce, the Causeway and Carrickfergus where facilitators will give short introductions to the opportunities and challenges faced by each site. The overall aim of the study tour will be to examine the relationship between conservation and development on a sub-regional basis.