Music at the reception will be provided by DJ Readybreak. Readybreak is a member of ‘Sonny J’, whose debut album will be released on EMI records in June. Sonny J rehearsed for their recent UK tour with Groove Armada and worked on their album material at Creekside Studios in Deptford, one mile away from Greenwich University in the heart of an area of London that has been acclaimed for its approach to placing creativity and culture at the heart of its regeneration strategy. DJ Readybreak has spent the last ten years playing a rare mix of funk, hip-hop, soul, reggae and breaks across the UK and has performed recently at the Glastonbury and Loaded festivals, as well as on BBC radio.
During the reception, delegates will also have the opportunity to watch a screening of recent Japanese video art that accompanies the To-Lo exhibition in the Stephen Lawrence Gallery.
And, to cap it all off, the weather forecast is for sunshine and 23 degree temperatures. See you at the conference!
You can view the press release for the conference by clicking here.
“The long term benefits of the London 2012 Olympics will be debated at the first in a new series of conferences at the University of Greenwich.
‘The Olympic Legacy – People, Place, Enterprise’ will be held on Thursday, May 8 and Friday, May 9 at the university’s Thames-side campus at Greenwich. The site has been designated as part of one of the official Olympic zones for the 2012 Games, where the Modern Pentathlon and equestrian events will be staged…..”
The Games
Produced by Hilary Powell, Optimistic Productions
The Games is a 15 minute film made in February 2007 involved staging a surreal alternative Olympic Games amid the sites (from junkyards and allotments to Clays Lane estate) now demolished and enclosed by the blue hoardings. Originally commissioned by URBIS it has screened widely and is now in the BFI National Archives. It highlights the diverse sites and communities of this contested urban space in a thought provoking and humorous way drawing on the history of the Olympic movement and most particularly the DIY approach and aesthetic of the 1948 London Olympics.
On the evening of the 8th May all delegates are invited to intend an outdoor reception, to be held at the Queen Anne Court, which was designed by Sir Christopher Wren and backs onto the River Thames. The evening will include food, drink and music that will be performed by young people from East London, who live in some of the areas that will be playing host to the 2012 Games. See most recent post for an update to this!
Thursday – ‘Learning from experience’; ‘Olympic tourism’; ‘Education and Skills’
Friday – ‘The Cultural Olympiad’; ‘Regeneration’; ‘Community impacts’
The detailed programme will be announced next week and available for download here and on the conference main page.
Tour East London, the destination marketing organisation for East London, will be hosting a workshop during the conference titled ‘Will there be sustainable benefits to the local visitor economy from 2012?’. This workshop will look at the local economy and examine the likely benefits and problems arising from the tourism associated with the London games.
Dr Kerry Brown, Associate Fellow in the Asia programme at Chatham House (the Royal Institute of International Affairs) and director of Strategic China Ltd. will speak about the impact the 2008 Olympics will make on China’s vision of its international role, and whether this will be positive or negative.
Janet Trench, the Housing Coroporation’s Investment Manager for East London, will be speaking about the plans for a legacy of sustainable housing developments and communities on Friday 9th May. The Housing Corporation is the government agency that funds new affordable homes and regulates housing associations in England.
The Creative Way, the lifelong learning network for the Thames Gateway, will be running an interactive session at the conference which will explore education and skills training routes that will support the Olympics and how these will contribute to the long term development of the experience economy and creative industries in the Thames Gateway region.
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