Posting for Michaela Butter, Nottingham City Museums Conference announcement: THE ART OF REGENERATION, CAN CITIES BE REVITALISED WITHOUT CULTURE? an international conference Nottingham, England, 7th, 8th and 9th March 1996 Session and speaker summary: 1. Cities, culture and regeneration: Urban culture redefined, (David Taylor, English Partnerships UK); Can cities be revitalised without culture? (Charles Landry, Commedia, UK); The Arts Council and urban regeneration (Lord Gowrie, Chairman, Arts Council of Great Britain); 2. The arts and urban regeneration: Themes for a new century - rethinking the relationship between culture and urban planning (Franco Bianchini, CPRU De Montfort University, Leicester UK); Within reach? - The role of the arts in Belfast's regeneration (Tony McCusker, Chief Executive, Making Belfast Work, Northern Ireland); Building successful communities (Bob McNulty, Partners for Livable Communities, Washington DC, USA) 3. The arts and social cohesion: Living the difference - the meaning of social cohesion for East and West (Professor Hermann Glaser, Rostal, Germany); Accomodating neighbours - approaches to cultural inclusiveness in Helsinki (Professor Antii Karisto, University of Helsinki, Finland); Old cultures, new horizons - the contribution of Britain's black arts groups (Usha Prashar, member of the Arts Council, UK - to be confirmed). 4. The arts and community empowerment: Citizenship in the modern city - whose community, whose empowerment? (Geoff Mulgan, Director, Demos, UK); Industrial cultures and the cultural industries - can the arts have an impact on employment markets? (Christine Hamilton, Deputy Director, Scottish Arts Council, UK); The material of change - Aboriginal cultures as a source of empowerment (Katrina Power, Chair, Tandanya, Adelaide, South Australia). 5. Planning for change: By accident or design - can culture be planned (Professor Colin Mercer Griffiths University, Brisbane, Australia); You can get there from here - regeneration and the arts in Kirklees (Phil Wood, Cultural Services, Kirklees Metropolitan Council, UK); Predicting the unpredictable - are there principles of success? (Francois Matarasso, Comedia, UK); Beyond the inner ring road - the Council of Europe "Culture and Neighbourhoods" Project (Eduardo Delgado, Observatory InterArts, Barcelona, Spain); What has it got to do with us anyway? - the role of the arts in a divided nation (Carol Steinberg, Department of the Arts, Culture, Science and Tourism, South Africa); Overall conference fee with all extras but excluding accomodation understood to be stlg285 pounds sterling, but please confirm. Full details and booking CONFERENCE NOTTINGHAM Ltd., Regent House, Clinton Avenue, Nottingham NG5 1AZ, UK voice phone (0)115 985 6545 FAX (0)115 985 6533