Venues Day 2014 Timetable

Venues Day 2014 will take place in The Purcell Room, Southbank Centre, London on Tuesday 9 December. Delegate passes are available from http://www.musicglue.com/venues-day/ or if you represent a small independent venue by contacting us at musicvenuetrust@gmail.com

The programme:

12.00 - 13.00: REGISTRATION/BUFFET LUNCH AND NETWORKING SESSION

13.00: INTRODUCTION

Housekeeping, introduction to the day and survey feedback

Music Venue Trust, Independent Venue Week & Southbank Centre

13.30: DROWNED IN SOUND presents MAKING GOOD VENUES GREAT

What makes a good venue into a great venue? What could venues do more of to increase their value to music fans and to musicians? How do we reach new audiences and talk to the industry better?

Sean Adams (Chair) - Drowned in Sound

Horace Trubridge - Musicians' Union

Suzanne Bull MBE - Attitude is Everything

Sybil Bell - MVT/IVW

Mike Weatherley MP - Rock the House

Steve Tilley -Kilimanjaro Live/Sugarmill, Stoke

Guest panelist to be announced

14.30: NOISE vs NUISANCE

What are the factors that can make your music noise a nuisance and how can you manage it? Do we need an Agent of Change principle?

Kerry McCarthy MP (Chair)
Lisa Lavia - Noise Abatement Society
Howard Price - Chartered Institute of Environmental Health 
Dom Frazer - The Boileroom

Niall Forde - Islington Council
Andrew Jarvis (Moderator - Acoustics)
Jeremy Mills (Moderator - Legal compliance)

15.30 - 16.45: NETWORKING AND THE IDEAS MARKETPLACE
Afternoon tea & coffee with a chance to meet other venues, talk to your local MP and ACE representative, and to hear new ideas for venues

16.45: MOVE ON UP - WHAT NEXT?

What have we learned and what can key stakeholders do about it?

Jane Beese (Chair) - Southbank Centre
Geoff Meall - The Agency

Jo Dipple - UK Music

Ben Lane - Arts Council England

Rob Challice -Coda

Mark Davyd -Music Venue Trust

Guest panelist to be announced

17.45: WRAP UP

Closing remarks