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The Fairmont Empress
721 Government Street, Victoria, BC
Reservations: 250-384-8111
DAY ONE:
Wednesday
November 19, 2008
Registration Desk:
8:30am - 7:30pm
Palm Court, Fairmont Empress
TRADE SHOW OPENING
9:00am - 7:30pm
Crystal Ballroom, Fairmont Empress
PRE-CONFERENCE
WORKSHOPS
9:30am - 4:30pm
Newcombe Convention Centre,
Royal BC Museum
PC-1 The Five Marketing Essentials to Successfully Promoting Your Museum's Authentic Brand (Full day)
12:30 - 4:30pm
Balmoral, Buckingham & Kensington
Rooms @ The Fairmont Empress
PC- 2 Building Bridges--Working with the Tourism Industry
PC- 3 Interpretive Planning
& Exhibit Design
PC- 4 History Through the
Art of Storytelling
OPENING RECEPTION
& TRADE SHOW
5:30 – 7:30pm
Fairmont Empress Tearoom,
Palm Court & Crystal Ballroom
FREE TIME!
(Visit any of the many Inner Harbour &
downtown Victoria public houses & restaurants).
DAY TWO:
Thursday
November 20, 2008
Registration Desk:
8:30am - 5:00pm
Palm Court, Fairmont Empress
TRADE SHOW
9:00am - 5:30pm (Closing)
Palm Court, Crystal Ballroom
OPENING CEREMONIES:
9:00 - 9:30am
Crystal Ballroom, Fairmont Empress
9:30 - 10:00am
KEYNOTE ADDRESS:
"The Art of Humour
in Storytelling"
Special Guest Speaker:
Arthur Black
REFRESHMENT BREAK
with TRADE SHOW EXHIBITORS
10:00 - 10:30am
Palm Court & Crystal Ballroom
The Fairmont Empress
Plenary A:
"Changing Trends: Challenges & Opportunities for Cultural & Heritage Travel in BC"
Special Guest Speaker:
Berkeley Young
10:30am - 12:00noon
Crystal Ballroom, Fairmont Empress
MINISTER'S LUNCHEON
Special Guest Speaker:
The Honourable Bill Bennett, Minister,
Tourism, Culture and the Arts
12:00 - 1:30pm
The Fairmont Empress
Series A:
CONCURRENT SESSIONS
1:30 - 3:00pm
Balmoral, Buckingham & Kensington
Rooms @ The Fairmont Empress;
Newcombe Convention Centre, RBCM;
& St. Ann's Academy
A- 1 Doors Open Richmond
A- 2 Visitor Research to Support
Your "Story"
A- 3 Storytelling in the 21st. Century and Beyond: Preserving Archival Records for the Ages (Part 1)
A- 4 Can't Talk About It: Suppressed Narratives Inherent in Museum Work
A- 5 Telling the Community's Stories: Celebrating BC's 150with New Partners and New Approaches
REFRESHMENT BREAK
with TRADE SHOW EXHIBITORS
3:00 - 3:30pm
Series B:
CONCURRENT SESSIONS
3:30 - 5:00pm
Balmoral, Buckingham & Kensington
Rooms @ The Fairmont Empress;
Newcombe Convention Centre, RBCM;
& St. Ann's Academy
B- 1 Telling Your Story through Social Networking Technologies
B- 2 Interpreting BC Stories:
Case Study of the Royal BC Museum's "Free Spirit" Exhibition's Actors Program & Multicultural Participation
B- 3 Storytelling in the 21st. Century & Beyond: Preserving Archival Records for the Ages (Part 2)
B- 4 Historica Fairs: Collaboration between Museums and Schools
B- 5 N'ha-a-tik:
An Okanagan Perspective
TRADE SHOW
5:00 - 5:30pm (Closing)
EVENING EVENT
BC Reports Reception
5:30 - 7:30pm
Maritime Museum of British Columbia
& "Ghostly Walks" Tours
(beginning in Bastion Square)
7:30 - 9:00pm
FREE TIME!
(Visit any of the many Inner Harbour &
downtown Victoria public houses & restaurants).
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DAY THREE:
Friday
November 21, 2008
Registration Desk:
8:30am - 5:00pm
Upper Lobby South
Fairmont Empress
Series C:
CONCURRENT SESSIONS
9:00 - 10:30am
Balmoral, Buckingham & Kensington
Rooms @ The Fairmont Empress;
Newcombe Convention Centre, RBCM; & St. Ann's Academy
C- 1 Secrets from the RBCM
for the Small Museum--Big Results with a Little Budget (Part 1)
C- 2 Student Case Study Competition, Tourism British Columbia (Part 1)
C- 3 Every Day You Write the Book: Sharing Ideas on Ways to Manage Collection Databases
C- 4 Storytelling at Barkerville
C- 5 Documenting Young Aboriginal Identity's Urban Context
REFRESHMENT BREAK
10:30 - 11:00am
Series D:
CONCURRENT SESSIONS
11:00am - 12:30pm
Balmoral, Buckingham & Kensington
Rooms @ The Fairmont Empress;
Newcombe Convention Centre, RBCM; & St. Ann's Academy
D- 1 Secrets from the RBCM
for the Small Museum--Big Results with a Little Budget (Part 2)
D- 2 Student Case Study Competition, Tourism British Columbia (Part 2)
D- 3 Welcoming Multicultural
Volunteers & Visitors to Your Museum
D- 4 Cultural Marketing Takes Flight --The Golden Raven Experience
D- 5 Storytelling Techniques in Programming
LUNCH
12:30 – 2:00pm
Plenary B:
Strategic Developments in the Sector: Findings from the Stakeholders Workshops for a New Heritage Strategy for BC;
Cultural Tourism Strategy Development; & the Heritage Tourism Alliance
2:00 - 3:30pm
St. Ann's Academy Auditorium
Series E:
CONCURRENT SESSIONS
3:30 - 5:00pm
Balmoral, Buckingham & Kensington
Rooms @ The Fairmont Empress;
Newcombe Convention Centre, RBCM; & St. Ann's Academy
E- 1 Tell Your "Story" through Tourism
E- 2 The People's History Project --Telling Your Own Story
E- 3 Logic Models:
The Business of Storytelling
E- 4 The Museum Insurance Story (Marsh Canada)
E- 5 (Special Session to be Added)
BC Arts Council Grants Programs
- Client Consultations; and
Canadian Heritage Programs
- Program Client Consultations
(Both by pre-arranged appointments
between 9:00am – 5:00pm)
MUSEUMS IN MOTION
& GOLDEN SERVICE AWARDS BANQUET & AUCTION
Reception: 6:00 – 6:30pm;
Banquet, Museums in Motion &
Golden Service Awards
& BCMA Endowment Fund Auction 6:30 – 9:30pm
DAY FOUR:
Saturday
November 22, 2008
ANNUAL GENERAL MEETING
BREAKFAST
8:30 - 10:30am
Kipling's, Fairmont Empress
CONFERENCE 2008 CLOSING
& SELF-GUIDED TOURS
Click-on How to Register at left to register online, (programming in progress);
OR Download the Registration Form (Word format).
Please complete & Fax to the BCMA by 12:00noon, Monday, November 17, 2008.
Delegates may also register in person at the Registration Desk in the Palm Court at the Fairmont Empress as of 8:30am, beginning on Wednesday, November 19, 2008.
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