Conference Schedule & some helpful info

LMDA Annual Conference 2010

June 28 – July 1, 2010

The Banff Centre

Banff, Alberta, Canada

Conference description:

Over the course of Tuesday, Wednesday and Thursday, the conference will have a beginning middle and an end. It has been designed to get you talking and engaging with your fellow delegates through a series of interactive activities. The conference is participant driven in content but the format is designed and facilitated.

All you need to bring is the passions, experiences and questions that are driving your work along with a desire to connect with other delegates. Oh, and your curiosity and an open mind. In short, the “how” of this unique conference format will be facilitated but the “what” is up to all of us!

For long time conference goers this conference experience may remind some of the retreat style conference of Puget Sound with the opportunities to immerse yourself in the environment where we are gathered that so many of us appreciate in an LMDA conference. But with a new twist on the way we engage with each other.

Whether you have been to an LMDA conference before or this is your very first time, you will leave the 25^th Anniversary LMDA Conference in Banff with exciting new connections to your peers.

Conference Schedule Notes:

The times for the sessions may be subject to small changes. Any schedule changes will be announced at the conference and posted on the bulletin board in our space at the Donald Cameron Hall Banquet Room.

We have also arranged for time within this conference for U Caucus and Early Career Dramaturgs to meet one another. You will hear more about that the morning of June 29.

The conference spaces are all on campus where we will be in residence and eating together so it will be very easy to get around. You will get a campus map when you check in. You will also get an easy reference version of this schedule at registration.

Monday June 28, 2010

Banff Centre Check – in (Professional Development Centre)

Check in time at The Banff Centre is at 4:00 p.m. The check in desk at The Banff Centre is open 24 hours a day. So no matter when you arrive you will be able to check in.

3:00 – 6:00 p.m. Conference Registration (Professional Development Centre)

After you have checked in (or if you have already checked in) please visit our lovely welcome wagon table located next to the Check-in Desk between 3:00 and 6:00 p.m. to pick up your nametag and everything you’ll need for the conference! If you miss this registration window, don’t worry; nametags and information will be available at the welcome reception and the next morning.

4:30 – 6:00 p.m. LMDA Board and Executive Meeting (Three Ravens Wine Bar)

5:30 – 7:30 p.m. Dinner (Vistas Dining Room)

7:30 – 9:30 p.m. Welcome Reception (Max Bell Building Lobbies)

A welcome celebration to introduce conference delegates to Banff, the Bow Valley and each other! Featuring a few short words of welcome, live music and lots of time to mingle, this is an opportunity to meet and greet your fellow delegates and raise a glass to our silver anniversary conference and the beautiful surroundings.

Tuesday June 29, 2010

7:30 – 8:45 a.m. Breakfast (Vistas Dining Room or Gooseberry Deli)

9:00 a.m. – 12:30 p.m. Conference Time! (Donald Cameron Hall Banquet Room)

Please arrive at 8:45 a.m. We will begin promptly at 9:00 a.m. and it is important to have everyone there. This first session will lay out how the next two days will work.

Join your fellow delegates and facilitator Misha Glouberman as we meet one another, set out the course of our conference together and get started!

There will be breaks throughout the day and the Banquet Room will serve as our club house (of sorts) with conference merchandise for sale, Playwrights Canada Press books for sale and a table for you to put out any materials you’d like to share with the group. This will also be the home of the LMDA Oral History Project! We will be video recording memories from long-term and new members for our archives.

12:30 – 1:30 p.m. Lunch (Vistas Dining Room, Gooseberry Deli or Kiln Café and Coffeehouse)

Early Career Dramaturgs will have tables set aside for them on June 29 at Vistas Dining Room to have lunch together.

1:30 – 5:00 p.m. Conference continues (Donald Cameron Hall Banquet Room and various rooms in Max Bell Building)

There will be breaks throughout the afternoon and the Banquet Room will continue to serve as our clubhouse.

5:00 – 6:30 p.m. Wine & Cheese hosted by The Banff Centre (Eric Harvie Theatre)

Our gracious hosts at The Banff Centre invite delegates to join them for a wine and cheese to learn a bit more about the stunning facility and amazing range of programs that they offer artists and leaders from all over the world.

6:30 p.m. – 7:30 p.m. Dinner (Vistas Dining Room)

7:30 p.m. – whenever you want to roll into bed - Enjoy Banff! (various fabulous locations & activities – it’s your choice!)

Wednesday June 30, 2010

7:15 – 9:00 a.m. Morning Walk with Bob White (meet outside of Professional Development Centre)

The walk starts at 7:15 a.m. sharp. Join LMDA Board Member and (occasional) mountaineer Bob White on a relatively low impact walk through the woods. Gorgeous views and a wonderful opportunity to engage in conversation with your fellow delegates.

7:30 – 9:15 a.m. Breakfast (Vistas Dining Room or Gooseberry Deli)

9:30 a.m. – 12:30 p.m. Conference continues (Donald Cameron Hall Banquet Room and various rooms in Max Bell Building)

Please be on time as we will begin promptly at 9:30 a.m. It is important to have everyone together at the start of the day. We check in with one another as a group and set goals for the final leg of our conference together before beginning the day’s sessions. There will be breaks throughout the day and the Banquet Room will continue to serve as our club house.

12:30 – 1:30 p.m. Regional Lunch (Vistas Dining Room)

Join folks from your region at a table in Vistas Dining Room and share a meal with delegates from your part of the world.

1:30 – 3:30 p.m. Conference continues and concludes (for now) (Donald Cameron Hall Banquet Room and various rooms in Max Bell Building)

After two days of engaging with each other, we come together as a group once more.

3:45 – 5:30 p.m. LMDA AGM (Max Bell Auditorium)

LMDA Board and Executive report to and engage with members about LMDA programs and activities at the all-important general business meeting.

5:30 – 7:30 p.m. Free Time!

Take a walk! Take a nap! Get your banquet frock on! Get someone to help you tie your tie!

7:30 – 10:00 p.m. LMDA 25^th Anniversary Banquet (Donald Cameron Hall Banquet Room)

Cocktails at 7:00 p.m. A beautiful meal, great company and a celebration of 25 years of LMDA! Featuring presentations of the Elliot Hayes Award and the prestigious G. E. Lessing Award—and a few surprises!

Thursday July 1, 2010

7:15 – 9:00 a.m. Morning Walk with Bob White (meet outside of Professional Development Centre)

The walk starts at 7:15 a.m. sharp. Join LMDA Board Member and (occasional) mountaineer Bob White on a relatively low impact walk through the woods. Gorgeous views and a wonderful opportunity to engage in conversation with your fellow delegates.

7:30 – 9:15 a.m. Breakfast (Vistas Dining Room or Gooseberry Deli)

9:30 – 10:30 a.m. Conference wrap-up & looking ahead (Max Bell Building Room 252)

The final session! Join us as we look back at this year’s conference experience and look ahead to next year!

11 a.m. – 1 p.m. LMDA Board and Executive Meeting (Max Bell Room 252)

Happy Canada Day! Safe travels home!