ISPA Academy

Students of the arts and young practitioners can benefit from experienced professionals from our membership who will present sessions covering a variety of topics at the Barbican on 10 and 11 December - see full Academy syllabus. Registration is FREE to ISPA members, and University of the City students, and GBP20 per day for anybody else. The registration deadline was November 21. For more information email Tony Field.

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ISPA CONFERENCE 2003 ACADEMY
PROGRAMME SCHEDULE (updated 2 December 2003)
The Board Room, Level 3, Barbican Arts Centre

Wednesday 10th December

10 a.m.
Introduction: Anthony Field

10.30 a.m.
Audiences:
Willem Brans: C.E.O., Artec Consultants, New York, USA
Wallace Chappell: Director of American Ballet Theatre, New York, USA
John Causebrook: Theatre consultant, London, UK
Case studies on seat prices, subscription series, promotion and marketing, the media, education and audience development.

12.30 p.m.
Lunch break

2.00 p.m.
Finance:
Charles Cutts: President of Massey & Roy Thomson Halls, Toronto, Canada
Anthony Field, Vice-Chairman, Theatre Projects Consultants, London, UK
Case studies on budgets, cash flows, budgetary control, profits and losses, balance sheets.

4.00 p.m.
Buildings of the Future
David Staples, Managing Director, Theatre Projects Consultants, London, UK
Refurbishments; relationship of stage to audiences; consultants and architects.

5.30 p.m.
Panel discussion on today’s topics
Alexandra Jupin: Arts Consultant, Sarasota, Florida, USA

6.00 p.m.
End

Thursday 11th December

10.00 a.m.
Introduction: Peter Stark

10.15 a.m.
Legal Problems for Arts Organisations
Neil Adleman: Harbottle & Lewis, London, UK
Company constitutions, international copyright, relationships between Boards and Chief Executives.

11.15 a.m.
Performers and Acoustics
Larry Kirkegaard: President, Kirkegaard & Associates, USA

12.30 p.m.
Lunch break

2.00 p.m.
Creativity and Commissioning
Ottie Lockey: Director, Ottie Lockey Management, Toronto, Canada
Tony Rees: Writer/composer, Australia
Wallace Chappell: Director, American Ballet Theatre, New York, USA
Case studies of commissioning new work, playwrights and composers in residence, relationship of Boards and artistic Directors, new producers.

4.00 p.m.
General panel discussion with all speakers (subject to availability)
Questions and Answers
Conclusions

6.00 p.m.
End