Music Venue Trust - Venues Day 2014

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