Entrepreneurial Legacies

of the Notting Hill Carnival

Symposium Schedule

Hope you enjoy today!

08:45 – 09:15 Registration

09:15 – 09:30 Welcome

09:30 – 10:15 Key Note

10:15 – 11:15 Short Talks

11:15 – 11:45 Coffee Break

11:45 – 12:30 Panel Discussion

12:30 –13:30 Lunch

13:30 – 14:15 Featured Presentation

14:15 – 15:00 Panel Discussion

15:00 – 15:30 Coffee Break

15:30 – 16:00 Closure

Welcome

Dr. Ruth Adams

Lecturer, Culture Media & Creative Industries

King’s College London

Key Note

“From Margin to Centre: The Case of Innovation

in the Trinidad Carnival Complex”

Dr. Suzanne Burke

Lecturer, Literary, Cultural & Communication Studies

University of the West Indies, St. Augustine

Short Talks

Robin Croft

&

Dr. Nigel Williams

University of Bedfordshire

“Synchronous Travelogue”

Short Talks Prof. Albert Postma

European Tourism Futures Institute

“Scenario Planning”

Wendel Clement

PoisonUK Events Limited

“Survival Strategies for Niche Entertainment Businesses”

11:15-11:45

Coffee Break

“Putting Networks to Work” led by Dr. Ruth Adams

Sue Bagwell

Cities Institute

Robin Croft

University of

Bedfordshire

Bruce Johnson

London Metropolitan

University

Prof. Albert Postma

European Tourism

Futures Institute

Prof. Haroun Shah

Nostalgia Steel Band

Dr. Milan Todorovic

London Metropolitan University

Old Committee Room

12:30-13:30

Lunch

Featured Presentation

Nicole Ferdinand

PhD. Candidate, Culture,

Media and the Creative

Industries

King’s College London

“The Entrepreneurial Legacy of Notting

Hill Masquerade Bands”

“Building on the Legacy – How Do We Get Others on Board?” led by

Dr. Milan Todorovic

Wendel Clement

Poison Events Limited

Dr. Lionel Mccalman

Nostalgia Steel Band

Pax Nindi

UK Centre for

Carnival Arts

Kemi Sobers

Association of British Calypsonians

15:00 -15:30

Coffee Break

Closure

Dr. Ruth Adams

Lecturer, Culture Media

& Creative Industries

King’s College London