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IADT National Film School & Department of Humanities are holding an Irish Television Crime Drama Symposium in Dun Laoghaire. November 27 (6-8 pm) & Friday 28 (9am-5.30pm) 2014

Their goal is to Bring academics, practitioners and policy-makers together in a series of panel presentations, round-table discussions and key-note addresses, this conference provides a forum for an engaged and timely debate from diverse perspectives on television drama in Ireland in the 21st century.
 

Here is the running order:
Thursday Nov. 27th evening 6-8 pm
Round Table discussion– Love/Hate
Speakers: Stuart Carolan (writer/creator - Love/Hate),Suzanne McAuley (producer - Love/Hate),

John Connors  (actor - Love/Hate), Eoghan Harris (Writer) - Chair
 Wine Reception to follow
 
Friday 28th November Registration 9 am           

Atrium Building IADT, Room A019
9.30-11.00      Panel 1TV Drama and Crime Genre – an Irish Context   
James Hickey (Chief Executive, Irish Film Board),Dr. Conn Holohan, Lecturer, NUI Galway,Neasa Hardiman (Director – recent BBC credits include Scott and Bailey), Jane Gogan   (Head of Drama, RTÉ)
 
11.00      Coffee / Tea

11.30-12.30      Key – note address
Dr. Eva Novrup Redvall, University of Copenhagen – Danish Television Drama
 
12.30 – 1.15      LUNCH
      
1.15 – 2.30        Q & A An Bronntanas     
Eoin McNamee (Writer, An Bronntanas &  Ciarán Ó Cofaigh (Producer, An Bronntanas)

2.30- 4.00      Panel 2 Negotiating the Global
 Professor Jonathan Bignell (Reading University), Paul Duane (writer/creator – Amber),James Mavor, (writer, Doors Open),Máire Ní Chonláin, Commissioning Editor, TG 4

4.00 – 4.30     Coffee / Tea      

4.30 – 5.30      Plenary –Rapporteur     Dr. Lindsay Steenberg (Oxford Brookes University)
                   
 
 
All sessions will be held at the Institute of Art, Design and Technology,
Dún Laoghaire, Kill Ave
 
Registration details for full event:
Full rate – €40 / Concession & Student rate - €15 (payable on the day)
Fee includes tea / coffee & light lunch on Friday
Location – Atrium Building - A019
 
Further information or to register please contact:
carol.mackeogh@iadt.ie or diog.oconnell@iadt.ie
 
Parking: Conference attendees should note that car parking is available at IADT on the day of the Conference. Participants should note that parking is not specifically allocated for the Conference and is on a Pay and Display basis.