Jurassic Coast

Annual Seminar March 11th

This year's annual seminar will be an opportunity to celebrate past achievements and explore future plans for the Jurassic Coast World Heritage Site.  It will see the launch of the new File type - pdf Management Plan (5.38 Mb) for the Site, covering the period 2009-2014, and will look back at some of the work done over the last few years as inspiration for how to deliver the new Plan.  It will also be a showcase for a local youth music group from Lyme Regis - B Sharp - who will be performing their fantastic piece "The Big Bang", about the history of time and evolution.

The doors will open at 6pm for a 6.30 start.  A local food buffet and opportunity to meet people and chat will be at 8.30.

Approx schedule is:

6.30 - 6.35

Welcome

Don Gobbett, Chair of the Jurassic Coast Steering Group

6.35 - 6.50

Hot off the press: A brief review of 2009 along the Jurassic Coast

Dr Sam Rose, Team Leader

6.50 - 7.10

Launch of the new Management Plan and Keynote speech

Harry Reeves, OBE, Secretary General of the UK National Commission for UNESCO

7.10 - 7.30

The Big Bang 2

B Sharp youth music group

7.30 - 8.20

Inspired by the Jurassic Coast: Short case studies from:

Darrell Wakelam, Lyme Regis Artist
Pat Farrell, Beer Village Heritage Group
Nikki Greenleaf, Jurassic Coast Trust

8.05 - 8.20

How to get involved

A chance to consider how you can play a part in the future management of the Jurassic Coast…

8.20 - 8.30

Wrap up

8.30

Local food buffet and opportunity to meet people and chat. The bar will also be open.

Venue

Highlands End Holiday Park, Eype, Bripdort, West Dorset. DT6 6AR

Details on how to get there are:

http://www.wdlh.co.uk/Parks/Highlands-End/About-the-Park/Find-Us.aspx

The venue is 15 minutes from the nearest bus stop, but arrangements can be made to collect people from Bridport Bus station of you let us know beforehand.  The venue is fully accessible.

Further information

Any questions please email seminar@jurassiccoast.com or call 01305 224132

File type - pdfDownload the 2010 Annual Seminar invitation (1.36 Mb).