In exactly one year, World War I commemoration events will begin.
This year’s PSQG Forum 2013 theme is: ‘Approaching Anniversaries: celebration and commemoration’.
You can book your place now at the 18th annual Public Services Quality Group Forum at London Metropolitan Archives on 6 November 2013.
The day will conclude with an update on recent PSQG activities and a short business meeting.
The cost of the day has been held at £65 per person, including a buffet lunch and refreshments.
THE PROGRAMME:
Approaching Anniversaries: celebration and commemoration
10.00–10.30
Registration and Coffee
10.30-10.45
Welcome and overview of the day
10.45-11.30
Decade of Centenaries, Northern Ireland 1912-22
Speaker: Stephen Scarth, PRONI
11.30-12.30
Parliamentary anniversaries: 1605 to 1918
Speaker: David Prior, Parliamentary Archives
The heart headquarters forgot: Rediscovering the Royal Voluntary Service archive
Speaker: Matthew McMurray, Royal Voluntary Service Archive & Heritage Collection
York800: 1212-2012 – punching above your weight
Speaker: Richard Taylor, City of York Council
12.30-1.00
Exhibition and Commemoration at the Science Museum: some recent case studies
Speaker: Dr Ellie Pridgeon, Science Museum
1.00-2.00 LUNCH
2.00-3.00
Commemorating Conscription, 1916-1918
Speaker: David Langrish and Chris Barnes, The National Archives
Pick an anniversary – any anniversary!
Speaker: Dr Adrian Gregson, Worcestershire Archive and Archaeology Service
The Pity of War: Shropshire Remembers
Speaker: Mary McKenzie, Shropshire Archives
3.00-3.30
Royal Mail’s Great Train Robbery, 1963
Speaker: Adrian Steel and Gavin McGuffie, British Postal Museum & Archive
3.30-4.00
PSQG general update and business meeting
4.00-4.15
Refreshments
For a booking form please contact Meera Parashar or Wendy Hawke at London Metropolitan Archives, 40 Northampton Road, London EC1R 0HB; Email [log in to unmask]; Tel: 020 7332 3820; Fax: 020 7833 9136
For information on getting to London Metropolitan Archives, please see www.cityoflondon.gov.uk/lma.
PSQG is part of the Archives and Records Association (UK and Ireland) and focuses on access and service delivery issues in the archives sector.
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