PROVISIONAL PROGRAMME

8.30am // Registrations and Coffee 

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9.00am - 9.15am // Conference Planning Group Welcome

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9.15am - 9.30am // Profile: Brian Harvey, 70 years of shoemaking 

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9.30 - 11.00am // Practical sessions (in rotation)

// No Nails Hand Lasting // Philip Taylor

// Stitchdown Construction // Yvette Worrall

// Shoe Restoration  // 

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11.00am - 11.30am // Break and Exhibitors

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11.30am - 12.15pm  // Twisted Last Building // Adam Law

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12.15pm - 1.00pm // Drawing Shoes to Meet Clients
Expectations // Bill Bird

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1.00pm - 1.45pm // Lunch and Exhibitors  

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1.45pm - 2.00pm // Profile: Freya Allen // Life after De Montfort

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2.00pm - 2.45pm // Norwegian Welt Construction  // Martin Kistner

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2.45pm - 3.30pm // Choice of Presentations

// Starting and Running a Small Business // Tony Knaggs, Northampton Chamber of Commerce

// Shoe Adaptations // Robert Covaciu

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3.30pm - 4.00m // Break and Exhibitors

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4.00pm - 4.45pm // Experts Panel Q and A Session // TBA

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4.45pm - 5.15pm // Shoemaking Awards Presentation // Deborah Carre and James Ducker

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5.15pm - 5.30pm // Round-up Session

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THE EVENING EVENT

7.00pm - 7.30pm // Reception Drinks 

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7.30pm - 10pm // Buffet Dinner