Programme - Cumbria 2012 Conference

9.00 Registration
9.30 Welcome - Brendan Jameson, Chair of the Cumbria Steering Group for the 2012 Games / Host - Jonathan Lee, Publishing Director of Furness Newspapers.
9.40 Regional 2012 Update 'Plan Your 2012' - Rob Young, Northwest Coordinator for the 2012 Games/ Sarah Case-Upton, Northwest Inspire Programmer for the 2012 Games. England's Northwest is fully committed to playing a full part in the London 2012 Olympic Games and Paralympic Games... more
10.00 Lakes Alive / Festival 2012 - Julie Tait, Kendal Arts International. Lakes Alive is one of three Annual Legacy Programmes commissioned by the Legacy Trust UK for 'We Play', the Northwest cultural legacy programme for the 2012 Olympic Games and Paralympic Games. The London 2012 Olympic and Paralympic Games are not just about sport and not just about London... more
10.20 Places, People, Play, Olympic Legacy programme - Richard Johnston / Bruce Lawson, Active Cumbria, The Sport & Physical Activity Partnership. Bringing the magic of a home Olympic and Paralympic Games into communities across Cumbria through the London 2012 Mass participation legacy plan... more
10.45 Refreshments
11.00 Torch Relay - Imelda Winters-Lewis, South Lakeland District Council / Margaret Miller, Carlisle City Council. The Olympic flame will stop off twice in Cumbria during the torch relay leading up to the 2012 London Games Carlisle on 20 June and Bowness-on-Windermere on 21 June...more
11.30 Visit England - James Berresford, Chief Executive of VisitEngland. VisitEngland is the recently established official tourism body for England. Its role is to work in partnership with Government and industry to grow the value of the visitor economy at all levels... more
12.00 Q&A Cumbrian Olympic Officials - Contributing to the Games. Jan Lishman - One of five clerks in the Olympic Stadium. Ann & Tim Cradock - Gamesmakers officiating at the Paralympic Games. Alvin Finch GB Boxing Team ringside official. Peter Holme, Judo's Olympic Information Manager during the Olympic and Paralympic Games.
12.30 Lunch
13.00 Kendal Mountain Festival Linking To The Olympic Ideal - Robin Ashcroft. In the run up to, and beyond the 2012 London Olympics Kendal Mountain Festival provides, through its celebration of mountaineering and other outdoor adventure activities and culture, a unique opportunity to inspire a diverse group of people to engage with the Olympic Ideal... more
13.30 Inspirational Mountaineer - Doug Scott CBE Doug is noted for the first ascent of the south-west face of Mount Everest on 24 September 1975. Scott and Dougal Haston were the first Britons to climb Everest during this expedition. In receiving one of mountaineering's highest honours, the Lifetime Achievement Piolet d'Or, his personal style and climbs were described as "visionary"... more
14.00 Q&A Cumbrian Olympic Hopefuls - Contributing to the Games. Anna Nicholson, Paralympic Discuss hopeful. Michael Horley, Team GB Judo Olympic hopeful. Chloe Wilcox, Team GB Waterpolo Olympic hopeful. Emma Goodchild, Athletics/Boccia Paralympic hopeful. Alex Rutlidge, Team GB Waterpolo Olympic hopeful.
14.30 "Cumbria man will start the Fastest man on Earth" London 2012 Olympic and Paralympic Chief Starter - Alan Bell Alan Bell who lives in Carlisle was the starter when 'Lightning Bolt' scorched 100 metres of track in an astonishing 9.58 seconds in 2009 and will say 'on your marks' at the London 2012 Olympic and Paralympic Games after being appointed as chief starter for both events... more
15.00 Thank you - Close