Time / Area | THURSDAY | FRIDAY | SATURDAY | SUNDAY | MONDAY | |
July 28 | July 29 | July 30 | July 31 | August 1 | ||
9 - 12 | Site Opens | Packing Down | ||||
Demo A | Feature Demonstration | Feature Demonstration | Feature Demonstration | |||
Demo B | Feature Demonstration | Feature Demonstration | Feature Demonstration | |||
Hands On | Guided Workshop | Guided Workshop | (open?) | |||
LUNCH | (12 - 1:30) | Registration Opens | ||||
12:30 - 1:30 | Mealtime Presentation | Mealtime Presentation | Mealtime Presentation | Site Closes | ||
1:30 - 4:30 | Gallery (public & ongoing) | (Cleanup) | ||||
Demo A | Feature Demonstration | Feature Demonstration | Feature Demonstration | |||
Demo B | Feature Demonstration | Feature Demonstration | Feature Demonstration | |||
Hands On | Guided Workshop | Guided Workshop | Forging Competition (public) | |||
DINER | (5 - 6:30) | Welcome BBQ | Auction (public) | |||
7 - 8 | ||||||
Main Hall | Opening Ceremonies | Feature Presentation | Feature Presentation | Closing Ceremonies | ||
Gallery | Feature Presentation | Feature Presentation | ||||
8 - 9 | ||||||
Main Hall | Meet the Demonstrators (panel) | Feature Presentation | Feature Presentation | Closing Ceremonies | ||
Gallery | Feature Presentation | Feature Presentation | Gallery Closes | |||
| (6 - 12) | Open Forge | Open Forge | Open Forge |
(Sorry if this is a bit hard to read - Blogger does not import tables very easily!)
The Organizing Team is intending on setting up the CANIRON site to provide for the following:
DEMONSTRATION AREAS - There will be two main areas equipped for your featured demonstrators. You can see that this means two choices for any given session - with sessions planned for both morning and afternoons on Friday / Saturday / Sunday.
HANDS ON AREA - There will be a third work area, equipped with between 6 - 8 forge work stations.
1) In the mornings (Fri/Sat/Sun) these stations will be available for self directed work by any participants. Over the mornings, a volunteer with some teaching experience will be on hand to supervise and assist.
2) In the afternoons (Friday / Saturday only) one of the featured demonstrators will conduct a specific hands on workshop session. Individuals wanting to participate will need to sign up in advance, and available slots will be limited. Of course others will be free to observe those sessions.
3) In the evenings (Thurs/Fri/Sat) The work stations will be available for pick up work, inspiration, or just plain messing around. There will be no teaching supervision provided in the evenings.
LUNCH TIME LECTURES - In the later half of the lunch period, speakers drawn from a wider pool will be presenting shorter sessions on an expanded set of topics inside the gallery space. We expect to be able to provide 35 - 50 spaces of seating, so come feed your mind as well as your body. (Friday / Saturday / Sunday)
EVENING PRESENTATIONS - We have broken the evenings down for two individual sessions, to take place in the main dining hall and also in the smaller space inside the gallery. Each session is for an hour, and is certain to include formal presentations by your featured demonstrators.
FORGING COMPETITION - Love it or hate it, forging competitions done on the spot between teams of participants are always a big part of any gathering of Blacksmiths! Our hope is to allow the general public to be able to observe the goings on 'from behind the ropes'. This event will take place in the Hands On area on Sunday afternoon.
AUCTION - In keeping with our mission to inform and involve the public in selected aspects of CANIRON, we are hoping to open up participation in the fund raising auction to those with fatter wallets! The Auction is scheduled for Sunday late afternoon.
GALLERY - The best way to inform the public to what we REALLY do is to allow them access to the Gallery. Bring your best and most inspiring work, make sure you include a stack of business cards. The layout of the site at the Fergus Sportsplex is ideal in terms of both layout and large size. Security and close supervision will be provided for all the work.
Modified 11/24 :
Corrected calender dates (!)
Added second evening presentation space
Corrected calender dates (!)
Added second evening presentation space
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Having attended a lot of business conferences in my day, one possible suggestion would be to have themed tracks. So you might divide the presentations into perhaps three categories, A, B & C. Maybe A is Beginner, B is Intermediate, C is Advanced. Or maybe A is Knives, B is Machinery Use and C is Decorative Embellishments. Anyway, just a thought.
ReplyDeleteDavid:
ReplyDeleteA lot of larger conferences (with more demonstration stations) use this same concept you suggest.
Right now we are working up our list of potential demonstrators, which as you might guess, will have a big influence on a possible structure. We have decided to stress COMMUNICATIONS ability as the first requirement for any of our demonstrators. A second characteristic is DESIGN ABILITY. A third wrinkle has surfaced, which is HUMAN POWER. There is only 110 volt electric available, so all heavy work needs to be undertaken using good old fashioned strikers.
With only two demonstration stations planned, its not likely CanIRON will need to break down into specific theme tracks.
We are of course selecting demonstrators who will illustrate contemporary, traditional, bladesmithing, ... all the stuff we know will interest our participants. Stay tuned, as we should be releasing our potential demonstrator's list in a day or two!
Make sense.
ReplyDeleteLet me know if you need volunteers for setup/teardown, I'll have to confirm my availability for that weekend, but I'd be willing to lend a hand.
Oh, or help as assistant/striker.
ReplyDeleteDavid
ReplyDelete(or anyone else reading this who wants to lend a hand!)
Right now we are keeping the core organization team pretty tight. This primarily to centralize decisions and keep communications tight.
Obviously, as we get closer to CanIRON, we will be looking for people to assume specific tasks and also need a lot of general help.
If you want to help with CanIRON, and if you have a specific role that you are most interested in, can you send me an e-mail (caniron@warehamforge.ca) ??