Schedule - Revised, Detailed, Additions!

Posted - 11/27/10 :

Additions of specific demonstrators and topics / Conference Room programing

Information in italics has not been confirmed

Information in (brackets) should be considered tentative

Feature Demonstration	Feature Lecture	Hands on Workshop	Public Outreach
Secondary Demonstration	Secondary Lecture / Panel		Other Activities

	Time	Area	THURSDAY	FRIDAY	SATURDAY	SUNDAY	MONDAY
			July 28	July 29	July 30	July 31	August 1
MORNING	9 - 12		Site Opens				Packing Down
		Gallery	Work Accepted	Members Only	Members Only	Members Only
		Public Demo	Iron Smelt	Major Project	Major Project	OABA Members
		Demo A		Paul Allan Forging a Flower	Paul Allan Scrollwork for Acanthus Leaf	Jake Powning Bronze Casting
		Demo B		Jesus Hernandez Bloom to Bar	Kelly Smyth	Brian Russell Assembling Gate
		Hands On		Kelly Smyth	Brian Russell Gate Elements	Paul Allan Making Acanthus Leaf
		Conference A		Contributed Video	Contributed video	Contributed Video
	(9 - 10:30 )	Conference B		(members session)	(members session)	(members session)
	(10:30 12 )	Conference B		(members session)	(members session)	(members session)
LUNCH	(12 - 1:30 )		Registration Opens				Site Closes
	12:30 - 1:30	Gallery		Using the INTENET	Business of Blacksmithing	CanIRON 9
	12:45 - 1:30	Caffeteria		Sandra Dunn Design from History	Jesus Hernandez Japanese Bladesmithing	Mike McCarthy 19th C Blacksmiths
AFTERNOON	1:30 - 4:30						Cleanup
		Gallery	Work Accepted	Public Access 'Meet the Artist'	Public Access 'Meet the Artist'	Remove Work
		Public Demo	Iron Smelt	Major Project	Major Project
		Demo A	(currently open)	Brian Russell Gate Elements	Sandra Dunn Joinery Elements	Sandra Dunn Assembling Object
		Demo B	(currently open)	Mark Puigmarti Sculpting Mass 1	Jake Powning Pattern Welding	Mark Puigmarti Sculpting Mass 2
		Hands On	(currently open)	currently open	Mike McCarthy Basic Toolmaking	Forging Competition (public)
		Conference A		Contributed Video	Contributed video	Contributed Video
	(1:30 - 3 )	Conference B	Panel: 'How to CanIRON'	Workshop: Working the Web	currently open	currently open
	(3 - 4:30 )	Conference B	(possibly open)	Panel: 'Women of Steel'	currently open	currently open
DINNER	( 5 - 6:30 )		Opening BBQ		Thank Yous	Official Closing
EVENING	7 - 8	Caffeteria	Meet Demonstrators	Brian Russell Portfolio	Auction (public) 6:30 - 9
	7 - 8	Gallery		(possibly open)
	8 - 9	Caffeteria	Paul Allan Portfolio	Jake Powning Design from Ancients	Auction (public) 6:30 - 9
	8 - 9	Gallery	Mark Puigmarti Portfolio	Kelly Smyth
	(6:30 - 9:30)	Demo A	(possibly open)	Jesus Hernandez Japanese Bladesmithing
	(6:30 - 9:30)	Demo B	(possibly open)	Mike McCarthy Pipe Tomahawk
	( 6 - 10)	Hands On	Open Forge	Open Forge	Open Forge

The Organizing Team is intending on setting up the CANIRON site to provide for the following (additions in bold) :

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) The featured demonstrators will conduct a specific hands on workshop session. Sessions Thursday afternoon, plus both morning & afternoon of Friday / Saturday, plus Sunday morning. 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 'outside the ropes' those sessions.
3) In the evenings (Thurs/Fri/Sat) The SIX work stations will be available for pick up work, inspiration, or just plain messing around. There will be teaching supervision provided in the evenings from 7 - 9 pm only.

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 there. This in addition to presentations in the main dinning hall by our featured demonstrators. 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.

CONFERENCE ROOM SESSIONS - There will be two smaller rooms, equipped with 'board room' style tables. One room will be set up to show video presentations of interest to all. The second room will schedule specialized discussions. Current plans are to create a series of these panel and group discussion sessions, running 90 minutes each, afternoons. Have a topic / group you'd like to gather, even if its just for a place to 'Chew the Fat'? The rooms will also be available on a 'sign up' basis, for members to book for morning sessions.

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 Saturday early evening.

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.

OPENING BBQ SOCIAL - All registared participants are invited to join in for an informal BBQ on a Bun dinner on Thursday - hosted by OABA. (Included with your paid registration.) Come meet the other conference members!

PUBLIC DEMONSTRATIONS - A special area is being set aside, accessable to the general public, to illustrate just what Blacksmithing is all about:
Thursday - A demonstration of bloomery furnace iron smelting by members of the Dark Ages Re-creation Company.
Friday & Saturday - Work on creation of a larger artwork project, undertaken by OABA members under the direction of Dave McCord. Sunday - 'Hammer in' style work by members of OABA�