"A Wealth of Ideas: The Value of the Humanities in Modern Society" Wednesday, 15th March 2006

12.15	Registration
12.30	Buffet lunch and welcome from Baroness O'Neill, President of the British Academy
13.30	Welcome and introduction
	Professor Vicki Bruce, FBA, Vice Principal of the University of Edinburgh and Head of the College of Humanities and Social Science
13.45	The Report: "That full complement of riches": the contributions of the arts, humanities and social sciences to the nation’s wealth
	Professor Paul Langford, FBA, Rector, Lincoln College, Oxford; Chairman of the British Academy Review Committee
	Panel Sessions, chaired by Professor Susan Manning, Director of the Institute for Advanced Studies in the Humanities
14.00	The creative arts: their contribution to contemporary society
	Dame Janet Ritterman, formerly Director, Royal College of Music, London and Stuart MacRae, Composer; Edinburgh Festival Creative Fellow at the Institute for Advanced Studies in the Humanities
14.30	Intellectual property
	Professor Hector MacQueen, Director, The AHRC Centre for Studies in Intellectual Property and Technology Law at the University of Edinburgh and Professor Simon Frith, Tovey Professor of Music, University of Edinburgh
15.00	History and the environment
	Dr Fiona Watson, former Director, AHRC Research Centre for Environmental History, University of Stirling and Dr John Clark, Co-Director, AHRC Research Centre for Environmental History, University of St Andrews
15.30	Tea in the Talbot Rice Gallery
16.00	Journalism and the arts
	Magnus Linklater, formerly Editor of The Scotsman and Chairman of the Scottish Arts Council and James Boyle, Edinburgh City of Literature and former Chair, Scottish Cultural Commission
16.30	Round table/general discussion (click on link for edited transcript)
18.00	Drinks reception in the Talbot Rice Gallery
19.00	Close