After the Event focused on events from global to local; from mega to mini; from cultural to sports. It asked: How do we make them ‘open’? How do we make them work for us? What do we mean by legacy?
2008 is the year of the Beijing Olympics, Euro 2008 and Liverpool’s City of Culture. It’s the year the Olympiad hands over to London ahead of 2012. Each will claim to deliver an event that everyone can join in. Each will claim a ‘legacy’. But there are also a myriad of local, smaller events. Cultural community celebrations. Sports festivals. Youth activities. Away from the cameras, how do we organise these to ensure access, benefits and impacts?
The podcast features the opening address from Andrew Ramsey and an excerpt from one of the conference’s lively panel discussions. The panel members were Beatriz Garcia (Liverpool University), Dave Moutrey (Cornerhouse, Manchester) and Josephine Burns (BOP Consulting), and was chaired by Tom Fleming (TF Consulting).