Impacts 08 will jointly host the latest in the Arts Research Digest's series of interactive events, 'The Big Question: The Changing Role of Research in Bidding for, and Measuring the Impact of, Large-Scale Cultural Events'.

The event will combine short, stimulating presentations, questions and answers, panel discussions and facilitated discussion groups.

All participants will receive in advance a copy of a literature review of research from the past 10-15 years on the impact of large-scale cultural events, commissioned from the Impacts 08 team.
This is a rare opportunity for just 80 participants with an interest in large-scale events and research to come together to share their experience of commissioning and using research to bid for and evaluate big events, ask questions of others with more (or different) experience, and look at ways in which our use of research in this context is changing.