This one-day conference will bring together speakers from a wide variety of backgrounds across the cultural field in Ireland to consider key changes that have taken place since 2008 in policies, structures and management practices.

Moderated discussions will:

• examine how well cultural policies, structures and practices have responded to   disruptive change since the economic crash
• query the fitness of both national and local government structures for the effective delivery of cultural services
• identify new forms of practice across the cultural field that have emerged in response to economic, social and technological change.

We aim to provide an opportunity for wide-ranging critical reflection on current cultural policies and management practices, thinking deeply and widely about the links and overlaps between the arts and heritage fields. These various interests might be guided in their discussions by an overarching question: what might a coherent cultural policy look like?

The conference is being organized jointly by the School of Art History and Cultural Policy, UCD and the Department of Humanities and Arts Management, IADT.

For further information (including registration), please contact: Kerry.McCall@iadt.ie or Pat.Cooke@ucd.ie.