Agenda | FIM International Orchestra Conference

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MARCH 7th
Opening speeches	09.30 10.00	• Agnes Jongerius – FNV President • John Smith – FIM President
Keynotes	10.00 10.45	• Michael Schønwandt – Chief Conductor, Radio Kamer Filharmonie • Ivan Tasovac – Managing Director, Belgrade Philharmonic Orchestra • Jan WIllem Loot – Artistic Director, Orchestre National de France
Coffee break
I. Orchestra financing II. Health – Risk prevention – Welfare III. Working relationship – Working conditions
		ITEM	COMMENTS	MODERATOR	SPEAKERS
1	11.15 13.00	Public funding / private funding in the current economic environment	How do orchestras face the crisis? Differences between private/public funded orchestras.	Anders Laursen (DMF, Denmark)	Speakers
Lunch break
2	14.00 15.45	Interdependence of stakeholders within the economy of live music	Interaction between the various sectors involved in the economy of live music	Lottaliina Lehtinen (SML, Finland)	Speakers
Coffee break
3	16.15 18.00	Visionary orchestra management	Orchestras as heritage values – Diversifying resources – Improving cost efficiency	Gerald Mertens (DOV, Germany)	Speakers
MARCH 8th
4	09.00 10.45	Towards efficient risk prevention policies	Adapting the musicians’ working environment in order to limit the exposure to risks (accidents and ailments)	Tania Hardy-Smith (MEAA, Australia)	Speakers
Coffee break
5	11.15 13.00	Towards a recognition of occupational ailments	Musculoskeletal disorders and other occupational ailments: a major threat on the musicians’ career	Reinhard Pirstinger (GDG-KMSfB, Austria)	Speakers
Lunch break
6	14.00 15.45	Support for orchestra musicians	Social, psychological, financial	Dan Gottfried (IMU, Israel)	Speakers
Coffee break
7	16.15 18.00	Employment situations	Employed / freelance musicians: benefits and trade union representation	Horace Trubridge (BMU, UK)	Speakers
MARCH 9th
8	09.00 10.45	Working time	Working hours – Travel time – Resting time – Stand-by time	Beat Santschi (SMV, Switzerland)	Speakers
Coffee break
9	11.15 13.00	Wages – Mobility – Relocation – Unfair competition	Job opportunities in a shrinking market – Lifelong learning	Ray Hair (AFM, USA)	Speakers
	13.00 13.30	Adoption of a final declaration