1. Big events and celebrations
Group meeting onThursday 17th of September 2015 in Sarpsborg
Agenda for Group 1 Big events and celebrations
Kl. 9.00-12.00
9.00 Brief welcome by Siri
9.10 Group-welcome, introduction and practical orientation of today’s agenda by Trine
9.20 SarPSborg 1000 year anniversary by Siri, organization, working-groups, youth-involvement, no cash, and modelling
9.45 “No Cash” by Svein A. Halvorsen, Head of the Millennium celebrations, isarpsborg
10.00 Short coffebreak
10.15 Organization of Struers 100 year anniversary, anniversaries in general and the connection to Aarhus 2017 cultural capital in 2017 by Trine
11:00 Sponsorships in public offices and municipalities for big events and celebrations. Concrete examples, contracts and handling by Södertälje by Eduardo.
11.45 Summary of the morning program by Trine
12.00-13.30 Lunch and tour of Sarpsborg Scene
Kl. 13.30-16.00
13.30 Brief introduction to the afternoon program by Trine
13.45 Shared historical roots are a natural focal point for large scale events. Viking history and culture offers a highly recognizable and attractive setting for such events. A large scale event or celebration could benefit from marketing efforts targeted at twin towns.
The group should discuss how to work this task out, how, where, what, whom and how often.
- Supply the respective twin town with printed material, such as brochures?
- Digital promotion?
- Twin town card, a discount voucher of sorts?
- Other ideas?
15.15. Short coffee break
15.30 Debating today’s program and topics good/bad, useful, and the group’s future organization and meeting frequency.
16.00 End of meeting