10:00 am Welcome, introduction and opening by Sam Moore and Ellie Land
Session One – Chair Ellie Land
10:30 am 'Walking from Physical to Digital within Deep Waters' by Katerina Athanasopoulou, Plymouth University, UK
10:50 am 'Doozy Deconstructed' by Richard Squires Kingston University, UK
11:10 am Q&A
11:20 am Break
Session Two – Chair Sam Moore
11:30 am 'Capoeira: An exploration of animism and the representation of the spirit through ethnographic animation ' by Mary Martins Royal College of Art, UK
11:50 am 'Cultural roots and nostalgia: Exploring cultural identity and sense of belonging through animation practice ' by Eleonora Asparuhova & Marianne Patera , UK
12:10 pm Q&A
12:20 pm Break
Keynote:
12:30 pm 'Batman’s Theories and Attitudes – ‘Re-Positioning’ Practice as Research', Paul Wells Professor of Animation, Loughborough University
1:00 pm Lunch
Session Three – Chair Ellie Land
2:00 pm 'It's all fun and games' by Stephane Collignon and Thibault Sana Haute Ecole Albert Jacquard, Belgium
2:20 pm 'Astro-animation - A case study of art and science education' Laurence Arcadias and Robin H.D. Corbet Maryland Institute College of Art and University of Maryland, Baltimore USA
2:40 pm Q&A
2:50 pm Break
Session Four – Chair Sam Moore
3:00 pm 'A Problem with Questions: Improvisation and Unforeseen Epistemology in Animation Practice' by Dr Andy Buchanan, Purdue University, Indiana USA
3:20 pm 'Knowledge Production as Process in Arts Practice as Research' by Sally Pearce University of Wolverhampton, UK
3:40 pm Q&A
3:50 pm Break
Keynote
4:00 pm Robin Nelson Professorial Fellow, Royal Central School of Speech and Drama, University of London
4:30 pm Discussion and further Qs
5:00 pm Event end