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Friday, 9 June
Old Powerhouse / Palia Ilektriki| 08:30 | Registration for Annual Meeting |
| 09:30 - 12:30 | Annual Meeting for EMC Members |
| 12:30 - 14:00 | Registration and lunch |
| 14:00 | Opening of the 7th Forum on Music by Ian Smith, Chairman of EMC, and Kostas Moschos, President of IAMIC |
| 14:15 - 15:00 | Musical welcome by Ramy Essam |
| 15:00 - 16:30 | Opening Discussion: Music as a tool for diplomacy - Paul Dujardin, International Music Council - Kostas Moschos, IAMIC - Ian Smith, EMC - Moderator: Nenad Bogdanovic, Creative Europe Desk Cyprus/ Cyprus Symphony Orchestra Foundation |
| 16:30 - 17:00 | Coffee Break |
| 17:00 - 18:30 | H.O.T.: Session for music networks & projects: The future of music moves Europe - Anna Athanasopoulou, Deputy Head of Unit, DG-EAC, European Commission - Christos Carras, Executive Director, Onassis Cultural Centre - Sonja Greiner, Secretary General, European Choral Association - Europa Cantat - Moderator: Ruth Jakobi |
| 19:00 | Welcome Reception by Pafos2017 |
Saturday, 10 June
Old Powerhouse / Palia Ilektriki| 09:00 | Registration |
| 09:30 - 10:45 | H.O.T.: activities by music export offices and music information centres as means for policy making and development of external relations - Christine Semba, Piranha Arts - Amitava Bhattacharya, banglanatak dot com - Olga Smetanová, Secretary General, International Society for Contemporary Music -Moderator: George Michael Klimis, Panteion University of Social and Political Science |
| 10:45 - 11:15 | Coffee Break |
| 11:15 - 12:30 | Cultural Diplomacy in partnerships between NGOs and governments - Jens Cording, Music in Africa - Kifah Fakhouri, Chair of Euro-Arab Youth Music Center - Rüdiger Klein, Culture Action Europe - Moderator: Dr. Elena Theodoulou-Charalambous, Cyprus Ministry of Culture |
| 12:30 - 13:00 | Jazz concert with bands from Cyprus |
| 13:00 - 14:00 | Networking Lunch offered by the Creative Europe Desk Cyprus |
| 14:00 - 14:30 | Music Rights Award Ceremony Ramy Essam and Paul Dujardin, President of the International Music Council |
| 14:30 - 15:15 | H.O.T.: European Agenda for Music Moderator: Stef Coninx, Flanders Arts Institute |
| 15:15-16:00 | Idea Hub: Project presentations by participants Moderator: Gretchen Amussen, Paris Conservatoire (CNSMD) |
| 16:00 - 17:45 | Market Place - Q&A to project presenters - discussion rounds with EMC/IAMIC Board members on specific topic - presentation of info material in parallel: coffee break |
| 17:45 - 18:00 | Welcome address by Mrs Egly Pantelakis, Permanent Secretary of the Ministry of Education and Culture / President of the Board of the Cyprus Symphony Orchestra Foundation |
| 18:00 - 18:30 | IAMIC Concert |
| 20:30 - 21:45 | Vladimir & Vovka Ashkenazy Concert - only limited number of tickets available! |
Sunday, 11 June
Old Powerhouse / Palia Ilektriki| 09:00 | Registration and coffee |
| 09:30 - 11:00 | Panel discussion: Bridge-building through music: practical examples Part of the Erasmus+ funded project Music and Resilience Support (MARS) - Davide Grosso, International Music Council - Merlijn Poolman, Stichting Nederlandse Muziek Export - Ellada Evangelour Anna Lindh Foundation Cyprus, Rooftop Theatre - Nadia Karayianni, Anna Lindh Foundation Cyprus, NGO Support Center - David Sanders, MC USA - Henrik Melius, Spiritus Mundi With Extracts of film presentation Hayatuna Moderator: Silja Fischer, IMC Secretary General |
| 11:00 - 11:30 | Coffee Break |
| 11:30 - 12:15 | Wrap-Up of the conference - External rapporteur: Emily Akuno - Moderators of the panels |
| 12:15 - 12:30 | Closing of the conference Kostas Moschos, President of IAMIC and Ian Smith, Chairman of EMC |
| 12:30 - 14:00 | Lunch |
| 14:00 - 18:00 | General Assemblies of the International Music Council Anemi Hotel | 14:00 - 18:00 | General Assemblies of the International Association of Music Information Centres Palia Ilektriki |
| Dinner Lengo Tavern |
Monday, 12 June
Anemi Hotel| 08:30 - 15:00 | on-going General Assemblies of the IMC |