This years Winter Conference and AGM is being held on the 16th November in Birmingham. We will be hosted by the prestigious Birmingham & Midland Institute – http://bmi.org.uk/ The venue is only a couple of minutes of walk from Birmingham Snow Hill station and easily accessible from anywhere in the city centre.
Registration for the event is now open, costing 10 for Flag Institute members and £15 for non-members. The link for registration is here: http://events.r20.constantcontact.com/register/event?llr=dxtb6snab&oeidk=a07e8070yh6c123deb4
The provisional agenda for the day is as follows:
- 10:00-10:30 – Reception
- 10:30-12:00 – AGM (90 mins)
- 12:00-12:30 – Break
- 12:30-13:00 – ‘Birmingham Heraldry’ Adrian de Redman, Birmingham City Honorary Armorist (30 mins)
- 13:00-14:00 – Lunch
- 14:00-14:30 – ‘Maritime Flags’ Geoff Parsons(30 mins)
- 14:30-15:00 – ‘The Black Country Flag Competition’ Melanie Weatherley, Black Country Living Museum (30 mins)
- 15:00-15:30 – Break
- 15:30-16:00 – ‘FIAV 2013 Review’ Graham Bartram (30mins)
- 16:00-16:15 – ‘FIAV 2017 Discussion’ Geoff Parsons (15 mins)
- 16:00-16:45 – Show & Tell
- 16:45-17:00 – End
The President’s Dinner will be held at 19:30 after the Winter Conference. This year we will be dining in St Paul’s Club – http://www.stpaulsclub.co.uk/ which itself is also only a few minutes walk from the British & Midland Institute. Registration is now open and costs £35. The link for this is here: http://events.r20.constantcontact.com/register/event?oeidk=a07e8d9omwpa45872bc&llr=dxtb6snab
The menu will be:
- Vegetable Soup
- Roast Lamb with Roast Potatoes & Vegetables (or Stuffed Peppers as the vegetarian option)
- Apple Crumble with Custard or Ice cream
- Cheese & Biscuits
- Coffee & Mints
We look forward to seeing you all there.
Excellent news, the Lord Mayor of Birmingham, Cllr Mike Leddy, and the Lady Mayoress will be attending the dinner. 😀
This is great to see following on from the excellent support given to the last International Heraldry Conference hosted by the City of Birmingham and chaired by Robert Noel Esq HM Lancaster Herald of Arms in Ordinary.
It was pleasant to make your acquaintance at St Pauls last night, thank you for an enjoyable evening
It’s great to find an expert who can exiapln things so well