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Welcome to the website of the Contemporary Issues in Arts Management Conference - hear the future discuss the future!

This year's event is being held at the Liverpool Cathedral Conference Centre from Monday, 23rd March until Friday, 27th March 2009.

The third year BA (Hons) Music, Theatre and Entertainment Management students at the Liverpool Institute for Performing Arts will discuss current topics affecting the arts industry. This year the presentations will debate the following issues amongst others:

  • How Pink is the Pool? The future of Liverpool gay culture after 2008

  • Red Bull: can it give the music industry Wiiiings?’

  • Well if it’s for a good cause...’ the changing relationships between celebrity, charity and the public.

  • The fan-assisted music festival: Engaging with customers in the digital age

  • TV advertising is dead!  Can commercial broadcasters utilise Video on Demand to fund the gap?

  • Worth Its Weight in Gold: The value of major awards within the entertainment industry

  • Green-houses: is theatre the eco-vandal of the arts?

  • Pack your bags, we’re going to download music!

  • The Changing Face of Radio

  • What opportunities exist in Liverpool for arts managers in light of the ECOC year and the recession?

Due to capacity restrictions at Liverpool Cathedral, admission to the conference is by invitation only.

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