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June 2014 - UK Programs and Activities.

Events

June 16, 2014

Chancellor Neilson and Sir Robert Worcester learning of initiatives for the 800th Anniversary from Prime Minister David Cameron

Giants Picnic At Runnymede - Link

800^th Anniversary Commemoration of the Sealing of the Magna Carta - Stakeholder Engagement and Networking Event Programme - Royal Holloway University of London, Windsor Building, Egham Co-sponsored by Surrey County Council
Tuesday 17^th June 2014

Stakeholders are invited to a guided tour of Runnymede by Daniel Duthie, General Manager from the National Trust. Tours will start and end at Royal Holloway and take place between 10am and noon

10:00am               Magna Carta 800^th Anniversary Committee Monthly Meeting

12:00pm               Registration opens

12:45pm               Lunch, with opportunity to see presentations by Charter Towns

1:30pm Welcome to Royal Holloway Professor Katie Normington, Vice-Principal and Dean for Arts and Social Sciences Link To Video

1:30pm Welcome to Royal Holloway Professor Nigel Sauls Link To Video

                            1:40pm Opening of stakeholder meeting and overview of the plans: one year to go and announcement of first tranche of MC800 grants Sir Robert Worcester, Chairman, 800^th Committee Link To Video

2:00pm Annpouncement of Next Round Of Grants Sir Robert Worcester, Chairman, 800^th Committee Link To Video

                   2:15pm Surrey/Runnymede Partnership Masterplan and Legacy, and plans for 15 June 2015 Olivia Nelson, NT, and Geri Silverstone, SCC/NT Project Manager Link To Video

2:45pm British Library plans for 2015 Claire Breay, Curator, Magna Carta 800^th Exhibition, British Library Link To Video

3:10pm 2015 Anniversaries, Parliament in the Making Caterina Loriggio, 2015 Anniversaries Senior Parliamentary Campaign Manager Link To Video

2:30pm The Great Charter Project Quilt launch Gigi Langlois-Pearson Link To Video

Closing Remarks Link To Video

3:45pm                 Tea

4:00pm                 Breakout groups
A: 800^th Committee website and Social Media
B: Tourism trails and the Battlefields
C: Runnymede and Windsor plans
D: A new Magna Carta or not? Link To Video
E: The legacy of Magna Carta

5:10pm Plenary session for feedback from groups Link To Video

5:30pm Closing remarks Sir Robert Worcester, Chairman, 800^th Committee

6:15pm RHUL Annual Magna Carta Lecture Professor Linda Colley

Response To Lecture Link To Video

7:15pm Reception, with Magna Carta ale, courtesy of Windsor and Eton Brewery

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