Best in Fest ICON, a conference aimed at festival and event organisers, is taking place in the Aviva Stadium on 27 April 2017. The event has been organised by Shell Holden and Sinead McNamara, who stage the annual Laya Healthcare City Spectacular in Dublin.
McNamara said that Best in Fest ICON will be a first time ever gathering in Ireland of iconic founders and organisers from the global festival and events community.
Best in Fest ICON will be moderated by RTE presenter Dave Fanning and the six speaker line-up includes Michael Eavis, founder of the Glastonbury Festival; Shona McCarthy, CEO of Edinburgh Fringe Festival; and Ian Renton (pictured) of The Festival Cheltenham.
Topics covered will include event heritage, programming and development, PR marketing and sponsorship, social impact and economic impact, event organisational structures and specific case studies of what has and has not worked for the organisers.
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