2015 BAFTS Annual Conf Event Prog REVISED

British Association for Fair Trade Shops and Suppliers
2015 Annual Conference and AGM - Programme of Events
On Sunday 17 and Monday 18th May 2015 at St Martin’s House Conference Centre,
Leicester
Sunday 17th May 2015
FROM 8.00am Arrivals of Board & importers (staggered) to set up stands.
DISPLAYS
1. IMPORTER TRADE STANDS
Best Years; Enfair; Global Seesaw; Just Trade (UK) Ltd; Karti Market; Little Trove;
Love Zimbabwe; Manumit; Mixy Fandino; Siwok Crafts; Carishea; What Daisy Did
2. OUR MEMBERS – website map feature - come and update your entry
2. BAFTS INFO - our leaflets, our website, our resources, our achievements,
3. POS - Our member Suppliers and Shops leaflets, adverts, photos of shop fronts
etc.
5. World Map with pins to show where our suppliers import from.
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11.00am
Meet, greet & mingle. Supplier stands open. Tea & coffee available
12.00pm
Lunch
12.45 pm
Welcome and opening address Joanna Pollard
1.00pm
Panel Discussion - The Future of Fair Trade Campaigning.
Panel consists of: Jenny Foster (Bristol Fair Trade City); Mark Dawson (Fair Trade Yorkshire) Jo
Osman (Traidcraft) and Jonathan Smith, Head of Campaigns, Fairtrade Foundation.
2.30pm
Break for tea and coffee (30 minutes)
3.00 pm
Panel discussion - Fair Trade Changing Lives - stories from our supplier members
Panel consists of: Laura Frith (Just Trade (UK) Ltd; Martha Musonza Holman (Love Zimbabwe);
Julia Hawthorne (Dalit Candles); Mel Woodcock (Fair To Trade)
4.30 pm
Round up of the day and update for the evening and plan for tomorrow
5.00 pm
Time to visit supplier stalls
6.30 pm
Dinner and Bollywood/bhangra dancing.
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Monday 18th May 2015
9.00 am
Meet greet and mingle with FT teas and coffees
9.20 am
Brief welcome address and plan for the day inc
9.30 am
BAFTS Monitoring Procedures: Strengthening our fair trade credentials - A choice
of workshops to help us decide how to make our member monitoring system more robust
11.00 am
Break for tea and coffee (30 minutes)
11.30 am
How to promote my fair trade business: A choice of workshops, tailored to suit
the different membership types, allowing members to share their experiences and gain new
ideas.
12.30pm
Esther Benjamin Trust -Ian Kerr CEO and Karna Tamang, Chair of EBT in Nepal.
Talking about the recent earthquake and tragic consequences for Nepal.
1.00 pm
Break for lunch. Projection of Norwegian “Sweatshop” videos in Cambodia.
2.00 pm
BAFTS AGM 2015
see AGM agenda paper
3.30 pm
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