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| Draft program - February 2011 |
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A first draft program to help you make flight and accommodation arrangements – for those arriving early or staying on, find all about our fabulous national institutions on www.visitcanberra.com.au. |
| Friday 13th May 2011 |
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5.30 pm Registration Kings Hall, Old Parliament House Canberra |
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6.00 pm Welcome reception Kings Hall, Old Parliament House Canberra |
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7.15 pm Debate ‘Liberty, Equality and Food: Making the Revolution’. Mediator Alan Saunders
House of Representatives Chamber, Old Parliament House |
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8.45 pm Dégustation dinner at The Ginger Rooms, Old Parliament House*
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($60 per person, drinks extra. Bookings essential: 02 6273 4366. Other arrangements to dine, will soon be posted on the website)
*The first night dinner is a special optional extra.
The other dinners, lunches, teas and the Monday breakfast are included in the registration fee.
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| Saturday 14th May 2011 |
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8.30 am Registration Gastronomers Hall, Old Parliament House |
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9.00 am Session 1: A Good Constitution Presentation of papers in Gastronomers Hall |
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10.15 am Morning Tea By tradition, bring food to share - with recipes and stories |
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10.45 am Session 2: Revolutionaries Presentation of papers in Gastronomers Hall |
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12.00 noon Lunch: Autumnal Chestnut Harvest Roast |
Featuring local Sassafras growers Richard Moxham and Alison Saunders and a chance to meet members of
The Kitchen Cabinet, Canberra’s regional food network
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2.00 pm Session 3: Heritage of Absence Presentation of papers in Gastronomers Hall |
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3.30 pm Afternoon Tea: Chocolatiers Tea Party |
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4.00 pm Free Time |
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7.00 pm Pre-dinner drinks Kings Hall, Old Parliament House
Symposium Banquet Members Dining Room, Old Parliament House |
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| Sunday 15th May 2011 |
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9.30 am Session 4: Federated by Food Presentation of papers in Members Dining Room, OPH |
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11.00 am Federation Morning Tea |
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11.30 am Session 5: Place & Taste Presentation of papers in Members Dining Room, OPH |
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1.00 pm Lunch in Place: Picnic in the Senate Rose Gardens |
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2.00 pm Board buses |
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2.15 pm Bush Tucker Trail at the National Botanic Gardens |
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3.15 pm Board buses: Autumn Afternoon Tea and Mysterious Journey |
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6,00 pm Dinner with the stars |
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9.30 pm Board buses home |
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| Monday 16th May 2011 |
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8.30 -10.30 am Farewell Breakfast: Congee, Kedgeree and Dundee Old Parliament House heritage kitchens |
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| The brand new kitchens at Parliament House, 1927. National Archives of Australia: A3560, 3535 |
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