Cardiff Bay Vision

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The Conference is a 2-day event, supporting the Volvo Ocean Race Festival, with some “fringe” events in the evening of the 30th.

For 30 May, the theme of The Maritime Heritage Trust event is Vision for Heritage and highlights the challenges and opportunities for industrial maritime and transport heritage and including sessions on help for preservation organisations.

In the evening of 30 May, free public lectures in the Wales Millennium Centre and in The Exchange Hotel will include topics relating to Wales - Year of the Sea and community heritage projects. As part of the programme, Professor Bill Jones from our History Department will discuss The Heritage of Cardiff as an International Port.

The follow-on event organised by Cardiff Harbour Authority on 31 May - The Vision for the Future of Cardiff Bay - provides a chance to hear about the Council’s new vision for the Bay in the context of the story so far and to hear the views of experts from across Europe responding to this vision. 

Speakers from Cardiff University include Professor Wayne Forster, The Scott Brownrigg Professor of Architecture, Welsh School of Architecture on The Importance of Architecture and Public Realm and Professor Bill Jones on Cardiff: The Maritime Heritage of a Global Port.

On both days there will be afternoon visits to Cardiff Bay, Cardiff Docks and the Volvo Ocean Race Village.