As part of the project funded by the European Commission, a closing conference was held in Cardiff on 11 November 2005. The conference also signalled the launch of this website. The conference was held at the
Wales Millennium Centre in Cardiff Bay.
The programme of the conference was as follows:
- 9.30-9.40 Welcome
- 9.40-10.00 Introduction to the Network and the project, Meirion Prys Jones and Bethan Griffiths, Welsh Language Board
- 10.00-10.20 Launch of the website, with Alun Pugh AM, Minister for Culture, Sport and the Welsh Language, Welsh Assembly Government
Coffee
- 10.30-11.00 Working group Language Transmission in the family
- 10.30-10.40 Presentation on the working group by Gregorio Ferreiro
- 10.40-10.50 Presentation on the Study Visit to Wales, Seosamh Mac Donncha
- 10.50-11.00 Questions
- 11.00-11.30 Working Group Marketing
- 11.00-11.10 Presentation on the working group and the Sgleog project by Angela NicIlliosa
- 11.10-11.20 Presentation on the study visit to Helsinki by Anna Jungner-Nordgren
- 11.20-11.30 Questions
Coffee
- 11-45-12.15 Working Group Immersion and Trilingual Education
- 11.45-11.55 Presentation on the working group by Catrin Redknap
- 11.55-12.05 Presentation on the Study Visit to the Basque Country, Alex Riemersma
- 12.05-12.15 Questions
- 12.15-12.45 Working Group Information and Communication Technology
- 12.15-12.30 Presentation on the working group and developments in Wales by Jeremy Evas
- 12.30-12.35 Presentation on the Menus’ database in Catalonia, Monica Perena
- 12.35-12.45 Questions
Lunch
- 14.30-15.00 Bringing the 4 strands together
- 15.00-15.30 The Status of Irish and Regional and Minority Languages in the European Union, with Dr Pádraig B. Ó Laighin
Coffee
- 15.45-16.15 Roundtable discussion