09:00 – Arrival and coffee

09:30 – Session 1: Setting the scene

Chair: Dorothy Newlands of Lauriston, Chair SCA

• Welcome and Introduction – Dorothy Newlands of Lauriston
• HES Strategic Perspective – David Mitchell (HES)
• The NTS Castle Portfolio – Phil Long (CEO NTS)
• State of the Nation’s Castles – Dr Janet Brennan
• Questions

11:10 – Break

11:30 – Session 2: Castle / historic house restoration, re-use and challenges

Chair: Dr John Hunter

• Landmark Trust’s Approach to Castle Restoration and Use – Dr Anna Keay OBE
• Restoring Fairlie Castle – Billy Kirkwood
• Old Knock Castle: Restoration and Use – Bruce DJ Walker
• Climate Change and its Effect on Historic Buildings – Dr Mairi Davies (HES)
• The Materials and Skills Crisis – Graham Briggs and Karyn McGhee (HES)
• Questions

13:10 – Lunch

14:10 – Session 3: Historic buildings and their communities

Chair: Prof Richard Oram

• Challenges in Saving Bannockburn House – Dr Catherine Bradley
• New Life into Old Stones: NTS case studies at Fyvie Castle and Preston Tower – Annie Robertson & Bryan Dickson (NTS)
• Social and Community Benefits of Dumfries House – Satinder Kaur
• Questions

15:10 – Break

15.25 – Session 4: The wider scene

Chair: Prof Ian Baxter

• The Polish Experience – Przemyslaw Nocun
• Learning from the Netherlands – Taco Hermans
• The ’79 and the ’97: Understanding Scottish Castles within a Legislative Framework – Tom Parnell (HES)
• (Re)reading the Record: Historical Research and the Revision of Castleology – Richard Oram
• Questions

16:40 – Summary and conclusions

Dorothy Newlands of Lauriston

16:50 – Close

Onscreen poster presentations at breaks and over lunch:

• Partnering with the Scottish Castles Association
• Understanding Mason’s Marks – Iain Ross Wallace (SMMP)
• Building, Occupying and Using a New Build Tower – Phill Plevey
• Painted Ceilings and Other Decoration – Paul Mowbray
• Understanding Rising Damp – Val Juhasz (Core Conservation)
• Dalhousie Castle Reborn – H Johnston and G Hume

Lunchtime film:

• Brown and Baltersan – James Brown and Monika Deupala