Image: Gordon Wiltsie

Detailed Schedule

Friday, August 19
5:30 – 8:00 p.m.	Passholders table open (Eric Harvie Lobby)
7:00 p.m.	Exhibition opening — Mountain Peoples of the World — Photos by Gordon Wiltsie (West Lobby, Eric Harvie Theatre)
8:00 p.m.	Summit Opening Night in the Eric Harvie Theatre Welcome — Bernadette McDonald Welcome — First Nations Elders Performances — Joe Starlight, First Nations drumming; Gompo Dhundup and Jamyang Yeshi, Tibetan music and dance Stephen Ferry — Keepers of the World: the story of the indigenous peoples of the Sierra Nevada de Santa Marta, Colombia Reception and book signings in Eric Harvie Theatre lobby
Saturday, August 20
8:30 – 9:00 a.m.	Passholders table open — Max Bell lobby
9:00 – 10:10 a.m.	John Beatty Multimedia presentation: Seabird harvest in the Outer Hebrides (Max Bell Auditorium)
10:10 – 10:40 a.m.	Intermission Coffee, tea and juice available in the Max Bell Fishbowl. Exhibition tour: I Am Rich Potosi: the Mountain that Eats Men — photos by Stephen Ferry (Max Bell Lobby)
10:40 a.m. – noon	John Beatty, Edwin Bernbaum, Bill Semple, Beth Wald Panel discussion: Cultures at Risk — the influences of global change (Max Bell Auditorium)
noon – 1:45 p.m.	Lunch break Buffet lunch available in Main Dining Room until 1:30 p.m.
2:00 – 3:00 p.m.	Jacob Polley, Harry Vandervlist, and Peter Christensen Readings and discussion: Mountain poetry in the Old and New Worlds (Max Bell Auditorium)
3:00 – 3:30 p.m.	Intermission Coffee, tea and juice available in the Max Bell Fishbowl
3:30 – 4:45 p.m.	Joseph Houseal Multimedia presentation: Preserving traditional dance in Bhutan (Max Bell Auditorium)
8:00 p.m.	The Range of Mountains - Evening Presentation Otavalo musicians from Ecuador Edmonton Swiss Men’s Choir Gordon Wiltsie — Nomadic herders of Mongolia Margaret Greenham Theatre
Sunday, August 21
8:30 – 9:00 a.m.	Passholders table open — Margaret Greenham lobby
9:00 – 10:10 a.m.	Frances Klatzel — Multimedia presentation: The Sherpa Culture of Nepal (Margaret Greenham Theatre)
10:10 – 10:40 a.m.	Intermission Coffee, tea and juice available in the lobby
10:40 – noon	James Enote, Trevor Sofield, Allison Halliday, Merskerem Assegued, Frances Klatzel Panel discussion: Cultures at Risk — the success stories (Margaret Greenham Theatre)
noon – 1:45 p.m.	Lunch break Buffet lunch available in Main Dining Room until 1:30 p.m.
2:00 – 3:00 p.m.	Sharyn McCrumb, Jack Hinshelwood, and Elizabeth Laprelle Appalachian music and readings (Margaret Greenham Theatre)
3:00 – 3:30 p.m.	Intermission Coffee, tea and juice available in the lobby
3:30 – 4:45 p.m.	Beth Wald Multimedia presentation: Eternal Afghanistan (Margaret Greenham Theatre)
8:00 p.m.	Mountain Celebration Closing banquet of mountain specialties, with performances from traditional mountain cultures, including Joe Starlight, dancers Shirley Hill and Luke Whiteman, Elizabeth Laprelle, Ecuadorian and Tibetan musicians, and traditional Swiss music by the Ergo Cantamus quartet (Banff Centre Dining Room and outdoors, weather permitting)