Celtic Connections - Virtual Journey Home

I am sure that many of you, like me, will be disappointed that the Celtic Connections conference scheduled to take place July 31st and August 1st of this year in Illinois had to be cancelled because of the current coronavirus pandemic (I was really looking forward to my first return to Illinois in 20 years!) - however, all is not lost!

The team have provided info about an online virtual conference to replace the attendance based event, with plenty still to get your teeth stuck into. Here's the description from the site's page at http://www.celtic-connections.org

VIRTUAL JOURNEY HOME

For health and safety reasons we have cancelled the fourth biennial Celtic Connections Conference. The cancellation presents a detour in our “Journey Home.”

However we know that you want to further your education, so we are investigating ways to provide this conference electronically. If our investigations are successful, our journey home will become a virtual experience.

What will this new reality look like? At a minimum, there will be:

• On-demand presentations: Pre-recorded talks by many of the CCC ’20 presenters will be available to view online between July 31 and August 31.
• Live chats: During this time period there will be moderated chats for presenters and participants to exchange information around various tracks or topics.
• Electronic syllabus: We will provide an online version of the conference syllabus.

As you continue to practice social distancing, watch our Celtic Connections Conference website for updates on the virtual “Journey Home." Please direct your questions to conference@irishgenealogical.org.

COMMENT: I'll hopefully be contributing some sessions, and very much looking forward to seeing this develop.

More news soon...!

Chris

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