The following events by the Eurovision Research Network (ERN) will take place in Düsseldorf, Germany on the 12th, 13th and 14th of May 2011, to coincide with this year’s Eurovision Song Contest. 
* Thursday 12 May (9:30am – 2:00pm)
Annual ERN Symposium – ESC as TV
at Fachhochschule Düsseldorf, University of Applied Sciences
This event is free and open to the public.
* Friday 13 May (11:30am – 1:00pm)
‘New’ Europe Panel Discussion
– Euroclub, Ratinger Straße 25
Panel discussion on Eurovision and the ‘New’ Europe with Ramaz Bluashvili (lead producer, Georgian Public Broadcasting); Caroline Downey Desmond (producer, Ireland); Szymon Stellmaszyk (journalist, Poland); Dr. Irving Wolther (academic, Germany); and Edmondo Anselmi (Head of Press, San Marino). Dr Karen Fricker, chair.
This event is free and open to the public.
* Saturday 14 May (9:00am – 12:30pm)
Feeling European: The Eurovision Song Contest and the European Public Sphere
ESC & the ‘New’ Europe (AHRC Workshop) at Fachhochschule Düsseldorf, University of Applied Sciences
If you are interested in attending this workshop, please contact karen.fricker@rhul.ac.uk (karen NULL.fricker null@null rhul NULL.ac NULL.uk)
Please click on the respective links above for further details on each of these ERN activities.