2022 Annual Meeting & Conference Program

The International Leica Society Annual Meeting & Conference
Dublin, Ireland October 12-15, 2022

All sessions at the Davenport Hotel in Gandon North | Registration and Leica on Loan in Gandon South

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Wednesday, October 12

2:00 -4:00 PM               LHSA Board meeting - Members interested in possible board membership in the future may observe this meeting in person if they register via email with Richard Rejino prior to the meeting (Gandon North)

6:00 – 8:30                 Dinner with others of your choice

8:30 PM                  Informal Get Together at Davenport Hotel Bar

Thursday, October 13

8 AM                           Registration & Leica-on-Loan (Courtesy of Leica Akademie Austria and Leica Store Manchester)

Registration Desk. Try out the newest Leica gear for a day. Cameras and lenses galore. First come, first served.

8 AM                      Breakfast (Hotel)

8:45-9 AM             Introduction Brad Husick, LHSA President

9-9:20 AM              Welcome:  William Fagan, VP and Event Chairman

9:20-10:15 AM        LHSA Business Meeting and Special Announcement!

10.15 -10.30 AM       Coffee/Tea Break

10:30-11:30 AM       Irish Leica User, Eric Luke, 40 years professional photographer and winner of World Press Photo Award Q&A

11:30 AM                Lunch with others of your choice – many places from which to choose!

2 – 2:45 PM            Speaker:  Sarah Lee of the Guardian, Leica Ambassador UK Q&A

2:45 – 3 PM            Coffee /Tea Break

3:00 – 4:30 PM       Speaker: Robin Sinha Leica Akademie UK on M11 and Q2 with tips for users Q&A

6:00– 7.:00 PM       Exhibition Viewing with wine reception and Curator’s Talk and the work of Irish Leica Photographer Tony O’Shea at Photo Museum Ireland - located in Meeting House Square in Temple Bar which has a lot of restaurants and bars for further nourishment and refreshment

Friday, October 14   

8 AM                   Registration & Leica-on-Loan (courtesy of Leica Akademie Austria and Leica Store Manchester) - Registration Desk. Try out the newest Leica gear for 24 hours. Cameras and lenses galore - first come, first served.

7-8 AM:                Breakfast (Hotel)

8:30 AM:               Welcome from William Fagan, Program Chair

9-9:45 AM             Speakers:  Leitz Auction Presentation, forthcoming auction highlights and the story of 0 Series No 105, Oskar Barnack’s camera which recently sold for €14.4 million

9:45 – 10 AM          Coffee /Tea Break

10-10.45 AM            Leica AG and LHSA Heritage and Archives William Fagan and Bill Rosauer

10:45-11 AM            Break

11-11:45 AM                Kiran Karnani and Mike Giannattasio of Leica USA with Brad Husick about new HQ and other developments etc. Q&A

11:45 AM                     Lunch with others of your choice – many places from which to choose!

1:30-2:00 PM          Instructions for Photo Walk with 5 different themes – William Fagan

2:00 - 4:30 PM        Themed Photo walk in 5 possible locations, each with a theme - Prizes will be awarded after the Conference

4:30 PM                       Coffee/Tea Served on return from Photo Walk

5:00-5:30 PM             Short Talk with Q&A by Stefan Daniel Executive Vice President Technology and Operations, Leica Camera AG

Dinner with others of your choice

Saturday October 15

8 AM                          Leica on Loan (courtesy of Leica Akademie Austria and Leica Store Manchester) & Registration - Registration Desk

7:00-8:00 AM            Breakfast

8:15- 8:30 AM            Good Morning from William Fagan, VP and Event Chairman

8:30- 9:45 AM            Leica APO lenses - talk by Peter Karbe, Senior Managing Expert Optics and Platform at Leica AG

9.45-10.00 AM       Coffee/Tea Break

10:00-11:15 AM          Presentation and Q&A with Ana Maria Gosen, winner of LHSA Grant in 2020 and Leica Oskar Barnack Prize in 2021

11:15-12:45 PM Lunch on your own

1:00 PM                   Board the bus at the hotel lobby for a tour of Guinness Brewery

1:30-4:00 PM           Tour of Guinness Brewery

4:00 PM                   Board Bus for Return to Hotel

6 PM – late              Reception (credit only bar) & Banquet (at hotel – must be pre-registered, pre-paid) - including the awarding of the 2022 Photo Grant recipient and another very Special Announcement

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