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