What I really like about this conference is that it's so friendly
there's hundreds of people here, a great
collection of speakers, all talking with
passion about their own individual
subjects. It's just a great atmosphere
I always find that this conference is an object
lesson in how to connect the general
public
and how to explain your subject and your findings in an inspirational way
We love the Archaeology Live! conference because it's such a mix of people
you've got the professionals, the
dedicated amateurs, the students, and the
range of lectures covers everything from
the early Stone Age right through to post-medieval
It's a wonderful occasion as usual looking forward to presenting the awards this evening
which is another highlight of the whole thing
I'm delighted to be here. I wish this well, I also have to say that I enjoy
the presentations - the awards, and here
we see a parade of forerunners quite literally
the best people and projects in British
archaeology over the last year
Thank you very much, it's a real honour and a surprise and I was amazed to be nominated
and I'm really honoured and I would like to thank everybody in my department
who you know works on archaeology as well
This is the second conference I've come
to and I've been really impressed by not
only the organization but how
enthusiastic and positive the speakers are
Hi I'm Toby Jackson and I'm volunteering from the Institute of Archaeology
I thought it seemed like a really great
opportunity to come and see some really top speakers.
I also happens to know a few of the people who are up for awards
so I thought I'd come and cheer on the troops
So far it seems like the turnout has been really fantastic, the lectures have all been really well done
and I feel really lucky to have been invited along
We're here at Current Archaeology Live!, we come here every year because it's a great place
to meet our clients, and a great place to meet lots of new people many of whom become clients
The remarkable knowledge and
enthusiasm and well-illustrated talks
have really sort of buoyed us all up and
you're looking around the room you can
see how enthusiastic people are I've
certainly learnt a lot and it's really
complemented my reading of the Current
Archaeology magazine to see the people
who actually write the articles and
to meet the team who put everything
together as well.
It's been a really uplifting two days
and I shall certainly book to come
again next year so I would encourage
everybody else to do likewise
