Blaenavon Iron Works World Heritage Site trip including, Pwll Mawr (Big Pit) trip. 10.30am - 5.00pm. Free entry to Blaenavon iron works (1789 'the best preserved 18th Century ironworks in the world') and the Big Pit including trip 300ft underground into mine workings.

Coach £5, limited to 100 people, 2 trips down the pit, 1 at 1.00, 1 at 2.00, leave Blaenavon 3.15 back at Kidwelly 5.15 - 5.30. Book online  (opens in new window)

Dr Kathryn Roberts of CADW (the trustees of historical monuments in Wales) talk on the history of Kidwelly castle at the castle Free. TBA

Registration - Reception area. 9.00 am onwards.

Smelting - Wayne Potratz, mick maxen, mike blue. Tatara Furnace Dr Tim Young, Pre Industrial Pit Smelter. Jake Keen, Chinese Echeng furnace

Setting up 6th International Conference Open Exhibition, All delegates can bring a piece of work to exhibit at the conference site. Dilys Jackson, Dave Lobdell curating. Sorting room,

Setting up furnaces, main shed. Old Castle Building

Set up Gabriel Akagawas foundry tree site for photos, Blacksmiths shop..

Conference opening - Gwenllian Center, ( off site in Kidwelly Town) keynote speech Charles Hadcock, Food by Gegin Fach y Wlad. Book online  (opens in new window)

Panels. 3 panels running concurrently

1, First Panel (Morlais Engine House) 9.00 - 10.30 Darkness and decoration. Chair Rebecca Harvey 11.00 - 12.30 Mud Fire Metal, Steve Hurst.

2. Second panel. Hot roll mill, 9.00 - 10.30 Collaborative Iron Sculpture. Chair Jenny Hager 11.00 - 12.30- Why Wales?, Dr Peter Wakelin

3rd Panel. Location TBA 9.00 - 10.30 Don't Play With matches! Chair Laura West 11.00 - 12.30 Iron Artists Forum and online guide.. Chairs Julie Chabrin and Andrew Smith.

Suitcase furnace competition. Main pouring building. 10 furnaces built and run in one day. Butch Jack. See details for entry on the website.

Foundry Tree, Blacksmiths shop, Gabriel Akagawas all day.

Finishing of the smelting and results Demos, Jake Keen, ancient Chinese Echeng furnace, from iron ore to cast iron in one process. TBC

Mike Blue, and Mick Maxen forge steel from Wayne Potratz Tatara Furnace

Hector Cole, forging of bloom from Tim Youngs medieval European furnace using a pit hearth forge. TBC

Green sand moulding Matt Sigmon, Welding Demo Thermadyne Industries focusing on cast iron but the procedure for welding dissimilar materials will be explored. 12.30 - 4.00

Tamsie Ringler - 'Transmission' a car becomes a mould becomes a sculpture

Castle opening 7.00 - 9.00.

9.30 onwards suitcase furnace pour TBC. Food stalls on site for the evening.

Panels. 3 panels running concurrently

1, First Panel (Morlais Engine House)
9.00 - 10.30 The Tatara Furnace, Wayne Potraz.
11.00 - 12.30 Casting outside the box. Chair Cynthia Handel

2. Second panel. Hot roll mill,
9.00 - 10.30 Elemental Iron. Chair Durant Tompson
11.00 - 12.30 Iron as surface. Chair Andy Griffiths.

3rd Panel. Location TBA
9.00 - 10.30 A mould made in Heaven. Chair Kate Hobby
11.00 - 12.30 International Exchanges, Academics and Beyond.. Chair Jenny Hager

Foundry Tree, Gabriel Akagawas Blacksmiths shop, all day.

Demos, Hot roll mill. Patination, Dave Lobdell, Enamelling Elizabeth Turell, Polishing, Bob Booth. 1.30 onwards.

Production pour - Old Castle Building The Bullpen Cupola Furnace (Belle), The Bullpen Sculpture Workshop Y Ddraig Goch West Wales School of the Arts 10" Cupola Laura West Yewsuck Butley Mill Kate Hobby, Coral Lambert Geraldine - John Elliot Jono and Debs Furnace.

Opening of the 6th International Conference Open Exhibition, Sorting room. 7.00.

Performances:

Fire tower . Dave Lobdell, (Inside Old Castle Shed) 8.00pm

'The Body Ferric' Cynthia Handel, Allen Peterson, Denise Snaer-Gauder. 'Ferro Chakra' Coral Lambert

Late night outside cold roll room. 10.00 onwards.

Food stalls on site for evening

Panels. 3 panels running concurrently

1. First Panel (Morlais Engine House) 9.00 - 10.30 Digital approaches to Sculptural production. Chair Mary Neubauer 11.00 - 12.30 Digital approaches to Sculptural production. Chair Mary Neubauer

2. Second panel. Hot roll mill, 9.00 - 10.30 Cast Iron and Perceptions. Deborah La Grasse 11.00 - 12.30 Pyromania. Coral Lambert.

3rd Panel. Location TBA 11.00 - 12.30 Rite and Ritual Chair Matt Toole.

Foundry Tree, Gabriel Akagawas Blacksmiths shop, all day.

'The Worlds Smallest Cupola Competition'
Eden Jolly, Ginny Hutchinson, Noah Kirby, Alison Kirby.Old Castle Building.

Both Sides Now . Chair Ken Payne a 'round up' of topics brought up. Morlais Engine House.

The Experimental and the Exotic Cupolas, Old Castle Building.

The Exquisite Cupola Scottish Sculpture Workshop,
Cokeless Cupola Aaron McCaffery Kansas..
Ladle Cupola, Butch Jack, Texas.

Outside furnaces / Demos.

Oil Fired Furnace - Steve Coles, Alfred,

Closing event, speeches, food by Gegin Fach y Wlad .(Off site in center of town) Book online  (opens in new window)

Performance by Matt Toole. 10.00, outside Gwenllian Centre.( Off site in Kidwelly Town)

Music TBA

Keynote speaker TBA/ closing.

Everyone packing up, clearing away. Sleep!