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Find below a list of papers submitted and presented at academic conferences. Click on the 'invited' section for a list of contributions as invited keynote speaker, session chair and other guest speaking.

2008

Garcia, B. in Round table discussion (2008) 'New Beijing, New Media? Emergent Journalistic Practice at the Olympics', in: 9th International Symposium on Olympic Research, International Centre for Olympic Studies, University of Western Ontario & Beijing Capital Universiy (4 Aug)

2007

Garcia, B. and Miah, A. (2007) ‘New Beijing, Great Journalism? Media Freedom During the Beijing Olympic Games period’ in session: Asian Olympic Games and/as Media, Ubiquitous Media: Asian Transformations, Theory, Culture and Society 25th Anniversary Conference, Tokyo (13-16 July 2007)

2006

Garcia, B. (2006) ‘The cultural policy dimension of the Olympic Games. Opportunities for the Olympic Winter Games’, presented in: Torino 2006 – XX. Olympic Winter Games Symposium, University of Turin and Johannes Gutenberg University,  (Turin, 9 February 2006)

2005

Garcia, B. (2005) "City of style... and substance. Tracing the legacy of 1990 on Glasgow’s creative communities", presented in: Creative Clusters Conference (Belfast, October 23-26, 2005)

Garcia, B. (2005) "Exchanging culture for style… Glasgow’s image transformation from ‘City of Culture’ into ‘Scotland with Style’ (1983-2004)", presented in: Festivals and Events: Beyond Economic Impacts, Leisure Studies Association Annual Conference, Napier University (Edinburgh, July 6-8, 2005)

2004

Garcia, B. (2004) "Local Roots for a Universal Event? The value of city-specific cultural policies in the Forum Barcelona 2004", presented in: 3rd International Conference on Cultural Policy Research, HEC Montreal (25-28 August 2004)

Garcia, B. (2004) "Communicating Diversity through Major Events. The case of Cultureshock, North West Cultural Programme of the Manchester 2002 Commonwealth Games", presented in: Dialeg sobre Comunicacio i Diversitat Cultural, Universal Forum of Cultures, Barcelona 2004 (24-27 May 2004)

Garcia, B. (2004) "Second to What? Glasgow's Cultural Role in Scotland, the UK and Beyond", presented in: Second Cities Symposium, Andrew Hook Centre for American Studies, University of Glasgow (30 April - 1 May 2004)

García, B. & Reason, M. (2004) “Glasgow’s Image Transformation. Tracing the origin of current media narratives (1986-1991, 2003)”, presented in: Images of the City Conference, Centre for Cultural Policy Research, University of Glasgow (23 January 2004)

2003

García, B. (2003) “Informing Cultural Policy in Scotland” presented in: Symposium on Computer Games + Cultural Policy, Paisley University, Ayr Campus (10 June 2003)

García, B. & Miah, A. (2003) “A Cultural Philosophy: Tempering the Desire of Spectacle” presented in: IFEA 12th Festivals and Events Conference. Emotional Marketing: Festivals, Events, Tourism, IFEA & Sheffield Hallam University, Vienna (6-9 March 2003)

García, B. (2003) “Urban Regeneration, Arts Programming and Major Events: Glasgow 1990, Sydney 2000 and Barcelona 2004” presented in: IFEA 12th Festivals and Events Conference. Emotional Marketing: Festivals, Events, Tourism, IFEA & Sheffield Hallam University,
Vienna (6-9 March 2003)

2002

García, B. (2002) “Securing Sustainable Legacies through Cultural Programming in Major Events” presented in: The Legacy of the Olympic Games: 1984-2000, Centre for Olympic Studies (UAB) & Olympic Museum, Lausanne (14-16 November 2002)

García, B. (2002) “Towards a Cultural Policy for Great Events. Lessons from Barcelona (1992-2004)” presented in: Cultural Returns. Assessing the Place of Culture in Social Thought, Pavis Centre for Social and Cultural Research at the Open University, Oxford (18-20 September 2002)

García, B. & Miah, A. (2002) “Getting on-line with Olympic Studies” presented at: Annual meeting of the British National Olympic Academy, British Olympic Association, Manchester (24-28 April 2002)

García, B. (2002) "The potential of arts programming in major events" presented at: Definitions- The Event. Seminar hosted by the Centre for Cultural Policy Research, University of Glasgow (6 February 2002)

2001

García, B. (2001) "The use of cultural programming to extend sports event marketing. The Sydney 2000 Olympic Arts Festivals " presented at : 9º Congress of the European Association for Sports Management, Vitoria-Gasteiz (19-23 September 2001)

García, B. (2001) "Information projects supporting Olympic education: sporting and non- sporting documentation"  presented at : 11th IASI World Congress, Sports Information in the third Millennium,
Lausanne (25-27 April 2001)

García, B. (2001) "Tourism promotions in Australia on occasion of the Sydney 2000 Olympic Games. Contrast between the promotion of sporting and artistic activities to express the cultural identity of the host country" , document produced for distribution at: World Conference on Sport and Tourism, International Olympic Committee and World Tourism Organisation, Barcelona (22-23 February 2001)

1999

García, B. (1999) "Management and promotional strategy of the Sydney 1997-2000 Olympic Arts Festivals", presented at: 1st Tourism Studies Annual Conference at the Faculty of Tourism and Leisure, University of Technology, Sydney, Australia (3 October 1999)

García, B. (1999) "Potential impact of the Cultural Olympiad in the host city and country" , presented at : Olympics and the New Millenium. Inaugural Conference of the Centre for Olympic Studies at University of New South Wales, Sydney, Australia (22-23 September 1999)