SPEAKERS

Michael Barker Author of articles on 19th- and 20th-century French design including `Stained Glass in France in the 1950s' and `Aspects of the Continuing Arts and Crafts Tradition: Architectural Decoration in France in the 1920s and 1930s' and co-author with Paul Atterbury of The North of France which particularly featured little-known stained glass in its exploration of the region's art and architecture. Alexander Beleschenko Trained as a Fine Artist but for the last twentyfive years has devoted his creative energies to working exclusively within the area of Architectural Art Glass.

Dr Donald Buttress LVO OBE D.Litt. MA FSA RIBA In practice as an architect since 1956. As founder and senior partner of Manchester-based firm Buttress Fuller Alsop Williams, he played an important role in architectural conservation and is widely recognised for his outstanding work at a number of British cathedrals and, notably, at Westminster Abbey, one of the most significant restorations to be undertaken on the fabric in its 900-year history. Peter Cormack FSA Hon FMGP Art historian and curator. He is an Honorary Director of the Charles J. Connick Stained Glass Foundation in the USA.

Dr Libby Horner Art historian. Discovered Frank Brangwyn in 2000 and now world's leading authority on the artist. In 2006 curated the most comprehensive exhibition ever held of Brangwyn's work (Leeds, Bruges and Swansea); co-edited and contributed two essays to the accompanying publication Frank Brangwyn 1867-1956 and wrote Frank Brangwyn: A Mission to Decorate Life for The Fine Art Society/Liss Fine Art selling show in Spring 2006 (both books nominated for William M. B. Berger Prize for British Art History, 2007 & 2006). She started the Brangwyn website www.frankbrangwyn.org, presented and wrote script for Brangwyn DVD ART? It's Just a Job! (2006), and is compiling the Catalogue Raisonné of all his work in both fine and decorative arts. The first catalogue, Frank Brangwyn: Stained Glass will be published as a DVD early 2009.

Wilhelm Derix and Andrea McKay Head of Derix Glasstudios in Taunusstein Germany, representing the fourth generation of Derix glass. After initial architectural studies, Derix has been in charge of the Studio for 38 years, and has collaborated with more than 400 artists worldwide. Andrea McKay is the International Art Projects Adviser & Co-ordinator for Derix. Martin Harrison FSA Hon FMGP Author, curator and art historian. A Trustee of the Stained Glass Museum, he is also the Amenity Societies' Nominee on Peterborough DAC.The author of Victorian Stained Glass (1980, revised edition forthcoming), he has written widely on stained glass and 20th-century art; Francis Bacon: Incunabula will be published in September 2008, and he is currently preparing the Catalogue Raisonné of the Paintings of Francis Bacon.

Dr Iris Nestler Art historian, studied at Munich LudwigMaximilian-Universität.Visiting lecturer in USA in 1991; from 1995 to 2001 and since 2007 has been a freelance assistant at the Cologne Museums Service of the Wallraff-RichartzMuseum and the Museum Ludwig. From 2001 to 2006 Director of the Deutsches GlasmalereiMuseum in Linnich. She has held several lectureships at the Heinrich-Heine-Universität in Düsseldorf, published numerous essays and catalogues on stained glass and art of the 20th century, and lectures frequently at national and international conferences. Patrick Reyntiens OBE Studied at Regent Street Polytechnic and Edinburgh College of Art and went on to work in stained glass for almost 60 years. He is the author of The Technique of Stained Glass (1977) and The Beauty of Stained Glass (1990). Julie L. Sloan MSc Stained glass consultant, working on all aspects of historic American stained glass restoration and conservation. Her projects have included the windows of Louis Comfort Tiffany, John La Farge, Frank Lloyd Wright, Charles J. Connick, J. & R. Lamb, and many others. She also researches and writes on the history and conservation of American stained glass. Her books include Conservation of Stained Glass in America and Light Screens:The Complete Leaded-Glass Windows of Frank Lloyd Wright.