Thank you to everyone who joined us for the Scottish North American Community Conference 2021.
The Conference was organized by The American-Scottish Foundation® Chicago Scots, St. Andrew’s Society of Detroit Council of Scottish Clans & Associations Clans And Scottish Societies Of Canada (CASSOC) and Scottish Studies Foundation, Canada.
The theme of this years Conference was
‘Expressions of Scottishness – Exploring the full dimensions of Scotland’s Engagement with North America in 2021.”
and explored the question posed with panels on
– ‘Responsible Tourism’,
– ‘Eco Fashion and Design’,
– ‘Education today’,
– ‘Visitors Heritage Experience’,
– ‘Scotland to the US – Gifts and Food’,
– ‘Robert Burns in 2022’,
– ‘Music and dance, exploring our heritage’, ‘Highland games and festivals’, Sir Walter Scott and, ‘Clan relationships’.
A full outline of panels and of those who took part can be found on our website – www.scottishleadershipconference.com
The sessions from the Conference were all recorded and will be available for attendees soon with an option to purchase access to the videos for those who could not join us live this year.
The Scottish North American Community Conference will return in 2022 and we look forward to updating you with news in the new year.
We thank The Scottish Government in the USA and VisitScotland for their support and our wonderful presenters, speakers, hosts and team who delivered the Conference this year.
SNACC 2021 was truly a celebration of our community, culture and exploration of Scottish identity – bringing us together to celebrate our love of Scotland.
