2019 Scottish North American Leadership Conference

5:00 PM Social Hour begins at the Kilgour Scottish Centre

• Special Banquet Dinner, with the traditional Address to the Haggis, followed by some amazing Scottish culinary delights.  
• Greetings from Scotland: Rory Hedderly, Second Secretary for Scottish Affairs in the US
• Keynote Speaker: The Right Honorable Viscount Dunrossil
• CrossBow!, a very special local Celtic band

8:00 AM Doors Open, Continental Breakfast

• Update from Scotland: Rory Hedderly
• Professor Marjory Harper, Professor of History at the University of Aberdeen and Visiting Professor and Senior Researcher at the UHI Centre for History
• Dr. Bruce Durie, Scottish genealogist, broadcaster and author
• Professor Donna Heddle, Director of the UHI Millennium Institute’s Interdisciplinary Centre for Nordic Studies based in Kirkwall and Scalloway

Mid-day Saturday, along with our meal, we'll host a Video Conference with a very special speaker: The Rev. Canon Dr. Joseph John Morrow, CBE KStJ QC, Lord Lyon King of Arms. 

• Professor Euan Hague
• Graeme MacKenzie (Curator of the Clan MacMillan International Centre in Renfrewshire)
• Bennett Greenspan (President, Family Tree DNA)
• Panel: Personal Family Search Experiences

Saturday evening will be a short afterglow of the day. 

Conference attendees are encouraged to enjoy the local fare and what Greater Detroit has to offer.

9:00 AM Doors Open, Continental Breakfast

• Scotland 2020, Visit Scotland Presents
• Charlie Sherwood—Scott 250
• "What did we learn about Scottish Genealogy and What do we want to know more about?“
• Topics for Next Year’s Conference?