Wednesday, 13 July
09.00 Registration and coffee
09.30 Welcome
09.45 Keynote address
Chair: Professor John Hattendorf, United States Naval War College
Sea power and land power in the great wars against France
Professor N. A. M. Rodger, University of Exeter
10.45 Coffee
Session 1: a war of resources, Chair: Professor Sarah Palmer, University of Greenwich
11.15 The British economy at the time of Trafalgar: strengths and weaknesses, Professor François Crouzet, Université de Paris-Sorbonne
11.45 The fiscal-military state and the Napoleonic Wars, Professor Martin Daunton, University of Cambridge
12.15 Propaganda and information warfare in the Napoleonic era, Dr Simon Burrows, University of Leeds
12.45 Discussion
13.00 Lunch
Session 2: strategy and objectives, Chair: Dr Michael Duffy, University of Exeter
14.30 The 1804–05 campaign, Professor Richard Harding, University of Westminster
15.00 Naval leaders in the Napoleonic Wars, Dr Agustin Guimera, Instituto de Historia, Madrid
15.30 Discussion
15.45 Tea
Session 3: the battle, Chair: Professor David Cannadine, Institute of Historical Research
16.15 The fleets at Trafalgar: the margin of superiority, Professor Roger Knight, University of Greenwich
16.45 The Nelson touch: the evolution of Nelson's tactics and command methods at Trafalgar, Dr Colin White, National Maritime Museum and Royal Naval Museum
17.15 Discussion
18.00–19.00 Reception in Crush Bar, Senate House
Thursday 14 July
09.00 Registration and coffee
Session 4: Trafalgar's afterlife, Chair: Dr Nigel Rigby, National Maritime Museum
09.30 Battle of the pictures: painting the history of Trafalgar, Dr Geoffrey Quilley, National Maritime Museum
10.00 Trafalgar and women, Dr Margarette Lincoln, National Maritime Museum
10.30 Politics and memory in popular song, Dr Mark Philp, University of Oxford
11.00 Discussion
11.15 Coffee
Session 5: Trafalgar in literature, Chair: Dr Pieter van der Merwe, National Maritime Museum
11.45 Romantic Nelsons rule the waves: the naval hero in literature, Professor Timothy Fulford, Nottingham Trent University
12.15 Joseph Conrad's ambivalent response to Nelson and the centenary celebrations of Trafalgar in 'The Heroic Age', Dr Keith Carabine, University of Kent
12.45 Discussion
Session 6: Trafalgar and Greenwich - Afternoon visit to the Old Royal Naval College and National Maritime Museum, Greenwich
18.00 Caird Medal Lecture
King William Court, University of Greenwich
Chair: Roy Clare, National Maritime Museum
The meaning of Trafalgar in world history
Professor Paul Kennedy, Yale University
19.30–21.00 Reception in the Queen's House, NMM
Friday 15 July
09.00 Registration and coffee
09.30 Keynote address
Chair: Professor David Bates, Institute of Historical Research
The magic of Trafalgar, Professor Andrew Lambert, King's College London
10.30 Coffee
Session 7: legacies, Chair: Professor Paul Kennedy, Yale University
11.00 Strategy, tactics, and leadership: Trafalgar's legacy in professional naval thought around the world, Professor John Hattendorf, United States Naval War College
11.30 Commemorating Trafalgar: preparing for the first centenary, Dr Marianne Czisnik, The University of Edinburgh
12.00 Nelson, film and invasion scares: That Hamilton Woman, Professor John Ramsden, Queen Mary London
12.30 Discussion and closing remarks
12.50 Close