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Delegates added their thoughts to the Greenhouse Gallery at lunch, photograph by Colin Hattersley

At lunchtime delegates were invited to get involved with projects run by artists Christine Hilditch and Anita Govan. Christine, whose project Greenhouse Gallery was being exhibited at macrobert, encouraged people to express their thoughts of the day on a blank greenhouse. Anita asked the delegates to write down the three words or phrases that summed up the day to them, which she strung together to form a poem performed at the end of the day.

The afternoon comprised of talks by organisations working within the area of dementia and the arts, and included talks by Hearts and Minds, whose 'clown doctors' perform and interact in care homes and hospitals and Drake Music, who run creative music projects with older people in day centres and care homes.

The symposium was brought to a close with a questions and answers panel discussion with Fiona Evans, Deirdre Nelson, Carla Angus, Mark Butler chaired by Francois Matarasso and a performance of Anita Govan's poem.

Community dance project Ultra Violet, photograph by Colin Hattersley

The delegates were then invited to the final performance of the community dance project Ultra Violet, the performance was described by Doug Anthoney on Age Scotland's blog: