At the very heart of the creation of the Down to Earth festival in 1976, are the conferences or workshops. Over the years since there have been a stunning variety of subjects covered. Ranging from the healing and esoteric arts, through creative arts of all mediums; visual, music, dance, drama... to informative workshops on alternative technologies and G.E.C.O.'s ever popular environment conservation workshops & film screenings, from laughter workshops to learning speed reading.  The workshops run with beautiful simplicity and are largely self -organised. Anyone at ConFest may hold a workshop, simply choose one of the many workshop spaces around the site, write the details on the workshop blackboards (always located near the information area) including details on any specific age group your workshop is intended for. ie, "for kids only", "for kids of all ages", "adults only".