Date Event Numbers Hospitality Costs 4 February 2008 First Minister launches Scotland in the World Forum at Aberdeen University 100 Met by organisers 13 February 2008 First Minister National Conversation speech at Trinity College, Dublin 100 Met by organisers 12 March 2008 Stuart Maxwell addresses SCVO National Conversation event in Edinburgh 45 Met by organisers 26 March 2008 First Minister launches National Conversation Civic engagement programme at Edinburgh University 110 £1,759 1 April 2008 First Minister National Conversation speech Scotland Week University of Virginia address 200 Met by organisers 23 April 2008 First Minister leads Scotland in Europe seminar in Scotland House 60 Met by organisers 3 May 2008 Bruce Crawford addresses Church Without Walls event in Edinburgh 205 Met by organisers 19 June 2008 Bruce Crawford hosts Church leaders event in Parliament 19 Met by organisers 20 June 2008 Bruce Crawford addresses SCVO event at SECC in Glasgow 45 Met by organisers 29 July 2008 First Minister and Cabinet event in Dumfries 120 £1,859 5 August 2008 First Minister and Cabinet event in Inverness 100 Met by hosts 19 August 2008 First Minister and Cabinet event in Pitlochry 104 £987 26 August 2008 First Minister and Cabinet event in Skye 105 £695 11 November 2008 Town Hall event in Stornoway hosted by the Deputy First Minister and Bruce Crawford 60 £405 13 November 2008 First Minister attends Young Scot National Conference in Edinburgh 95 Met by organisers 19 January 2009 Public event in Dundee hosted by Kenny MacAskill and Shona Robison 30 £133 23 February 2009 Public event in Banff hosted by Richard Lochhead and Stewart Stevenson. 40 NA* 23 March 2009 National Conversation public event in Arran High school hosted by the First Minister. 130 NA* 30 March 2009 National Conversation event with Council for Ethnic Minority organisations hosted by the Deputy First Minister. 90 NA* Note: *Invoices not yet received from caterers.