On February 2nd, a seminar was held in the National Library's lecture hall on the Drama Society SÁL (Association of people interested in theatre education). The forum was held in conjunction with an ongoing exhibition in the Library displaying photos and documents that the students and teachers of the school gave to the Theatre Museum of Art for safekeeping on the occasion of the 50th anniversary of the founding of the school of SÁL, which was a remarkable institution, a drama school founded and run by the students themselves, in the period 1972-1975. Pioeneering work took place there and behind the scenes an ongoing struggle of the students for new methods in drama teaching and a state-run drama school. Moderator at the seminar was Lísa Pálsdóttir. Addresses were delivered by Lilja Dögg Alfreðsdóttir, Minister of Culture and Trade, Kári Halldór Þórsson, director and drama teacher, Viðar Eggertsson, actor, director and ex. theater director, Ingibjörg Sólrún Gísladóttir, formerly mayor and minister, Ása Helga Proppé Ragnarsdóttir, assistant professor emeritus at UI, Bjarni Ingvarsson, actor, Þorleifur Hauksson, representative of SÁL teachers and Hanna María Karlsdóttir, actress. On the panel sat Helga Hjörvar, drama teacher, Þórhildur Þorleifsdóttir, director, Karl Ágúst Þorbergsson, stage artist and lecturer at IUA, Ingibjörg Briem, ex. manager of SÁL, Guðrún Gísladóttir, actress and Ólafur Örn Thoroddsen, actor. The lecture hall was full of people and the lectures were varied, decorated with both acting and singing.