Social Program and Tours

Social Program

Welcome Drink Saturday, April 4, 2009 A Welcome Drink will be offered to all delegates and sponsors on Saturday, April 4, 2009 within the premises of the Conference venue.

 

 

Dinner Cruise Monday, April 6, 2009 An unforgettable, festive and romantic cruise in the heart of Paris! Embark for a 2,5 hour trip on board of a glass boat to discover or re-discover the magic of the Seine river banks. Rate for Delegates: 100€ (VAT included) Rate for additional ticket: 120€ (VAT included)

 

Limited number of participants, please book in advance!

To register please fill in a registration form or register online via the registration tab of the website

Optional Tours

Paris is a dynamic and renowned cultural capital, always at the forefront of trends and new ideas. But it is also home to tradition and history. No matter what you are most inclined toward, you will always find, in the City of Lights, something exciting to experience and to match your tastes and expectations.

A specific optional tours programme has been tailor-made for regularly registered participants and accompanying persons. These visits will be an excellent opportunity to discover some of the most outstanding artistic and historic highlights of Paris and its surroundings.

 

Be guided through Paris’ intense and rich culture and enjoy its exquisite art-de-vivre!

 

The tours programme and conditions are indicated below. To sign up for tours, please tick the corresponding boxes on the hardcopy or online registration form.

• All tours will be conducted in English.
• The organisers reserve the right to cancel tours with less than 15 participants.

 

 

TIME	SUNDAY APRIL 5th	MONDAY APRIL 6th	TUESDAY APRIL 7th
09:00	9:00 - 12:00 V1 Napoleon and the Modern Times	9:00 - 12:00 V3 The Crystal Baccarat Museum
09:30
10:00
10:30
11:00
11:30
12:00
12:30
13:00
13:30
14:00	13:30 - 18:00 V2 The "Petit Trianon" in Versailles
14:30		14:00 - 17:00 V5 Da Vinci Code Experience	14:00 - 17:00 V7 Quai Branly Luseum
15:00
15:30
16:00
16:30
17:00
17:30
18:00

 

 

Sunday, 5 April 2009

	V1 Napoleon and the Modern Times Morning 09:00 - 12:00 Rate: 45.00€ / person (based on 15 pax)
NAPOLEON AND THE MODERN TIME   In this part of Paris, the Invalid area, everything is on a monumental scale. Explore the luxurious avenues and enjoy one of the most amazing sightseeing of Paris on the second floor of the Eiffel Tower !   In this part of Paris, the Invalid area, everything is on a monumental scale. Starting from the sprawling 18th-century building of the Ecole Militaire on the corner of the Avenue de la Motte Piquet, the Parc du Champ de Mars stretches down to the Eiffel Tower and the Seine. The avenues around the Eiffel Tower are lined with luxurious buildings, some in the Art Nouveau Style, others in the Haussmann Style. Numerous embassies are situated here. The area was already highly prized between the World Wars when the noted actor Sacha Guitry lived there. Even earlier, during the 18th century, wealthy residents of the Marais mensions moved to this part of the city, building the aristocratic town houses that line the Rue de Varenne and Rue de Grenelle. The Eiffel Tower : We are very proud of the Lady who was completed 100 years in 1989. Every night she puts on her dazzling lace dress and shines all over Paris with her 1,040 foot height and her 7,000 tons of iron. Enter the hydraulic lift and stop at the first floor to watch the movie recalling the story of the tower. 2nd floor, take a walk around the platform from which you can see the different sights of the capital. 3rd floor, (902 feet) remarkable extensive view all over Paris and its outskirts. The Invalides : Once a monarchic military institution, this monumental 17th century building is impressive by its size and its majesty. The army museum is located there. The dome church houses Napoleon's red porphyry sarcophagus and his son's tomb.
	V2 The «Petit Trianon» in Versailles Afternoon 13:30 - 18:00 Rate: 86.00€ / person (based on 15 pax)
Take the opportunity to visit the newly nenovated Petit Trianon in Versailles !   Madame de Pompadour's Creation As a child, Louis XV used to say, 'I do so like the Trianon'. He was referring, of course, to the Grand Trianon. In the 1750s, Madame de Pompadour brought him back to the spot. The king liked to stroll with her to the new menagerie, through the botanical gardens, and the greenhouses that the famous scientist Bernard de Jussieu had just installed. On returning from these promenades, the king would stop in the new pavilion built in the middle of the formal garden, where he would file his herbals or have a light refreshment of milk and strawberries, or sup in the cool salon. Starting in 1763, he succumbed to the arguments of Madame de Pompadour and her brother, Marigny, and ordered that a new chateau be built?the Petit Trianon. It was completed in 1768.   The Trianon gardens The garden surrounding the Petit Trianon, of which the hameau de la Reine is an extension, began its transformation from formal pattern gardens to an informal "natural" garden of winding paths, curving canals and lakes in 1774, under the direction of Antoine Richard, gardener to the Queen. Richard Mique modified the landscape plan to provide vistas of lawn to west and north of the Petit Trianon, encircled by belts of trees. Beyond the lake to the north, the hameau was sited like a garden stage set, initially inspired in its grouping and vernacular building by Dutch and Flemish genre paintings, philosophically influenced by Rousseau's cult of "nature", and reflecting exactly contemporary picturesque garden principles set forth by Claude-Henri Watelet and by ideas of the philosophes, their "radical notions coopted into innocent forms of pleasure and ingenious decoration" as William Adams has pointed out.
Monday, 6 April 2009
	V3 The Crystal Baccarat Museum Morning 09:00 - 12:00 Rate: 42.00€ / person (based on 15 pax)
BACCARAT MUSEUM   Enjoy the Musée Baccarat: One of Paris' most scintillating experiences!!! The Baccarat Museum is an illustration of 200 years of crystal ware with some fabulous masterpieces such as the monumental vases of the Negus and the Shah of Persia candelabras, together with opalines, paper weights and perfume bottles created for the most famous perfumers. Cut glass chandeliers throw their light on the table ware created for royalty and heads of state throughout the world. Baccarat is truly proud of its past as well of its modern day creations both from its own craftsmen and from contemporary artists such as Dali, Chevalier, de Lesseps and Rigot.
	V5 Da Vinci Code Experience Afternoon 14:00 - 17:00 Rate: 63.00€ / person (based on 15 pax)
TIME TO LIVE THE DA VINCI CODE EXPERIENCE !   Da Vinci Code... comes to decipher the famous thriller... The pages of the book-phenomenon of Dan Brown, open and close on the Museum of the Louvre, the academy of a big part of the memory of the World... We suggest you crossing the Louvre on the steps of the characters of the novel in the rooms which form the set around the works which are in the heart of its history. Under the driving of our speaker historian of the art, leave team to the discovery of the threads of Da Vinci Code... When you will have gone back up the time on the tracks of Brown, you will pursue your visit in Paris, always on the steps of the characters of the novel, on the scene which form the set and around monuments: St Sulpice's obelisk, the Medallions of the Meridian of Paris, sector Harmony / Tuileries / Vendôme / Ritz. During your tour, the realities and the inaccuracies of the thriller will be discussed and the reasons which can explain the incredible craze which it engendered will be evoked.
Tuesday, 7 April 2009
	V7 Quai Branly Museum Afternoon 14:00 - 17:00 Rate: 38.00€ / person (based on 15 pax)
A JOURNEY ALL AROUND THE WORLD ! KEEP YOUR EYES WIDE OPEN AT QUAI BRANLY MUSEUM   Keep your eyes wide open in the newly opened Quai Branly Museum, we will offer you an original trip throughout 3500 artefacts coming from the four corners of the world.   An unpartitioned geographical itinerary comprising 3,500 artefacts from all four corners of the world. At the end of the ‘ramp’, the long winding walkway that spirals up from the reception hall, the permanent collection areas presents the great geographical regions in which the Musée du quai Branly’s remarkable collections originated: Oceania, Asia, Africa and the Americas. The visitor makes his way fluidly across them, taking in the major crossroads between civilisations and cultures: Asia-Oceania, Insulindia, and Mashreck-Maghreb.

 

Cancellation Policies

All cancellations must be notified in writing to the Congress Office according to the following conditions:

• Up to March 1, 2009: 50% of the fees paid will be withheld.
• After March 1, 2009: no refund will be issued.