| Saturday, June 28, 2003 |
| Pre-Conference Activities |
| 10.00 - 13.30 |
WACRA Executive and
Advisory Board Meeting and Lunch. Location to be announced. |
| 15.00 |
Optional visit to City
Hall (Hôtel de Ville) of a Bordeaux municipality. A presentation by
its mayor will allow you to learn about public services in France. In
the evening, a visit to a Centre Commercial (French Mall " à la
française ") is followed by an outdoor dinner on the shores of the
River Garonne. (Separate Registration) |
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| Sunday, June 29, 2003 |
| 10.00 -
12.30 |
WICS -
WACRA Interactive Case Sessions at conference site: Bordeaux Business
School (Separate Registration) |
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| Conference Activities |
| 16.00 - 17.30 |
Registration at
conference Hotel Tulip Inn, 15 cours de l'Intendance, Bordeaux (a few
steps from the Grand Theatre-Opera). |
| 19.00 - 21.00 |
Official welcome
reception by Vice Dean Pierre Cazaban and dinner at the Café Louis,
situated under the arcades of the Bordeaux Grand Theatre-Opera in the
center of town (within easy walking distance from all conference
hotels). |
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| Monday, June 30, 2003 |
| 10.00 - 11.00 |
Opening Plenary Session
at conference site: Bordeaux Business School |
| 11.30 - 12.30 |
Concurrent Sessions,
Panels and Workshops |
| 14.00 - 16.30 |
Concurrent Sessions,
Panels and Workshops |
| 19.00 |
Gala Dinner at the
Palais de la Bourse hosted by the Bordeaux Chamber of Commerce.
Welcome by Laurent Courbu, President of Bordeaux Chamber of Commerce.
Entertainment, la Confrérie de Loupiac, Basque Choir Etyekoak. |
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| Tuesday, July 1, 2003 |
| 09.00 |
Plenary Session |
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Concurrent Sessions, Panels and Workshops |
| 14.15 |
Departure for St. Emilion (classified by UNESCO as a Patrimone of World Heritage). Free time to to explore the medieval village and make some super buys - bons achats. Followed by Dinner at La Maison de Bordeaux and visit to Planet Bordeaux caves. |
| 22.00 |
Return to conference hotels in Bordeaux |
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| 09.30 |
Partner activity (by
registration). Museum of Contemporary Art including presentation on
‘Culture and Children’. Departure from Tulip Inn Hotel. |
| 09.30 - 10.30 |
Plenary Session at
conference site: Bordeaux Business School |
| 11.00 - 12.30 |
Concurrent Sessions,
Panels and Workshops |
| 14.00 |
Departure for St.
Emilion (classified by UNESCO as a Patrimone of World Heritage). Free
time to to explore the medieval village and make some super buys -
bons achats. Followed by Dinner at La Maison de Bordeaux and visit to
Planet Bordeaux caves. |
| 22.00 |
Return to Bordeaux |
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| Wednesday, July 2, 2003 |
| 09.30 - 10.30 |
Plenary Session at
conference site: Bordeaux Business School |
| 11.00 - 12.30 |
Concurrent Sessions,
Panels and Workshops |
| 14.00 - 16.00 |
Concurrent Sessions,
Panels, Workshops |
| 16.30 - 17.30 |
Concluding Session
Conference adjourns |
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| Post Conference Activities |
| 19.00 |
Optional 'dinner-cruise
and songs' on the River Garonne on Board of the Aliénor. Includes
visit of the port and view of the shores of Médoc. |
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| Thursday, July 3 - Sunday, July 6, 2003 |
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8.30 Departure
(from Tulip Inn Hotel) for optional post-conference
Educational/Cultural tour (load luggage at 8:15):
Day 1: Bordeaux, Town of Cognac (Charente), guided visit of
Martell, the oldest of the major 'Cognac' houses in the town of
Cognac, Nantes (Atlantique), free time (overnight);
Day 2: Vannes (Brittany), free time, St. Malo (Brittany), free
time (overnight);
Day 3: Mont Saint Michel, free time, Normandy Invasion Beaches.
We will stay overnight in Trouville sur Mer, a favorite weekend and
vacation destination for Parisians.
Day 4: From Trouville sur Mer we will travel to Rouen, Gothic
Cathedral, Giverny near Vernon: Claude Monet's Gardens, Paris
(overnight). Tour ends.
Includes transportation, 4 nights hotel and breakfast, 3 dinners,
entrance fees, guides.Seating is limited.
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