Social Program

 

Events of the conference (such as the conference dinner and excursions) may be booked through the participant’s account. Booking for accompanying persons may also be done through the related participant’s account. Having selected the desired event under the participant’s account, an additional recipient may be created by clicking on "Create a new recipient data". Then the event may be booked for the new person also. The new recipient is henceforth also available for all other special services and events.

 

Monday, April 18, 2011

Opening, 9:15 - 10:00

Prandtl Lecture, 10:00 - 10:45

Reception City of Graz and State of Styria € 0.-, 18:00 - 20:00
Alte Universität Graz, Hofgasse 14
Free snacks and drinks
Should you wish to join the Reception City of Graz and State of Styria, please add this additional service to your shopping cart in the CATS system. We need the information about the number of participants for the organization of the reception. Thank you.

Companion Program: 15:00
Guided City walk € 8.50 (~ 2 hrs)
Meeting point: Registration Desk

 

Tuesday, April 19, 2011

Companion Program: 10:00
Guided City walk € 8.50 (~ 2 hrs)
Meeting point: Registration Desk

Companion Program: 10:00 - 16:00
Excursion 1: South Styrian Wine Route € 53.-
including bus transfer, guide, wine tasting at Seggau Castle, cold snack

 

Wednesday, April 20, 2011

General Assembly, 11:00 - 12:00

Public Lecture (in German) € 0.-, 18:30 - 19:30
If you want to join the Public Lecture please add this additional service to your shopping cart.
This allows us to calculate the number of participants at the Public Lecture.

Conference Dinner € 45.-, 20:00 - 22:30
Grazer Congress, Stefaniensaal

Companion Program: 9:00 - 17:00
Excursion 2: Riegersburg and Zotter € 76.-
including bus transfer, guide, entrance fee and guided tour at the castle and at the chocolate factory Zotter, elevator up and down the castle hill, cold snack

 

Thursday, April 21, 2011

Companion Program: 10:00 - 16:00
Excursion 3: White Horses - Red Wine € 52.-
including bus transfer, guide, entrance fee and guided tour at the stud farm, cold snack

Remark: The Graz City walk requires a minimum of 10 participants, the excursions 1, 2, and 3 a minimum of 20 participants each. Otherwise, the tours are cancelled (fully refundable).

Starting with September 15, 2010 you may login to CATS, the Congress Administration Tool Set, to book a social event.

Companion Program

Guided City walk, 2 hours

Graz turns visitors into time-travellers. As a World Cultural Heritage site it takes them back through distant centuries of the past in a whirlwind tour of the Renaissance, Gothic, and Baroque periods. Graz also captures the moment, the spirit of modern life.
In 2003 Graz was the Cultural Capital of Europe. The nomination brought positive changes and left unmistakable and spectacular marks in the cultural and architectural face of the city, such as the Kunsthaus, called the "friendly alien", or the Island in the River Mur.

Euro 8.50 per person (minimum 10 participants)

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Excursion 1:

South Styrian Wine Route, Tuesday, April 19, 2011, 10:00 – 16:00

Here, beneath poplars and chestnut trees, where the Klapotetz beats time, life revolves around wine. An internationally more and more popular variety of local white wine reach the peak of maturity amidst the gentle hills of southern Styria. Wine-tasting and a cellar tour of the 300 year-old Episcopal Seggau Castle will help you acquire a taste for it.
A hearty snack of assorted homemade Styrian delicacies amidst the vineyards is always considered the highlight of this tour.

Euro 53.- per person (minimum 20 participants)
included are: bus transfer, guide, wine tasting at Seggau Castle (3 samples and bread), cold snack

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Excursion 2:

Riegersburg and Zotter, Wednesday, April 20, 2011, 9:00 – 17:00

Riegersburg Castle impressively stands in solitary splendour on the remains of a 482m high volcanic mountain. Referred to by the Turks at the time as „the mightiest fortress of Christianity“, the imposing appearance of the castle still commands our respect.
After a cold snack of home-made Styrian delicacies we will visit the nearby Zotter Chocolate Manufacture.
Immerse yourself in the world of chocolate. The guided tasting tour around the Zotter world of chocolate provides valuable information on chocolate as well as numerous creatively arranged titbit stations. You wander around the transparent Chocolate Factory, along paths of glass, and accompany the transformation of the cocoa bean into chocolate.

Euro 76.- per person (minimum 20 participants)
included are: bus transfer, guide, entrance fee and guided tour at the castle and at the chocolate factory, elevator up and down the castle hill, cold snack

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Excursion 3:

White Horses - Red Wine, Thursday, April 21, 2011, 10:00 – 16:00 p.m.

Off we go over the hills to the home of the famous white horses of the Spanish Riding School — the Lipizzaner stud farm in Western Styria! This trip is not only for horse enthusiasts, though. It is for anyone who has a taste for the play of the light on the hills, a hearty snack of assorted homemade Styrian delicacies, a glass of the unique Schilcher wine, that glows with the colour of onion skin or the dark glint of pumpkin seed oil.

Euro 52.- per person (minimum 20 participants)
included are: bus transfer, guide, entrance fee and guided tour at the stud farm, cold snack

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