The agenda of the 1st European Convention

Dates: 3-5 June 2005
Location: Concert Noble, Rue d'Arlon 82, 1040 Brussels


Friday 3 June:

6:00                                Registration at Concert Noble
7:00                                Plenary: Welcome address and introduction to First European Citizens' Convention
                                                          Gerrit Rauws, Director at the King Baudouin Foundation
                                                          Rainer Gerold, Director, Science and Society Directorate, European Commission, DG Research  
                                                          Andrea Fischer and Daniel Stone, Lead facilitators
                
8:00                                Dinner

 
Saturday 4 June:

 

9:00                                Plenary:  Opening             

 

9:15                                Table Group Exercise:  Hopes and Expectations

 

9:50                                Plenary:  Prepare for case study exercises

 

10:10                              BREAK/GROUP PHOTO

 

10:30                              Table group:  Identify European themes from case studies

 

11:15                              MINI-BREAK

 

11:30                              Plenary:  Review results of European themes from case studies

 

11.50                              Table Group: Identify European Themes from second case study

 

12:30                              LUNCH

 

2:00                                Plenary:  Review results of European themes from second round of cases

 

2:25                                Table Group: Identify “cross-case” themes

 

3:15                                BREAK/KOOSH BALL GAME

 

3:45                                Plenary: review results of “cross case” themes

 

4:45                                Meeting in National Groups

 

5:30                                Plenary:  Report from National Group meetings/evaluate day

 

6:00                                CLOSE

 

7.30                                Visit and Dinner: Short visit archeological site of the Coudenberg and walking dinner at the Bellevue Museum

 

 

Sunday 5 June:

 

9:00                                Plenary:  Review “cross-case” themes and vote on priority themes

 

10:00                              Table Groups:  Identify key question related to “cross-case” themes

 

11:00                              BREAK

 

11:30                              Plenary:  Finalize set of key questions related to “cross-case” themes

 

12:00                              Table group:  Feedback on first European Citizens’Convention

 

12:30                              LUNCH

 

2:00                                Plenary:  Rehearse presentation to public

 

2:30                                Plenary:  Presentation to public and Question and Answer session


3:30                                CLOSE

 

DRINK

 

 

 
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