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Social
Events
Welcome
Reception
- Sunday Evening 7.30 pm until 9.30 pm
Delegates
and guests are invited to the symposium's welcome reception that
will be held at the
Faculty Club,
situated in the beautiful 13th-century Infirmerie of the Grand Beguinage and
the Convent of Chièvres of Leuven (a UNESCO world heritage site). Drinks and
snacks will be served in the gardens if weather permits, otherwise service
will be in the Faculty Club's reception rooms.
Symposium
Excursion
- Tuesday Afternoon 12.30 pm until 6.00 pm
Flavours and Aromas of Belgium.
Belgium is known internationally for products that
engage our sense of taste and smell. Top amongst these - excepting possibly
'French' fries - are Belgian Chocolates and Belgian Beer.
Although Leuven is the home of
the brewer of the internationally-known lager, Stella Artois, to engage
these senses, we take you a little farther a' field to a slightly smaller
brewery that uses methods traditional to the Flemish Brabant region. Here,
you'll learn some of the secrets of the brewing process that makes Belgian
Beer world famous and, naturally, have the chance to sample some of the
finished products. Of course, brewing beer requires a certain amount of
horse power; something that you'll also discover during the afternoon.
Belgium
National
Holiday
- Wednesday 12.30 pm until 3.30 pm
An
extended lunch break is planned on Wednesday afternoon for the conference
photograph and to enjoy some of the events in Leuven associated with the
Belgium National Holiday. Amongst other activities, delegates and guests are
free to discover the new "M" museum of Leuven, containing many national and
international masterpieces, and can also watch some matches of the National
Beach Volleyball Tournament in the city centre.
Polanyi
Medal
and Lecture
- Thursday evening 6.30 pm until 7.30 pm
The
Polanyi medal presentation and the Polanyi lecture, one of the highlights of
the symposium, will take place on Thursday evening, before the symposium
banquet, between 6.30 pm and 7.30 pm in the Promotiezaal of the Grand
University Hall. Guests of delegates are also welcome to attend this event.
Evening attire please.
Symposium
Banquet
- Thursday evening 8.00 pm until 11.00 pm
The
symposium banquet, for both delegates and their guests, will take place in
the palatial Jubilee Hall. Bringing the symposium to a fitting conclusion
will be the traditional after-dinner speeches, awards of poster prizes, and
the announcement of the venue for the following Gas Kinetics Symposium.
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