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Social Program and Tours

Informal Get-together

Sunday 20 August 18:00 – 20:00
The Local Organizing Committee invites all registered participants, accompanying persons and exhibitors to an informal Get-together at the Venue, Radisson SAS Scandinavia Hotel during the registration. This will be your first chance to team up with colleagues from all over the world: Join in! Some refreshments and light food will be served.

Included in the registration fee.

Dress: Casual

Reception at Oslo City Hall

Monday 21 August 18:00 – 19:30
The Mayor of Oslo cordially invites all registered delegates, accompanying persons and exhibitors to the magnificent City Hall for a reception. The City Hall is situated at the waterfront within 10 minutes walking from the Congress Venue. In the City Hall we will be received by the Mayor of Oslo, in the very same Reception Hall where Nobel Peace Prizes are delivered.

Included in the registration fee.

Dress: Semi-formal

Excursion, Highlights of Oslo

Wednesday 23 August 14:00 – 18:00
In the afternoon of Wednesday, 23 August there will be a highlights tour of Oslo for all participants and accompanying persons. We will pay visits to the Munch Museum, the Viking Ship Museum before concluding in the Vigeland Sculpture Park.

Included in the registration fee.

Please wear walking shoes, and a light jacket may be advisable.

Symposium Banquet

Thursday 24 August 19:00 – 24:00
The Local Organizing Committee invites all participants to the magnificent Holmenkollen Park Hotel Rica, situated on the top of Oslo and overlooking the entire city and the beautiful Oslo Fjord. The evening starts at the Holmenkollen Ski Jump museum, housing an impressive collection of the history of skiing. You may also visit the tower of the Ski Jump with a fantastic panoramic view of Oslo and its surroundings. The dinner is served in the hotel's beautiful Saga Hall crafted in the best Norwegian traditions of architecture and wood design.

Departure from the Venue by bus at 18:30.

Reduced price: NOK 500.

Dress: Formal

Tours for Accompanying Persons

Tuesday 22 august dep. 10:00 hours

Native Sons of Norway (4hrs)
This tour starts with a short boat trip across the bay to the Bygdøy Peninsula where you will visit the Polar vessel FRAM, and hear the story of these brave men sailing with the world's strongest ship; the one that has sailed the furthest to the North and to the South. FRAM was used for 3 pioneer Polar expeditions.
The guide will vividly tell the history of how strenuous life on board could be. Leaving the Polar history you will walk into yet another of Oslo's unique and famous museums: the Kon-Tiki Museum, the one that tells the story of a totally different kind of expedition, where the participants were dressed in shorts rather than in furs. We are of course talking about the famous Kon-Tiki expedition, and others performed and lead by Thor Heyerdahl. Having explored the Kon-Tiki raft and the papyrus boat Ra among other things, you will board a bus that will take you to the Norwegian Folk Museum. This museum tells about the art of living in Norway, both the urban and the rural lifestyle.
Visit the oldest house on the premises, a Stave Church from approx. 1200AD as well as an original dwelling-house from 1739.
After a leisurely walk through the museums site you will return to the city by bus.

Price per person: NOK. 375,- including bus, guide and entrance to the museums.

Thursday 24 august dep. 10:00 hours

Contemporary Art in Oslo (3hrs)
Oslo has several interesting art collections and exhibits of international contemporary art. The Henie Onstad Museum of modern Art contains figurscater Sonja Henie's private art collection, most of which will be on display this year in the museum, as well as a retrospective exhibit of artist Gunnar S. Gundersen.
A separate room also displays Sonja Henie's numerous prizes and pictures from her movie- and skateing career. After having returned to the city centre visit is made to the private collection of the Astrup Fearnley Museum of Modern Art, as an example of its permanent collection we mention the largest porcelain figure in the world, as well as an enormous lead book shelf!
An interesting museum with several extraordinary works of art.

Price per person: NOK. 325,- including bus, guide and entrance to the museums.

There are many exciting attractions and sights in Oslo which you can visit on your own. For more information click here: http://www.visitoslo.com

For planning tours in Norway you may visit the web site http://www.visitnorway.com