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Information for participants

Accreditation and badges

Accreditation desk

  • The accreditation desk will be located in the conference area on the 1st floor of the Westin Hotel
  • Its opening hours are as follows:
    • Wednesday 13 October 16.00 - 19.30 hrs
    • Thursday 14 October 09.00 - 18.00 hrs
    • Friday 15 October 08.30 - 13.00 hrs

Badges

  • Please note that all participants will be asked to show some form of identification. Only registered participants will receive a badge at the accreditation desk, giving admittance to the Forum. We ask you kindly to display your badge at all times, including dinner and lunches.
  • Badges are colour-coded in order to facilitate personal contacts. They indicate the following categories of participants:
    • No colour code - Delegates
    • Red - Speakers
    • Yellow - Media representatives
    • Blue - EIB representatives

Who's who at the Forum

  • You will find a biographical outline of the guest speaker and photograph of each of the Forum's speakers and chairpersons in the "Speakers" page.
  • A list of participants will be made available and distributed during the event.

The Conference

Conference room

  • There will be no special seating arrangements except for a limited number of seats in the front row reserved for speakers.
  • Delegates are kindly requested to switch off their mobile telephones during the Forum sessions.

Interpreting

  • Headsets for simultaneous interpreting will be available. On departure, please leave them on your desks.
  • Interpreting during the Forum will be provided in Polish, German, English and French.
  • The speech by the guest speaker Professor Aleksander Wolszczan during the Dinner at the Warsaw University of Technology will also be interpreted simultaneously (Polish, English).

Speeches

  • Speeches or their outlines, if available from the speakers, will be distributed at the end of each Forum session at the entrance to the conference room.
  • They will be made available simultaneously on the "Speakers" page.

Information about the EIB

  • A full set of documentation on the EIB and the conference is provided upon accreditation.
  • In the Foyer you will find a stand displaying information on the EIB as well as a stand from the Polish Information and Foreign Investment Agency (www.europoland.pl)

Coffee break

  • Coffee, tea and refreshments will be served in the Foyer.

Forum Secretariat

  • The Forum Secretariat will be located near the Foyer. The Secretariat's telephone and fax numbers are as follows:
    • Tel.: +48 22 450 82 99
    • Fax: +48 22 450 87 14

Business Centre

  • The Hotel's business centre on the second floor will cater for all your office requirements including faxing, copying, printing and Internet access.


Messages

  • Personal messages will be posted on the "Message Board" near the entrance to the conference room. Please check for messages from time to time.


Press arrangements

  • The press room is located in the "Salon Aquarius on the second floor and provides a full range of media facilities. It will be organised and managed by the members of the EIB's Press Office.
  • EIB Information Officers can be contacted through the Secretariat for arranging interviews or other media contacts. A special message board for the press will display messages and updated information for the press.
  • More information is available in the "Media" page.


Social events

Welcome Lunch

  • On Thursday 14 October, a welcome lunch will be served from 13.00 hrs in the Fusion Restaurant on the Ground floor of the Westin Hotel.

Dinner

  • EIB President Philippe Maystadt and the Bank's Management Committee are pleased to invite you to the Forum's Dinner on Thursday 14 October at the Polytechnical University of Warsaw (ul. Noakowskiego 18/20). Cocktails will be served from 20.00 hrs.
  • The EIB Forum will host Professor Aleksander Wolszczan as guest speaker at the dinner. Simultaneous interpreting will be available (see also "Interpreting" above).
  • Buses will bring delegates from the Westin Hotel to the Polytechnical University of Warsaw and back after dinner. The buses will be in front of the Westin Hotel at 19.30 hrs.

Closing Lunch

  • The Closing Lunch on Friday 15 October immediately following the closing of the Forum, will also take place in the "Fusion Restaurant".


Transport

  • A shuttle bus service has been arranged on Friday afternoon 15 October from the Forum venue to Warsaw airport. Departure times are 13.15 hrs and 15.15 hrs.
  • For taxis or other travel arrangements, please contact the Hotel reception.