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IAQG Brussels meeting April 2014. Ⓒ MHI. IAQG Meeting Brussels, Belgium. April 4 – 11, 2014. Welcome to Brussels!. IAQG Meeting April 3 – 11, 2014 Brussels, Belgium. Hosted by:. SONACA. Techspace Aero. L ocation (Belgium). 7h50. 3h15. Montreal. Moscow. 8h40. New York.
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IAQG Brussels meeting April 2014 Ⓒ MHI
IAQG Meeting Brussels, Belgium April 4 – 11, 2014 Welcome to Brussels!
IAQG Meeting April 3 – 11, 2014Brussels, Belgium Hosted by: SONACA Techspace Aero
Location(Belgium) 7h50 3h15 Montreal Moscow 8h40 New York Beijing 10h00 ★ 70 + International carriers with over 500 daily flights ★ Direct flights from 160 cities around the world
Location(Brussels) Netherlands Ger- many Brussels Zaventem Airport Hotel BELGIUM Luxemburg France Brussels ZaventemInternational Airport ~30 mn away (12 km) from Brussels downtown
Brussels Weather Recommendation: Don’t forget to bring umbrella & rain coat
Métropole MetropoleHotel31, Place de Brouckère 1000 Brussels • Brussels historical hotel (1890), art-nouveau style • Located in the heart of downtown Brussels, just steps away from Old Brussels http://www.metropolehotel.com/en
Métropole Guestrooms Superior *: Breakfast & Wifi connectionincluded HotelBooking (Seenextslide) Privilege Page 9
Métropole • Hotel room booking • Dead line for booking (Hotel contract): • February 28th, 2014 • (100% of unused rooms from the block reservation released) • Recommendation for booking: • < January 31st, 2014 • (Block reservation preserved without reduction of room number) Dedicated web page willbedevelopped by Métropole hotel for IAQG Membersbooking
Métropole Meeting rooms
Métropole Restaurant / Bar
Location: Métropole HotelDowntown Brussels 500 metersaway from « Grand Place »
WG / General Assembly MTG “Métropole” Brussels Friday to Thursday General Assembly meeting room
Visit Brussels Grand Place
Visit Brussels Mont des Arts Atomium Royal Castle Comics wall House front Art-Nouveau Manneken-Pis Grand Place Cinquantenaire Page 16 Royal Saint Hubert galleries
35thIAQG Meeting Schedule April 2014 in Brussels, Belgium • No Supplier Forum Friday April 11th • PEMs Wednesday and Thursday April 9th & 10th
35thIAQG Meeting Schedule IAQG Brussels meeting – Meeting rooms number Contract with Métropole hotel negociated with possibility to fine tune the number of meeting rooms needed during the week • Request to IAQG Stream/Team Leaders: • Send to Becky your meeting room need for the Brussels meeting < End of December
Social Events • Wednesday 9th • Old Brussels Walking Tour (Grand Place): 6:00 PM to 7:30 PM • & IAQG Gala Dinner at Restaurant (Close to Grand Place): 7:30 PM to 10:30 PM Hosted by SONACA and Techspace Aero Wear confortable shoes
Social EventsPartners Wednesday 9th Partner programme Brussels private Bus Guided Tour: 10:00 AM to 4:00 PM To beconfirmed Minimum passenger count: 20 • Financial participation willberequested
Thursday 10th Partner programme Gand & Bruges tours (Private bus): 10:00 AM to 5:00 PM Social EventsPartners To beconfirmed Gand Bruges Minimum passenger count: 20 • Financial participation willberequested
Social EventsPost Tour Friday 11th Namur & Dinant tours (Private bus): 10:00 AM to 5:00 PM To beconfirmed Namur Dinant Minimum passenger count: 20 • Financial participation willberequested
Schengen Visa • IAQG Members to check if they need a European Schengen visa i.e.: Exempted Countries: • Brazil • Canada • Israel • Japan • South Korea • United States List of exempted countries (For information)
Schengen Visa • IAQG Members are responsible to check the need of a Schengen visa or not • If visa isneededplease contact the nearestConsulate / Embassy for application (Belgian or Schengen countries) • Contact Alain Bonnard (alain.bonnard@asd-europe.org) in case thereis a need to get an invitation letter as part of the visa application process Bottom line: Proceed as earliest possible to getyour visa (if any) in order to preventbad surprise!