Programme of the VIIIth IAO

October 2/3-8, 2003

Thursday, October 2
Delegations arriving
13:00 Lunch at the restaurant Athena for arrived delegations
19:45 Dinner for arrived delegations at a restaurant at Medborgarplatsen

Friday, October 3
Delegations arriving
  8:00 Breakfast for arrived delegations at the hotel
12:00 Lunch and Excursion by the Steamship Blidösund for arrived delegations. Lunch on board.
16:00 Departure from the Hotel to the Opening Ceremony
17:00 Dinner at Rosenbad
18:00 Official Opening Ceremony at Rosenbad
18:30 Unofficial Opening Ceremony at Rosenbad
19:30 Departure to the hotel

Saturday, October 4
  5:40 Departure to Saltsjoebadens Samskola from the hotel for translators
  6:45 Translation of the theoretical round starts at Saltsjoebadens Samskola

  7:00 Breakfast at the hotel
  8:15 Departure to Saltsjoebadens Samskola from the hotel
  9:35 Theoretical round at the school
13:35 Lunch at the school
14:00 E-mail time
17:00 Transportation back to the hotel
18:30 Dinner at the hotel

Sunday, October 5
  5:40 Departure to Saltsjoebadens Samskola from the hotel for translators
  6:45 Translation of the practical round starts at Saltsjoebadens Samskola

  7:30 Breakfast at the hotel
  8:15 Departure to Saltsjoebadens Samskola from the hotel
10:45 Practical round at the school
14:45 Lunch at the school
15:30 E-mail time
17:00 Excursion in Saltsjöbaden
19:30 Weather dependent decision on the Observational round
20:00 Translation of the round starts at Saltsjoebadens Samskola.
20:15 Departure to Saltsjoebaden Observatory
21:30 The observational round starts
21:45 Dinner at the Observatory in Saltsjoebaden
24:00 Transportation back to the hotel

Monday, October 6
  9:00 Breakfast at the hotel
10:00 Departure to Cosmonova Planetarium
11:00 Visit to Cosmonova Planetarium
12:30 Lunch at the Museum of Natural History
14:15 Free time
18:00 Dinner in central Stockholm

Tuesday, October 7
  8:00 Breakfast at the hotel
  9:00 Departure to AlbaNova
10:00 Lectures at the Stockholm Observatory at AlbaNova and visit to House of Science
12:00 Lunch at AlbaNova
13:00 Departure to the hotel
13:30 Free time
15:45 Departure from the hotel to Saltsjöbadens Samskola
17:00 Closing ceremony at Saltsjoebadens Samskola
19:00 Transport to Dinner for leaders
19:15 Dinner at Nationalmuseum for leaders, Walking "under moon" for students

Wednesday, October 8
  8:00 Breakfast at the hotel
Delegations depart

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