Social events

The conference registration includes three social events, the welcome reception, the bus tour, and the conference dinner. For all events, participants can purchase tickets for accompanying persons. Please be aware that a maximum number of participants are applied per social event.

Welcome reception

The welcome reception will take place on Monday evening, 4 November 2019, at the conference venue.

The reception is included in the conference registration (but registration for the event is required). Tickets for accompanying persons can be purchased for €25/person.

Guided bus tour to Wieliczka Salt Mine

The bus tour will take place on Wednesday, 6 November 2019.

“Wieliczka” Salt Mine is one of the most valuable monuments of material and spiritual culture in Poland. Each year it is visited by more than one million tourists from all over the world. It is also a world class monument, featuring among 12 objects on UNESCO’s World Cultural and Natural Heritage List. Today, “Wieliczka” Salt Mine combines many centuries of tradition and modernity, the history of several hundred years and an underground metropolis with extensive infrastructure. The mine is a product of work of tens of generations of miners and a monument to the history of Poland.

The bus tour is included in the conference registration (but registration for the event is required). Tickets for accompanying persons can be purchased for €50/person.

Conference dinner in the “Avangarda Restaurant”

The informal conference dinner will take place on Wednesday, 6 November 2019, after the bus tour.

Just a short walk away from the city walls, Avangarda Restaurant is located in a former military palace built as the seat of the officers' casino in the Neo-Renaissance style. In 1910 it was rebuilt in the Art Nouveau style. Here a four-course dinner including drinks will be served on Wednesday evening, i.e. after the excursion.

The conference dinner is included in the conference registration (but registration for the event is required). Tickets for accompanying persons can be purchased for €50/person.