Saturday April 17

• 13.00 hrs: Start of the Congress registration – Gallery – Congress desk
• 14.00 hrs: IFAJ Executive meeting - Boudewijn
• 15.00 hrs: Start beach animation
• 19.00 hrs: Welcome reception & walking dinner - Astrid
  Introduction on Belgium and Belgian agriculture by Joris Relaes, chief of cabinet of the Minister of Agriculture of the Flemish region
  Music: Fidelio Quartet

Sunday April 18

• 7.00 hrs: Breakfast – Breakfast Restaurant
• 8.30 hrs: Departure by bus to Ostend - Gallery
• 10.00 hrs: Symposium at ILVO, the Flemish Scientific Institute of Agriculture and Fisheries Research in Melle - www.ilvo.be
  Theme:  “Ghent, cradle of biotech”
  Keynote speaker: Prof. Dr. Marc Van Montagu
  Panel discussion moderated by Jacques Van Outryve
• 12.15 hrs: Options:
  - Interview and photo opportunities
  - Visit to the ILVO laboratories
  - Visit to the ILVO azalea collection
• 10.00 hrs: Partnerprogram: guided visit to the ancient city of Ghent
• 13.30 hrs: Departure by bus to Ghent
• 14.00 hrs: Lunch at “Groot Vleeshuis” in Ghent
• 16.00 hrs: Departure by bus to the Floralies
• 17.00 hrs: Exclusive visit to Ghent Floralies, the largest indoor garden in the world - www.floralien.be
• 19.30 hr: Departure by bus to Oostakker
• 20.00 hrs: Dinner at 't Boerenhof in Oostakker
  Speaker: Piet Vanthemsche, president of Belgian farmers union, Boerenbond
  Music: Tribute to the sax by the New Orleans Night Owls
• 22.30 hrs: Departure by bus to Ostend

Monday April 19

Choose one of five different tours/excursions and check out the program:
Tour 1 West-Flanders
Tour 2 East-Flanders
Tour 3 Antwerp and Flemish Brabant
Tour 4 Antwerp
Tour 5 Wallonia

Tuesday April 20

• 7.00 hrs: Breakfast (at the Breakfast Restaurant)
• FREE TIME - Individual visit to Ostend
  OR
• 8.00 hrs: Additional technical tours - Gallery
  On demand - Registration at the IFAJ desk during the congress
  Possible tours:
  - Visit to the New Holland Harvest Equipment plant in Zedelgem
  - Dairy farm
  - Catlle farm
  - Organic farm
  - Poultry farm
  - Sheep farm
  OR
• 8.30 hrs: Visit to city of Bruges
• 11.00 hrs – 14.30 hrs: Partner Fair – Gallery - Lunch
• 11.00 – 17.00 hrs: Get your free Bekina Steplite X boots - Gallery
• 14.00 hrs: Panel discussion – Leopold III
  Theme: ‘Agricultural journalism between passion and pressure’
  Simultaneous translation: EN, F, ES and PT
  Mederator: Jef Verhaeren
  Panel members:
  - Hans Siemes, president of the commission ‘Freedom of the press’ of IFAJ
  - Stefan Gyssels, vice president and communication manager of Janssen Pharmaceutica
  - Jonathan Ramsay, public affairs and Industry affairs lead for EMEA, Monsanto
  - Pieter Van Dooren, communicator, writer and former scientifical journalist
  - Karen Simon, President American Agricultural Editors' Association
• 16.00 hrs: IFAJ General Assembly - Fabiola
• 19.00 hrs: Canadian Whisky tasting offered by IFAJ 2011 – Reception room in front of Albert I
• 19.30 hrs: Farewell dinner – Albert I
  IFAJ awards
  Music: IFAJ live band

Wednesday April 21

• 7.00 hrs: Breakfast – Breakfast Restaurant
• End of the Main congress
• 12.00 hrs: check out time