Postcongress – wednesday April 21- friday April 23 (Ypres & Brussels)
Wednesday April 21
- 9.00 hrs: departure from the hotel In Ostend by bus (gathering in the Gallery)
- Tour around the trenches of the Great War
- 10.00 hrs: Visit to cheese factory Milcobel - www.milcobel.be - Lunch
- 14.00 hrs: Visit to an arable farm - Farmers confronted with the past: farmers still plough up bombs from this Great War
- 20.00 hrs: Attending the Last Post, the traditional salute to the fallen warrior- www.lastpost.be
- 20.15 hrs: Dinner in restaurant Pacific Eiland
- 22.00 hrs: Departure to Silken Berlaymont in Brussels
http://www.hoteles-silken.com/hotel-berlaymont-brussels/en
Thursday April 22
- 8.45 hrs: Departure from Silken Berlaymont hotel - Lobby
- 9.15 hrs: Seminar organized by the European Commission
Theme: 'Future of the Common Agricultural Policy' – A dialogue with international journalists and lunch
Check out the program: http://ec.europa.eu/agriculture/events/ifaj-2010/index_en.htm - 14.00 hrs: Meet & greet with COPA-COGECA -Organization of farmers and their cooperatives in the European Union
Speakers: president Padraig Walshe and general secretary Pekka Pesonen
www.copa-cogeca.eu - 15.30 hrs: visit to the European Parliament - www.europarl.europa.eu
- 19.00 hrs: Departure by bus from Silken Berlaymont hotel (gathering in the Lobby)
- 19.30 hrs: European dinner in the Atomium - www.belgiumtaste.com
Fryday April 23
- Free time in Brussels
End of the Main congress - 12.00 hrs: check out time
