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Programme Beijing 2009

47th Intersteno Congress

Beijing 15 - 21 August 2009

All speech capturing competitions (including Realtime/Correspondence and Summary/Multilanguage) will take place at the National Olympic Sports Center Hotel - address AnDing road, Chaoyang Disctrict, Beijing on the 1st. tel: 86-10 64910948

Aug 12 Wednesday

Working rooms available for the jury.

Aug 13 Thursday

Competition rooms are available for multilingual shorthand (for participants taking part in many languages)

Aug 14 Friday

08:30

Board meeting - National Olympic Sports Center Hotel

14:00

Jury and task force meeting - National Olympic Sports Center Hotel

Aug 15 Saturday OPENING

08:30

First meeting of the Council - National Olympic Sports Center Hotel

11:00

Instruction meeting for jury helpers, split up in two groups - National Olympic Sports Center Hotel

15:00

 

Official Opening of the Congress and press Conference.

Olympic Sports Center Beijing

Address: Anding Road, Chaoyang District, Beijing on the 1st.

Simultaneous translation in English and German will be available

16:30

Welcoming reception

17:30

Instructions for Speech capturing competitions (all formulas)                            

19:00 Instruction for Computer competitons (all formula). Competitors are invited to bring their laptops.

Aug 16 Sunday COMPETITIONS - day 1

08:30

Opening of the Exhibition Area, National Olympic Sports Center Hotel

 08.00

World championship in Text Production, Olympic Sports Center

 at the end of the previous one

World championship inText corrections , Olympic Sports Center

 at the end of the previous one

world championship in Professional Word Processing , Olympic Sports Center

09:30 - 12:30/ 14:30 - 17.00

International Forum on Steno education

10.00

 

IPRS meeting followed by a get-together dinner

This meeting takes place at the National Olympic Sports Center Hotel (only 5 minutes walk from the Olympic Sports Center) address AnDing road, Chaoyang District,  Beijing on the 1st

Tel: 86-10 64910948

14.00

Exhibition demonstrating Chinese steno competitions

16:00

World Championship competition in Correspondence and Minute-taking - National Olympic Sports Center Hotel

17:00

World championship competitionin Multilingual Shorthand - National Olympic Sports Center Hotel

 

Evaluations of the competitions' works.

Tourist program (optional booking)

Aug 17 Monday COMPETITIONS - day 2

08:30

World championship in speech capturing - National Olympic Sports Center Hotel

12:00

World championship in real time transcription - National Olympic Sports Center Hotel

14:00

World championship in multilingual shorthand - National Olympic Sports Center Hotel

 

Evaluations of the competitions's work

 

Tourist program (optional booking)

Aug 18 Tuesday YOUTH's DAY

Youth's Day (for all participants up to 26 years). Events and dates for encouraging  networking, exchange of experiences and having fun together.

This tour is FREE OF CHARGE for young people registered for the Congress.

For accompanying persons the Price is Euro68/pax which includes:

The whole day's activities (Lunch & Dinner, coach fees, tour guide and service charges) except expenses for free times activities in the evening which are at the sole responsibility of the participants.

09:00

Gather at the Olympic Hotel and departure

09:30

Arrive at the Houhai Lotus Market, and take Rickshaw, for Hutong tour.

10:30

Go to some special courtyard, such as Beijing Family and Olympic Family,to experience the life style of Pekinese, make dumplings, and learn Calligraphy, Peking opera, Cephalostachyum

12:00-13:00

Lunch

13:00

Leave courtyard for the Central Business District (CBD).

14:00-17:00

Visit the 2008 Beijing Olympic Game's venue. 

17:00

Dinner - Beijing Roast Duck

18:00

Back to the hotel.

After dinner

You can choose to go to the theater to enjoy Acrobatics, kung fu and Peking Opera.

These events are optional and must be booked in advance and are at your own expense.

14:00

Visit to the National People's Congress

18:00

Diner of the Jury, jury assistants and task force

 

Tourist program (optional booking)

Aug 19 Wednesday CONFERENCES

The lectures will be delivered at the National Olympic Sports Center Hotel (only 5 minutes walk from the Olympic Sports Center) address AnDing road, Chaoyang District,  Beijing on the 1st

Tel: 86-10 64910948

The list of the speakers and topics is available at the menu 'Conferences'.

09:00 - 12:00

First session

14:00 - 17:00

Second session

18:30

Diner of the Council members

 

Tourist program (optional booking)

Aug 20 Thursday
GENERAL ASSEMBLY - PRICE GIVING CEREMONY -  FAREWELL DINNER

08:30

Second meeting of the Council - National Olympic Sports Center Hotel

11:00

General Assembly - National Olympic Sports Center Hotel

12:30

Last short meeting of the Council following the decisions taken by the Assembly - National Olympic Sports Center Hotel

15:30

Exhibition of steno technologies in different countries - Olympic Sports Center

16:00

Prize Giving Ceremony - Olympic Sports Center

18:00

Farewell Diner - Olympic Sports Center

 

Tourist program (optional booking)

Aug 21 Friday FINAL EXCURSION

08:30

Whole day, optional booking had to be made in the Congress registration form

China Impression: 

In the morning, travel to BaDaLing Great Wall, which is the most famous site in Beijing and Take the Cable Car to a higher elevation where there are fewer tourists. There you will live the Chinese saying "you are not a true human being until you get onto the wall" and experience the significance of the Great Wall.



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