Social Events

On Tuesday September 23 at 17h30, immediately after the end of the short course of Prof. Davidian, we organize a guided walking tour in the city of Leuven. Five professional city guides will show us the most famous, historically important and adorable spots and buildings during a 90 minutes guided walk through the city. At the end of the tour Minister of State Louis Tobback, the mayor of the city of Leuven, will welcome us in person at the town house for a drink until 20h00. It is an honour for us that the mayor is willing to meet us in person in the city hall. He is one of the most famous socialist politicians of Belgium; he participated in several former governments as representative of the people in the parliament of Belgium and he has also been secretary of state of Belgium. All participants of the NCS2008 conference are invited to attend the tour and the drink generously offered by the city of Leuven.

Please make sure to bring easy walking shoes for this city trip since the ancient pavements of the streets of Leuven are a challenge, particularly to ladies wearing high-heeled shoes. Please note that the city tour is immediately after the short course. You will not be able to stop at the hotel between the course and the city trip. Therefore we advice you to bring your travelling luggage to your hotel room before coming to the conference site.

Please inform Katrien Van Laer (info@ncs2008.org), the conference secretary, before September 1 if you are not planning to attend or plan to invite a traveling partner to attend these events.
More information about the city of Leuven can be found here.

All participants are invited to attend the conference dinner at Salons Georges. The dinner will take place on Wednesday September 24 from 20h00 till 23h00. The dinner consists of a cold buffet to start, a warm buffet as main course, and dessert and coffee at the end. There are no additional costs since the dinner is offered to all participants by the conference organizing committee. Red and white wines of the house are included in the dinner.

Please inform Katrien Van Laer (info@ncs2008.org) if you have special dietary requirements. Please also inform the secretariat before September 1 when you will not attend the dinner or want to invite a traveling partner to the dinner.