Fighting for Harmony - students, society and the academy in tune
EAIR Forum Vilnius 2009, Vilnius, Lithuania, 23-26 August 2009

We request you to register on-line for all Social Events. Please make use of the registration form.

Welcome Reception
Sunday 23 August, 19:15 - 21:00 hrs.
Place: Old campus - Grand Courtyard

The Welcome and Opening Plenary is followed by a Welcome Reception, hosted by Vilnius University, and will be held in one of the thirteen courtyards of Vilnius University - Grand Courtyard. It is the biggest and the most beautiful courtyard in the old campus where stands the University Hall and St. John's Church that gained its present late Baroque forms in the18th century.

At the Welcome Reception a buffet will be served in the Grand Courtyard. During the reception, you will be able to admire the old architecture and spirit of Vilnius University.

The Welcome Reception is free for both Forum delegates and 'registered' accompanying persons.

EAIR Newcomers' Welcome Lunch
Monday 24 August, 12:30 - 14:00 hrs.
Admission to the Newcomers' Welcome Lunch is free, but by invitation only
Place: Old campus - Faculty of History - the canteen ground floor

If you are participating in the Forum for the first time, and you want to know more about EAIR and at the same time meet your fellow 'newcomers', this is the place to have lunch on Monday. You will meet members of the Executive Committee, the track chairs, and all those involved in EAIR activities. If you wish to be included on the invitation list, please state your intention by ticking the box on the Forum website registration form.

EAIR Social Dinner
Monday 24 August, 20:00 hrs.

The Social Dinner is scheduled to take place in the Botanical Garden of Vilnius University that was founded in 1781 by Professor J.E. Giliber (1741-1814). First the Garden occupied an area of 300 sq. m and contained about 2000 species of plants from various countries of the world. At present, it is the home of the Department of Plant Systematic and Geography. The Botanical Garden is located in the village of Kairenai, in the north-east of Vilnius, since 1974 (just before the 400 anniversary of Vilnius University). Now it occupies a territory of 199 hectares.

The comfortable busses will take the Forum guests to the Botanical Garden and after all will take them back to their 'Forum hotels'.

Forum Banquet
Tuesday 25 August, 19:30 hrs.

The Forum Banquet is not included in the Forum registration fee and needs to be paid for separately. The cost is € 60 per person
Place: National Gallery of Art - Vilnius

The Forum Banquet will be held in the main building of the National Gallery of Art, which was designed in 1966 and built in 1980. In 1980–1991 it housed the Museum of Revolution of LSSR. A venue of the National Gallery of Art was opened in this building in 1993. It held permanent expositions of Lithuanian folk art, sculptures and other organised exhibitions. In 1999, the building was closed due to its bad technical condition. In 2003, the National Gallery of Art was reconstructed and expanded by the Government of the Republic of Lithuania.

In 2009, the National Gallery of Art opens to visitors. It will host soon two major projects of the ‘Vilnius – European Capital of Culture 2009’ programme: international exhibition of art ‘Dialogues of Colour and Sound’ and international exhibition of art and design ‘The Modern Design of the Cold War 1945–1970’.

The National Gallery of Art is situated in the newly built part of the Vilnius city centre on the right bank of the river Neris – Konstitucijos avenue – in between the hotel ‘Reval Hotel Lietuva’ and the fitness and entertainment centre ‘Forum Palace’, surrounded by the towering skyscraper district. It has easy access from the Vilnius downtown via the White bridge, or by public transport.