Kick-off meeting
The EU-OPENSCREEN kick-off meeting takes place on November 22-23 in Brussels.
Please note that the meeting is restricted to invited participants.
Hotel
A certain number of rooms has been reserved at the Hotel Izan Avenue Louise (Rue Blanche 4) at a special rate of 105 Euro per night incl. breakfast. Please contact Anne Höner in order to confirm your booking.
Agenda Monday, November 22
(internal meeting, restricted to project partners and EC representatives)
13:00 Welcome and opening (Christos Profilis, Ronald Frank)
13:15 Introduction and state of affairs (Ronald Frank)
13:45 Recent developments in ESFRI (Eckhart Curtius)
14:15 Administrative and organisational issues (Anne Höner, Ronald Frank)
16:00 Miscelleanous
Evening lecture
(open to project partners, associated partners, EC, Advisory Board members, Expert group chairs and invited guests)
18:00-21:00 Evening lecture: one or two scientific lectures plus buffet dinner
Agenda Tuesday, November 23
(open to project partners, associated partners, EC, Advisory Board members, Expert group chairs)
09:00-13:00 Detailed discussion on Work Packages and work to be undertaken in the following months
14:00-16:00 Individual Work Package discussions, if necessary
Meeting place
The kick-off meeting (November 22 + 23) takes place on the premises of the European Commission (Committee of Regions building), Rue Belliard 99-101, Meeting Room JDE 70.
The evening lecture on Monday, November 22, takes place at the KoWi - Kooperationsstelle EU der Wissenschaftsorganisationen, Rue du Trône 98.
How to get from the hotel to the European Commission (distance 2.3 km) -> see map.
How to get from the European Commission to the KoWi (distance 1 km) -> see map.
How to get from the hotel to the KoWi (distance 1.6 km) -> see map.
Airport travel information – Train
The airport train station is located below the terminal (basement level -1). Up to 4 trains per hour connect the airport to Brussels North, Brussels Central and Brussels Midi stations.
You can use the following connections:
Go to Brussels Central and change to Metro line 5, direction Herrmann-Debroux, or Metro line 1, direction Stockel. Please get off at Schumann (30-31 min).
Go to Brussels Midi and change to Metro line 6 or 2, direction Simonis Elisabeth. Please get off at Trône (33-34 min).
Downloads:
Timetable Brussels Airport – Brussels Central
Timetable Brussels Airport – Brussels Midi
Airport travel information – Bus (MIVB/STIB)
The bus station is located on level 0, one floor down from the arrivals hall. All MIVB/STIB buses depart from platform C. The Airport Line is an express service (journey time 30-40 min) between Brussels Airport and the European quarter (Schumann and Luxembourg station).
From Monday to Friday until 8 pm the Airport Line carries the number 12 and serves the major stops. On weekdays after 8 pm, on Saturday, Sunday and holidays the Airport Line carries the number 21 and serves all stops.
You can purchase a ticket before boarding the bus from the GO vending machine located on platform C.
Fares:
For 1 journey (purchased outside vehicle): € 3.00
For 1 journey (purchased inside vehicle): € 5.00
10-journey ticket: € 21.00
Downloads:
Timetable line 12
Timetable line 21