Social Program
The 10th World Congress will feature several social events for your enjoyment
during your stay in Madrid. Details of these events are below.
Opening Ceremony and Reception
Tuesday, 10 June 2008, 6:30 - 9:00 pm
The 10th World Congress Opening Ceremony and Reception will take
place on Tuesday, 10 June 2008 from 6:30 to 9:00 pm at the Ilustre
Oficial Colegio de Médicos de Madrid (Official Medical School
of Madrid). The Opening Ceremony
will include welcoming remarks from a number of special speakers
representing both IPOS and Madrid. Attendees will learn about some
of the history and culture of Madrid and will be treated to traditional
Spanish cultural performances. A cocktail reception
will follow in the school's lovely garden (or
inside in case of inclement weather). The Opening Ceremony and
Reception is complimentary to all attendees registered for the
full three-day Congress. Any
One-Day-Only registrants or guests
of Congress attendees may purchase tickets to this event for $55
or €35 plus VAT. Tickets may be purchased on the registration
form.
Gala Dinner and Flamenco Show
Thursday, 12 June 2008, beginning at 8:30 pm
| IPOS has reserved space for cocktails
and dinner in the beautiful Palace Hotel in central Madrid
for the 10th
World Congress Gala Dinner. Tickets to the dinner may be purchased
for $110 or €75 plus VAT per person. This fee includes
a before-dinner cocktail reception, a delicious full meal (including
wine) and a flamenco dancing performance, all in an exquisite
setting.
The Gala Dinner provides an excellent opportunity for networking
and relaxing with your colleagues. Limited seating is available,
so purchase tickets for yourself and your guests right away!
Tickets may be purchased on the registration form. |
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About the Palace Hotel
The Palace Hotel was built in 1912, during the reign of King Alfonso
XIII, at the former palace of the Dukes of Medinaceli, an emblematic
building of Madrid, becoming the largest and most modern hotel
in Europe at the time (the only one to have bathrooms and telephones
in each room!). Since then, it has remained an active part of city
life and is the venue for national and international events that
are relevant to the history of the country and the world. Hence,
it became the venue for the 1991 Peace Conference where Arabs and
Jews first negotiated.
Architecturally, it was built in the style of the big Parisian
buildings of the Belle-Epoque. Its wide lobby is beautifully decorated
with wall paintings representing Italian gardens of the Renaissance,
but the most emblematic space of all is its magnificent hall Rotunda
crowned by a dome of crystal, an authentic Art-Nouveau jewel. Strategically
located opposite to the Congress of Deputies, the Prado Museum
and the Villahermosa Palace (Thyssen-Bornemisza Museum), it majestically
dominates Neptune´s Plaza and the Avenue of El Prado. It
has been home to artists, intellectuals and politicians. Spanish
painters such as Picasso and Zuloaga, writers like García
Lorca, Hemingway and Blasco Ibañez, Sarah Bernhard, Serge
Diaghilev, and many others, without forgetting the mysterious Mata-Hari,
were frequent clients. The efforts in supporting this singular
palace in mint condition of conservation has been worth obtaining
its recognition as a building of Cultural Interest.
Other Social Activities
IPOS is currently working to assemble information about tours
in Madrid and day trips to other locations in Spain so that
attendees can book their own social activities while visiting
Spain.
When information on those tours is available, it will be posted
to
this page.
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