Social Events
Welcome Reception
Wednesday, 19 October 2011
20.00 – 23.00
We are pleased to invite you to the official Welcome Reception of the 5th Joint Triennial Congress of ECTRIMS and ACTRIMS 2011 which will be held in the National Maritime Museum Amsterdam. The museum is currently being renovated and will reopen in summer 2011. The unique collection tells the story of the maritime past of the Netherlands. The museum brings you back to the past times of trading voyages, Amsterdam in the Golden Age, the Dutch East India Company (VOC), distant countries, the mercantile spirit and the overseas colonies.
The historic surroundings combined with the possibility to visit the museum will provide the necessary ambiance for the Welcome Reception.
The overall feel of the Reception will be international with a Dutch accent. Upon arrival, guests will be greeted with traditional Dutch appetizers and music / entertainment. The finger food buffet will be in international style.
It will be possible for guests to visit part of the museum during the reception.
Upon demonstration of the congress badge participants and registered accompanying persons will be able to use a bus shuttle from the congress venue to the museum. The museum can also be reached by different ways of public transport. Shedules are available at the Secretariat on-site.
All participants and registered accompanying persons are invited to attend free of charge. The Welcome Reception is partially sponsored by the City of Amsterdam.
Price: free of charge
Address: Kattenburgerplein 1, 1018 KK Amsterdam
Instructions how to get there:
Make your own way to the National Maritime Museum
You can walk in 15 minutes from Amsterdam Central Station to the museum, follow the Prins Hendrikkade or via the Public Library.
The museum can also be reached easily by public transport: bus line 22 (Indische Buurt) departs from the “Nicolaas Church”. When you walk out of the Central Station you can see this church on your left. Bus line 42 (KNSM-eiland) and bus line 43 (Borneo-eiland) both depart from the left side of the Central Station (when you walk out of the station you go to the left).
Transfer busses from the RAI (one way)
subject to alterations
Transport by bus to the Welcome Reception will be also be arranged from the congress venue. Buses will depart from the square in front of the RAI from 19:30 to 20:00. The bus will bring you directly to the museum.
Return transfers
Please note that return transfers to the Central Station, congress venue or your hotel will not be organized. You have to make your own way back.
Ballet Performance “The Swan Lake”
Thursday, 20 October 2011
19.30
On Thursday evening the Dutch National Ballet is presenting “The Swan Lake” at the Amsterdam Music Theatre.
The former artistic director of the Dutch National Ballet, Rudi van Dantzig, draws his chief inspiration from Tchaikovsky for his arrangement of this “ballet of ballets” about love and deception. Van Dantzig has kept to the traditional movements of the “standard version” by Marius Petipa and Lev Ivanov dating from 1895, but has otherwise opted for a less superficial, more human interpretation. His production is subsequently outstanding for its emotional expressive power. Toer van Schayk’s imposing decors and costumes could well have been derived from the “golden” paintings of the seventeenth-century Dutch Masters. In the half century since its inception, the company has not only presented successful foreign versions of classical-romantic ballets, but has also brought its own interpretations to the stage. Adopting a completely individual viewpoint and often imbued with a typical “Dutch flavour”, these productions have made a significant contribution to Dutch cultural heritage
Tickets for this ballet have to be ordered online directly on the homepage of the Amsterdam Music Theatre (www.het-muziektheater.nl/swanlake/). Participants who would like to get information on the ballet can also contact the “Tours” desk on-site next to the Secretariat.
Price: From € 19.50 to € 74.50
Address: Waterlooplein 22, 1011 PG Amsterdam
Conference Dinner
Friday, 21 October 2011
20.30 – 23.00
The official Conference Dinner will be held in the “Beurs van Berlage” located in the centre of Amsterdam.
In the Golden Age Amsterdam was the first place in the world to create a fixed location for the trade in stocks and shares. Three hundred years later Berlage built the third Amsterdam Stock Exchange; a building that generated a lot of controversy and, today, is considered the beginning of modern Dutch architecture.
The dinner will take place in the impressive Main Hall of this historical building.
During the dinner various entertainers will perform; offering a variety of performances, a spectacular “around the globe” show thus ensuring this Conference Dinner to be a magical and memorable experience.
Upon demonstration of the conference dinner voucher participants will be able to use the bus transfer from the congress venue to the Beurs van Berlage. Schedules are available at the Secretariat on-site.
Price: € 60 per person
Address: Damrak 277, 1012 ZJ Amsterdam
Instructions how to get there:
Make your own way to the Beurs van Berlage
You can walk in 5 minutes (a mere 300 meters) from Amsterdam Central Station to the Beurs van Berlage by following the Dam street.
The Beurs van Berlage is also easily accessible by public transport. The Dam/De Bijenkorf stop is the nearest tram stop.
The following trams stop here: 4, 9, 16, 24 and 25.
All trams depart from the Central Station.
Transfer busses from the RAI (one way)
subject to alterations
Buses to the Conference Dinner will depart from the square in front of the RAI from 20:15 to 20:40. The bus will bring you directly to the Beurs van Berlage (around 20 minutes).
Return transfers
Please note that return transfers to the congress venue or your hotel will not be organized. You have to make your own way back.