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October,
10, Sunday

Reception at Oxford Town Hall.
              
              
            
    Town Hall, St Aldates, OX1 1BX
Registration
Participating companies’ presentations (the list is being updated)
Welcome cocktail. Official welcome speeches of foreign
delegations.
Dress code: gentlemen – business suit, ladies – cocktail
dress
Following an old English tradition, supper without ties
(optional) at the ‘Mitre’ pub,
where Winston Churchill, Sir Paul McCartney, Elizabeth Taylor and other
celebrities have visited.
              
            
              
    The Mitre, High Street, Oxford, Oxfordshire OX1 4AG

October, 11, Monday

Registration
               
              
              
  Town Hall, St Aldates, OX1 1BX

Summit opening. Participants: Member of the European
Parliament Catherine
Bearder, EBA Director General John Netting, CRE President Professor Wil
Goodheer, ICL President Paul Briggs, representatives of diplomatic missions
of Tunisia,
Croatia, Azerbaijan, Romania, Lebanon, Jordan, Algeria, Libya, Armenia and
Albania to the United Kingdom.

Morning plenary session
Big Europe: a new framework of relations with the Eastern and
Southern
neighbours

Moderator:
Christina Howell, Head of External Affairs of the Thames
Valley Chamber of Commerce Group, United Kingdom

Speakers from European analytical institutions will address participants
regarding the expansion of frontiers, and transnational cooperation in
economy, science, education, culture and the arts. Investment and innovation
projects of participating countries of EC Programmes, ‘European Neighbourhood
Policy’, ‘Eastern Partnership’, INTERREG, MEDA, CARDS will also be presented.

Keynote speaker. ‘EC Programme of ‘Policy of good neighbourly
relationship’ a platform to intensify Euro-Atlantic
integration’.

Catherine Bearder, Member of the European Parliament, United
Kingdom
Juergen Jerger, Director of the University
of Regensburg, Germany
Piotr Maciej Kaczynski, Research Fellow, Centre for European
Policy Studies,
Belgium

Main speeches: Innovation, integration and cooperation: commercial
experiences and opportunities
Mark Fritz, Director of the consulting company ‘Processor’, USA
Geoffrey Sturgess, Partner, Blake Lapthorn, United
Kingdom
Nadia Lamloum, CEO of the British Egyptian Business
Association,
United Kingdom
Ahmet Erentok, Honorary Chairman of Azerbaijan Turkey
Business Association
Michael Derrer, Ascent Swiss Business Management AG, Switzerland
Aleksander Libera, Commercial Manager, Embassy of Poland, Poland
Commercial Managers from UK embassies of Latvia, Lithuania, Romania

Lunch. Networking

Daytime plenary session

Moderator:
Paul Briggs, Group Chief Executive of the Thames Valley
Chamber of Commerce, United Kingdom
Practical aspects of fulfilling the programme of good neighbourly
relationship: prospects and recommendations
What do the United Kingdom and other EC countries, investments leaders in
Europe, offer to companies that develop transnational business?
Countries and neighbours of the European Union: ‘Klondike’ for
investments
Presentations of investment and innovation projects, programmes of economic
development of the summit’s participants

Speakers:
Zef Mazi, Ambassador, Embassy of Albania, Albania
Tale Heydarov, Chairman, Europe Azerbaijan Society, Azerbaijan
Simon Garrett, Partner, Haines Watts – Chartered
Accountants, United Kingdom
Cameron Branston, Internal Investment
Manager of B U C K S Economic & Learning Partnership, United Kingdom
Tatiana Berkut, CEO of Rayner International Ltd., United
Kingdom
Samantha Tansley, Vice President of the Association of
Business Development AIESEC Oxford, United Kingdom
Leila Wilcox, CEO of Angelis Ltd., United Kingdom
Liudmila Sheremeteva, Financial Director, Financial services
for Eastern Europe, United Kingdom

Commercial Managers from UK embassies of Azerbaijan, Croatia, Jordan,

Lebanon, Tunisia

Coffee break. Networking

Evening plenary session.
Higher education in context of Big Europe

Moderator:
Wil Goodheer, President of the Club of the Rectors of Europe,
Austria
Exchange programme. Learning English in the United Kingdom. Establishing an
educational institution in the UK. A second diploma. CRE is an integration
institution in the sphere of education.

Speakers:
Katherine Barton, Intercultural adviser and tutor, United
Kingdom
Carolina Rice, Representative of the International
programmes and conferences of Hartford  College, Oxford University, United
Kingdom
Kim Terrar, Co-Principal of Oxford International College, United
Kingdom
Sanda Ionescu, Director, The Culture Broker, United
Kingdom
Ines Molinaro, Director of the Liberal Arts Programme, St.
Clare’s College,
United Kingdom
Syed Raza Gilani, Chief operating officer,
Magna Carta College, United Kingdom
Jüri Martin, Rector of EuroUniversity, Estonia
Summarizing. Closing speech of John Netting, Director General of Europe
Business Assembly, United Kingdo

XLVII SOCRATES AWARDS CEREMONY

Socrates welcome drinks. Photo session.
               
              
              
  Assembly Room, Town Hall

Welcome speech:
John Netting, Director General of Europe Business Assembly, United
Kingdom
Wil Goodheer, President of the Club of the Rectors of
Europe, Austria
Paul Briggs, Group Chief Executive of the Thames Valley
Chamber of Commerce, President of the International Club of Leaders (ICL), United
Kingdom

Award Ceremony
Master of Ceremony – Alan Riddick. Organ –
John Rustly.
Dress code: gentlemen – dinner jacket, ladies – evening dress

Gala dinner in honour of the laureates and guests of the
summit.
Music – The Palm String Quartet, Steve Duffy (Scottish bagpipes)
Ceremony manager – Sue Scarett.
Design – Tim Taylor
               
              
              
  Main Hall, St Aldates, OX1 1BX

October, 12, Tuesday. Professional day

A unique opportunity to visit leading professional centres of Oxford,
to get to know the structure, technologies and management of diverse
companies in B2B format.

Working meeting for businessmen and investors.
Organizer – Oxfordshire County Council, address: Oxfordshire
County Council, County Hall, New Road, Oxford, OX1 1ND.
Receiving party: Dave Waller, Head of Veturefest
Oxford.

Working meeting for lawyers, barristers, solicitors
and notaries public.
Organizer – Blake Lapthorn legal company, address:
Seacourt Tower, West Way, Oxford, OX2 0FB
A huge legal company in the United Kingdom that has more than 100 partners
and more than 650 lawyers. Blake Lapthorn offers a full range of legal
services for both legal entities and natural persons. They offer such services
as obtaining British citizenship, legal advice on a firm registration,
taxation, etc. Complete information: http://www.bllaw.co.uk.
Receiving party: Geoffrey Sturgess, Partner, Blake
Lapthorn
Geoffrey heads the franchising department. He specializes in huge commercial
and technological experience exchanges and advises brand and franchise owner

Working meeting for general practitioners and medical
tourism managers
Organizer – Manor Hospital, address:
Nuffield Health The Manor Hospital Oxford,
Beech Road, Headington, Oxford, OXON, OX3 7RP
The hospital offers the most exclusive services in a hotel-like atmosphere.
The
hospital invests in the latest high technology scanners and diagnostic
equipment.
There are 25 doctor’s consulting rooms, 6 main and 2 small operating rooms,
and
what is actually unique for a private hospital, there are 7 blocks of
intensive care. This
base guarantees the best care for the patients.
More detailed information: http://www.nuffieldhealth.com
Receiving party: Robert Armstrong, chief physician of
the Manor Hospital. He
received his Medical Degree at Oxford University.

Working meeting for rectors of universities and
lecturers.
Organizer – Magna Carta College, address:
Magna Carta College, Milford House,
1A Mayfield Road, Summertown, Oxford, OX2 7EL
Magna Carta College was founded by academicians of Oxford, London and
Birmingham universities as a small private college offering the Oxford style
of life and
good conditions for those who want to receive a degree in management and law.
The
degree in management and law is confirmed by the University of Wales. All
professors and lecturers teaching at the college, have first-class
professional
experience. Necessary academic conditions for classes have been established
at the
college. In particular, one may take his or her MBA degree without a
professional
experience. Complete information: http://www.magnacartacollege.org
Receiving party: Syed Raza Gilani psc MSc, MBA,
Director in external relations,
Magna Carta College

13 October, Wednesday

Departure