2. 3 rd –7 th October 2012 Gymnázium bilingválne ŽILINA Slovakia

3. Preliminary conference schedule Wednesday 3rd –– travelling & arrival day Welcome drink & dinner at the hotel + Q-group & the steering committee meeting

4. Thursday 4th GBZA – opening ceremony, coffee break, school tour, working unit 1 (the SK school system presentation, a lecture on special needs) lunch in a restaurant nearby - working unit 2 - coffee break/reception at the Town Hall Žilina – a sightseeing tour free evening (culture or shopping...) Preliminary conference schedule

5. Friday 5th at the hotel – working unit 3, coffee break, working unit 4, lunch working unit 5, coffee break plenum a special dinner at Zrub pri jazere Saturday 6th - a field trip with a traditional lunch - a farewell party / raut at the hotel

6. I nformation Accomodation Best Western Palace Hotel Polom**** Hviezdoslavova 22, 010 01 Žilina, Slovakia www.palacehotelpolom.sk Total costs: 480 - a single room 450 - a double room

7. I nformation Travelling the nearest airports – Bratislava(SK),Vienna ** (AT),Katowice(PL), Budapest(HU), Prague * (CZ) * www.regiojet.cz ( the direct speed train to ZA - from Praha Ruzyňe, terminal 1 at 15:34) www.regiojet.cz ** a coach can be provided there (with an extra stop in Bratislava) to avoid possible complicated changes of buses/trains to ZA) – own expenses

8. Žilina´s map location Distances: BA – Zilina (ZA) – 200km Prague – ZA – 400 km Katowice – ZA – 150km Katowice Prague

9. Additional info Currency: euro, Time: GMT + 1 hour (GMT + 2 hours during daylight saving time) Useful links: http://www.visitslovakia.com/about-slovakia/ http://www.meteoprog.sk/en/weather/Zilina/ www.slovakrail.sk, www.zilina.sk www.slovakrail.skwww.zilina.sk http://www.bratislavaguide.com/slovak- language-basic-phrases http://www.bratislavaguide.com/slovak- language-basic-phrases

10. THANK YOU & SEE YOU IN ZA janka.mladenkova@gbza.edu.sk jmladenkova@hotmail.com