Social program

Prague is a very inviting city and it offers many options for social activities and sightseeing. During the conference we have organised Welcome cocktail, Guitar concert and a Dinner.

Welcome cocktail (Sunday, February 14)

Carolinum first opened for us on Sunday for a Welcome cocktail.

Drinks and canapés were served and we met many familiar faces.

Official opening & Concert (Monday, February 15)

The official opening of the conference, the fabulous quitar concert by Stepan Rak and the tour aroud Carolinum famous halls filled the Monday's evening.

Stepan Rak is among the world's most popular contemporary classical guitar performers, and a unique composer. He is well known for technical innovations that he uses in his compositions and his five-finger guitar technique captivates audiences throughout the world. He has performed concerts and given master-classes in more than seventy countries. He composed countless pieces for different instruments and ensembles including a symphony orchestra but the majority of his work is dedicated to the solo guitar.

Aula Magna is Carolinum’s and Charles university's pride. It is used for university celebrations and graduation ceremonies. The main wall is decorated by a tapestry with the motive of Charles IV presenting the University's foundation charter to the Czech patron St. Wenceslas. In front the tapestry there is a bronze statue of Charles IV, Holy Roman Emperor and German king and king of Bohemia.

Social dinner (Wednesday, February 17)

The first New Town Restaurant Brewery located right in the centre of Prague has been the featured venue for the conference social dinner.

The complex of interconnected cellars and surface-level rooms is a home for popular 14^th century tradition of combining a mini-brewery with a restaurant in a single unit. Hundreds years ago, there were many old-style burgess breweries in the New Town, where the brewing licence was handed down from father to son. Prague people enjoyed their unique atmosphere and homemade beer which was consumed on the spot.

Today, the New Town Brewery's homemade beer is brewed with Ziemann equipment and uses exclusively pure Czech ingredients (malt and hops). It is made in the traditional manner – in a brewhouse, a fermenting cellar, and a storage cellar. The beer is completely natural, unfiltered, free of preservatives, with a distinctive opal hue of yeast.