WELCOME RECEPTION
A Welcome Reception will be held on Tuesday, 26 August from 19:00 to 20:10 in Lappeenranta Hall. The Welcome Reception will be hosted by Mr Kimmo Jarva, Mayor of Lappeenranta . A welcome drink and small cocktails will be served.
Lappeenranta Hall is located in the City Hall of Lappeenranta (Lappeenrannan Kaupungintalo; visiting address Villimiehenkatu 1, Lappeenranta) in the Lappeenranta City Centre. It is only a few minutes’ walk from the Lappee, Cumulus, Patria and Spa hotels. Shuttle buses from LUT leave at 17:30 and 18:00, and the journey takes about 20 minutes. Staff members will welcome the conference delegates who arrive for the Welcome Reception
- by bus -> at the bus stop in the centre of Lappeenranta, and
- by foot -> in front of the City Hall.
The participants staying at Holiday Club Saimaa and Imatra Spa and Imatra Valtiohotelli have the possibility to go to their hotel before the event. The first return buses leave just after the reception; the last ones leave at 22:00. The buses arrive at and leave from the bus stop on Kauppakatu Street, near the Galleria Shopping Mall.
GALA DINNER
A Gala Dinner will be held in the attractive and spacious Arena of the hotel Holiday Club Saimaa (visiting address Rauhanrinne 1, Lappeenranta at Rauha) in the evening of Wednesday, 27, starting at 19:00. The dinner will be a three-course buffet.
You may download here the shuttle bus schedules for the gala dinner (pdf). Buses will leave from LUT, the Lapeenranta City Centre and the Imatra hotels. It will take about 40 minutes to arrive to Holiday Club Saimaa. Staff members will welcome the conference delegates upon their arrival in front of the main lobby of the hotel. Also transportation back to the Lappeenranta and Imatra hotels will be organized. The first return buses leave at 22:00 and the last ones leave at 01:00. .
The dress code is smart casual.