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FIDIC 2001 Montreux
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FIDIC 2001 diary
Montreux Palace Hotel ("hotel") and conference centre ("centre")
Date Function Time

No. 

Services Room
WED 29 Aug FIDIC Office 14:00 - 19:00   Coffee; see equipment Rotary (hotel)
Pre-conference meeting 14:00 - 19:00 12   Musique (hotel)
THU 30 Aug FIDIC Executive Committee Meeting (planning, etc. FIDIC.org Internal) 08:30 - 17:00 11 Coffee 10:00
Working Lunch 12.00 - 13.30
Coffee 15:30
flip chart
Vert (hotel)
FIDIC Office 14:00 - 19:00   Coffee Rotary (hotel)
FIDIC Dinner: Executive Comm. & Spouses (informal) Evening 20   Eden du Lac Hotel
FRI 31 Aug FIDIC Office 08:00 - 19:00   Coffee Rotary (hotel)
FIDIC Executive Committee Meeting 08:00 - 17:00 11 Coffee 10:00
Working Lunch 12.00 - 13.30
Coffee 15:30
flip chart
Vert (hotel)
EFCA  Best Practice Group Meeting (minutes of last meeting in DNS Secure >>) 08:00 - 17:00 12 Coffee 15:30
block; flip chart
Bridge (hotel)
SAT 1 Sep FIDIC Office 08:00 - 19:00   Coffee Rotary (hotel)
FIDIC Directors & Secretaries Meeting: agenda in  Internal DNS 09:00 - 17:00 35 Coffee 10:00
Juice, etc.
block; flip chart; overhead proj.
Fêtes (hotel)
FIDIC Capacity Building Task Force 09:00 - 17:00 10 Coffee 10:00 (lunch with Dir. & Secs. & Pres.)
block; flip chart;
Vert (hotel)
Registration opens 12:00 - 17:00     Rotary (hotel)
Directors & Secretaries Buffet Lunch with Presidents 12:30 - 14:00 65 Buffet lunch La Palmeraie (hotel)
Presidents Meeting: agenda in Internal DNS 14:00 - 16:30 30 Coffee
block; flip chart
Bridge (hotel)
FIDIC Presidents, Director’s & Secretaries dinner, with FIDIC Executive Committee 18.30 - 20:30 80 Hosted by USIC Montreux Casino garden
SUN 2 Sep Registration/FIDIC Office 08:00 - 19:00     Rotary (hotel)
Registration/FIDIC Office 12:00 - 17:00     Rotary (hotel)
Exhibition opens 12:00     Lobby hall (hotel)
FIDIC ASPAC  Meeting (agenda) 09:00 - 11:00 20 Coffee 10:00
block, flip chart
Bridge (hotel)
FIDIC Risk Management Forum  Meeting 09:00 - 12:00 20 Coffee 10:00
block, flip chart
Dents du Midi (centre)
FIDIC Business Practices Committee Meeting 10:00 - 12:00 10 Coffee 10:00
block, flip chart
Rochers-de-Naye (centre)
FIDIC Sustainable Development Task Force Meeting (probably cancelled) 10:00 - 15:30 10 Coffee 10:00
lunch in Palmeraie; block flip chart
Pléiades (centre)
Lunch for SDTF, BPC, RMC 12:00 - 14:00 40   La Palmeraie (hotel)
Lausanne Tour 14:00 - 17.00     Departs/returns Montreux Palace
FIDIC Contracts Committee 14:00 - 16:00 11 Coffee
block, flip chart
Vert (hotel)
FIDIC Integrity Management Task Force 14:00 - 16:00 8 Coffee
block, flip chart
Rochers-de-Naye (centre)
First time attendees Reception 18:00 - 18:30 100 Buffet Hall/La Palmeraie (hotel)
Welcome Reception 18:30 - 21:00 550 Buffet Hall/La Palmeraie
Dessert Reception with Speakers and Special Guests (hosted by R.W. Bowes) 20:30 - 21.30 30 Dessert Club (hotel)
MON 3 Sep Speakers presentation test 07:30 - 08:30     Léman A/B (hotel)
Registration/FIDIC Office 08:00 - 19:00     Rotary (hotel)
Hospitality Center/Networking Room 10:00 - 18.00     Rotary (hotel)
Opening Ceremony (see programme) 09:00 - 10:15 450 theatre

Leman A/B (centre)

Refreshment break 10:15 - 10:45 550 coffee Leman C + coupole (centre)
USIC EC Meeting 10:15 - 12:30 11 block Vert (hotel)
Press conference 10:15 - 10:45 25 coffee
U-shaped
Rochers-de-Naye (centre)
Forum (see programme) - Wallace (Moderator), Bowes, Biesa, Raynor 10:45 - 12:15 570   Leman A/B (centre)
Gruyères Tour 11:30 - 15:00     Departs/returns Montreux Palace
Lunch 12:15 - 14:00 400 Banquet lunch
FIDIC table with Forum  speakers
Congrès/Fêtes (hotel)
FIDIC GAMA Meeting 12:15 - 14:00 30 Same lunch as Plenary
block flip chart
Bridge (hotel)
Forum (see programme): Testoni, Rat, Knörzer 14:00 - 17:00 570   Leman A/B (centre)
Refreshment break 15:30 - 16:00     Leman C (centre)
Dinner-dance cruise 18:30 - 24:00      
TUE 4 Sept
FIDIC 2003 Planning Meeting 07:30 - 08.15     La Brasserie (hotel)
Registration/FIDIC Office 08:00 - 18:00     Rotary (hotel)
Hospitality Center/Networking Room 10:00 - 15.00     Rotary (hotel)
8:30 - Sustainable Development activities Cities EMS; SD guidelines
9.45 - Introductions: SD initiatives (Boswell)
BPC Forum (Pedersen)
08:30 - 10:00 350   Leman A (hotel)
Martigny Tour 09:30 - 16:00     Departs/returns Montreux Palace
Lausanne Tour (cancelled) 10:00 - 17.00      
Refreshment break 10:00 - 10.30 300 coffee Leman C (centre)
Sustainable Development Initiatives (Gamper): Mayer, Rittner, Kaul, Adeola, Gamper 10:30 - 12:00 200 theatre (same set up as Monday) Leman A (centre)
Business Practice Forum
plenary session (Kell, Cölasan, Dunn,  Bamforth, Morrision, Hirotani)
10:30 - 12:00 150 100 theatre + 100 classroom + video projector + podium + head table (5) + mics (table + floor) Leman B (centre)
Business Practice Forum 
roundtables (Kell)
10:30 - 12:00 145 blocks of 10 + flip charts centre: Leman B (80)
Pleiades (20)
Rochers-de-Naye (20)
Dents du Midi (25)
BIMILACI 2003 Planning Meeting (by invitation): see BIMILACI 2001 report 10:30 - 12:00 11 coffee Vert (hotel)
Lunch 12:00 - 14:00 300 Buffet lunch Congrès (hotel)
Business Practice Roundtable: small firms (Kawaguchi) 14:00 - 17.00 100 roundtables of 10 + flip charts Leman A (centre)
Business Practice Roundtable: medium firms (Reith) 14:00 - 17.00 80 roundtables of 10 + flip charts Leman B (centre)
Business Practice Roundtable: large firms (Kell) 14:00 - 17.00 20 block of 20 + flip chart Rochers-de-Naye (centre)
Business Practice Roundtable: very large firms (Goddard) 14:00 - 17.00 20 block of 20 + flip chart Pleiades (centre)
Business Practice Roundtable: young professionals (Meghji) 14:00 - 17.00 25 roundtables of 10 + flip charts Club (hotel)
Roundtable on sustainability (Boswell) 14:00 - 17.00 50 roundtables of 10 + flip charts Bridge (hotel)
Business Practice Roundtable: in reserve   40 roundtables of 10 + flip charts Dents du Midi (centre)
Refreshment break 15.30 - 16.00     Lobby (hotel)
World Bank Consulting Services Manual: presentation (Casartelli) 16.00 - 17.00 50   Congrès (hotel)
Concerts: Chateau de Chillon 18:30 - 22:30 180   Trolly bus 1, or coach depart Montreux Palace at 18.00; return by coach to Montreux Palace
Concert: Alcazar 19:15 - 23:00 150   Trolly bus 1, or coach depart Montreux Palace at 18.45; return by coach to Montreux Palace
WED 5 Sep
Registration/FIDIC Office 08:00 - 18:00     Lobby (hotel)
Hospitality Center/Networking Room 10:00 - 16.00     Rotary (hotel)
FIDIC BPC Meeting 07:00 - 08:00 8 Breakfast Vert (hotel)
FIDIC President's Breakfast (FIDIC EC only) 07:30 - 08:00 8 Coffee Terrace Restaurant (hotel)
Plenary Session:
SD summary (Figueres, Wallace)
08:15 - 09:15 350 175 classroom
175 theatre
Congrès (hotel)
Plenary Session:
Swiss Young Engineers (Langlo)
09:15 - 09:25
Plenary Session:
Young Professionals Forum (Meghji)
09:25 - 09:40
Plenary Session:
Presentation of QM and BIM/CB Workshops (Pedersen)
09:40 - 10:00
Refreshment Break 10:00 - 10:30 350   Hall (hotel)
Workshop: Quality Management (Jensen, Kell, Novak) 10:30 - 12:00 200 10 roundtables Léman A (centre)
Workshop: Business Integrity Management - Capacity Building (Ochoa, Pedersen) 10:30 - 12:00 100 200 classroom
100 theatre
Congrès (hotel)
Martigny Tour (cancelled) 09:30 - 16.00      
Lausanne Tour 10:00 - 15:00     Departs/returns Montreux Palace
Lunch  12:30 - 13.45 350   Fêtes/Bridge/Club (hotel)
FIDIC GAM (agenda in FIDIC.org Internal) 14:00 - 17:00 250   Congrès (hotel)
Refreshment break 15:00 - 15.30     Lobby )hotel)
Cocktail 19:00 - 19:30 550   Terrasse/La Coupole (centre)
Gala Banquet 1930 - 24:00 550   Leman A/B (centre)
THU 6 Sep
FIDIC Office 08:00 - 12:00     Rotary (hotel)
FIDIC Executive Committee Meeting 08:00 - 12:00 11 Coffee 10:00 Vert (hotel)
Geneva Tour 09:30 - 16:00     Departs/returns Montreux Palace
Murten Tour 09:30 - 16:00     Departs/returns Montreux Palace
FIDIC Executive Committee lunch 12:00 - 13.30 12   Terrace Restaurant (hotel)
FIDIC 2002 Planning Meeting 14:00 - 16.00 10   Vert (hotel)
FRI 7 Sept
Post-conference tour: Gotthard (see tours) 07:30     Departs Montreux Palace
Post-conference tour: Lötschberg (see tours) 08:30     Departs Montreux Palace
Updated 16 August 2001