Saturday 15 September - Arrivals and Aquarium
	Arrival of participants and escorts
	Visit to Bergen Aquarium:
1800-2030:	-Welcome, get together with participants and student helpers, tour of the aquarium, showing of film in the "Super Videograf" and participation in feeding of seals and penguins (Bergen Aquarium)
2000-2030:	-Meeting of escorts and national organisers
2030-2300:	-Dinner (Bergen Aquarium)


Sunday 16 September - Fjords and Mountains
	Excursion to Sogn:
0758-0947:	-Train Bergen-Myrdal on the Bergen Line
0947-1038:	-Train Myrdal-Flåm on the Flåm Railway
1400-1600:	-Visit to the Aurland Hydroelectric Power Plants (E-CO Vannkraft AS)
1400-1600:	-Visit to the Lærdal Tunnel (National Public Roads Administration)
1700-1800:	-High speed catamaran voyage with M/S Solundir from Lærdal to Balestrand on the Sogne Fjord
1800-1930:	-Dinner at Kvikne's Hotel (Balestrand)
2030-2330:	-High speed catamaran voyage with M/S Solundir from Balestrand to Bergen on the Sogne Fjord and in Nordhordland


Monday 17 September - Bergen and Academia
0800-1200:	Assembly of stands (Grieghallen - Foyer)
1800-1900:	EU Contest Lecture by Research Leader Helge Drange of the G.C. Rieber Climate Institute at Nansen Environmental and Remote Sensing Centre (University of Bergen, Faculty of Law at Dragefjellet)
1900-1930:	Presentation by two former participants at the European Youth Science Contests: Roar Inge Hansen (Philips Contest - Oslo 1979) and Ellen Viste (EU Contest - Berlin 1993), both meteorologists at Storm Weather Center (University of Bergen, Faculty of Law at Dragefjellet)
1930-2030:	Reception at the University of Bergen. (University of Bergen, Faculty of Law at Dragefjellet)


Tuesday 18 September - Opening and Business
0900-1100:	First Jury Interviews (Grieghallen - Foyer)
1100-1130:	Opening Ceremony in the presence of Minister Trond Giske and Mayor of the City of Bergen Ingmar Ljones (Grieghallen - Foyer)
1130-1300:	Reception and lunch hosted by the City of Bergen (Grieghallen - Foyer)
1300-1700:	Jury Interviews (Grieghallen - Foyer)
1300-1700:	EU Research Symposium presenting opportunities in the the European Union research programmes for Norwegian businesses and research institutions (Grieghallen - "Peer Gynt")
1400-1700:	Exchange of Best National Young Scientists Practice chaired by Professor Jan Madey, Vice-Rector of Warsaw University (Grieghallen - "Troldtog")
1700-1900:	Sponsor presentations: Norsk Hydro ASA, the University of Bergen and others (Grieghallen - "Peer Gynt")
1900-2100:	Dinner and trip on the Fløien Funicular (Mt. Fløien)


Wednesday 19 September - Presentations, Patents and Schools
	Official Exhibition Open Day:
0900-1800:	Open exhibition* (Grieghallen - Foyer)
0900-1800:	School Programme with films and exhibition* (Grieghallen - "Peer Gynt")
0900-1200:	Jury Interviews (for participants in groups Cajal, Frisch, Lagerlöf, Marconi, Sakharov and von Suttner) (Grieghallen - Foyer)
1200-1300:	Lunch (Grieghallen - Conference Foyer)
1300-1730:	Jury Interviews (until 1600 only for participants in groups Bohr, Curie, Einstein, Fleming, Hodgkin and Nansen) (Grieghallen - Foyer)
1730-1830:	European Patent Office Lecture by EPO-Examiner Pamela Moskowitz (Grieghallen - "Peer Gynt")
1900-2030:	Informal Dinner (Peppe's Pizza)


Thursday 20 September - Nobels, Grieg and Bergen
0900-1000:	Prize Award Rehersals (Grieghallen - "Peer Gynt")
1000-1130:	National Organisers Meeting (Grieghallen - "Klokkeklang")
1000-1300:	Jury Interviews and Public Visits* (Grieghallen - Foyer)
1300-1400:	Lunch (Central Bergen)
1500-1600:	Meeting of the Nobel Minds with Professor Ivar Giaever (Physics 1973), Professor Gerardus t'Hooft (Physics 1999), Professor Sir Harold Kroto (Chemistry 1996) and Professor Ben Roy Mottelson (Physics 1975) (Grieghallen - "Peer Gynt")
1700-1830:	Visit to Edvard Grieg's home - "Troldhaugen". Concert with Audun Kayser and tour of the house.
1900-2300:	Bergen Quest incl. traditional Norwegian food (Central Bergen)


Friday 21 September - Royal Awards
0900-1100:	Presentations of Special Award Institutions: European Northern Observatories, European Space Agency, Ny-Ålesund Large Scale Facility and European Space Camp Andøya (Grieghallen - "Klokkeklang")
1130-1230:	Lunch (Grieghallen - Foyer)
1215-1245:	Press Conference (King Haakon's Hall)
1300-1500:	Prize Awards Ceremony at King Haakon's Hall in presence of Their Royal Highnesses Crown Prince Haakon and Crown Princess Mette-Marit of Norway , Director-General Dr. Achilleas Mitsos of the European Commission DG Research and Chief Commissioner of the City of Bergen Anne-Grete Strøm-Erichsen
1500-2000:	Removal of Exhibition (Grieghallen - Foyer)/Participation in the opening of the Norwegian Science Week* (Fish Market)
2000-2330:	Final reception (King Haakon's Hall)


Saturday 22 September - Farewell
	Departures

*=open to the public

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