Official Events
Opening Ceremony and Welcome Reception
Wednesday, 11 June 2008, 18:45 - 22:00
The welcome reception will be held after the opening ceremony at the Palais des Congrès. All
registered participants and accompanying persons are cordially invited.
Congress Dinner - join an unforgettable Fun Fair
Friday, 13 June 2008 20:30 - 24:00
Price: EUR 140 per person / Buffet Dinner and fun fair attractions
Les Pavillons de Bercy
These former wine stores were known in the 19th century for their lively social events and festiveness. Today this unique place provides a jewel of a setting for our special evening with its three distinguished attractions.
Les Salons de Musique
In a
surrealist setting which orchestrates the decorative features of the music hall, the opera house
and the theatre, composer Jacques Remus has achieved the computerized miracle of linking pieces
from the 1930s and contemporary chimes. Their unique score transforms the building itself
into a gigantic instrument, you will be the privileged spectators of this strange world in which
astonishing sounds find an echo in our memories and our sensibility. They are also the guardians of
games of chance, power, skill and fortune at which visitors to the venue can try their hand. Why
not dancing…
Le Musée des Arts Forains
A merry-go-round, attractions, swing boats and roundabouts, from one of the world's biggest collections of fairground artefacts. Lotteries, wooden horses and hundred-year-old bicycles become a playground for grownups that, in the land of the Funfair of yesteryear, discover the many facets of this art and are transformed into players in their own dreams.
Les Salons Vénitiens
The more intimate third building pays tribute to the homeland of carnival and street
theatre, important festive art forms which broke the monotony of daily life. Tonight, an 18th
century Venetian palace will open its doors for the carnival and plunge us into a Baroque setting
worthy of Fellini. On the Salon side, the Doge invites us to a show of singing automats: Casanova,
Harlequin and Columbine respond to each other in operatic arias. The show continues up to the
ceiling with old theatre backcloths; each becomes something different in the reflections of
distorting mirrors.
RELATED INFORMATION
Congress Dinner registration
Reservations for the Congress Dinner can be made together with the online congress registration.