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Event venue:

Radisson Blu Iveria Hotel, Tbilisi City Centre

Accommodation: Hotel room can be booked at special rate  by the meeting participants

Hotel booking link

The link will be valid till 20.09.2022. Price shown in the link does not include VAT and other taxes. Total price is fixed as negotiated and agreed and equals to Euro 130 including breakfast.

Any problems with the link please email the hotel directly...

Sofia Kordzadze

Groups and Events Sales Manager

T: (+995 322) 402 200 M: (+995) 597 152 355

sofia.kordzadze@radissonblu.com

radissonblu.com/hotel-tbilisi

Dates – 08.10.2022-13.10.2022

In case you would like to arrive earlier or prolong the stay in Tbilisi the same special rate (Euro 130) will apply but we need to inform the hotel. Contact Tamara Gvenetadze at tamara@grena.ge if you would like to book the hotel before the official date of the event.

** The cancellation will be Free of charge in case of cancellation the booking in 20 working days before arrival ; first  night will be charged in case of cancellation in 10 working days before arrival ; full stay will be charged in case of cancellation in 3 working day prior arrival; full stay will be charged in case of no-show.


Other recommended hotels:

MIRAVERE Hotel 
Rooms Hotel 

ibis Styles Tbilisi Center 

Courtyard Tbilisi 


There are also plenty of hotels including boutique hotels close to the meeting venue.

How to get there:
The venue can be reached from the Tbilisi International Airport by taxi.
 Airport taxi service at Tbilisi International Airport is available outside the terminal in front of the Arrival Hall and provides 24 hour service to the passengers. The journey time to the city center takes approximately 30 minutes dependent on traffic. Price of the taxi service to the Radisson Blu Iveria Hotel is fixed and at this stage equals to 60 GEL equivalent to approx. 20 € (there is a probability of price change in Autumn). Passengers can book the taxi 1 month prior to the arrival in Tbilisi via the following email address: reservation@bene-exclusive.com. Please put Tamara@grena.ge in Cc during the correspondence to help in case of any problems. The taxi company advised to reserve a cab in advance before the arrival and to give the names of passengers in order to avoid any inconveniences. 


Covid: According to the Consular Department of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Georgia Citizens of any foreign countries, traveling to Georgia via any route (by  air,  land and sea) are no longer obliged to present either Covid-vaccination certificate or PCR-examination negative result report from June 15, 2022.

https://www.geoconsul.gov.ge/HtmlPage/Html/View?id=2131&lang=Eng


Virtual Participation:

Join Zoom Meeting

https://us06web.zoom.us/j/87633647715?pwd=UFZmZmtiNFloYTlGN3FlWTh0bG4zUT09

Meeting ID: 876 3364 7715

Passcode: 602674










Tuesday, 11 October 2022

REGISTRATIONS

AGENDA

Monday, 10 October - city tour in the afternoon and dinner hosted by GRENA

Pick up guests in front of Radisson Blu Iveria Hotel, Tbilisi  at 16:00.

During the Tbilisi city tour guests will discover one of the oldest and most remarkable cities in the world, Tbilisi, situated at the crossroads of East and West and comprises the colorfulness of the East and refinement of the West.

Guests will navigate through the Old Town by foot and see the main sites, historic buildings with the most beautiful facades and districts with terraces, typical houses with carved balconies, narrow and beautiful streets and amazing examples of modern architecture. Walking tour will start at Metechi Church, including Europe Squire, Abonotubani and Legvtakhevi continued by Kote Apkhazi Avenue visitng Sioni and Anchiskhati Churches. Strolling along Rustaveli Avenue will give our guests full overview of nineteenth century architecture of Georgia. Walking tour will last approximately 3 hours.

After Tbilisi city tour delicious dinner will be served at Georgian restaurant Bread House https://www.facebook.com/breadhousmgroup/


EAP Connect meeting will follow on Wednesday 12 October 2022

**Tbilisi is 2 hours ahead of CEST**

9:30-10:00Warm Welcome by Ramaz Kvatadze and introduction to GRENA

Foresight (Part 1): Contextualising Foresight in R&E (what is it, why is it important, latest learnings etc.)
10:00-10:30

Slides

Strategic Foresight for EaP connect? - Prof RenÉ Rohrbeck (Professor of Foresight, Innovation and Transformation, EDHEC Business School, Lille) 

In his talk Prof. René Rohrbeck (https://fit-chair.edhec.edu), will introduce what strategic foresight is, how leading organization leverage on if to develop novel businesses and how EaP can profit from it. René Rohrbeck will share examples from over 15 years of benchmarking work and experience from helping multinational organizations develop strategic foresight with his consultancy Rohrbeck Heger (http://rohrbeckheger.com/).

10:30-10:45Questions and discussion
10:45-11:15Break
11:15 - 12:00National case studies

National case studies - why we did this/why is foresight important for NRENs (from their point of view)

JISC  - Mark Tysom 

SURF - Gül Akcaova

12:00 - 12:30Questions and dicussion

Foresight in GEANT/NREN community - current and future work
12:30-12:45

GÉANT Compendium - Daniel Wustenberg

Foresight for GÉANT - Scoping the GÉANT wider Foresight study - Raimundas Tuminauskas  - early thoughts


12:45 - 13:00Questions and Group discussion - what’s important for you/what would you like to see in a foresight study
13:00- 14:00Lunch

Sustainability of Services
14:00-14:15Sustainability - introduction.  Learnings from CEO Track TNC and beyond - Annabel Grant, GÉANT
14:15-14:45

Part 1: Above the net services.  

GÉANT’s - what we do - “as a service” for the community - Olaf Verschoor, GÉANT

Discussion forum  

14:45-15:30

Part 2: Above the net services 

SURF (SURFSpot) - Patrik Zorica & Maurice Bolier  

HEAnet (HEAnet shop) - Garvan McFeeley

15:30-15:45Break
15:45 - 16:15“RedIRIS: beyond connectivity services” - Alberto Perez 
16:15 - 16:45Discussion on topics for the future meetings
20:00

Self-funded dinner at the Restaurant Megruli Sakhli
(Please, bring local cash!)