Passengers can book a taxi by e-mailing the request at: reservation@bene-exclusive.com .
Please put Tamara@grena.ge in Cc during the correspondence so that we can have a control and help in case of any problems.
Event venue:
Radisson Blu Iveria Hotel, Tbilisi city centre
Accommodation: Hotel room can be booked at special rate by the meeting participants
The hotel booking link: https://www.radissonhotels.com/en-us/booking/room-display?checkInDate=2022-10-09&checkOutDate=2022-10-13&adults[]=1&children[]=0&searchType=pac&promotionCode=SIGMSP&hotelCode=TBSZH
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
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:
There will be possibility of online participation via ZOOM.
Tuesday, 11 October 2022
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**
| 9:30-10:00 | Warm 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 | 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/). |
| 10:30-10:45 | Questions and discussion |
| 10:45-11:00 | Break |
| Foresight (Part 2): Foresight in GEANT/NREN community | |
| 11:00-12:00 | National case studies - why we did this/why is foresight important for NRENs (from their point of view) JISC; Gül Akcaova, SURF |
| 12:00-12:30 | Questions and discussion |
| 12:30-12:45 | Foresight for GEANT - Scoping the GEANT wider Foresight study - Raimundas Tuminauskas - early thoughts |
| 12:45-13:15 | Group discussion - what’s important for you/what would you like to see in a foresight study |
| 13:00-14:00 | Lunch |
| Sustainability of Services | |
| 14:00-14:15 | Sustainability - 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 - use cases on T&I services and or Cloud. How do you market to your users. What worked/what didn’t. SURF (SURFSpot) |
| 15:30-15:45 | Break |
| 15:45-16:30 | RedIRIS - Alberto Perez HEAnet (Heanet Store) |
| 16:30 - 17:00 | Procurement Community of Practice (Olaf); General Discussion and goodbye |