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The workshops, tours and round-table discussions at the 8th Conference are open to all participants. Since places are limited for the workshops and optional tours on Monday, October 6 and Wednesday morning, October 8, please make sure that you register on line and indicate your choices soon.

Unless otherwise specified:

  • simultaneous interpretation (French/English) will be provided for workshops and round-table discussions;
  • guided tours will be offered in English and French, either in two separate groups identified with F/E or a single bilingual group, identified with B;
  • all tours leave from and return to the main entrance of Bonsecours Market, on de la Commune Street.

For more details on workshops and tours, click on the titles in the table below.

 Sunday, October 5, 2003
Pre-Conference activity $
8 a.m. - 7 p.m.     B
Tour leaves from and returns to: participants’ hotels.
Getaway to Ottawa,
Capital of Canada
$
 
 
 
 
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 Monday, October 6 — Registration for the 8th Conference, 8 a.m. to 6 p.m. — Lunch at restaurant
  of delegates’ choice
Choice of workshops
Choice of guided tours
9 - 10 a.m.
A heritage feeling
in New Orleans
10 - 11 a.m.
A Case Study : Hanoi
11 a.m. - noon
Cultural institutions in Old Montréal
and their experience
Noon - 1 p.m.
Globalization and New Opportunities
for historic cities
1 - 2 p.m.
Protecting and showcasing heritage
assets: the National Capital
Commission, Ottawa
2 - 3 p.m.
Montréal’s “Operation local heritage”
3 - 4 p.m.
Montréal, a North American hub
4 - 5 p.m.
Restoring the historic
district of Old Montréal:
principles and values
9 a.m. - noon     F/E
Tour of the Mosaiculture exhibition
 
 
 
1 - 2:30 p.m.     on foot     F/E
Public spaces in Old Montréal
 
3 - 4:30 p.m.     on foot     F/E
The old and new,
side by side
 
9 a.m. - noon     B
Boat tour of
the Lachine Canal
 
 
 
1 - 4 p.m.     F/E
Tour of Mount Royal
 
 
 
5 p.m.
Cocktail - ALL
Speaker:
Mr. Michel Gariépy, Chair of the Société de développement de Montréal
6 p.m.
Opening ceremonies - ALL
Speakers:
Mr. Yorikane Masumoto, Chairman of the League of Historical Cities and Mayor of the City of Kyoto
Ms. Axumite Gebre-Egziabher, Director, UN-Habitat
Mr. Gérald Tremblay, Mayor of Montréal
Mr. Dinu Bumbaru, Secretary General of ICOMOS
Ms. Helen Fotopulos, member of the Executive Committee of the City of Montréal
7:30 p.m.     Leaves from the main entrance of Bonsecours Market, St-Paul Street, around 7 p.m..
                     On foot if the weather is good, by bus if it is raining.
Banquet at City Hall
(Regular registration only)
9:30 p.m.     Leaves from City Hall at 9:30 p.m., by bus.     F/E
Tour of the lights of Old Montréal
(Regular registration only)
With:
Ms. Sylvie Tremblay, City of Montréal
Mr. Gilles Arpin, Éclairage Public inc.
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 Tuesday, October 7 — Round-table discussions (see Themes section)
8 - 10:30 a.m. — ROUND TABLE I - ALL
Choosing heritage priorities
Moderator:
Ms. Helen Fotopulos, member of the Executive Committee of the City of Montréal

Speakers:
Mr. Martin Dickie, Responsible of the Vienna Old Town Conservation Fund
Mr. Sun Qingyun, Mayor of the City of Xi’an

Mr. Gábor Demszky, Mayor of the City of Budapest
Expert:
Mr. Luc Noppen, Professor, UQÀM
 
11 a.m. - 1:30 p.m. — ROUND TABLE II - ALL
Involving citizens, residents, merchants and experts
Moderator:
Ms. Helen Fotopulos, member of the Executive Committee of the City of Montréal

Speakers:
Mr. Yorikane Masumoto, Chairman of the League of Historical Cities and Mayor of the City of Kyoto
Mr. Jean-Paul L'Allier, Mayor of Quebec City

Expert:
Ms. Phyllis Lambert,
Founding Director, Canadian Centre for Architecture
1:30 p.m.
Lunch on site - ALL
3 - 5:30 p.m. — ROUND TABLE III - ALL
Are development costs an expense or an investment?
Moderator:
Mr. Georges Bossé, member of the Executive Committee of the City of Montréal

Speakers:
Mr. Simone Siliani, Deputy Mayor of Florence
Mr. Patrice Béghain, Deputy Mayor of Lyon
Mr. Jean-Yves Provencher, Deputy Mayor of the City of Saguenay
Expert:
Mr. Bruce McNiven, Partner, Heenan Blaikie LLP
Lawyers
 
6 - 7 p.m.
Meeting of members of the Board
of the League of Historical Cities
 
7:30 p.m.     Leaves at 7:30 p.m. from Bonsecours Market, the Hôtel Marriott and the Hôtel XIXe Siècle.
Banquet in the chalet on Mont-Royal
(Regular registration only)
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 Wednesday, October 8
Choice of workshops
Choice of guided tours
 
9 - 10:30 a.m.

UN-HABITAT

8:30 - 9:30 a.m.
Old Montréal and
Montréal Heritage
Websites
9:30 - 10:30 a.m.
Interconnection of
heritage databases
on the Internet
8:30 - 10:30 a.m.     F/E
* You must get to the Museum on your own (350 place Royale)
Breakfast and tour of
Pointe-à-Callière, the
Montréal Museum of Archaeology
and History
 
9 - 10:30 a.m.   on foot   F/E
Traces of the past
in Old Montréal
 
11 a.m.
General Assembly of the League of Historical Cities
Montréal Declaration - ALL
Noon
Lunch on site - ALL
2 p.m.
Closing remarks and
signing of the Montréal Declaration - ALL
4 p.m.
Closing of the 8th World Conference of Historical Cities
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 Thursday and Friday, October 9 and 10
Post-Conference activities $
October 9 and 10 (2 days)     B
Departure and return points to be confirmed.
Getaway to Trois-Rivières
and Quebec City
$
October 9, 9:30 a.m. - 5 p.m.     B
Leaves from Notre-Dame-du-Bon-Secours Chapel
(400 St-Paul Street East)
Guided tour of museums
in Old Montréal
$
 
 
 
 
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October 1, 2003