Boasting a Tony Award and an Olivier Award for Best Musical, Billy Elliot is based on the 2000 international smash-hit film and features a score by music legend Sir Elton John. Billy Elliot is an inspirational story about the power of being true to you, the unity of family, and the coming together of a community united by the 1984 UK miners' strike. From the bleak, muggy streets of northern England to the bright stage lights of a London stage and a brighter tomorrow, Billy Elliot tells the story of a boy's desire to express himself through dance and is the inspirational story about the power of being true to yourself, the unity of family and the coming together of a community during the UK miners' strike in 1984.
BIID members are invited to join President Harriet Forde on this small group tour to experience a streamlined visit to the fair without the hassle of organising an itinerary. This tour will be a great chance for designers that have not attended before to tackle the vast offer under the guidance of the fairs organisers and for members that may have not been in years to reacquaint themselves. We also invite those that are seasoned visitors who would like to attend in a group format to connect with peers and enjoy the fair with friends.
“Maison & Objet is a well thought out design event just outside Paris. The exhibition is a must to visit by interior designers due to the very varied suppliers and inspirational room settings and layouts. The BIID organised group visit made the event very enjoyable. Being able to discuss what we had seen with colleagues and bounce ideas around the group was invaluable.” Past President Gilly Craft on her experience from the January 2019 BIID trip.
WHAT TO EXPECT
There will be the options to travel as a group to Paris or meet us there if you are coming from outside London. Members are invited to wine and dine in Paris on Friday evening followed by a full day at the fair on Saturday starting with a welcome breakfast and highlights presentation from the M&O team. Saturday evening will be spent enjoying the city by night and Sunday is open to guests to either pop back to the fair to pick up anything they missed or head out into the arrondissements to explore. We will have some experiences arranged for the evenings so watch this space for further details and a full itinerary will be supplied to guests upon registration.
Assisted by feedback from last years’ trip, we have created a few different package options for Members to take advantage of depending on your preferences:
Packages
Option 1: Travel and Accommodation Package, £360 + VAT
Return ticket to Paris on the Eurostar (set times) and the selected accommodation for the 2-night stay
This package includes return tickets to Paris Villepinte Exhibition Centre from Gare du Nord on Saturday 18th January
Fee breakdown: Travel £98 / Hotel £250 / RER £10 / Admin fee £12 = Total: £360 + VAT
Option 2: Travel Package, £120 + VAT
Return ticket to Paris via Eurostar (set times)
Member to book and pay for their own accommodation
This package includes return tickets to Paris Villepinte Exhibition Centre from Gare du Nord on Saturday 18th January
Fee breakdown: Travel £98 / RER £10 / Admin Fee £12 = Total: £120 + VAT
Option 3: Accommodation Package, £272 + VAT
Selected accommodation for the 2-night stay
Member to book and pay for their own travel arrangements to and from Paris
This package includes return tickets to Paris Villepinte Exhibition Centre from Gare du Nord on Saturday 18th January
Fee breakdown: Hotel £250 / RER £10 / Admin Fee £12 = Total: £272 + VAT
Option 4: Day Pass, £12
Members to book their own travel arrangements and accommodation and meet the group at the exhibition centre on Saturday morning for the brunch (with option to join the group for dinner on Friday and/or Saturday)
This package does not contain return tickets to Paris Villepinte Exhibition Centre from Gare du Nord on Saturday 18th January
Fee breakdown: Admin fee £12 + VAT
All packages include free entry to Maison&Objet, welcome breakfast, catalogue and goodie bag. On registration of your preferred package option, you will be supplied with your full itinerary.
The selected hotel: TimHotel Paris Gare Du Nord, 37 rue de Saint Quentin, 75010 Paris. The hotel is 2 minutes’ walk from Paris Gare du Nord Station. The hotel has left luggage facility for luggage to be stored on Sunday after check-out. Rate: £125 per night Flexible, for 2 nights with free modification & cancelation until 4PM the day before arrival.
The Eurostar selected dates and times: If you plan on travelling with the group from London, we will be departing on Friday 17th January on the 12.24 train and returning from Paris on Sunday 19th January at 18.03, arriving back in London at 19.39.
Please note the prices stated are estimations based on current rates and may be subject to increase or decrease depending on demand. Please book as soon as possible to receive the advertised rate, should the train fare or hotel rate increase you will be invoiced for the difference.
WHAT TO BRING
Check out the MOM app before you attend the event to get an idea of the exhibitors presenting at the show
Paris is chilly in January so make sure to bring some warm layers and an umbrella
European travel adaptor, we will be taking LOTS of photos and your phone will need a full battery!
Portable charger (alternatively portable chargers are available at the concierge’s desk at Maison&Objet in exchange for your passport as deposit)
Comfy shoes as there will be lots of walking involved
Your passport or equivalent travel identity card
Hairdryers are supplied in the hotel rooms
Don’t forget your toothbrush!
WHAT YOU WILL LEAVE WITH
Hassle free organisation of your travel, accommodation and guest pass
A tailored experience of one of Europe’s largest international trade shows for interior designers and specifiers
A great chance to meet and network with fellow interior designers
WHO SHOULD ATTEND
This event is open to BIID Members that are Registered Interior Designers, Associate members Affiliate members and Employees of Registered Design Practice Members. If you do not hold one of these memberships your registration will be cancelled, please note this to avoid disappointment.
Additional information
To secure the train tickets and hotel rooms your tickets must be purchased by Tuesday 29th October.
Cancellation Policy
Eurostar train tickets once purchased are non-refundable or exchangeable, cancellation of your ticket will be a forfeit of your payment and the BIID will not be able to refund the ticket price. The flexible rate has been chosen as the hotel option, cancellation is required by 4pm the day before the booking and will receive a full refund. Bookings cancelled after this time will be charged for one night’s stay (chargeable to the guest). If you wish to cancel the hotel, please inform the BIID office straight away.
If you have any queries, please email the office at info@biid.org.uk or call 020 7628 0255.
All BIID events and training courses are subject to standard terms and conditions which can be read in full below:
Terms and Conditions:
If you wish to cancel your booking to this paid event, please send a refund request via Eventbrite.
Eurostar tickets once purchased are non-refundable and non-transferable.
A partial refund (not including the Eurostar ticket) will be issued if your refund request is received 10 working days prior to the day of the event.
The full delegate fee will be forfeited for non-attendance (for any reason) without prior notice or cancellation of your booking.
A replacement delegate nominated and confirmed by you is permitted but must be confirmed in writing to info@BIID.org.uk prior to the event. Your replacement delegate will be required to arrange their own travel to and from Paris as the Eurostar ticket is not exchangeable.
The BIID reserves the right to make changes to the programme.
The BIID reserves the right to cancel the event if unavoidable circumstances arise.
This event will be photographed and videoed. Attendance constitutes consent for these images/videos to be used, by the BIID and its partners, for promotional purposes.
In compliance with the Data Protection Act, we must point out that the information on this form will be kept on a database.
Your name may be shared with the venue.
These terms and conditions shall be governed by and construed under the laws of England and Wales and you submit to the exclusive jurisdiction of the Courts of England and Wales.
Cash, AmEx, Visa, MC
Pick up tickets one hour prior to the show. Customers must present the actual credit card used to place the order and a photo ID.
(212) 221-1211
Monday - Saturday 10am - 8pm Sunday 12pm - 6pm
The Arnot Art Museum’s annual Holiday Art Market is open - Celebrate the season and support the Arts!
The Holiday Art Market is a seasonal Exhibition which doubles as a retail pop-up shop. Held in the Museum’s front Reading Room Gallery, it is a highly anticipated tradition. Come in to enjoy viewing these unique creations and perhaps find the perfect, special gift for a loved one - or yourself.
This year’s market showcases nine regional artists, listed below. Pieces are available for purchase 13 October, 2020 through 9 January, 2021.
Betsy Kent • watercolor paintings
Barb Kurcoba • photography
Julie Waltz-Stalker • oil and watercolor paintings
Laura Glenn • multimedia collage
Alice Muhlback • painterly style décor and stationary goods
Mackenzie Stratton • ceramics
Daniel McPheeters • mixed media digital artist
Christy Spreng • hand-made jewelry
Charles Hargenrader • turned wood artisan
* Dropping in to shop the Market is free to the public. (Regular admission applies to enter the gallery spaces for non-members).
* Museum Members are eligible for a discount on Holiday Art Market purchases. Consider joining when you visit.
Location: 235 Lake Street, Elmira, NY 14901
Gallery Hours: Tuesday – Friday, 10am - 5pm; Saturday, Noon-5pm. Closed Sunday, Monday and Holidays.
Gallery Admission: $7 per person, free to those under 18. Admission is always free to Museum Members!
Membership: Please inquire at the Reception Desk, call Guest Services at 607-734-3697 - or - visit us online to apply for membership benefits at: http://www.arnotartmuseum.org/
Directions: Exit 56 from Route 17/86 (Church Street Exit). Turn left at the forth traffic signal onto Lake Street. Free parking is available in the Museum parking lot at the rear of the building, bordering Baldwin Street.
Cash ABC and Advanced Cash Training in Bangkok
Traning Venue - TBA
This course provides the most up to date insights on the use of cash based assistance (CBA) in humanitarian settings. Participants can independently select the one-day or the four-day course, they can also choose to stay for the whole week. The one-day Cash ABC offers knowledge, skills and reliable practitioner insights on Cash Based Assistance (CBA) across the project cycle. The four-day training is organised per theme to offer a comprehensive understanding of the more debated topics on CBA at the moment.
The course is interactive (i.e. minimum slide show presentation), drawing on participants’ experiences and knowledge. Time will be dedicated to address practical challenges that participants may have faced in their current positions. This course is delivered in English. We limit the number of participants to 20 to ensure small and participatory group.
Course objectives
By the end of the Cash ABC training participants will be able to:
1/ Explain the different CBA related concepts and terminologies;
2/ Identify the key steps for the design, implementation and monitoring of CBA;
3/ Attribute roles and responsibilities at project level for the effective implementation of CBA.
By the end of the Advanced Cash training, participants will be able to:
1/ Explain clearly and simply the linkages between market and cash based programming;
2/ Discuss the state of CBA related evidence;
3/ Identify key points of attention when the use of Multi-Purpose Grants is considered;
4/ Set up a cash in/cash out process as well as a fruitful collaboration with service providers;
5/ Calculate CBA transfer value and use Minimum Expenditure Basket;
6/ Decide on relevant output, outcomes and impact indicators when CBA is used and set up an effective data collection mechanism;
7/ Identify the main existing cash coordination schemes as well as the global stakes of CBA coordination;
8/ Explain how social protection schemes can be used to support humanitarian delivery.
Course structure
Training will run from 9am to 5pm every day except for the last day, which will end at 4pm. Each day is organised in four blocks, separated by a lunch break and two coffee breaks, one in the morning and another in the afternoon.
From the second day onwards, each day will begin with a review of the topics covered the day before to ensure that the concepts, tools, and approaches were fully understood. Each day ends with a period of reflection, evaluation, and questions.
Participants will be actively encouraged to take part in classroom discussions and group work. The trainers will draw on both theoretical and practical knowledge in order to make the experience and learning applicable.
DAY 1 – Cash ABC
- CBA concepts and terminologies
- The 10 things you should know about CBA
- The key steps of CBA across the project cycle
- Who is doing what, when?
DAY 2: What? – Evidence, market and monitoring – getting the “complexity” out of the way
- The CBA related evidence per sector and per context: everyone talks about evidence but does it exist?
- Cash and market: everyone also talk about those two as well but what is the link?
- Starting with the end: CBA monitoring or how to monitor a multi sectoral tool in an outcome driven sector
DAY 3- Multi-purpose grants (MPG) and calculating the transfer value
- How do MPG differ from other types of CBA? When are they appropriate?
- How to calculate the transfer value for sectoral and multi sectoral grants?
- Should I use a MEB or something else?
DAY 4- Service providers and cash in/cash out
- The different service providers.
- How to select the good ones and have successful relationships?
- Cash in/cash out: the concrete steps
DAY 5 - The bigger picture
- Cash coordination: why is it so complicated, ad hoc and political?
- Operational models: can we predict what is the most efficient and effective set up to distribute CBA?
- Emergency cash transfer and social protection: the best enemies?
Who should attend?
Humanitarian practitioners across sectors and functions can attend, we especially encourage both the technical but also the operational teams to join us for this course. The more diverse the team is the more interesting the exchanges are.
The one day CTP ABC is open to any practitioner with an interest in cash transfer programming and programme design and delivery experience.
The four-days advanced training is open to the one-day CTP trainees and to practitioners who have already designed and implemented cash transfer programming in the field. This training will be delivered per themes and not as per the project cycle, hence participants should be already familiar with key steps of the CTP project cycles as they will not be repeated.
Your trainers
Helene Juillard has over a decade’s experience in evaluating, researching and managing emergency and early recovery responses. She has both a cash and market-based programming, as well as capacity strengthening, expertise. She has led and supported several cash based programmes in the field, from Bangladesh to Ethiopia. Helene authored the Minimum Standard for Market Analysis, the Pre- Crisis Market Analysis along with Cash guidance for UNDP, CARE, DCA and Oxfam. Helene is a CaLP member and part of the advisory board for Market in Crisis group.
Mike Daniels is a seasoned trainer with 15+ years of program management & capacity development in NGOs, Red Cross and the UN. Mike implemented relief and recovery projets in Afghanistan, Indonesia, North Caucasus, Sudan, Iraq, Greece and has built staff capacity across Africa, Asia-Pacific and the Middle-East. Mike regularly trains practitioners on cash based assistance but also the Sphere standards.
How much does it cost to attend the training?
Our fees are inclusive of all training resources, lunch, and refreshments. Our trainings are non-residential but we usually offer recommendations on affordable accommodations close by.
Standard fees:
- 5 days: 900 Euros
- 1 day Cash ABC 220 EUR
- 4 day Advanced 780 EUR
(NB: if you are a French based organisation, we will have to charge you 20% VAT on top of the training fees)
Early bird: if you register and pay by November 30th, you will get a 10% discount.
Individuals working for organisations based in the global south are offered a 30% discount on our training fees.
Group discount: organisations booking at least 3 participants at the same time get a 20% discount on training fees.
Note: those discounts are non cumulative.
Still have some questions?
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If you have any questions about this course or require further information, please contact info@keyaidconsulting.com.
This 3-day course is held in CZECH and covers the software testing fundamentals, providing you with the necessary foundations for a software testing career. It is also useful for other IT professionals who wish to gain a knowledge of the terminology and processes of software testing.
This three-day course follows the ISTQB® Foundation Level syllabus (which can be downloaded free of charge from the ISTQB® website). Exam is not included in the price, it takes place several days after the course and we will be happy to assist you.
Contents of course:
1st day
- Fundamentals of testing (Why Testing is necessary?; What is testing?; Seven Testing Principles; Fundamental Test Process; The Psychology of Testing; Code of Ethics)
- Testing throughout the software lifecycle (Software Development Models; Test Levels; Test Types; Maintenance Testing) • Static Techniques part I. (Static Techniques and the Test Process; Review Process; Static Analysis by Tools)
2nd day
- Static Techniques part II. (Static Analysis by Tools)
- Test design techniques (The test development process; Categories of Test Design Techniques; Specification-based Techniques; Structure-based Techniques; Experience-based Techniques; Choosing Test Techniques) • Test Management part I. (Test Organization)
3rd day
- Test Management part II. (Test Planning and Estimation, Test Progress Monitoring and Control, Configuration Management, Risk and Testing, Incident Management)
- Tool support for testing (Types of Test Tools, Effective use of Tools:potential Benefits and Risks, Introducing a Tool into an Organization)
- Reviews
All courses start at 9:00 and finish at 18:00, except for the last day which will finish at around 16:00. There will be a 1-hour lunch break, and short breaks for refreshment at regular intervals.
The International Research Conference Aims and Objectives
The International Research Conference is a federated organization dedicated to bringing together a significant number of diverse scholarly events for presentation within the conference program. Events will run over a span of time during the conference depending on the number and length of the presentations. With its high quality, it provides an exceptional value for students, academics and industry researchers.
ICCET 2020: 14. International Conference on Ceramic Engineering and Technology aims to bring together leading academic scientists, researchers and research scholars to exchange and share their experiences and research results on all aspects of Ceramic Engineering and Technology. It also provides a premier interdisciplinary platform for researchers, practitioners and educators to present and discuss the most recent innovations, trends, and concerns as well as practical challenges encountered and solutions adopted in the fields of Ceramic Engineering and Technology
Like a Hollywood Star or an Oil Tycoon, Triple M takes you for a New Year Celebration in Paris you will never forget.
PLEASE NOTE:
THE TICKET YOU BUY $300 ON EVENTBRITE IS JUST A "HOLD MY SPOT TICKET" AND IS NOT THE TOTAL PRICE OF THE TOUR.
Price based on double occupation is from $4999USD.
Visit www.triplemtours.ca/vip-nye-2019-2020 for details.
The price DOES include the following:
Private Transfers between CDG and hotel.
Hotel 5* in the Champs Elysees district
All breakfasts (6), 5 dinners
Dinner Cruise tickets on a Seine River Boat.
Cabaret entrance and dinner
Unlimited (all zone) 7-day Public transport and Museum Pass
Access to all locations mentioned & guided tour in English for several of them
Access to the Eiffel Tower’s 2nd floor
Transport by Luxury Coach Bus when and where possible
The price DOES NOT include:
Airfare before the start and end of the Tour.
Alcohol (except Champagne on the 31st on the Champs Elysees)
Personal purchases