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Conference Schedule – Overview

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Wednesday, 2 April
12:00 - 18:00 Registration
16.00 Opening ceremony
The conference and the Opening Ceremony is held under the auspices of the Directorate of the Hungarian Academy of Sciences and the Hungarian Ministry of Education and Culture.
18.00: Welcome reception in the Academy Restaurant in the main building of the Hungarian Academy of Sciences
Thursday, 3 April
8:00 - 17:00 Registration
9.00 – 18.00: Conference sessions and workshops
18. 00: Guided tour in the Budapest Historical Museum and reception
Friday, 4 April
8:00 - 17:00 Registration
9.00 – 18.00: Conference sessions and workshops
19.30: Conference Dinner on a boat on the Danube
Saturday, 5 April
8:00 - 16:00 Registration
9.00 – 15.30: Conference sessions and workshops
16.00 – 17.00: Annual General Meeting of CAA
18.00: Guided tour in the Hungarian National Museum and farewell reception.
Sunday, 6 April
9.00: Optional post-conference excursions:
Full-day excursions:

  • Aquincum (the Roman city of Budapest), Visegrád (the medieval royal centre) and the Danube Bend (a popular tourist destination)
  • Eger (with a well-preserved medieval castle)
  • Veszprém (Archbishop’s Palace, Franciscan Monastery), Tihany (Benedictine Abbey, Iron Age fortified hilltop settlement) and Lake Balaton

Half-day excursion:

  • Százhalombatta (Archaeological Park, Iron Age barrows, Iron Age and Bronze Age fortified hill-top settlement)