Social Programme

Date: May 4th, 2011

Time: 03:15 pm – 06:30 pm (including bus transfer from and to Braunschweig)

Meeting/starting place: Stadthalle Braunschweig, main entrance

Charge: 0 €

Limitation: max. 30 persons / binding registration

Salzgitter AG is one of Europe's leading steel, tubes and technology companies with 24,000 employees. It produces more than 7 million tons of crude steel a year. The excursion takes place at the main company site in Salzgitter and provides an insight into steelmaking with highlights like the blast-furnaces.

Date: May 4th, 2011

Time: 01:15 pm – 04:45 pm (including bus transfer from and to Braunschweig)

Meeting/starting place: Stadthalle Braunschweig, main entrance

Charge: 0 €

Limitation: max. 50 persons / binding registration

The Volkswagen Group with its headquarters in Wolfsburg is one of the world’s leading automobile manufacturers and the largest carmaker in Europe. In 2009, the group increased the number of vehicles delivered to customers to 6.336 million (2008: 6.257 million), corresponding to a 11.3 percent share of the world passenger car market.

Date: May 4th, 2011

Time: 03:15 pm - 06:30 pm (including bus transfer from and to conference venue)

Meeting/starting place: Stadthalle Braunschweig, main entrance

Charge: 0 €

Limitation: max. 60 persons / binding registration

Solvis is one of Europe's leading companies in the area of solar collectors and has about 300 employees. A central part of the enterprise philosophy is to reach a “Zero-Emission-Factory”. Corresponding measurements are the reduction of the energy demand via ecological design and construction of industrial buildings and the fulfillment of the remaining energy demand via own (solar-) plants.

Date: May 6th, 2011

Time: 01:00 pm - 03:00 pm

Duration: 2 hours

Meeting/starting place: Stadthalle Braunschweig, main entrance

Charge: 7 € (5 € guided tour + 2 € visit of the quadriga on the castle’s roof top)

Limitation: minimum 10 persons, maximum 50 persons / binding registration

During this tour you get to see the largest quadriga in Europe and a view of the city of Braunschweig from above. You get an impressive view of the city and learn a lot of facts about the ducal palace. The facade of this building has only recently (2005 – 2007) been reconstructed using original parts which survived and were preserved over the years. This prestigious building from the 19th century was severely damaged during World War II and then completely demolished in 1960. From there the tour continues via the Bohlweg to the Rathaus (new town hall), a neo-Gothic style building. The tour finishes on the medieval Burgplatz where you learn about the origins of Dankwarderode Castle that dates back to the 12th century and that was a former residence of Henry the Lion. You also get to know about St. Blasii cathedral and the bronze lion statue – the first large freestanding sculpture north of the Alps and the landmark of Braunschweig.