
TCM Group World Congress and AGM
Brussels, 11th – 15th May 2020
To do asap and, in any event, before 15 January 2020: please
- book your flights
- meet visa requirements if any
- book your hotel room
- complete the AGM registration form
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1. Meeting dates and agenda (May 2020)
| Mon 11 | 19h | 22h | Welcome drink & Gala Dinner | Hotel Amigo | business or casual |
| Tue 12 | 9h | 18h | AGM | Hotel Amigo | smart casual |
| Wed 13 | 10h | 16h | Clients’ day | Théatre du Vaudeville | business attire |
| Thu 14 | 9h | 18h | AGM | Hotel Amigo | smart casual |
| Fri 15 | 9h | 13h | AGM | Hotel Amigo | smart casual |
| 14h | 17h | Discover Brussels (delegates + other) | smart casual | ||
| Sat 16 | 9h | 19h | Touring Bruges | Bruges | smart casual |
The full AGENDA will be available for download here, when ready.
2. Charges for the meeting
- The price for DELEGATES participating in the AGM is 1250 EUR (excluding hotel room; including lunches, coffee breaks and evening dinners).
- The price for PARTNERS who do not participate in the business meetings but attend the spouse program activities is 950 EUR (excluding hotel room; including visits, lunches, and evening dinners).
- The price for CHILDREN under 12 years old who attend the spouse program activities is 500 EUR (excluding hotel room; including visits, lunches and evening dinners).
- The price for the -optional- Saturday tour to Bruges is 250 EUR, including transport, visits and lunch.
An invoice will be sent to you in February 2020 with due date for payment by 15 March 2020.
These prices will be increased by 10% if you register after 15 January 2020.
3. Hotel fees – booking form
Please book the hotel rooms DIRECTLY with the HOTEL AMIGO.
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- Please complete and send the registration form (button above).
- Check-in time is 3:00 pm, check-out is available until 12:00 noon. Early arrivals or late departures are subject to availability. 50% late check-out charge levied for departures between noon and 6:00 pm. A full day charge will be levied for departures after 6:00 pm.
These prices will be increased by 10% if you register after 31 January 2020. (Please note that hotel nights are negotiated at the special rate of 240 EUR for a standard room but will increase to 265 EUR for those who do not commit in time.)
4. Travel information
- Please check with your embassy regarding the requirements in terms of a visa
- The closest airport is Brussels – Zaventem.
- From there, you can take a taxi (15 km; depending on traffic, it takes from 30 minutes to over 1 hour).
- The hotel Amigo offers a limousine pick up (90€ one way; see hotel registration form).
- The train station Bruxelles-Central (French) or Brussel-Centraal (Dutch) is 30 minutes from the airport and only a 5 minute walk from the hotel Amigo.
- The Eurostar and Thalys (fast train from/to UK, France, Netherlands) arrive at Bruxelles-Midi (French) / Brussel-Zuid (Dutch). The Eurostar/Thalys tickets are to any destination in Belgium (you don’t need an additional ticket from Bruxelles-Midi to Bruxelles-Central.
5. Clients' day
Please have a look at the dedicated page.
Do not forget to bring about 50 business cards with you. (Please do not distribute any brochures or leaflets during the client’s day.)
Please note that TCM Belgium will cover the costs of the clients’ day (theatre renting, catering, etc.). Any business originating from this meeting is to be co-ordinated through TCM BE or at least with TCM BE’s knowledge and consent.
6. Charity auction: TADA, children education
The charity auction, which started in Beijing/2013, is now well established and will be held on Wednesday night.
The benefits will go to “TADA”
TADA is a non-profit organisation that provides supplementary, voluntary, motivational and society-oriented education for children aged 10 to 14, who come from the most socioeconomically disadvantaged neighbourhoods in Brussels. Over the course of three school years the TADA pupils discover diverse aspects of society in weekly experiential classes. Every Saturday the TADA pupils receive courses from inspiring professionals – volunteers – from all areas of the labour market, for example entrepreneurs, engineers, chefs, lawyers, and journalists. Through experiential learning and courses on topics such as law or finances for kids, TADA shows kids what “later” could have in store for them.
Besides, TADA is well know for welcoming recently immigrated children, offering them an additional opportunity to learn about local customs, languages as well as various other topics.
Please bring one item (maximum two if you really can’t limit to one), unique to your country for the auction. Please note that the value of items should not exceed 400 USD.
7. Registration form – Please SUBMIT before 15 January 2020 – See list of participants.
Please open the registration form and fill it in.
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If you do not receive a confirmation email within 10 minutes, it means that your registration has not been processed. Please start again or contact k.rutten@tcm.be (Tel: +32 16 891 830).
Have confirmed presence in pre-registration; have registered: (updated 11 Feb 2020)
- CEO: [AGM: Mr Shaun Duncan] – [Not AGM: Ms Michelle Duncan] – [Bruges: 2]
- ARGENTINA: [AGM: Mr Eduardo Vazquez] – [Bruges: 0]
AUSTRALIA: not attending- AUSTRIA: [AGM: Ms Veronika Hanusch] – [Bruges: 0]
- BELGIUM: [AGM: Mr Etienne van der Vaeren, Mr Sven Dereze] – [Not AGM: Ms Kim Rutten, etc.] – [Bruges: 3]
- BOLIVIA: [AGM: Ms Andrea Ortuste] – [Bruges: 1]
- BRAZIL: [AGM: Mr Jefferson Frauches Viana] – [Not AGM: Ms Márcia Viana] – [Bruges: 2]
CANADA: not attending- CHILE: [AGM: Mr Raul Horacio Manfredi] – [Not AGM: Ms Maria Veronica Campo] – [Bruges: 0]
- CHINA: [AGM: Mr Li Chunyang, Ms Jiang Shanshan] – [Not AGM: Ms Qin Yanni, Mr Li Qingyuan] – [Bruges: 4]
CZECH_REPUBLIC: not attending- CONGO (Democatic Republic of the): [AGM: Mr Olivier Bulonza] – [Bruges: 1]
DENMARK: not attending- DOMINICAN_REPUBLIC
ECUADOR: not attending- EGYPT: [AGM: Ms Laila Saleh] – [Bruges: 1]
- ESTONIA: [AGM: Mr Marko Ilves, Ms Ave Kukk] – [Bruges: 0]
- FRANCE: [AGM: Mr G. Baudoux, Mr M. Posnic] – [Bruges: 0]
- GERMANY: [AGM: Mr Andreas Albrecht] – [Bruges: 1]
- ICELAND: [AGM: Mr Sigurbjorn Thorbergsson] – [Not AGM: Ms Helga Thorbergsson] – [Bruges: 2]
- INDIA: [AGM: Ms Seema Kumar] – [Bruges: 0]
- IRELAND: [AGM: Mr Jason Harte] – [Bruges: 0]
- ISRAEL: [AGM: Mr Eilat Isaac] – [Not AGM: Ms Eilat Miriam] – [Bruges: 2]
- ITALY: [AGM:Mr. Nicosia Luigi, Mr. Nicosia Federico, Ms. Alberti Cristina] – [Not AGM:Ms. Miccinesi Maria, Ms. Yirgaalem/Mehnag ] – [Bruges: 4]
- IVORY_COAST
- JAPAN: [AGM: Mr Haraguchi / Kaoru] – [Not AGM: Ms Haraguchi / Akemi] – [Bruges: 2]
JORDAN: not attending- KOREA_SOUTH: [AGM: Mr Jin Ra] – [Bruges: 0]
KUWAIT: not attendingLATVIA: not attendingLIECHTENSTEIN: not attendingLITHUANIA: not attending- LUXEMBOURG: [AGM: Ms Nathalie Di Felice (client’s day only)] – [Bruges: 0]
- NETHERLANDS: [AGM: Mr Herald Bouwhuis, Patrick van der Spek] – [Bruges: 0]
- NIGERIA: [AGM: Mr Ehizogie Esezobor] – [Bruges: 1]
- NORWAY: [AGM: Mr Knut Ellingsen] – [Bruges: 1]
- PAKISTAN: will decide later
- POLAND: [AGM: Mr Hubert Czapinski, Mr Robert Mikulski] – [Bruges: 0]
- PORTUGAL: [AGM: Mr Jorge Jesus] – [Bruges: 0]
ROMANIA: [AGM: Mr Razvan Taralunga, Ms Andreea Taralunga] – [Bruges: 2]- SLOVENIA: [AGM: Mr Matej Golob] – [Bruges: 1]
- SOUTH_AFRICA: [AGM: Mr Guy Brooks] – [Not AGM: Ms Brooks] – [Bruges: 2]
- SPAIN: [AGM: Ms Ingrid Viana, Mr Alfonso Gonzalez] – [Bruges: 2]
- SWEDEN: [AGM: Ms Helena Sundman, Mr Per Fredricsson] – [Bruges: 1]
- SWITZERLAND: [AGM: Mr Patrik Odermatt, Mr René Rietschi] – [Bruges: 0]
TUNISIA: not attending- UKRAINE: [AGM: Mr Govorun Dmytro; Ms Busarieva Mariia] – [Bruges: 0]
- UNITED_ARAB_EMIRATES: [AGM: Mr Andrew Yiacoumi] – [Bruges: 0]
- UNITED_KINGDOM: [AGM: Mr Pierre Haincourt] – [Bruges: 0]
- UNITED_STATES_OF_AMERICA: [AGM: Mr Amir Erez] – [Bruges: 1]
- UNITED_STATES_OF_AMERICA: [AGM: Mr Rodrigo Rivera – [Bruges: 1]
URUGUAY: not attending