EDINBURGH TRIP MAY 2 to 9 2009 Energy Parliament History Saturday May 2 SATURDAY MAY 2 ARRIVALS Liliane Bois-Simon : arrival 16h35 flight BA 1448 Group arrival at 11:55 (flight 6904) ACCOMMODATION BELFORD YOUTH HOSTEL http://www.edinburghhostels.com/belford.htm 6-8 Douglas Gardens Edinburgh, EH4 3DA, United Kingdom +44 131 225 6209 Booking Reference : 7954 Room type : 10 Bed mixed Dorm + 6 Bed mixed dorm Continental breakfast included (as you will see from the map, we’re close to Princess Street, Edinburgh’s main shopping centre street and about 15 minute walk from Waverley train Station) Sunday May 3 10.00 hrs The Georgian House 7 Charlotte Square WALKING TOUR with Bill Hill An overview of the old and New towns of Edinburgh, exploring secret alleyways and places often missed by visitors. Emphasis will be placed on the Old Alliance between Scotland and France and how France influenced Scottish history, language, architecture and culture. The tour will be liberally seasoned with amusing anecdotes and humour. Route. Charlotte Square, South Charlotte Street to the west end of Princes street Kings Stables Road to Grassmarket, Victoria Street to Lawn market and to Castle Entrance. Walk down Royal Mile, taking in Canongate Kirkyard, to the Palace of Holyroodhouse.Tour Ends 13.00hrs 07899878857 (Mobile) 0131 445 1296 10.00 hrs The Georgian House 7 Charlotte Square WALKING TOUR with Bill Hill 10.00 hrs The Georgian House 7 Charlotte Square WALKING TOUR with Bill Hill An overview of the old and New towns of Edinburgh, exploring secret alleyways and places often missed by visitors. Emphasis will be placed on the Old Alliance between Scotland and France and how France influenced Scottish history, language, architecture and culture. The tour will be liberally seasoned with amusing anecdotes and humour. Route. Charlotte Square, South Charlotte Street to the west end of Princes street Kings Stables Road to Grassmarket, Victoria Street to Lawn market and to Castle Entrance. Walk down Royal Mile, taking in Canongate Kirkyard, to the Palace of Holyroodhouse.Tour Ends 13.00hrs 07899878857 (Mobile) 0131 445 1296 (home) An overview of the old and New towns of Edinburgh, exploring secret alleyways and places often missed by visitors. Emphasis will be placed on the Old Alliance between Scotland and France and how France influenced Scottish history, language, architecture and culture. The tour will be liberally seasoned with amusing anecdotes and humour. Route. Charlotte Square, South Charlotte Street to the west end of Princes street Kings Stables Road to Grassmarket, Victoria Street to Lawn market and to Castle Entrance. Walk down Royal Mile, taking in Canongate Kirkyard, to the Palace of Holyroodhouse.Tour Ends 13.00hrs 07899878857 (Mobile) 0131 445 1296 (home) (home) Monday May 4 Edinburgh City Car Club is open from 9h30 to 17h30, 51 Argyle Street City Car Club at Edinburgh Park website City Car Club is one of the UK’s leading car clubs and provides a cheaper and greener alternative to owning a car. Members of the club have 24-hour access to cars which are parked on the street in convenient locations in seven cities across the UK. There are over 300 cars in London, Brighton, Bristol, Bath, Birmingham, Norwich and Edinburgh and they can be booked by the hour for less than £5 by both residents and businesses. Bookings can be made directly from the cars at a moments notice, on the internet at www.citycarclub.co.uk or over the telephone on 0845 330 1234. Cars are parked in designated parking bays and once booked, members gain access with their smart enabled, personal membership card (totally keyless access). Their PIN is entered onto the onboard computer and then they can just drive away. Journeys made are itemised and sent out on a monthly statement. City Car Club is much cheaper than owning a car because members don’t have to pay for depreciation, insurance, maintenance or parking permits. Petrol is included in the bill as well (the first 50 miles on any day are free) 10h20 (arrive at 10h00) : 7 tickets booked for guided tour of 10h20 (arrive at 10h00): 7 tickets booked for the Scottish Parliament I am pleased to confirm that 7 places have been reserved on the 10:20 tour on Monday 4th May 2009 for the Ecole Nationale Supérieure des Mines under your name. guided tour of the Scottish Parliament I am pleased to confirm that 7 places have been reserved on the 10:20 tour on Monday 4th May 2009 for the Ecole Nationale Supérieure des Mines under your name. Please ensure that your group arrives no later than 20 minutes before your tour departure time, to allow sufficient time to proceed through our security-controlled entrance. The Scottish Parliament will make every effort to accommodate late arriving groups, however, this may not always be possible. Your tickets can be obtained from the Visitor Information Desk in the Main Hall, which is adjacent to the public entrance. Payment can be made with cash, cheque and debit or credit cards on arrival. If you wish to cancel your tour, or add additional members to your party, please contact us as soon as possible; we may not be able to accommodate extra group members if all tours are fully booked. If you have any further enquiries feel free to contact us; alternatively, additional information can be found at our website www.scottish.parliament.uk We look forward to welcoming you to The Scottish Parliament. Kind Regards Sofia Nunes Visitor Services Please ensure that your group arrives no later than 20 minutes before your tour departure time, to allow sufficient time to proceed through our security-controlled entrance. The Scottish Parliament will make every effort to accommodate late arriving groups, however, this may not always be possible. Your tickets can be obtained from the Visitor Information Desk in the Main Hall, which is adjacent to the public entrance. Payment can be made with cash, cheque and debit or credit cards on arrival. If you wish to cancel your tour, or add additional members to your party, please contact us as soon as possible; we may not be able to accommodate extra group members if all tours are fully booked. If you have any further enquiries feel free to contact us; alternatively, additional information can be found at our website www.scottish.parliament.uk We look forward to welcoming you to The Scottish and there is a card in the car if you ever need to fill up.The savings across a year are substantial and according to new RAC figures a motorist driving 4,000 miles a year in a Vauxhall Corsa would pay around £2,381 on insurance, petrol, maintenance, depreciation, road tax and parking. A City Car doing the same mileage will cost just £1,065. A huge saving of £1,316. And being a member of a car club is good for the environment as well. Each City Car replaces 20 privately owned cars on average and generally our members cut down on unnecessary car journeys by 35% after they join. Across the 300 strong fleet based all around cities around the UK City Car Club saves 7,000 tonnes of CO2 emissions every year, the equivalent of 1,373 flights to Australia. (Figures of 5.1 Tonnes of CO2 for a one-way flight to Australia: Source ClimateFriendly.com) So it saves you a packet, and it saves the planet. For more information for City Car Club at Edinburgh Park please check out the attached pdf file. To register as a member at Edinburgh Park please do so here City Car Club at Edinburgh Park More Details.pdf 0131 348 5200 Parliament. 14h00 Tour of the National Museum of Scotland and of the Kingdom of the Scots section Thank you for your email, I’m pleased to hear that your group would like to visit the museum. We are able to provide a tour of the Kingdom of the Scots Gallery with one of our guides, there is a charge of £2 per person for this. You will not need to pay this until you come in on the day, alternatively I can send you an invoice after the tour has taken place. Kind Regards Caroline White Learning and Programmes Administrator (normally work Weds and Thurs) National Museums Scotland Chambers Street Edinburgh EH1 1JF Tel: +44 (0) 131 247 4206 email: c.white@nms.ac.uk www.nms.ac.uk Please meet your guide at the meeting point in Hawthornden Court. Thank you for your booking, we hope you enjoy your tour. Caroline White Learning and Programmes Administrator T 0131 247 4041 c.white@nms.ac.uk Sofia Nunes Visitor Services 0131 348 5200 14h00 Tour of the National Museum of Scotland and of the Kingdom of the Scots section Thank you for your email, I’m pleased to hear that your group would like to visit the museum. We are able to provide a tour of the Kingdom of the Scots Gallery with one of our guides, there is a charge of £2 per person for this. You will not need to pay this until you come in on the day, alternatively I can send you an invoice after the tour has taken place. Caroline White Learning and Programmes Administrator (normally work Weds and Thurs) National Museums Scotland Chambers Street Edinburgh EH1 1JF Tel: +44 (0) 131 247 4206 email: c.white@nms.ac.uk www.nms.ac.uk Please meet your guide at the meeting point in Hawthornden Court. Thank you for your booking, we hope you enjoy your tour. Caroline White Learning and Programmes Administrator T 0131 247 4041 c.white@nms.ac.uk Tuesday May 5 10h00De : Gordon Paterson [mailto:gordon@epTRIP to ABERDEEN Departure 8h35 from St Andrews Square management.co.uk] Envoyé : jeudi 26 mars 2009 17:00 Arrival Aberdeen bus station 11h45 13h00 AREG Aberdeen Renewables Energy Group (AREG) Zoe Corsi and Iain Todd – the renewables champion for AREG. We could talk about what AREG is, why it was set up and the key projects – the Aberdeen Offshore Windfarm and the Energy Futures Centre. 15h30 Mhairi Begg, responsible for the development of the renewable sector and leader of offshore wind Scottish Enterprise Energy Team 44-1224-25-2000 Mhairi.Begg@scotent.co.uk http://www.scottish-enterprise.com/ 17h00 Mike Duncan OPITO I suggest we plan on an hour with a presentation for 30 – 45 minutes and 15 minutes for questions. Mike Duncan Skills & Learning Development Director OPITO - The Oil & Gas Academy Minerva House | Bruntland Road | Portlethen | Aberdeen | AB12 4QL À : Liliane Bois-Simon Cc : Francis Barkey Objet : Re: French students requesting interview We would be happy to meet with your students on the 5th May at 10.00. I will be present as will our development expert Mr. Francis Barkey. Can you please confirm that this is agreeable. Our Management Suite location can be found at http://www.edinburghpark.co.uk/community/map.php Regards Gordon Paterson Business Park Manager Edinburgh Park (Management) Limited is the company created by all the owner/occupiers of Edinburgh Park to provide not only Estate Management and Security throughout Edinburgh Park but also to act as the hub for promoting inter-company events and social activities for all the employees based at Edinburgh Park. We are also involved in transport issues providing details of how you can get to and from work from all the public transport providers (with which we have an ongoing working relationship). 11h00 57 George Square PLACE TO BE CONFIRMED R.D.Anderson@ed.ac.uk Prof. Robert Anderson > School of History, Classics and Archaeology University of Edinburgh > William Robertson Building 50 George Square Edinburgh EH8 9JY Great > Britain Tel. (home) +44 (0)131 226 3002 > 15h00 Meeting with Stuart MacHardy, a hstoryteller, at the storytelling centre 43-45 High Street, Edinburgh, EH1 1SR T +44 (0)131 556 9579 F +44 (0)131 557 5224 stuartmch@tiscali.co.uk ' +44 (0) 1224 787 822 | È +44 (0) 7825 945 017 | 7 +44 (0) 1224 787830 þ www.opito.com | www.oilandgas4u.com | www.petroleumopenlearning.com OPITO represents the industry for all skills, learning and workforce development issues. Edinburgh Park is one of the UK's premier business locations. This award-winning business park is home to 21 of some of the country's top performing companies. 15h00 15h00 on 5th May will be fine. All our meeting rooms are booked but we will be able to meet informally in our cafe/restaurant area. I'll prepare a short talk to illustrate some of our work areas in the SDU: Climate Change - carbon reduction and adaptation ( with links to future changes to Scottish Law) Local Climate Change Impacts Strategic Environmental Assessment ( with links to current Scottish and EU Law) Biodiversity and Green Spaces (links to Scottish Law) Our new Sustainability Strategy for the Council and City ( possible links with EU partners through EU funding programmes) Staff TravelJames Garry | Policy Officer | Sustainable Development Unit | Corporate Services | City of Edinburgh Council | Waverley Court | Level 2:1 | 4 East Market Street | Edinburgh | EH8 8B Tel 0131 469 3578 | Fax 0131 529 6220 | james.garry@edinburgh.gov.uk | www.edinburgh.gov.uk Wednesday 10h00 Bill Easson talks institute for materials and process May 6 10 A.M SCOTTISH PARLIAMENT : RECEPTION Dear Liliane 11h00-12h30 lab tour Professor W. J. Easson, Bill.Easson@ed.ac.ukHead of the Institute for Materials and Processes The University of Edinburgh King's Buildings, Mayfield Road Edinburgh, EH9 3JL Further to your e-mail, Ted would be happy to meet with your group on either the afternoon of 5th May or the morning of the 6th May. Yours sincerely Dominic R C Heslop Dominic.Heslop@scottish.parliament.uk Parliamentary Aide to Ted Brocklebank MSP Shadow Minister for Europe, External Relations and Culture (conservative party) Tel: 0131 650 4860Email: imp.contact@see.ed.ac.uk Tel: 0131 348 5643 http://www.see.ed.ac.uk/research/IMP/The Institute comprises 6 departments : biomedical engineering,nanostructured materials, fluid and particle dynamics, micronano and chemomechanics, advanced materials applications, manufacturing and process optimizationInstitute Administrator Ms. Avril Davies Avril.Davies@ed.ac.uk Guillaume Curnier, Alexandre Meunier, Mathieu Imbeault : (to be confirmed) Mark@scottishrenewables.com] 13h00 Dear Ms. Bois-Simon, I am responding to your request to have an interview with a Member of the Scottish Parliament during your stay in Edinburgh. Andrew Welsh, MSP for Angus, is available for an interview on the afternoon of Wednesday May 6th. Please let me know if that is convenient for your schedule. Sincerely, Elena Ruddy Elena.Ruddy@scottish.parliament.uk Intern for Andrew Welsh, MSP for Angus former MP 10 a.m Sheila MacKenzie and Dr Brown (Old Edinburgh Club) Dr Brown to be confirmed + Michael Hance (Scots language centre). Michael Hance warned me on the 28th that he would not be able to attend. S.Mackenzie@nls.uk Sheila will meet you in the front hall of the National Library of Scotland Tel: +44 (0)131 623 3700 George IV Bridge Edinburgh EH1 1EW Scotland, UK and will take you on a visit to view the collections relating to engineering across the library collections, including manuscript collections relating to many influential Scottish engineers and scientists including Thomas Telford, Robert Stevenson etc. Contact Alan Borthwick, of the Old Edinburgh Club will also attend the meeting Alan.Borthwick@nas.gov.uk Honorary Secretary, Old Edinburgh Club And Dr Brown I.Brown@nls.uk http://www.scottishrenewables.com/ Meet Mark Ruskell, Communications Manager in Glasgow, 3rd floor, 49 Bath Street, Glasgow tel: 0141 353 4985 / 07717 842 508 mark@scottishrenewables.com Scottish National Party MSP for Angus Andrew tells me that he will be available at one o'clock to meet your group, if you simply make yourselves know at the visitor entrance and ask for him, they will phone him in his office. Unfortunately, I will no longer be working at the parliament, so if you need anything further, please contact Sandra Thomson at the constituency office in Arbroath at sandra.thomson@scottish.parliament. 14h00 (to be confirmed) The Church of Scotland 121 George Street Edinburgh EH2 AYN Tel 131-225-5722 Meeting with Mr Aitken of the Church and Scociety Council for the Church of Scotland eaitken@cofscotland.org.uk on behalf of Agnes Mullen Sincerely, Elena 5 p.m Pierre Tamagno, Arthur Giavitto, Magali Sautier, Audrey Tourreille and perhaps the whole group Thank you for the information. I regret to inform you that I can only book 4 people onto the event just now as that is the number allowed per company. If you email me the week before I can check the numbers for the event and let you know whether it would be possible to book the remaining 4 people onto the event. Green is the new gold – a conference organized by Scottish enterprise Start Time5:00 pmNorton House Hotel Ingliston Edinburgh EH28 8LX Pauline Bain Scottish Enterprise Tel: 0845 607 8787 Email: enquiries@scotent.co.uk www.scottish-enterprise.com Thursday May 7 MORNING : Marine Energy and Coastal Defence http://www.see.ed.ac.uk/research/IES/ MORNING : Marine Energy and Coastal Defence http://www.see.ed.ac.uk/research/IES/ MORNING : Marine Energy and Coastal Defence http://www.see.ed.ac.uk/research/IES/ laboratory of the University of Edinburgh Wave power Tidal energy Offshore wind Coastal defence Head of Institute Professor Robin Wallace email: Robin.Wallace@ed.ac.uk Administrator Pauline Clark email: Pauline.Clark@ed.ac.uk laboratory of the University of Edinburgh Wave power Tidal energy Offshore wind Coastal defence Head of Institute Professor Robin Wallace email: Robin.Wallace@ed.ac.uk Administrator Pauline Clark email: Pauline.Clark@ed.ac.uk 15h30 collect tickets 16h00-18h00(whole group ) session at the Scottish parliament I am pleased to confirm that 15 public gallery tickets have been reserved for the afternoon session of the Parliament on Thursday 7th May . Tickets are valid from 16.00-18.00.Tickets will be available for collection from the Visitor Information desk in the Main Hall, which is adjacent to the public entrance. Please note that tickets must be collected no later than 30 minutes after the start of the time slot. If tickets are not collected within this time period, they may be re-allocated to other visitors. If you are visiting the Parliament to watch proceedings in the Chamber or at a committee meeting, there is a code of behaviour which you need to follow, by order of The Presiding Officer. You should make yourself aware of the code ofconduct at this Link.Details of the proposed business on the day of your visit will be available in the laboratory of the University of Edinburgh Wave power Tidal energy Offshore wind Coastal defence Head of Institute Professor Robin Wallace email: Robin.Wallace@ed.ac.uk Administrator Pauline Clark email: Pauline.Clark@ed.ac.uk 14h00 Dr Thomas Ahnert in room 332 of the William Robertson Building, 50 George Square. Thomas.Ahnert@ed.ac.uk Lecturer in Early Modern Intellectual History School of History, Classics and Archaeology University of Edinburgh 50 George Square Edinburgh EH8 9JY UK Tel.: +44 (0)131 650 3777 Fax: +44 (0)131 651 3070 http://www.boydell.co.uk/80462049.HTM Business Bulletin in due course (the business timetable is normally only set about 2 weeks in advance), but please note that parliamentary business and the timing of meetings are subject to change at short notice. The Scottish Parliament: - Business Bulletin. Thank you for your interest in The Scottish Parliament. Kind Regards Brendan McCluskey Visitor Services 0131 348 5200 Friday May 8 Day trip to Glenkinchie distillery, North Berwick and Tantallon Castle . We will leave Edinburgh with the the 44B bus St Andrews square at 10h40 and reach Pencaitland at 11h39 (£3). A mini van will take us from the bus station to the distillery (2-3 miles). That’s free for you ! Rhona Paisley Brand Home Manager Glenkinchie Distillery Visitor Centre Tel: 01875 342 004 Rhona.Paisley@diageo.com The tour of the distillery is £5 each and will last from 12h00 to 13h30. At 13h30 2 mini-vans will take us to North Berwick (the coast). Nice talking to you earlier, yes I can confirm that I will meet you with Alan Fortune at Glenkinchie Distillery on May 8th at 1.30PM for the journey to North Berwick for 8 people at a cost of £25. Do you require any transportation from North Day trip to Glenkinchie distillery, North Berwick and Tantallon Castle . We will leave Edinburgh with the the 44B bus St Andrews square at 10h40 and reach Pencaitland at 11h39 (£3). A mini van will take us from the bus station to the distillery (2-3 miles). That’s free for you ! The tour of the distillery is £5 each and will last from 12h00 to 13h30. At 13h30 2 mini-vans will take us to North Berwick (the coast).Another free ride for you! We can stay on the coast for a while, go to the seabird centre or just stroll on the beachor go to Tantallon castle which is only 10 minutes from North Berwick by bus . The visit of the castle is £4.70 but there are concession prices for students.. Take the Dunbar bus no 120 from just outside the Tourist Information centre to Tantallon Castle. The castle closes at 5.30 p.m We can then go back to North Berwick and take a train to Edinburgh.The trains run 20 minutes after the hour and arrive at Edinburgh Waverley station at .53 to the next hour. The single ticket is £5.10. Day trip to Glenkinchie distillery, North Berwick and Tantallon Castle . We will leave Edinburgh with the the 44B bus St Andrews square at 10h40 and reach Pencaitland at 11h39 (£3). A mini van will take us from the bus station to the distillery (2-3 miles). That’s free for you ! The tour of the distillery is £5 each and will last from 12h00 to 13h30. At 13h30 2 mini-vans will take us to North Berwick (the coast).Another free ride for you! We can stay on the coast for a while, go to the seabird centre or just stroll on the beachor go to Tantallon castle which is only 10 minutes from North Berwick by bus . The visit of the castle is £4.70 but there are concession prices for students.. Take the Dunbar bus no 120 from just outside the Tourist Information centre to Tantallon Castle. The castle closes at 5.30 p.m We can then go back to North Berwick and take a train to Edinburgh.The trains run 20 Berwick back to Edinburgh ? Looking forward to meeting you. Best wishes Stuart Pearson ELPH/B-Line Private Hire +44 (0)1875 852711 +44 (0)7775 561792 www.eastlothianprivatehire.co.uk Another free ride for you! We can stay on the coast for a while, go to the seabird centre or just stroll on the beach or go to Tantallon castle which is only 10 minutes from North Berwick by bus . The visit of the castle is £4.70 but there are concession prices for students.. Take the Dunbar bus no 120 from just outside the Tourist Information centre to Tantallon Castle. The castle closes at 5.30 p.m We can then go back to North Berwick and take a train to Edinburgh.The trains run 20 minutes after the hour and arrive at Edinburgh Waverley station at .53 to the next hour. The single ticket is £5.10. minutes after the hour and arrive at Edinburgh Waverley station at .53 to the next hour. The single ticket is £5.10. Open visits for all Famous Scots Exhibition ScotlandsPeople Centre New Register House 3 West Register Street Edinburgh EH1 3YT (off Princes Street's east end, opposite the Balmoral Hotel National Library of Scotland General Reading Room and North Reading Rooms 9h30-20h30 weekdays The John Knox Museum Sept-Jun: Mon-Sat 10.00am- 5.00pm (last admission 4.30pm) Sun – closed 43- 45 HIGH ST. EDINBURGH EH1 1SR General Reception: Tel: +44 (0)131 556 9579/2647 Fax: +44 (0)131 557 5224 email: info@johnknoxhouse.org.uk Staff: Director: Dr Donald Smith General Manager: Moira Hay National Museum of Scotland, open daily 10h00- 17h00 admission free, Chambers Street Edinburgh Early people, Kingdom of the Scots, Scotland transformed, Industry and empire, Scotland a changing nation Edinburgh City Car Club (for the Energy Group and for the Scottish Parliament Group) 31 Argyle Place, Edinburgh EH9 1JT Telephone: 0845 258 2985 Telephone: 0845 330 1234 Fax: 0131 466 8161 E-mail: mail@citycarclub.co.uk Opening Hours: Monday to Friday 08.30 - 17.30 The Royal College of Surgeons of Edinburgh, Nicolson Street, Edinburgh EH8 9DW. £5/£3 - Group and family discounts available Scotland's largest medical museum houses one of the most significant surgical collections in the world. William Playfair's outstanding Pathology Museum*, the oldest in Britain, contains human anatomical and pathological specimens from the late 18th century. Other objects, images and artworks trace surgery's fascinating history from Roman times to the present including the breakthrough discoveries of antisepsis and anaesthesia, the curious development of false teeth and the chilling Burke and Hare murders. 'Sport, Surgery and the Well Being' highlights the benefits of sports and exercise medicine and gives you the chance to test your skill as a surgeon on the keyhole surgery training unit.