London General Meeting
Together with our hosts of Morr & Co LLP and WSM Partners LLP we look forward to welcoming you in London.
DATE
23 and 24 September 2022
LOCATION
The Radisson Blu Edwardian Bloomsbury Street Hotel
9 - 13 Bloomsbury Street
London
WC1B 3QD
United Kingdom
PROGRAMME
Thursday, 22 September 2022
19.30 Informal
dinner for those arriving early
Restaurant
Myra - 52-54 Oxford Street - London WC1A 1ES
Meet us at 19.15 in hotel lobby to walk to restaurant together (2min walk)
(food and drinks not included in conference fee)
Friday, 23 September 2022: EuropeFides General Meeting
Full day seminar: Surviving
Winter 2022 – A climate, energy and economic crisis
(open to members and guests) – Folio
Suite
10.30 – 11.00 Welcome coffee and registration - Folio Suite Foyer
11.00 Introduction by hosts and President
11.15 – 13.00 Climate Change & Energy
11.15 – 11.45 Assisting
clients with reducing carbon output, Nikki Faigen, Hannah Dean-Wood and Jonathan Withey, Planet Mark
The speakers of the organisation Planet Mark are experts in assisting
businesses to achieve net-zero carbon output. They will present ideas for
businesses to reduce carbon footprint and energy use.
11.45 – 12.15 Breakout
Groups:
We will use the presentation as a spring-board to break out into groups to discuss
ways we can achieve this for ourselves and our clients. We will then reconvene
and share ideas.
12.15 – 12.45 Regroup
to discuss and present ideas
We will reconvene and share ideas discussed in the groups.
13.00 – 14.00 Lunch at Hotel – Folio Suite Foyer
14.00 – 17.00 Economics
14.00 – 14.30 Presentation: Economic challenges in winter 2022, Roger Martin-Fagg
Roger Martin-Fagg is an economist and will talk about the economic
challenges facing the eurozone this coming winter. We will then use his
presentation as a kick-start for the ensuing panel discussion.
14.30 – 15.30 Panel
discussion: Challenges for Member
Firms and clients
Together with Mr. Martin-Fagg, a panel of members will discuss the challenges
that Member Firms and their clients are facing in the coming months.
14.30
– 16.00 Workshop: Resilience and wellbeing,
Josh Connolly
Josh Connolly will speak to us on resilience: building it, recognising and
fostering it, in ourselves and our staff.
16.00 – 16.30 Coffee break
16.30 – 17.15 Afternoon session continued
17.30 – 18.00 Meeting of the Management Committee (Board Members Only)
Evening Programme (open to everyone)
19.00 - 21.00 Cocktail Reception at the Hotel – Folio Suite
Saturday, 24 September 2022
Morning programme – Folio Suite
General Assembly
9.00 – 10.30 Presentations of potential new members
10.30 – 11.00 Coffee break
11.00 – 12.00 General Assembly
12.00 – 13.00 Get together of Technical Working Groups:
Audit & Accounting - Tax & VAT - Legal
Get together with fellow members from your profession to dicuss opportunities for collaboration and topics of particular relevance in yur field and practice.
13.00 – 14.00 Lunch at Hotel– Folio Suite Foyer
Afternoon and Evening Programme (open to everyone)
15.00 – 18.00 Networking and Sightseeing
afternoon : River Cruise and London Eye
15.00 Departure from hotel by taxi to London Eye Pier, Boarding Point 2
15.45 - 16.30 River cruise on Thames
16.45 - 17.45 London Eye (ride tas approx. 30 minutes)
20.00 Dinner
at Caravan, Fitzrovia Restaurant
152 Great Portland Stree - London W1W 6AJ
20 minutes walk or 8 minutes by taxi
PROGRAMME FOR ACCOMPANYING PERSONS
Thursday, 22 September 2022
19.30 Informal
dinner:
Restaurant
Myra - 52-54 Oxford Street - London WC1A 1ES
Meet us at 19.15 in hotel lobby to walk to restaurant together (2min walk)
(food and drinks not included in conference fee)
Friday, 23 September 2022
12.00 - 13.00 Lunch at Hotel - Folio Suite Foyer
16.00 – 17:00 Sightseeing Programme for accompanying
persons
Guided visit to the Tate Modern Museum
Departure 15.30 from hotel
19.00 – 21.00 Cocktail
Reception at Hotel – Folio Suite
Saturday, 24 September 2022
12.00 - 13.00 Lunch at Hotel - Folio Suite Foyer
15.00 – 18.00 Networking and Sightseeing
afternoon : River Cruise and London Eye
15.00 Departure from hotel by taxi to London Eye Pier, Boarding Point 2
15.45 - 16.30 River cruise on Thames
16.45 - 17.45 London Eye (ride tas approx. 30 minutes)
20.00 Dinner at Caravan, Fitzrovia Restaurant
152 Great Portlad Street - London W1W 6AJ
20 minutes walk or 8 miutes by taxi