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