Agenda
11:00-12:00 Attends Europa Nostra awards ceremony at Villa Empain with Mr Charles Picqué, Minister-President of the region of Brussels (Brussels)
09:00-11:00 With President Barroso, attends opening plenary session of EU-Brazil culture summit in the presence of Brazilian President Dilma Rousseff
11:00-12:00 Signing ceremony of the Joint Culture Programme
12:00-12:30 Meets Prof. Ilan Chet, Deputy Secretariat General of Union for the Mediterranean, responsible for education and science matters
17:00-18:00 Attends private high-level opening of Europalia Brazil with President Barroso and Brazilian President Dilma Rousseff (Bozar arts centre, Brussels)
18:30-19:30 Attends opening of exhibition "Marie-Curie: in the service of science yesterday and today" (European Parliament)
12:15-13:00 Meets Brazilian Minister of Culture, Ana de Hollonda
13:00-13:20 Gives press point with Brazilian Minister of Culture, Ana de Hollanda (VIP Corner, Berlaymont)
13:20-14:45 Lunch with participants in the EU-Brazil round table on culture
15:00-17:00 Attends EU-Brazil round table on culture
17:00-17:30 Presents round table conclusions and delivers closing speech
18:00-19:30 Delivers a speech at opening of Europalia exhibition in the presence of Brazilian Minister of Culture, Ms Ana de Hollanda (Bozar arts centre. Brussels)
12:30-15:00 With President Barroso, meets EIT Foundation and CEOs of 20 European companies
In London (7-8/10)
09:30-11:30 Visits William Davies Primary School and holds a reading event
12:00-13:00 At ExCELand – visits Youth on the Move stand, meets UK authorities and Worldskills organisers
13:00–13:45 Delivers speech at the Global Marketplace Conference
14:30-16:00 Visits Youth on the Move stand; discusses with young people, gives interviews, following the competitions
16:45-17:30 Official visit to the Institute of Education
Visits a Cypriot community School
19:15 – Delivers an opening Speech at the EU Baroque Orchestra (Bibliothèque Solvay)
20:00 - Delivers a speech at the gala dinner and concert for the 20th anniversary of the Yehudi Menuhin Foundation in the presence of its President Mr Enrique BARON Crespo and the Spanish Ambassador to the EU, Mr Luis Planas. (Theâtre de l'Hôtel Le Plaza)
10:30 - Receives Prof. Constantinos Christofides, Rector of Cyprus University
11:30 - Receives President of the Romanian Senate, Mr.Mircea Geoana
17:15 - Receives the European Round Table delegation, lead by M. Leif Johansson, CEO of Volvo
19:30 - Attends autumn recital "Les Sons du Trio" to mark Polish, Danish and Cypriot EU Presidencies (Av. des Gaulois 29, 1049 Brussels)
12:30 - Receives Ms Gabi Burgstaller, Minister-President of the Salzbourg region
15:00 - Meets with the Board of Trustees of the House of European History
19:00 - Attends the Annual meeting between the Commission and conference of European Parliament Committee Chairs
Attends Informal ministerial meeting on sport, Krakow
15:30 - Receives delegation from the European Grouping of Societies of Authors and Composers headed by Chairman, Bernard Miyet
10:30 - Receives delegation from EUCIS-LLL Platform, headed by Director Audrey Frith
09:30 - Delivers opening speech at the European Culture Forum
11:30 - Receives the Representative of Rep.of Cyprus to the EU, Mr Kornelios Korneliou (BERL 10/110)
19:00 - Attends concert for the 30th anniversary of the Chamber Orchestra of Europe (Flagey arts centre, Brussels)
10:30 - Receives delegation from Greek-Cypriot and Turkish-Cypriot trade unions PEO and DEVIS, headed by PEO Secretary General Pambis Kyritsis and DEVIS President Mehmet Seyis
11:00 - Receives delegation from the European Jazz Orchestra headed by Executive Director of DSI Swinging Europe, Per Bech Jensen and Project Coordinator, Linda Stenholt Jensen
11:45 - Receives H..E.M. Ho-Young-Ahn, Ambassador of the Republic of Korea (BERL 10/110)
Visit to China:
Attends the EU-China Summit (25/10) and related events
Visits China Central Academy for Fine Arts (CAFA), Beijing
Launch of EU Film Festival, Beijing
20:30 - Meets Jean-Claude Berutti, theatre director, and attends performance of "The Imaginary Invalid" by the Cyprus Theatre Organisation, Nicosia
Visit to Cyprus (31 October – 4 November)
10:30 - Meets Andreas Mavroyiannis, Deputy Minister to the President of Cyprus and George Georgiou, Permanent Secretary of the bureau in charge of preparations for the Cypriot EU Presidency in 2012, Nicosia
12:00 - Opens the Shadow Theatre Museum in Nicosia
