Autumn Prague Conference
Source:www.panoramio.com Hotel InterContinental 6th --9th9th October 2011 Index
Your Host 1-2 Prague 3-5 Hotel InterContinental Praha 6 How to get to the InterContinental Hotel 7 Golf Tournament - Albatross Golf Resort 8 Tennis Tournament - Sportcentrum Step 9 Restaurace Monarch 10 Historic Brewery Staropramen 11 Vysehrad Steamboat 12 Prague Castle 13 Municipal House 14 Opera Don Giovanni 15 Delegate Schedule 16 Spouse Schedule 17 Your Host
Advokátní kancelá řř KKřříížža BBa ěělina s.r.o.
Was established in 1991 as an association of individual attorneys and today it has the form of a limited liability company with six partners.
Advokátní kancelá ř Kříž a Bělina s.r.o. (AKKB) has rich experience in providing legal services and is currently one of the leading law firms in the Czech Republic.
The AKKB team comprises of around 30 experienced attorneys who do not only excel professionally, but also in terms of fluency in foreign languages. Thus AKKB is capable of providing all legal services in Czech, Slovak, English, German and Russian as well as in other languages, if required. Some of AKKB’s attorneys are counted among the leading Czech experts in certain legal fields such as labor law or intellectual property law and in recent years they have obtained several prestigious awards in these legal fields.
LEGAL SERVICESSPROVIDED SERVICE PROVIDED BYBY AKKB
AKKB provides complex legal services to local and international clientele throughout the spectrum of the segments of valid law. AKKB provides legal services comprising of the preparation of legal documents and other legal acts as well as the legal representation before general and arbitration courts. AKKB does not only represent clients before general and arbitration courts, however, also during negotiations with state authorities and institutions.
1 FIELDS OF LEGAL SERVICES PROVIDED BY AKKB
w Mergers, acquisitions and transformations w Litigation (arbitration and judicial proceedings) w Intellectual property rights and other rights to intangible assets w Labour law and collective bargaining w Public contracts w Economic competition w Power engineering w Commercial law: contracts and company law w Real estate w Bankruptcy w Family law w Administrative law w Tax, financial (including banking) and exchange law w Criminal law
OTHER LEGAL ACTIVITIES
In addition to the legal services commonly provided to clients, AKKB also prepares regular information on significant changes to legal regulations for its clients .
The majority of AKKB‘s attorneys are also very active in other legal activities, such as in the form of frequent publication in Czech and foreign trade journals and other periodicals or by participating as lecturers or co-organisers in a wide range of specialised conferences and seminars in the Czech Republic and abroad.
Several of AKKB’s attorneys are active as arbitrators at the Arbitration Court attached to the Economic Chamber of the Czech Republic and the Agricultural Chamber of the Czech Republic.
Contact
Dlouhá 13, 110 00 Praha 1 The Czech Republic
Telephone: +420 224 819 334/+420 224 819 325 Fax: +420 224 819 343
E-mail: [email protected] Website: www.akkb.cz
2 Prague
Prague is the capital and largest city of the Czech Republic. To this day Prague is at the forefront of development. Even now a significant proportion of the nation’s wealth emanates from Prague, and the city is often taken as a synonym for the whole Czech Republic.
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Prague’s first inhabitants arrived during the early Stone Age. The hills over the Vltava river were first settled by members of an unknown tribe. Their descendants gradually settled the entire area around the Vltava river meander, the shape of which (that of the letter P) symbolized the settlement’s future name. Archeological finds of jewels from the prehistoric era that are similar in style to those from the Great Moravian Empire, confirm the existence of a Slavic settlement. The foundation of Prague Castle, the building of the Christian Church of the Virgin Mary at its center, and the promotion of the Castle as the chief seat of the Přemyslid dynasty gave the Prague basin settlements a new mission. Prague Castle became the heart of the Czech Principality; the rise of the Přemyslid princes to power, along with an advantageous position at a crossroads of trading paths over the river, made Prague the most important place in the country. The metamorphosis of the fragmented agglomeration below the castle into a fortified and privileged medieval city took three centuries. The importance of the Castle settlements was to a great extent the work of Prince Bo řivoj, the first known Czech ruler. Prague became a city at the end of the 12th century. The Old Town of Prague came into existence in 1220 and joined with the Lesser Town at the end of the 13th century. At the beginning of the 14th century, another Prague town appeared: Hrad čany (the Castle Quarter). 3 A period of great prosperity and growth came with the rule of Charles IV (1346-78), who made Prague the greatest center of the European empire. After Rome, it was the second Christian metropolis in Europe. Charles IV built the stone Charles Bridge (1357), founded Charles University (1348) and, during the same year, established Prague’s New Town. After his death, his son Wenceslas IV took over and Prague becomes one
of the most beautiful and splendid towns in the Source:www.stopin-prague.com whole world, fully deserving of its epithet, “Rome of the North”. Its appearance did not change for another 200 years.
It was only during the Jagiellonian era that Prague completed its Gothic evolution. The rule of the Habsburgs brought to Prague the spirit of the Renaissance, and Emperor Rudolf II added to its luster by making it the imperial seat of the Holy Roman Empire.
The series of heavy blows that fell on the Czech lands in the wake of the Protestant Czech estates ’ defeat in the Battle at White Mountain (1620), did not spare Prague. The Habsburg victory installed Ferdinand II on the Czech throne and the city became a provincial capital, without power or importance.
Even the first woman on the Czech throne, Empress Maria Theresa (1740-80) did not do much to raise hopes of its revival. The rule of her son, Josef II, marked the beautiful city by its fervent abolition of convents, monasteries, and churches, as well as by intense national repression. Source:http://en.wikipedia.org
Spreading re-catholicization brought with it the construction of new churches, convents and monasteries in the Baroque style. In the new fashion, a number of palaces were also built, many of which still help define the appearance of the city.
After 1784, in the tumultuous period following the unification of Prague’s many municipalities, a new style, that of burgher-like Classicism, appeared. Source:www.prague-guide.co.uk
4 The Romantic era blew a breath of fresh air into Prague’s gardens and parks. The mid- 19th century brought a revival of previous styles, which left its mark all over Europe, Prague not excepting.
The Neo-Renaissance style symbolized the rebirth of the Czech nation and found most use in the construction of buildings closely associated with Czech national culture (e.g., the National Museum, the National Theater, the Rudolfinum.) At the same time, Prague said farewell to its old fortifications. Around the year 1900, Prague’s population approached 200,000 and the prevailing style was Art Nouveau. The city then Source:http://www.localyte.com was among the largest in the Austro-Hungarian Empire.
Source: http://hissandra.blogspot.com On October 28, 1918, Prague became the capital of the newly independent Czechoslovakia. With the dawn of a new era, new styles also arrived: functionalism and constructivism. A unique group of Cubist houses can still be seen at the foot of the Vyšehrad cliff near the river. World War II and the Nazi occupation halted the development of the Czech metropolis. The country’s newfound freedom was quickly suppressed by the nascent communism, which proceeded to inflict on Prague five decades of “building Socialism”.
At the end of the last century, Prague’s historical center was included in the prestigious UNESCO list of World Heritage sites. The city entered the new millennium as a self-assured, proud metropolis, blessed with an ancient heritage as well as new, exciting works of architecture. Source: http://www.orangesmile.com/ Text Source:www.czech.cz
5 Hotel InterContinental Praha Pa řížská 30 110 00 Praha 1 Czech Republic Tel: +420 296 631 111 Fax: +420 224 811 216 Email: [email protected] Website: www.icprague.com
Located on Prague's most famous and luxurious shopping boulevard Pa řížská connecting the historical Old Town Square with the banks of the Vltava River, the InterContinental Prague is a truly exceptional Prague hotel. Exclusive accommodation provide the perfect base to explore the shops, restaurants, and architectural treasures that give this region its distinctive character.
Health Club & Spa is an impressive Prague fitness center, offering state-of-the-art cardio and workout facilities. Keep your fitness regimen with a swim in the unique salt water heated swimming pool under a glazed roof. Relax in the whirlpool. Ease tired muscles in the sauna. Hotel facility also includes a soothing Prague spa, featuring a full range of spa services and personalized programs and therapies for individual health concerns.
source:www.icprague.com 6 How to get to the InterContinental Hotel
From the Prague Ruzyne Airport
A hotel limousine service is available to take you from the airport to the hotel 24 hours a day. The price is CZK 900 (approx. 38 EUR) It should be booked in advance with the reservation department tel: +420 296 631 111
Yellow AAA Taxi operates at the airport. The transfer cost around CZK 500 (approx. 21 EUR)
Public transport is also available at the airport. Take the bus No. 119 to Dejvicka subway (last stop). Go by subway to Staromestska station, take the tram no. 17 to Pravnicka fakulta station (one stop). Hotel is in front of you.
Coming from Vienna, Budapest, Bratislava
Take Highway D1, Brno -Praha, direction Centrum, Exit Stare Mesto . Continue along the Vltava River for approximately 2 km. The hotel is on your left side.
Coming from Berlin
Take Road E55, Teplice-Praha, direction Centrum. Drive through Argentinska Street to the Vltava River. Continue along the Vltava River for approximately 2 km. Take Nabrezi kapitana Jarose to the Cechuv Bridge. Go left at the end of the Bridge. The hotel is in front of you.
Coming from Nürnberg
Take Road E50, Highway D5, Rozvadov-Plzen-Praha, direction Motol / Centrum. Drive through Plzenska Street, direction Centrum. Cross the Jiraskuv Bridge and go left at the end. Continue along the Vltava River for approximately 3 km. The hotel is in front of you.
7 Golf Tournament Albatross Golf Resort
Thursday, 6th October 2011
Optional programme
Sokolská 162 267 16 Vysoký Újezd
Tel: +420 311 549 510 Email: [email protected] Web: www.praguecitygolf.cz
Albatross Golf Resort is situated in the municipality Vysoky Ujezd in Prague’s outskirts. Eighteen-hole golf course of the highest European standard.
Golf course of an area of more than 80 hectares (197.684 acres) in a slightly hilly terrain .
Resort built on the edge of Cesky kras (Czech karst area) 420 (1377.95 feet) meters above the sea level has, thanks to the climatic conditions, one of the longest golf seasons under the blue sky in central Europe.
source:www.albatross.cz 8 Tennis Tournament Sportcentrum Step
Thursday, 6th October 2011
Optional programme
Malletova 2350 190 00 Praha 9
Tel: +420 296 786 177 Email: [email protected] Web: www.sportcentrumstep.cz
The sport center Step is one of the biggest and finest sport centers in Prague located just 15 minutes drive from the InterContinental Hotel. Three tennis courts with Wimbledon surface will be available for your tournament.
The Center offers a wide range of sport-related leisure and relaxation services including 25 meters long swimming pool, sauna and steam room.
Sezio Restaurant is also available at the site offering traditional Czech as well as modern European gastronomy.
source: www.sportcentrumstep.cz 9 Restaurace Monarch
Thursday, 6th October 2011
V Kolkovn ě 6 110 00 Praha 1 Tel: 00420 222 315 545 Email: [email protected] Web: www.restauracemonarch.cz
The Monarch is grandly conceived wine restaurant within a walking distance of 5 minutes from the InterContinental Hotel, designed especially for lovers of fine wine and delicious cuisine. Trained sommeliers are ready to present a very wide range of white and red Moravian wines.
Monarch is the only wine restaurant in Prague that has been operating for more than ten years. You can taste top Czech or foreign wines. Breath taking cellar with vaulted ceiling creating the perfect atmosphere for dinning and entertaining.
source: www.restauracemonarch.cz
10 Historic Brewery Staropramen
Friday, 7th October 2011
Nádražní 84 150 54 Praha 5
Tel: +420 257 191 111 Email: [email protected] Web: www.pivovary-staropramen.cz
Historic Brewery Staropramen - Paspuv Hall
This historic and unique social hall was built in 1873 and it is located on the first floor of the brewery. This special venue offers unforgettable dinning experience. Traditional Czech cuisine along with delicious Czech beer will be served on this occasion.
The Brewery
The idea to build a new brewery in Prague had been debated since the mid-sixties of the 19th century. The construction started on a complex of brewery buildings on the left bank of the Vltava River by the engineer Gustav Noback in 1869 and sales of beer commenced in 1871. Staropramen was perceived as a Czech brewery producing Czech beer and was first registered as a trademark in 1911. In 1994, the British brewery corporation Bass (one of the biggest beer producers in Europe) became the strategic partner of Staropramen Brewery. In 1996 brought the first phase of a major technical upgrade of Staropramen Brewery with the construction of what at that time was one of the largest brew houses in Central Europe. Pivovary Staropramen are currently the second largest beer producer in the Czech Republic. At present,
source: www.pivovary-staropramen.cz Staropramen is sold in over 30 countries of the world.
11 Vyšehrad SteamboatSteamb oat Saturday, 8th October 2011
Pražská paroplavební spole čnost, a.s. Rašínovo náb řeží Tel: 00420 224 931 013 Email: [email protected] Web: www.paroplavba.cz
The Vyšehrad steamboat was launched on 1st May 1938 under the name “Antonín Dvo řák” and was renamed to "VYŠEHRAD" in 1992. In its heyday it was quite common for the steamer to transport people on Vltava river. Apart from the practical transportation of travelers, it was use by the people of Prague for the popular sight-seeing tours through Prague.
However, after the second World War use of the steamer on Vltava river gradually decrease and to this day only two steamer boats have been preserved.
One of them is now called Vyšehrad - a saloon steamer, the oldest and also the biggest of the Prague Steamship Company.
Vyšehrad was completely renovated in the 1990’.
The rich history of the steamer and the careful reconstruction allows the passenger to get a taste of old source:www.paroplavba.cz Prague.
12 Prague Castle Saturday, 8th October 2011
GuideGuideddTourTour
The Prague Castle, an ancient symbol of the Czech lands, is the most significant Czech monument and one of the most important cultural institutions in the Czech Republic.
The Guide Tour includes St. Vitu‘s Cathedral, the Old Royal Palace, the Golden Lane and other main sights of the Prague Castle. source:www.estav.cz
The Prague Castle was most likely founded in around 880 by Prince Bo řivoj of the Premyslid Dynasty (P řemyslovci). According to the Guinness Book of World Records, the Prague Castle is the largest coherent castle complex in the world, with an area of almost 70 ,000 m2.
A UNESCO World Heritage site, it consists of a large-scale composition of palaces and ecclesiastical buildings of various architectural styles, from Roman-style buildings from the 10th century through Gothic modifications in the 14th century. The famous Slovenian architect Josip Ple čnik was responsible for extensive renovations in the time of the First Republic (1918-1938). source:http://sincerelycelia.wordpress.com Since the Velvet Revolution, the Prague Castle has undergone significant and ongoing repairs and reconstructions including the renovation of the Golden Lane which was finished this year.
source:www.ccservis.cz Source:http://itras.cz/prazsky-hrad
13 Obecní d ům --MunicipalMunicipal House
Friday, 7th October 2011
Accompanying persons only
The idea of using the former King’s Court plot as a site to build an outstanding and representative building for the Czech kingdom’s capital was first initiated by a Prague Civic Society memorandum, submitted to the Town Hall authorities in 1901. The request proposed the creation of a center for Czech official and social undertakings, citing among other reasons the necessity for a counterbalance to a German casino and the German House .
In 1903 the Prague City Council decided that the architects Professor Antonín Balsanek and Osvald Polivka would be commissioned for the project of the big reconstruction of the Municipal House. In the summer of 1905 the firm Schlaffer & Sebek began the construction works. Some of the sections were put into use as early as 1909 while the entire building was officially opened on 22 November 1912 . The last restoration of the Municipal House took place in nineties of the 20th century and brought the Municipal House into the today‘s conditions.
The Municipal House is one of the most remarkable constructions of Prague Art Nouveau. The impression this building gives us, is enhanced by a wide range of decorative styles and materials, as well as by the high quality of craftsmanship. The monumental appearance of the building is crowned by the outstanding decor created by most of the prominent Czech artists of the day, Mikolas Ales, Alfons Mucha, Max Svabinsky, Frantisek Zenisek, Josef Vaclav Myslbek, Ladislav Saloun,
Bohumil Kafka and many more. Source:www.obecni-dum.cz
14 Opera Don Giovanni
Wednesday, 5th October 2011
Optional programme
Stavovské divadlo - Municipal Theatre Železná 540/11 Praha - Staré M ěsto Tel: 00420 224 228 503 Email: [email protected] Web: www.narodnidivadlo.cz
The set design for the production of the opera about the famous lady-killer draws upon the legendary staging of Don Giovanni premiered at today’s Estates Theatre in 1969. It was the work of two outstanding Czech theatre-makers - the stage director Vaclav Kaslik and the set designer Josef Svoboda .
The opera is staged in Italian original version and Czech and English subtitles are used in the performance.
Duration of the performance: 3 hours
source:www.narodni-divadlo.cz
15 Delegate Schedule
Thursday 6th October
8.30 a.m.-5.00 p.m. Golf Tournament at Albatross Golf Resort (including time for transfers) 12.30 p.m.-6.00 p.m. Tennis Tournament at Sportcenter Step (including time for transfers) From 2.00 p.m. Check in - InterContinental Hotel 7.00 p.m. – midnight Dinner at Monarch Restaurant (Dress Code: Casual) Please come and dine at your leisure Friday 7th October 8.30 a.m. - 9.30 a.m. Breakfast 9.30 a.m. Registration of the delegates at the Conference Room (ground floor of the InterContinental Hotel) 10.00 a.m. Welcome Speech
10.05 - 10.35 a.m. Presentation of Advokátní kancelá ř K říž a B ělina s.r.o. 10.35 a.m. Introduction to Workshop 10.45 - 11.00 a.m. Coffee Break
11. 00 a.m. Workshop 12.00 p.m. – 1.00 p.m. Summary of Workshop Results 1.00 p.m.- 2.30 p.m. Lunch at Hotel Restaurant Primator I 2.30 p.m. - 3.15 p.m. Workshop 4.15 p.m. Transfer to the Historic Brewery Staropramen 5.15 p.m. Guided Tour around the Historic Brewery Staropramen 7.00 p.m. Dinner at the Historic Brewery Staropramen (Dress Code: Casual)
11.00 p.m. Transfer back to the hotel Saturday 8th October
8.30 a.m. - 9.30 a.m. Breakfast 9.30 a.m. Registration of the delegates at the Conference Room (ground floor of the InterContinental Hotel) 10.00 a.m. - 12.00 p.m. Member’s Meeting 12.30 p.m. Lunch at Hotel Restaurant Primator I 1.45 p.m Transfer to the Prague Castle 2.15 p.m. – 6.00 p.m. Guided Tour Prague Castle, Charles Bridge, Old Town 7.00 p.m.- midnight Gala Dinner at Vysehrad Steamboat (Dress Code: Formal, Tie) 16 Spouse Schedule
Thursday 6th October
8.30 a.m.-5.00 p.m. Golf Tournament at Albatross Golf Resort if applicable From 2.00 p.m. Check in - InterContinental Hotel 7.00 p.m. - midnight Dinner at Monarch Restaurant (Dress Code: Casual) Please come and dine at your leisure Friday 7th October 8.30 a.m. - 9.30 a.m. Breakfast 10.00 a.m. Meeting at the Reception 10.30 a.m. – 12.00 p.m. Guided Tour Municipal House 12.00 p.m.- 1.30 p.m. Lunch at Municipal House 1.30 p.m. - 3.15 p.m. Sightseeing around Prague 4.15 p.m. Transfer to the Historic Brewery Staropramen 5.15 p.m. Guide d Tour around the Historic Brewery Staropramen 7.00 p.m. Dinner at the Historic Brewery Staropramen (Dress Code: Casual) 11.00 p.m. Transfer back to Hotel Saturday 8th October 8.30 a.m. - 9.30 a.m. Breakfast 10.00 a.m. Meeting at the Reception 10.00 a.m.-12.00 p.m. Shopping 12.30 p.m. Lunch at Hotel Restaurant Primator I
1.45 p.m Transfer to the Prague Castle 2.15 p.m. – 6.00 p.m. Guided Tour Prague Castle,Charles Bridge, Old Town 7.00 p.m.- midnight Gala Dinner at Vysehrad Steamboat (Dress Code: Formal, Tie)
17 Looking forward to welcoming you to Prague this autumn