SOCIAL EVENTS
Opening Ceremony
Wednesday 15th October at 19.00
The Opening Ceremony of the 11th ECES will take place on Wednesday 15th October at 19.00 and will be followed by a Welcome Reception.
EPIC Youth Karaoke Evening
Wednesday 15th October at 20.30
EPIC Youth will host a Karaoke Evening at the conference venue. All delegates are welcome to participate.
Film “The Year of the Wolf” / “Suden Vuosi”
Thursday 16th October at 18.00
This Finnish film (with English subtitles) will be shown in the conference venue.
Sari
is a talented student of literature who appears composed and confident
on the outside. Her life is however characterized by a sense of
remoteness: women envy her for her intelligence and beauty, men admire
her from a distance for the same reasons. But looming inside her is a
beast that isolates her from the rest of the world. Sari has epilepsy,
a dreaded and mystical disease, and a fear of new attacks makes her
live cautiously, keeping a safe distance to other people.
When Sari meets Mikko Groman, an older man who is a lecturer at her department, she recognizes in him a similar element of remoteness. Mikko, who drifts around in his private world of complex thoughts, only feels at home in the company of 19th century poetry. In the performance-oriented modern world of computers and camera phones, Mikko is an oddity.
In Mikko Sari finds an equal, but outsiders only see them as two totally incompatible people. The Year of the Wolf is a film by award-winning director Olli Saarela of forbidden love and of conquering personal fears. Read more....
Delegates at the 11th European Conference on Epilepsy & Society will
have the opportunity to experience a very special social evening on Thursday,
16th October. Once the day's conference sessions have concluded, delegates
may stroll down the quayside to "Le Yacht", a moored boat near the Fort St.-Jean, where Marseillaise cuisine
and local beverages await. Delegates may enjoy the entertainment and catch
up with friends, take in the spectacular view of the city and its buildings
and monuments illuminated against the night sky, or simply relax on one
of the decks soaking up the atmosphere of the sea.
Tickets for the social evening may be purchased at a cost of €35 each.
A full selection of tours of Marseille and the surrounding areas may be booked with the Marseille Tourist Office.
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