Annual Meeting of Honorary Consuls of the Czech Republic in the USA

Cedar Rapids, Iowa, October 6 - 8, 2016

Thursday, October 6, 2015

7.30 pm   Informal dinner

Friday, October 7, 2015

9.00 am   Breakfast at NCSML

10.00 am Opening remarks - Petr Gandalovič , Ambassador

10.15 am Welcome remarks - Gail Naughton, President  & CEO, National Czech & Slovak Museum & Library

10:30 am Current Czech Foreign & Domestic issues
Miloslav Stašek, Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs
Vít Korselt, Director of Americas Department
Petr Gandalovič , Ambassador

11:30 am  Honorary Consuls round table discussion

12.30 pm Working buffet lunch

1:30 pm    Honorary Consuls round table discussion (continued)

2:00 pm   Challenges of the Czech language teaching in the US
Klara Moldova, T. G. Masaryk Czech School, Chicago
Dr. Mila Saskova-Pierce, Department of Modern Languages Emerita, Lincoln

3:00 pm   Guest speaker - Congressman Rep. Rod Blum

4:30 pm   Reception with  NCSML Board and Czech Honorary Consuls

6.30 pm   BrewNost! 2016

Saturday, October 8, 2015

8:15 am    Breakfast at NCSML

9:00 am   Museum Tour  & NCSML presentation

10.00 am Public Diplomacy, Culture, Czech Compatriot Affairs
Šárka Ponroy - Vamberová, Public Diplomacy Section

10.30        Current issues in the consular agenda
Pavel Pitel, Head of Consular Section

11.00         Regional & Thematic tables & Thematic roundtables