Thursday 25 January 2018
To be confirmed
4.30pm - 5.30pm: Registration in the hotels
5.45pm: Buses leave from the hotels to the Basque Parliament, Vitoria
6.50pm: General Assembly convenes with the Opening Ceremony and Ambassadors' Speeches
9.15pm: Buses leave for Colegio Ayalde
10pm: Welcoming drinks and pintxos in the main dining room
10.15pm: Chairs' meeting in the Advisors' dining room
11.15pm: Buses leave for the hotels
Friday 26 January 2018
To be confirmed
9am: Buses collect delegates and advisors from the hotels
9.30am - 11.30am: Lobbying and Merging begins in committees
9.30am - 12.30 pm: Arctic Council Working Group
10am: Advisors' meeting in the txoko
10.30am - 7pm: Approval Panel meets
11am - 11.30am: Tuck Shop is open
11.30am - 12.30pm: Policy Statements in committees
12.30pm - 2pm: Staggered lunch
2pm - 4pm: Arctic Council Working Group 2
2pm - 7pm: All committees in session debating approved resolutions
4pm - 4.30pm: Tuck Shop is open
4.30pm - 7pm: Arctic Council Senior Arctic Officers Meeting
7pm: Buses leave for the hotels
Saturday 29 January 2018
To be confirmed
9am: Buses collect delegates and advisors from the hotels
9.30am - 11.20am: Arctic Council Pre-Ministerial Briefing
9.30am- 12.30pm: All committees in session debating approved resolutions
11am - 11.30am: Tuck shop is open
11.20am - 2pm: Arctic Council preparation time and lunch
11.20am - 2pm: Advisors' excursion to Azurmendi Restaurant (tour of their seed bank, sustainable development centre and bodega)
12.30pm - 2pm: Staggered lunch
2pm - 6pm: General Assembly in session debating committee-approved resolutions
2pm - 6pm: Arctic Council Ministerial Meeting
4pm - 4.30pm: Tuck shop is open
6.15pm: Buses leave for the hotels
8pm: Buses leave from Holiday Inn Express to the Hotel Seminario
8pm - 11.45pm: Formal Black Tie dinner in Hotel Seminario
11.45pm: Buses leave for the Holiday Inn Express
Sunday 28 January 2018
To be confirmed
9am: Buses collect delegates and advisors from the hotels
9.30am - 10am: Mass (optional)
10am - 1pm: General Assembly in session debating committee-approved resolutions
11am -11.30am: Tuck shop is open
10.30am: Advisors' meeting in the txoko
1pm - 1.30pm: Closing ceremony
1.30pm - 2.30pm: Staggered lunch
2.40pm: Buses leave for the hotels