Thursday 24 January 2019
To Be Confirmed
3pm - 4pm: Registration in the Hotels
3.40pm: Buses leave Ayalde for the hotels
4pm: Buses leave from the Hotels to the Basque Government, Vitoria
5.15pm: Everyone takes their seats
5.30pm - 7pm: General Assembly convenes with the Opening Ceremony and Ambassadors' Speeches
7.15pm: Buses leave for Bilbao
8.30pm - 10.30pm: Welcome Cocktail in La Bilbaína, Bilbao
10.30pm: Buses leave for the hotels
Friday 25 January 2019
9am: Buses collect delegates and advisors from the hotels
9.15am: Chairs' meeting in the Approval Panel
9.30am - 12.30pm: Arctic Council Working Group 1
9.30am - 9.45am: Chairs' introduction in committees
9.45am - 11.30am: Lobbying and Merging for Topic A begins in committees
10am: Advisors' meeting in the txoko
11am - 11.30am: Tuck Shop is open
11.30am - 1.30pm: Debating resolutions on Topic A in committees
12.10pm - 2pm: Advisors' Excursion (location to be confirmed)
12.30pm - 2pm: Lunch break for the Arctic Council
1.30pm - 3pm: Staggered lunch for committees
2pm - 4pm: Arctic Council Working Group 2
3pm - 4.30pm: Lobbying and Merging for Topic B begins in committees
4pm - 4.45pm: Tuck Shop in open
4.45pm - 6.45pm: Debating resolutions on Topic B in committees
4.30pm - 7pm: Arctic Council Senior Arctic Officers Meeting
7.05pm: Buses leave for the hotels
Saturday 26 January 2019
8.30am: Buses collect delegates and advisors from the hotels
9am - 10.30am: Lobbying and Merging for Topic C begins in committees
9am - 11.30am: Arctic Council Pre-Ministerial Briefing
10.30am - 11.30am: Tuck shop is open
11am - 12.30pm: Debating resolutions on Topic C in committees
11.30am - 2pm: Arctic Council preparation time and lunch
12.30pm - 2pm: Staggered lunch for committees
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 the hotels to the Formal Black Tie event
8.30pm - 12midnight: Formal Black Tie event (location to be confirmed)
12midnight: Buses leave for the hotels
Sunday 27 January 2019
9am: Buses collect delegates and advisors from the hotels
9.30am - 10am: Mass (optional)
10am - 1pm: General Assembly in session debating committee-approved resolutions
10.30am: Advisors' meeting in the txoko
11am -11.30am: Tuck shop is open
1pm - 1.30pm: Closing ceremony
1.30pm - 2.30pm: Staggered lunch
2.40pm: Buses leave for the hotels