Social Programme
The social programme offers a congenial Reception on Tuesday evening and a Conference Banquet on Wednesday evening.
Tuesday 21st June - Evening Reception
After the first day of the main conference, take full advantage of this opportunity to unwind, socialise with friends and colleagues old and new – and enjoy Scotland’s most famous product.
The Ada Connection offers a Welcome Reception with a difference, combining an informal opportunity to meet our exhibitors with an educational tasting experience. Each exhibition stand will have a different bottle of single malt Scotch whisky available, specially chosen to span the aroma and flavour spectrum; you are invited to visit and sample an appropriate number of these fine and rare “malts”. The original Gaelic word for this warming and uplifting spirit was usquebaugh (literally “water of life”), which has transformed into whisky in modern English.
To provide an introduction, and some further guidance, we will include a very short presentation (timed at 1845, immediately after the Ada-Europe General Assembly), plus tasting notes on the whiskies available.
Canapés will be served and you will also be able to enjoy Scottish shortbread and tablet. Wine and soft drinks (Irn Bru) will, of course, also be available.
(The reception is included in the three-day conference package, and also for conference day delegates.)
Wednesday 22nd June - Banquet Dinner
The Ada Connection Gala Dinner will be held in true Celtic style at The Signet Library situated on the Royal Mile, just below Edinburgh Castle, in the centre of Edinburghs Old Town and considered to be one of the finest examples of Georgian architecture in the country. The Library is the property of the Society of Writers to Her Majestys Signet since 1822.
Drinks will be served in the Lower Library, which is a working law library by day, with historical and contemporary legal and Scottish collections, enjoying an outlook onto Parliament Square and the Royal Mile. Once settled in, we will enjoy a pre-dinner presentation by Professor Les Hatton – a noted contributor to safer software engineering. Dinner will then be served in the Upper Library, with magnificent architectural features, including a cupola painting depicting Apollo and the Muses plus a magnificent stained glass window celebrating Queen Victoria's Jubilee.
Transport (if required) will be organised to return to the John McIntyre Conference Centre.
(The banquet dinner is included in the conference package.)
Additional Tickets
Extra tickets for the Conference Dinner on Wednesday 22nd can be purchased when registering for the conference. These tickets may also be available on-site, at the registration desk.
