Speakers:

• Professor Ulrich Hommel, Associate Director, Quality Services, EFMD
• Professor Martin Schader, Associate Director, Quality Services, EFMD

Guest Speaker:

• Professor Metka Tekavčič, Dean, Faculty of Economics, University of Ljubljana, Slovenia

THURSDAY, 15 October 2015: EQUIS Accreditation Process
14:00 - 14:15	Welcome and Introductions
14:15 - 15:15	EFMD Quality Services Portfolio The nature of EQUIS Benefits for schools going through the accreditation process An overview on the EQUIS and EPAS processes Introduction to EDAF
15:15 - 15:30	Coffee Break
15:30 - 16:45	The EQUIS Process key stages: Application, Briefing Visit, Eligibility, Self-Assessment Report, Peer Review Visit, Awarding Body, Continuous Improvement/Progress Reporting
16:45 - 17:30	The EQUIS process as lived by a School
17:30 - 17:45	Distribution of sample datasheets for self-study and allocation of working groups
18:00	Networking Dinner at the Academic Club of the University of Economics, Prague

FRIDAY, 16 October 2015: EQUIS Seminar
09:00 - 10:00	EQUIS Standards and Criteria (I) Key issues and their interpretation by the Peer Review Teams and the EQUIS Awarding Body
10:00 - 10:15	Coffee Break
10:15 - 11:15	EQUIS Standards and Criteria (II)
11:15 - 12:15	How to prepare a Datasheet: Process management Writing style Eligibility criteria and Committee decision making Communication with the EQUIS Office
12:15 - 13:15	Lunch
13:15 - 14:45	Group work: What distinguishes a good from a poor Datasheet? Issues to look out for Analyses of examples
14:45 - 15:15	Feedback (mock EQUIS Committee)
15:15 - 15:30	Coffee Break
15:30 - 16:30	How to prepare a good Self-Assessment Report (SAR) and an effective Peer Review Visit (PRV) Process management Writing style Self-Assessment process Content and annexes Student Report
16:30 - 17:00	Open Forum: Q&A

1. Venue and Welcome at the meeting
2. Participation Fee and Registration
3. Registration
4. Accommodation
5. Dinner
6. Transportation
7. Tourism and links
8. Contact

1. Venue and Welcome at the meeting

University of Economics, Prague - Faculty of International Relations
W. Churchill Square, 4
130 67 Prague 3 - Czech Republic

2. Participation Fee and registrationTop

• 900€ (+21% VAT) for EFMD Full Members
• 1000€ (+21% VAT) for EFMD Affiliated or Associate Members
• 1100€ (+21% VAT) for Non-Members

Fees cover attendance to the seminar, documentation, meals and refreshments, but do NOT include hotel accommodation. Hotel fees are to be paid to the different hotels upon departure (please refer to the hotel information section below for more details).

3. RegistrationTop

Please register here

Cancellation Policy
Cancellations must be confirmed in writing. If we receive notice of your withdrawal before 28 September 2015, a cancellation administrative fee of 75,00€ (+21% VAT) will be charged. Thereafter, we regret that we are unable to refund any fees. However, in such cases, substitutes are welcome at no extra cost as long as EFMD receives notification of the name, title and address of the substitute.

4. AccommodationTop

Accommodation is not included in the Seminar participation fee.

The EFMD Conference Secretariat has negotiated preferential rates in the following hotels (all situated within walking distance from the conference venue). Rooms can be booked via the conference registration form:

987 Design Prague Hotel****
Located at 750 m from the School - 9 min walk

Price per room (double or single) 130 EUR

Rate includes VAT (15%) and buffet breakfast.

Cancellation policy: cancellations received after 13 September 2015 – full stay will be charged.

Hotel Esplanade Prague*****
Located at 1.1 km from the School - 14 min to walk

Price per room (single) 165 EUR
Price per room (double) 175 EUR

Rate includes VAT (15%) and breakfast. City tax will be paid by the guests at the hotel directly.

Cancellation policy: cancellations received after 13 September 2015 – will be charged a pro-rata portion of the one-night deposit (taken at booking time). Cancellations before that date will be fully refunded.

Hotel Yasmin****
Located at 1.3 km from School – 15 min walk

Price per room (double or single) 100 EUR

Rate includes VAT (15%), city tax, internet, access to the fitness and sauna and buffet breakfast.

Cancellation policy: the one night deposit (taken at booking time) will be refunded if cancellations are received 7 days prior to arrival.

5. DinnerTop

All participants registered for the EQUIS Accreditation Seminar are invited to a networking dinner at 6:00 pm on Thursday, 15 October 2015 at the Academic Club of the University of Economics, Prague.

6. TransportationTop

Getting to the University of Economics, Prague
Address: Winston Churchill Square 4, 130 67 Prague 3, Czech Republic.

By public transport (from the airport)

Please note it is necessary to take a bus from the airport to the nearest metro station in order to reach the centre of Prague. Metro is in service from 5.00 to 24.00.

Letiště (Prague Airport) – Nádrazi Velesvalín (metro A), bus 119

• Intervals between buses: 5 to 20 minutes
• Travel time: 17 minutes
• Fare
• Timetable
• Route:
  • Letiště - Terminál 2(flights to the countries in the Schengen space) - Terminál 1 (flights to the countries outside the Schengen space, intercontinental flights) – U Hangáru – Na Padesátníku - Terminál 3 (private and charter flights) – K Letišti – Dědina – Nová Šárka – Divoká Šárka - Nádraží Veleslavín (A).

Letiště (Prague Airport) – Zličín (metro B), bus 100

• Intervals between buses: 7,5 to 30 minutes
• Travel time: 16 minutes
• Fare
• Timetable
• Route:
  • Letiště - Terminál 2 (flights to the countries in the Schengen space) - Terminál 1 (flights to the countries outside the Schengen space, intercontinental flights) – U Hangáru - Terminál 3 (private and charter flights) – K Letišti – Zličín.

Night bus service

Bus AE (Airport Express)

A special airport bus providing direct interconnection of air, rail and urban mass transit is available from 5.30 to 22.30.

• Intervals between buses: 30 minutes
• Travel time: 33 minutes
• Fare: 60 CZK, luggage free of charge
  • The regular PIT tariff is not valid, tickets are non-transferable and single-trip, valid only on this particular line
  • Purchase tickets from the driver
• Route: Letiště (Prague Airport) - Náměstí Republiky* - Masarykovo nádraží* - Hlavní nádraží (main train station)
• Timetable

*The line stops in the Masarykovo Nádraží and Náměstí Republiky only in the direction from the Airport to main train station (Hlavní nádraží).

More information available at number 296 19 18 17 or here
Please find map of airport bus and metro connection here.

Information centres at Prague Airport offer all the relevant information on the operation of public transport in Prague, its routes, timetables and fares. In addition to information, Information centres offer in particular:

• Single-trip and short-term time tickets valid for 24 hours or for 1, 3 days respectively, timetables for trams and buses (from whatever stop), a map of Prague complete with its public transport network; and,
• Pamphlets on route detours and changes in the near future or at present, as well as some other current information materials can be obtained free of charge.

Prague Airport Info center, Terminal 1
Terminal 1 arrivals hall open: daily from 7.00 a. m. to 9.00 p.m.

Prague Airport Info center, Terminal 2
Terminal 2 arrivals hall open: daily from 7.00 a. m. to 9.00 p.m.

By taxi
Official taxi companies recommended by Prague Airport:
AAA RadioTaxi
+ 420 222 333 222
+ 420 221 102 211

Fix Taxi
+ 420 220 113 892
+ 420 220 117 078
+ 420 722 555 525
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Approximate price from the airport to the centre of Prague is 600 CZK.

By tram
Numbers 5, 9 and 26 – Husinecká stop (then walk down the hill (3 mins)).

More information about transport around Prague is available here
Journey planner
Please find here a map with location of metro and tram stations nearby the university.
7. Tourism