SCANDINAVIAN LIVEBEARER WEEKEND

Every two years Poecilia Scandinavia hosts an international livebearer weekend on livebearing fish. However Poecilias 40th anniversary means, that they will also host a livebearer weekend in 2014. This will be the 6th livebearer weekend. The 7th will be in 2016.
 
The event takes place from May the 2nd to May the 4th 2014 in Holbæk, Denmark, approximately 40 minutes by train from Copenhagens international airport, Kastrup.
 
Lectures etc. will take place at “Kuben” which is an auditorium connected to “Holbæk Seminarium” – a teacher academy.
 
Participants can sleep at the hostel “Holbæk Vandrerhjem, Sidesporet”, which is located nearby.

The event committee consists of Malin Lindqvist, Jørn Klinge, Kim Walther and Thue Grum-Schwensen.

 
Lectures:
Gil Rosenthal, professor and scholar, Swordtails, University of Texas, Austin, USA. He also runs a research station in Mexico and is a specialist concerning Swordtails in Northern Mexico as well as hybrids which take place in nature.

Michael Kempkes, Germany, author and co-author of several books including Aqualogs "All livebearers and halfbeaks", several books on guppies and most recently a book on goodeids. He will talk about livebearing fish in Florida, USA – based among other things upon his travels.

Kees de Jong. Former president of Poecilia Netherland. He have worked with international cooperation in the hobby as well as outside the hobby, but always with livebearing fishes. He have travelled a lot in Mexico and other places.

Anniversary speech Saturday evening:  Poecilia Scandinavia will turn 40 years in 2014. At the dinner Saturday Evening there will be an anniversary speech about Poecilia Scandinavia’s 40 years. 

Honorary member Erik Lind Larsen, who helped found Poecilia Scandinavia in 1974, will give the anniversary speech.

Program 
The final program is not yet ready.
 
Prices

Basic Package, only saturday: 25 DKK (app. 3,5 Euro) for members (including members of all sisterorganisations in Europe and USA) , 50 DKK (app. 7 Euro) for non-members, including coffe, tea, but no meals at all.

Additions:

• Lunch saturday (3 half sandwiches): 60 DKK (app. 8 Euro) for all
• Celebration dinner saturday – with celebration of Poecilia Scandinavias 40 years anniversary: 300 DKK (app. 41 Euro) for members, 350 DKK (app. 47 Euro) for non-members. Starters, buffet and coffee/tea with cake afterwoods.
• Accommodation in four bed rooms with breakfast, friday-saturday: 250 DKK (app. 34 Eur) for members, 300 DKK (app. 41 Euro) for non-members
• Accommodation in four bed rooms with breakfast, saturday-sunday: 275 DKK (app.37 Euro) for members, 325 DKK (app. 44 Euro) for non-members
• Double-room, friday-satyrday, addition pr. person: 100 DKK (app. 14 Euro)
• Double-room, saturday-sunday, addition pr. person: 125 DKK (app. 17 Euro)
• Single-room, friday-saturday, addition pr. person: 355 DKK (app. 48 Euro)
• Single-room. saturday-sunday, addition pr. person: 430 DKK (app. 58 Euro)

For the whole weekend in a four-bed room it will be:

• Members of Poecilia Scandinavia or a sister-organisation: 910 DKK (App. 123 Euro)
• Non-members: 1085 DKK (App. 146 Euro)

Otherwise, you can yourself count on through to the other prices. As you can see, Saturday only can be very cheap.

Registration
Registration opens 3. January 2014.

If you wish to stay one or both nights is the registration deadline 23. march 2014.

If you only attend Saturday you can register up to 20. April 2014.

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