INTERNATIONAL BORZOI COUNCIL

"Providing the opportunity for Borzoi fanciers to meet on an international level in order to exchange ideas and information; educating and building a world-wide community of members working together to promote the welfare of the Borzoi breed."                           Laura Nel

   
 

 

 

 

 

INTERNATIONAL BORZOI COUNCIL CONFERENCE
St. Petersburg, Russia 

Friday, 27 June – Tuesday, 1 July 2008
St Petersburg's "White Nights"

TENTATIVE SCHEDULE
(SCHEDULE IS SUBJECT TO CHANGE)

Friday, June 27 - Conference Day One

8:30 to 9:30................Registration
9:30 to 10:00...............Welcome    

10.00 to 10.30.............Break         
10:30 to 12:00 ...........Seminar ...........* to be announced.
12:00 to 13:00.............Lunch
(included in registration)
13:00 to 14:30.............Seminar ...........to be announced.
15:00 to 19:00.............Parade with Horses and Borzoi at Summer Garden 
19:00..........................
International Banquet  
(included in registration)

 

Saturday, June 28th - Dog Show Day


9:00am.....................L
eave for three dog shows
14:00........................Buffet    (not included)
20:00........................Costume Contest   
21:00....................... Dinner On Own 
(not included)
 

Sunday,  June 29th - Conference Day Two

9:00 to 9:45am............Membership Meeting
9:45 to 10:15.............. Break

10:15 to 11:45 am.......Seminar.........  Dr. Anne Midgarden (USA)
                                                          Form and Function Study
12.00 to 13.00.............Lunch On Own
(not included)
13:00 to 14:30.............Seminar..........Dr. Jim Sillers (USA)
                                                         Genetics
14:30 to 15:00.............Break
15:00..........................
Event....Guided Water Taxi & Inner City Walking Excursion
17:00..........................Dinner On Own
(not included)

Monday June 30th - Conference Day Three

9.00-10.30.....................Seminar/Open forum * to be announced
10.30-11.00...................Break
11-12.30.......................Seminar/Open forum * to be announced
12.30-13.30...................Lunch On Own (not included)
13.30-16.30...................Open forum (with break when convenient)
16.30-17.00...................Break
17:00 to 18:00...............Final part of the conference and its closing.
20:00............................Dinner On Own
(not included)

* Possible Seminars Under Consideration
1.     Renascence of Russian Borzoi in St.Petersburg post World War II  (M. Egorova)
2.     Borzoi breed veterinary problems. (speaker A. Sakharov)
3.     Borzoi exterior and hunting predestination relation

Organized Evening Excursions  Final payments by May 1st.

Sunday    June 29th - Guided Water Taxi & Inner City Walking Excursion
                                  Price $42.50 Per Person

                                         

Tuesday   July 1st    - Ballet Performance at the Hermitage Theatre - "Giselle"
                                 
Ticket Price $130.00 Performance.  Dinner on Own Prior to Performance
 


Thursday  July 3rd   - Russian Folklore Show
 
                                             Ticket Price $70.00 pp
   Dinner on Own Prior to Performance

Organized Day Tours
Tuesday       July 1st    -  Day Trip-1 - St. Petersburg "City Sights"

Wednesday  July 2nd   - Day Trip-2 -
Tsarskoe Selo/Catherine Palace

Thursday      July 3rd    - Day Trip-3 - Peterhof Palace & Neva River Trip
Friday          July 4th    -  Day Trip-4 - Novgorod Day Trip

Day Trip Prices $230.00 per person as a single day trip.
Discounts for multiple day trips

Sign Up For Tours & Excursions - Shopping Cart
NO REFUNDS ON ANY PRE-BOOKED DAY TOURS OR EXCURSIONS AFTER MAY 1ST.  NO REFUNDS ON HOTEL NIGHT DEPOSITS OR IBC CONFERENCE REGISTRATIONS AFTER MAY 1ST.

United Kingdom Coordinator
Jean Clare - jean@ryazanborzois.co.uk

USA Coordinator
Dr. James Sillers, e.mail: emu@tir.com USA        (810) 724-0165 (Evenings)
Shen Smith,         e-mail sbs@bokhara.com USA (231) 264-6665 (Day & Evenings)

 


   
   

ST. PETERSBURG, RUSSIA - 2008