The 2010 ELDR Party Congress will take place between Wednesday 13^th and Friday 15^th October 2010 in the Marina Congress Centre, located at Helsinki harbour -  Katajanokanlaituri / Skatuddskajen 6, 00160 Helsinki/Helsingfors, Finland.

With over 500 delegates participating each year, the ELDR Congress is the number one event for European liberal democrats who want to exchanges ideas, network and debate and adopt policies in the European context.

The theme of this year's Congress is "the challenges of demographic change" and will explore issues such as how Europe can address the questions raised by increasing life expectancy and falling mortality rates; the type of social security and pension systems that we want and can obtain; labour market policies; and migration. The Congress discussions will build on those taking place in the framework the ELDR Focus Year on Demographic Change, which you can take part in at www.eldrfocus.eu.

The Congress fringe programme will start on the afternoon of Wednesday 13^th October and will be accompanied by a welcome reception that evening at Helsinki City Hall at the invitation of the Mayor of Helsinki. The Congress is set to finish at 17:00 on Friday 15^th October.

Accommodation

The Congress hotel is the Scandic Grand Marina Hotel, located directly opposite the Congress Centre at Katajanokanlaituri / Skatuddskajen 7, 00160 Helsinki / Helsingfors Finland. Delegates should contact their party's international officer for more details about reserving a room in the Congress hotel.

Congress Programme

The Congress programme can be downloaded here. This version gives an overview of the timing of different Congress events and will be continuously updated as speakers are confirmed. 

Congress book

The Congress book can be downloaded here.

Congress deadlines

The various deadlines for the submission of delegate's lists, resolutions and Bureau nominations can be downloaded here.

For further queries about the Congress please contact Robert Plummer, rplummer@eldr.eu in the ELDR secretariat.

Press

The list of speakers can be downloaded here.

Find here the last press release.

For more information, including a list of hotels close to the Congress Centre, please contact communications officer, Chiara Puletti cpuletti@eldr.eu; +32.2.2370143