MONDAY 31 JULY – WEDNESDAY 2 AUGUST
10.00 – 13.00 and 14.30 – 17.00 Courses

THURSDAY 3 AUGUST
10.00 – 13.30 Courses
15.00 – 19.00 Congress registration
15.00 – 19.00 Setting up of exhibitions and stands
19.00 – 21.30 OIDFA Administrative Council meeting – Outgoing Council + New Council (Xcenter)
EXCURSIONS      15.00 – 19.00 Vipavski Križ, Slovenia
                              17.00 – 19.00 Nova Gorica, Slovenia, and Gorizia, Italy, City Walk                     

FRIDAY 4 AUGUST
10.00 – 18.00 Congress registration
10.00 – 12.00 Setting up of exhibitions and stands
10.00 – 11.30 OIDFA General Assembly
11.30 – 12.00 Opening of the Congress
12.00 – 18.00 Exhibitions, Demonstrations, Sales
12.30 – 15.00 OIDFA Administrative Council meeting – New Council (Xcenter)
16.00 – 18.00 Lectures 1:
           16.00: The Origin of the Most Typical Lace Stitches from Gorizia through a Teacher’s Work
           16.40: Aemilia Ars Needle Lace
           17.20: The Lace School of Isola D’istria/Izola (1881 – 1936)
18.30 Opening of the exhibition E-LACE (X-center)
20.00 – 22.00 Get-together Party with Istrian Costume Presentation
EXCURSIONS      15.00 – 19.00 Cividale del Friuli, Italy
                              17.00 – 19.00 Nova Gorica, Slovenia, and Gorizia, Italy, City Walk

SATURDAY 5 AUGUST
10.00 – 18.00 Exhibitions, Demonstrations, Sales
10.00 – 12.00 Presentations by lace schools and groups
16.00 – 17.20 Lectures 2:
          16.00: Making Slovene Bobbin Lace – An Overlooked and Revived Element of the Intangible Cultural Heritage
          16.40: Making of Bobbin Lace in Slovenia from Entry in the National Register to UNESCO
20.00 – 22.00 OIDFA Dinner
EXCURSIONS      9.00 – 13.00 Gorizia, Italy
                              9.00 – 11.00 Nova Gorica, Slovenia, and Gorizia, Italy, City Walk

SUNDAY 6 AUGUST
10.00 – 17.00 Exhibitions, Demonstrations, Sales
10.00 – 12.00 Presentations by lace schools and groups
14.00 – 15.20 Lectures 3:
           14.00: Experimental Lace Group from the Idrija Lace School
           14.40: Veliki Dol Becomes a Čipkasti (Lacemaking) Dol Again
16.30 – 17.00 Awards and Closing Ceremony of the Congress
17.00 – 19.00 Removal of exhibitions and stands
20.00 – 22.00 Farewell Event
EXCURSIONS      9.00 – 13.00 Štanjel, Slovenia
                             9.00 – 11.00 Nova Gorica, Slovenia, and Gorizia, Italy, City Walk

MONDAY 7 AUGUST – FRIDAY 11 AUGUST
Congress Tour

The programme may still change in the future, please check the Congress website for updates.