Opening Ceremony
The opening ceremony of the 8th European Geoparks Conference will take place at the Plenary hall of the Centro Cultural Raiano, on 15th September. It is open to all participants. On 14th during the evening there will be the Public Opening Ceremony at the Ichnological Park of Penha Garcia with an impressive multimedia presentation dedicated to environment and local people from all around the world.

Medieval Icebreaker Dinner
Geopark Naturtejo invites all participants to the icebreaker dinner before the Public Opening Ceremony, where you can taste traditional Portuguese food in a Templar Environment. It will take place at the Ichnological Park of Penha Garcia, in the Mother Church Viewpoint (30 minutes from Centro Cultural Raiano), on 14th September. Please, take the bus in front of Centro Cultural Raiano at 18.30 to get to the Medieval Dinner.

Closing ceremony
The closing ceremony, on 16th September will take place at the Plenary hall of the Centro Cultural Raiano. Geopark Naturtejo invites all the participants for the farewell to the 8th European Geoparks Conference.