DAY 1: Sunday, 10 May 2026

10:00 - 12:00 Bilbao Architecture Walking Tour (separate registration required)

13:30 - 14:30 Registration Desk Open at The Artist Grand Hotel of Art

14:30 - 14:45 Welcome & Overview at The Artist Grand Hotel of Art
Javier Martinez, Proasur - Congress Chairperson

14:45 - 15:45 Keynote Speaker - Mikel Onandia Garate, Faculty of Fine Arts at the University of the Basque Country

16:00 - 17:30 Bilbao Fine Arts Museum Overview & Behind the Scenes Tour

17:30 - 19:00 Welcome Reception at the Terrace on the 7th floor of The Artist Grand Hotel of Art

DAY 2: Monday, 11 May 2026

9:50 Group meets here, outside the Basque Museum in the square.

10:00 - 11:00 Behind the Scenes Tour - Basque Museum

(The museum is still in the construction phase, and our tour will be based on the current conditions of the site)

11:00 - 11:45 Walk to Itsas Museum Bilbao

11:45 - 12:00 Welcome & Overview to the Itsasmuseum Bilbao (Museo Maritimo de Bilbao) with Jon Ruigomez, Director, Itsasmuseum

12:00 - 12:45 Behind The Scenes Tours - Itsasmuseum Bilbao (Museo Maritimo de Bilbao)

12:45 - 14:15 Lunch On Your Own

14:15 - 14:30 Arrivals at Guggenheim Bilbao Museum

14:30 - 14:50 Welcome & Overview to the Guggenheim Bilbao
Rogelio Diez, Deputy Director for Maintenance, Guggenheim Bilbao

14:50 - 16:00 The Guggenheim Bilbao Effect - An Insider’s View
Juan Ignacio Vidarte, Director and Chief Officer for Global Strategies (Past Director of the Guggenheim Bilbao)
Andrew Klemmer, Paratus Group

16:00 - 17:00 Behind The Scenes Tours - Guggenheim Bilbao Museum

17:00 - 18:30 Networking Reception at Guggenheim Bilbao Museum

DAY 3: Tuesday, 12 May 2026

8:45 Meet in the lobby of The Artist Hotel to load buses

9:00 - 10:15 Travel to San Sebastian

10:15 - 10:45 Welcome & Overview of Chillida Leku
Mikel Chillida, Development Director of Chillida Leku, Grandson of Eduardo Chillida
Mireia Massague, Museum Director of Chillida Leku

10:45 - 11:45 Private Tours at Chillida Leku

11:45 - 12:15 Explore Chillida Leku On Your Own

12:15 - 12:30 Bus Travel to Gastronomy Open Ecosystem (GOe) Basque Culinary Center

12:30 - 13:45 Lunch at GOe

13:45 - 14:15 Welcome & Overview: GOe
Asier Alea, Director of Global Development, GOe-Gastronomy Open Ecosystem

14:15 - 14:45 Albaola: The Recovery of Maritime Heritage
Xabier Agote Aizpurua, Founder, Albaola

14:45 - 15:30 Behind the Scenes Tour of GOe

15:30 Depart GOe

15:30 - 17:00 Bus Travel to Bilbao
(estimated time of arrival; subject to change with bus transfer)

Agenda Subject To Change