On Friday the 7th and Saturday the 8th of November, a conference will be held in Höfn and Smyrlabjörg on business and innovation on the shores of Vatnajökull.
The conference begins with an address by the tourism director Ólafur Ýrar Atladóttir. On Friday evening, the harvest festival of the tourism industry will be held in Smyrlabjörg and starts with a dinner at 20.30.
Many interesting talks will be on the agenda and people are encouraged to attend. A lecture by Guðmundur H. Gunnarsson, project manager at Matís, can be accessed here.
As shown in the program (see here) the conference starts on Friday in Höfn but in the evening the conference will be transferred to Hotel Smyrlabjörg where the Harvest Festival of the State of Vatnajökull and the Tourism Association of A-Skaftafellssýsla will be held. Saturday's program will also take place at Smyrlabjörg.
The conference is free, but the price for the harvest festival is ISK 4,900.
Sandra Björg's participation in the conference and harvest festival must be announced by e-mail sbs@hi.is or by phone 470-8044 no later than Monday 3 November 2008.
It is possible to stay at Smyrlabjörg, but a room must be booked there, phone 478-1074.