Our Festive Session is held once a year and usually takes place the first weekend in March. The highlight is the inauguration ceremony in which our new members are formally admitted to the Academy. In March 2015 the Academy celebrated its biggest Festive Session with around 500 international guests on occasion of our 25th Anniversary. Among our special guests we welcomed the former President of Austria Heinz Fischer, the President of the Republic of Macedonia, Gjorge Ivanov, and the former President of Serbia Tomislav Nikolić.