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Thu 15 Oct, 2015 02:09 am
What's the difference between "program" and "agenda" when they are used in a to-do list?
eg. Program
Sunday, 1 October
10;45 Leave London Heathrow Airport by car
11;00 Ariive at the Cabinet Office
or
Agenda
Friday, June 25
Afternoon U.S. delegation arrives Beijing
Evening Free
Agenda is usually used in the sense of items to be discussed or matters to be resolved in a meeting. It also has the meaning of goals, such as the goals someone has for a meeting or a process. This is where the locution "hidden agenda" comes from--a set of goals which one or more persons have which they have not revealed. I think it is highly unlikely that a native-speaker of English would use agenda as you have used it in your second example. Arriving in Beijing is a function of the airline which takes you there, and evening free is a description of your activity (or lack of activity) and not something to accomplish.