Information below is an overall summary of the various special events and functions taking place during this year’s conference.

AWARDS LUNCHES

*One Awards Lunch is included with every FULL Registration. When registering, please be sure to check which lunch you would like to attend. You have the option to add multiple quantities and/or multiple lunches but you will be charged $30 for each additional.

MR Lunch – Monday (12:30pm – 2:00pm)
This luncheon will include awards presentations for the Mechanisms and Robotics Conference

CIE Lunch – Monday (12:30pm – 2:00pm)
This luncheon will include awards presentations for the Computers and Information in Engineering Conference / Division

DED Lunch – Tuesday (12:30pm – 2:30pm)
This luncheon will include awards presentations for Design Engineering Division as well as conference related awards from the following: International Conference on Advanced Vehicle and Tire Technologies (AVTT), Design Automation Conference (DAC), Symposium on International Design and Design Education (DEC), Design for Manufacturing and the Lifecycle Conference (DFMLC), International Conference on Design Theory and Methodology (DTM), the International Conference on Micro- and Nanosystems (MNS), and the Special Conference on Mechanical Vibration and Noise (VIB).

RECEPTIONS

McGill University Tour/Reception - Sunday (3:30pm – 6:30pm) Tour begins upon arrival. Reception begins at approximately 5:00pm McGill University is one of Canada’s best-known institutions of higher learning and one of the country’s leading research-intensive universities. With students coming to McGill from about 150 countries, the student body is the most internationally diverse of any medical-doctoral university in Canada. The Centre for Intelligent Machines (CIM) includes a research program expressed around four themes designed to reflect the rapid evolution of the sector of Intelligent Systems: artificial perception robotics systems and control human-machine interface For more information about this program and McGill University, please click here.

Buses will begin departing the hotel at 3:45pm and proceed to the downtown campus to CIM's headquarters at the McConnell Engineering Building of McGill University. Following the tour, Dean Christophe Pierre will host a reception for attendees in the lobby of the Trottier Building. Entertainment and food will be provided.

*Note this function is included in the registration fee for all Registrants, however you must confirm your participation on the registration form.

Conference Reception (at Marche Bonsecours) - Monday (time tba)
The Bonsecours Market is located right in the heart of Montreal. With a spectacular view of the St. Lawrence River, Old Port and some of Old Montreal’s most striking historic treasures, this venue is considered one of the finest heritage buildings in Canada. Join your fellow attendees in a short bus ride to Old Montreal. Enjoy traditional Canadian hors d’oeurves and drinks. All attendees will then have the opportunity to walk around the city and enjoy the fabulous views and culture before returning back to the hotel for the evening.

*Note this function is included in the registration fee for Full, Student and Life Registrants. One Day Registrants and guests will need to purchase a ticket for $50.

CIE 30th and JCISE 10th Anniversary Reception - Tuesday (6:30pm - 8:00pm)
CIE (Computers and Information in Engineering) Division will celebrate its 30th Anniversary, together with JCISE's 10th Anniversary. This is not an event to just look back into the past, but also to look ahead into the future. The future CIE leaders will make poster presentations on their current research. This is a mixer type event with food and drink. So we hope this will serve as an excellent opportunity for everybody to develop networking across different domains and across all ages. All conference registrants are welcome.

*Note this function is geared primarily for CIE attendees/authors. This event is included in the registration fee, however Guests/spouses of attendees will need to purchase a ticket for $40.

Student Networking Reception - Tuesday (6:30pm – 8:00pm )
The ASME Design Engineering Division’s Student Affairs and Early Career Professionals Committee will host the Scavenger Hunt for student attendees. This activity will end with the Student Networking Reception to be held on Tuesday evening.

*Note this function is geared primarily for students

10th Anniversary Celebration Reception for JCISE (Journal of Computing & Information Science in Engineering) - Tuesday (6:30pm to 8:00pm)
All those who have contributed to the success of JCISE are invited to join us, to be recognized and to celebrate. This includes all current and former associate editors, reviewers, authors and members of the advisory board.

TOURS

Ecole de Technologie Superieure (ETS) Tour – Sunday (1:45pm – 3:45pm)
École de technologie supérieure (ÉTS), with its 5400 students, is one of the five largest engineering schools and faculties in Canada, and accounts for a quarter of all Quebec undergraduate engineering students. ÉTS stands out because of its focus on applied engineering and its close ties with industry. ÉTS is well known for its student-run technical clubs, particularly Walking Machine, Baja SAE, S.O.N.I.A. and Omer. Representatives of these clubs will present some their latest creations. The tour will also include a visit of an undergraduate robotics laboratory, featuring four industrial robots ABB IRB1600 and one FlexPicker. Finally, the Control and Robotics (CoRo) research laboratory, headed by Prof. Ilian Bonev, will demonstrate several of its parallel robot prototypes, as well as its precision robotics laboratory, featuring an industrial robot, a laser tracker, a laser interferometer and other metrology equipment. For more information, please click here.

*Note this function is included in the registration fee for all Registrants, however you must confirm your participation on the registration form.

Canadian Space Agency Tour – Wednesday (8:00am – 12:00pm)

*Note this function is NOT included in the conference registration fee. All attendees have the option of adding this to their registration for $10. Note, a passport is required to participate in this tour. You will not be able to register without including your passport number.