Introducing the New ASME Electronic Copyright Process ASME is implementing a new electronic process for copyright submission effective immediately. This new process gives each author the ability to sign his or her copyright form electronically instead of filling out and sending the paper form to ASME. In order for your form to be processed correctly, a few procedures need to be followed: At abstract submission, the corresponding author must enter all co-author information in the Tool with complete and verifiable information, including email address and telephone. Non-verifiable contact information may prevent you from completing the copyright form and your paper from being published. Once a draft paper has been accepted for publication, the author will not be able to change the author lineup or paper title. Once a draft paper is accepted for publication, each author of the paper will receive an email message with a unique link that will take each individual author to a website to electronically sign the form. The entire process should take you 30 seconds or less to complete. For more detailed information, please go to ASME Copyright Guidelines to familiarize yourself with this new process. Should you have any questions about the new process or about adding your co-authors, either now or once the process has started, please contact us at copyright@asme.org.

The ASME 2010 International Design Engineering Technical Conferences (IDETC) and Computers and Information in Engineering Conference (CIE) will take place during August 15-18, 2010 at the Fairmont Queen Elizabeth Hotel in Montréal. The conference is the flagship international meeting for Design Engineering and includes the following conferences:

• 36th Design Automation Conference (DAC)
• 34th Annual Mechanisms and Robotics Conference (MR)
• 30th Computers and Information in Engineering Conference (CIE)
• 22nd International Conference on Design Theory and Methodology (DTM)
• 15th Design for Manufacturing and the Lifecycle Conference (DFMLC)
• 12th International Conference on Advanced Vehicle and Tire Technologies (AVTT)
• 7th Symposium on International Design and Design Education (DEC)
• 4th International Conference on Micro- and Nanosystems (MNS)
• Special Conference on Mechanical Vibration and Noise (VIB)

Technical papers describing research results are solicited for the 2010 IDETC & CIE which will also include plenary sessions, keynote lectures, and tutorials on topics related to engineering design and computers in engineering. These conferences provide a unique forum for the sharing of recent research results as well as networking with friends and colleagues. Industry participation is particularly encouraged so that the conferences may provide opportunities for fruitful exchanges between the research and industrial communities.

The 2010 Conference will take place in the beautiful city of Montréal at the Fairmont Queen Elizabeth Hotel. The hotel is centrally located in the heart of downtown Montréal near McGill University and École de Technologie Supérieure. Because this year's Conference is in Canada attendees need to be aware of passport and visa requirements and need to plan accordingly. All attendees are strongly encouraged to visit the "Traveling to Canada" page for some important information to assist in your international travel plans.