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85th Annual Meeting (Oct 2013)

General Information


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Location

          The 85th Annual Meeting of The Society of Rheology will be held in Montréal, Canada on October 13-17, 2013. The technical program will take place at the Hilton Montréal Bonaventure convention hotel located downtown Montreal. The Hilton Montréal Bonaventure is steps away from major attractions, the business district and public transportation (metro and train central station) convenient for all guests.

What’s more, a vast array of nearby theatres, movie houses, and gourmet restaurants await conference attendees, and Old Montréal will offer visitors an excellent opportunity to enjoy the city’s “joie de vivre” in an Old World setting.

Montréal is one of North America’s most cosmopolitan cities. Not only is the city home to over sixty international organizations and the main venue for countless annual events and festivals, Montreal, an international city where French and English are the main languages, is a multi-cultural city in which over 160 languages are spoken.
 

Weather

  In mid-October the temperature is between 5-15 °C (40-60 °F).
 

Languages

  Most people in Montréal speak French and English. Menus are generally in both languages.
 

Places to See

 
Olympic Stadium
Site of the 1976 Olympics. Metro Station Pie-IX (green metro line).
Botanical Garden
Right next to the Olympic Stadium. Metro Station Pie-IX (green metro line).
Oratoire St. Joseph
This is a sacred church on the mountain. Brother Andre, founder of the Oratoire, was beatified to be a Saint in 2010. Metro Cote des Neiges (blue metro line) and walk three blocks. Either that or go to metro Guy-Concordia, take the 155 bus, and get off at Queen Mary.
Montreal Museum of Fine Arts
Next to Concordia University. Metro Guy-Concordia (green metro line).

For more information: visit Tourism Montréal.
 

Air Transportation

Montreal can be reached by plane by flying into the Pierre Elliott Trudeau International Airport (YUL). Some 32 air carriers operate regular or seasonal flights out of Montréal-Trudeau. There are direct flights to more than 130 regular and seasonal destinations in Canada, the U.S. and internationally.
 

Ground Transportation from Montréal-Trudeau Airport

 
Directions:
Highway 20, exit Rue de la Montagne, turn right on St-Antoine Street, and left on Mansfield St.
Distance from Hotel:
18 km.
Drive Time:
25 min.
Typical Minimum Charge:
Taxi: 40.00 CAD
Bus Service: 8.00 CAD
Limousine: 125.00 CAD

Shuttle between Airport and Montréal Downtown

  The 747 bus line service runs 24 hours a day, 7 days a week, between the Montréal-Trudeau airport and the Gare d’autocars de Montréal terminal (Berri-UQAM métro station). Travel time may vary between 45 to 60 minutes, depending on traffic conditions. Wi-Fi service is available on most 747 buses.

The fare is 9.00 CAD for unlimited travel throughout STM bus and métro networks during 24 consecutive hours.  The 9.00 CAD fare can be paid in cash with exact change on board the bus. Only coins are accepted (no bank bills).

Passages can also be purchased:

  • In métro stations
  • In the gare d’autocars de Montréal bus terminal
  • At the Hilton hotel downtown
  • At Montreal-Trudeau airport

Metro

Metro passes are 3.00 CAD per ticket. One day (24 hours) pass costs 9.00 CAD. You can go anywhere within the metro system (not dependent on the distance) with a single ticket.

See Metro Map.
 

 Hotel Parking

Self parking: 19.25 CAD (No in/out privilege)
Valet:
28.25 CAD (in/out privilege)
 

Registration

Conference registration includes access to all technical sessions and the vendor display, program and abstract booklets, and all receptions and coffee breaks. The registration fee does not include the Bingham Award Banquet; see details on the meeting registration page.

On-site registration will be held on Sunday, October 13th from 3 pm to 6:30 pm at the registration desk of the Hilton Bonaventure conference center (lower level, in front of the escalators). Registration will also be held Monday through Wednesday, from 8 am to 4 pm, at the same location.
 

Welcoming Reception

The Welcoming Reception will be held on Sunday, October 13th, from 6:30 pm to 8:30 pm in Salon Bonaventure of the Hilton Bonaventure (lobby level). The Welcoming Reception is hosted by TA Instruments.
 

Society Business Meeting

All attendees are encouraged to attend the annual business meeting of The Society of Rheology. This year the business meeting will be held on Tuesday October 15th at 12:05 pm in Salon Westmount (Hilton Bonaventure conference center). Box lunches will be available for the first 100 attendees.
 

Bingham Award Reception and Banquet

The Bingham Award Reception and Banquet will be held on Tuesday, October 15th. The reception will take place at 7 pm in Salon Bonaventure of the Hilton Bonaventure (lobby level). It will be followed by the Bingham Award Banquet at 8 pm that will be held in the Outremont Ballroom of the Hilton Bonaventure conference center (lower level). The reception is open to all meeting participants at no extra charge. Banquet tickets can be purchased with the meeting registration (see meeting registration page for details). The Bingham Award Reception is sponsored by a generous contribution from Xpansion Instruments.
 

Poster Session

The Poster Session and Reception will be held from 5:30 pm to 7:30 pm on Wednesday, October 16th in the Salons Fontaine C-H of the Hilton Bonaventure conference center (lower level). The reception at the Poster Session is sponsored by a generous contribution from Anton-Paar USA. Poster competition prices are sponsored by the Canadian Society of Rheology.
 

Exhibits

Vendors will demonstrate their products from 8 am to 5 pm, Monday through Wednesday in the Salons Fontaine A-B of the Hilton Bonaventure conference center (lower level). Coffee breaks will also be held in the Exhibit area. Vendors should contact the Local Arrangements Committee Chair (Marie-Claude Heuzey, Polytechnique Montréal) directly about exhibit space.
 

This page will be updated when information becomes available.

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Updated 20 September 2013