Social Program
Welcome Reception
Convention Centre/Palais des congrès de Montréal
Monday, August 4
17:00 – 19:00
Cost: 1 ticket included with full registration and attendant registration. Not included with one-day registration.
Extra Ticket: $25 CAD + taxes
Transportation: Not required (taking place at the Convention Centre/Palais des congrès Montréal)
The Welcome Reception takes place at the convention centre, at the end of the first day of the main conference program. This casual event will be the ideal opportunity for networking with delegates and exhibitors coming from all corners of the planet. Hors d’oeuvres will be served, and your first drink is included.
President’s Reception
Hall de la Commune, Bonsecours Market, Old Montreal
Tuesday, August 5
19:30 – 22:00
Cost: 1 ticket included with full registration. Not included with attendant registration nor with one-day registration.
Extra Ticket: $60 CAD + taxes
Transportation: Not required (approximately 10 minutes walking distance from the Convention Centre/Palais des congrès Montréal)
We invite you to Old Montreal for the President’s Reception, being held in the Hall de la Commune at the Marché Bonsecours, an imposing neo-classical building inaugurated in 1847. Located at 350 Saint-Paul East, the Market offers an outstanding view of the Saint Lawrence River and is just a short walk directly from the convention centre (max. 10 minutes). Hors d’oeuvres will be served, and 2 drink coupons are included (in exchange for your reception ticket at the door). Street festival-style entertainment, a specialty of Old Montreal, will be provided.
Canadian Evening
Sucrerie de la Montagne, Rigaud
Wednesday, August 6
Departure from the Convention Centre: 18:00 (Arrival: 19:00)
Departure from Rigaud: 22:00 (Arrival at Convention Centre: 23:00)
Cost: $85 CAD + taxes
Transportation: Included from the Convention Centre/Palais des congrès Montréal. For purposes of accessible transportation, all attendees using wheelchairs must be at the boarding area (201 Viger West) at 17:30.
Come enjoy this taste of real Quebecois tradition and join us in a hearty French Canadian feast at La Sucrerie de la Montagne. This maple sugar farm, situated atop Mont-Rigaud amidst 40 acres of spectacular wooded trails, offers visitors a view of times past, with authentic log cabins, immense wood-burning ovens, traditional costumes and entertainment, plus the sugar shack where real maple syrup is made.
Dinner will be a traditional sugaring-off feast, with mountaineer's pea soup, farm-style fresh baked bread, Canadian salted back bacon, Québec maple-smoked ham, wood-fired baked beans, farm-style omelette, traditional meatball stew, country-style sausages, old-fashioned mashed potatoes, meat pie from Québec's Beauce Region, homemade fruit ketchup and pickles. Dessert: pancakes with maple syrup, sugar pie, tea and coffee.
(If specified on your registration form, a vegetarian alternative will be offered, including pea soup, baked beans and millet pie.)
A fortifying glass of caribou (local alcoholic beverage) is offered to all guests upon arrival, along with one drink ticket. A cash bar will be open for all other drinks.
Note: This event is taking place in a natural, forested setting outside of the city. Transfer time is 60 minutes each way, by motorcoach. Wheelchair users should be prepared to navigate on cleared forest grounds. All participants are encouraged to wear casual clothing, comfortable shoes and to dress for the weather.
 
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