Conference this year will be hosted at the University of Waterloo and Wilfred Laurier University, within walking distance of each other, in the vibrant university town of Waterloo, Ontario, Canada. These two universities each provide an attractive campus with state-of-the-art facilities including accessible lecture theatres for plenary and parallel sessions, in close proximity, such as the impressive Davis Centre of the School of Computer Science, on-campus dining and diverse, nearby restaurants.

Locale and Surroundings: Canada’s Waterloo-Toronto corridor is the vibrant Silicon Valley of Canada with the premier engineering school University of Waterloo in Canada, and also popular with geese and other North American wildlife. The University of Waterloo hosts Canada’s largest engineering school, ranking among the top 50 engineering school worldwide with more than $96 million in research funding per year. The University of Waterloo has 42,000 students and 238,000 alumni in 151 countries. It is home to 74 Canada Research Chairs and is well-known for its 100% creator­ owned IP policy. Operating world-renowned co-operative education programs, Waterloo partners with more than 7,000 employers worldwide. The campus covers 1,000 acres in the heart of the Region of Waterloo (population 600,000) which is integral to the Waterloo-Toronto tech corridor. The area is served by international airports, rail links and modern road systems. Attractions include the nearby thriving multi-cultural metropolis of Toronto, the picturesque theatre town Stratford, Ontario, and is within driving distance of the sandy beaches such as Grand Bend Beach on Lake Huron.

Plenary and parallel sessions will mainly be held at the Lazaridis School of Business and Economics of W. Laurier University.

Local hotels: In walking distance are many excellent local hotels and restaurants such as the Delta Hotel, Waterloo, as well as university accommodation.

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