REGISTRATION
is $50 for students and postdoctoral fellows
and $75 for faculty and industry
representatives. Registration includes a free
beverage at the Friday evening mixer, and lunch on
Saturday. The cost of the Conference Banquet is
$45 per person. Anyone with specific dietary
requirements should clearly indicate this on the
Registration Form.
To register for the
conference, please fill out the Registration
Form and return it to poms@chemistry.mcmaster.ca
by October
24, 2014. We will be unable to
accommodate Conference Banquet requests after this
date.
Abstracts
Oral
presentations will be 20 minutes in length, with 15
minutes for the presentation and 5 minutes for
questions. Speakers will be expected to use their own
computers; anyone who needs to make other
arrangements, or has any other special requirements,
is asked to contact us at poms@chemistry.mcmaster.ca.
Posters
must be no larger than 100 cm (height) x 90 cm (width).
To
submit an abstract for an oral or poster presentation,
please complete the (2-page) POMS
2014 Abstract Form and send by email to poms@chemistry.mcmaster.ca.
Accommodations
One
block of rooms has been reserved for conference
attendees at the Visitors
Inn (1-905-529-6979 or
1-800-387-4620) at rates of $119 (single) and $129
(double) per night, which includes parking and
continental breakfast. Please quote the "POMs"
group block when making your reservation.
A
second block of rooms has been reserved at the Admiral
Inn (1-905-529-2311 or 1-866-236-4662) at a rate
of $109.95 per night, which includes parking .
Please quote the "POMs" group block when making your
reservation.
Please
note that reserved rooms are limited and will be
held only until Friday,
October 24, 2014.
For
information on other accommodation venues in Hamilton,
see http://www.tourismhamilton.com/.
Travel
Directions
to Hamilton by car
Map
of West Hamilton
Campus
Map (low res; high res version available on
site)
On-campus
parking is available after 6:00 pm on
Friday and all day Saturday & Sunday in designated
McMaster parking areas for a flat-rate discounted fee
of $3 (per entry). Parking vouchers to use on your way
out of the lot will be available at registration. Lot
B (enter campus from the Sterling Street entrance) or
Lot I (enter campus from the Main Street or Cootes
Drive entrances) are recommended; Lot B is the more
centrally-located of the two, and is closest to the
Phoenix and the University Club, where the Friday and
Saturday evening activities will take place.
Unfortunately,
parking on the side streets close to McMaster is
restricted to 1 hour maximum.
Organizing
Committee
Willie
Leigh, Conference Chair. Phone: (905) 525-9140
x24504, email: leigh(at)mcmaster.ca
Paul
Berti, Program Chair. Phone: (905) 525-9140
x23479, email: berti(at)mcmaster.ca
Jane
Garneau, Logistics. Phone: (905) 525-9140
x24504, email: garneau(at)mcmaster.ca
Sponsors
We
thank the following organizations for their generous
financial support of POMs 2014:
