Friday, July 18, 2008, 9:00 AM–6:00 PM
The Laurentian Mountains
The Laurentians, one of the oldest mountain chains in the world, start just twenty miles north of Montréal. This picturesque region of mountains, lakes and rivers is a playground for Montrealers, a place for fishing, skiing, and golfing while enjoying the beautiful scenery. The region has been developed to preserve its natural setting, huge forests, picturesque villages, cozy valleys, and crystal-clear lakes. On our two-hour drive to the regions foremost resort, Mount-Tremblant we will have a brief stop in St-Sauveur Village. Bring your camera while you observe the breath-taking views and picturesque villages. After lunch in Mount-Tremblant you will have free time to shop, take the gondola to the top, or enjoy a leisurely walk through the village.

Tour will depart from, and return to, the Queen Elizabeth Hotel.

Tour includes professional guide, lunch, and transportation.
Cost: $110US

Saturday, July 19, 2008, 8:00 AM–4:30 PM
Historically Speaking
This exclusive tour with trained historians as guides will take you on a journey 360 years back in time through Montréal's exciting mix of French and English history. We will begin with breakfast at l'Auberge du Vieux Port restaurant; an architectural gem built on the fortifications of Old Montréal. From there we will dig deep into history on a virtual time tour in the Point-à-Calli�re Museum's archaeological crypt. Strolling the old city streets to enjoy the many impressive sights like the Norte-Dame Basilica we will make our way to lunch fit for a king at Chez Queux restaurant. The afternoon takes you to the Old Fort on �le Sainte-Hél�ne, where you will be greeted in 18th century military style by soldiers from La Compagnie Fanche de la Marine or the Olde 78th Fraser Highlanders. Sit back and enjoy the return trip past elegant Victorian homes of the Golden Square Mile, a 19th-century enclave for the upper class English, with a stop for high tea in the lovely gardens of the Ritz-Carlton Hotel.

Tour will depart from, and return to, the Queen Elizabeth Hotel.

Tour includes professional guide, transportation, 3-course luncheon, tea at the Ritz, and admission fees.
Cost: $180US

Saturday, July 19, 2008, 9:00 AM–1:00 PM
HEC Montreal (Business School)–Integration and use of Technology within the Teaching Environment
This tour will showcase the latest technological tools used in a pedagogical and an administrative environment within the schools most modern building–the Côte-Sainte-Catherine Building. Housed within the award winning building you will find:

- One of the world's foremost bilingual business libraries, renowned for its extensive electronic holdings

- One of the best-equipped trading rooms of any university, updated with real-time financial data by the Bloomberg, OS Financial Trading System, and Reuters.

- A wireless, multimedia classroom integrating some of the most recent technological teaching tools including an electronic whiteboard, LCD screens, a Copycam, etc.

- A typical classroom, fully equipped with video-conferencing, IT and electrical connections at every seat

In 1996, HEC Montréal and the architectural consortium of Dan S. Hanganu and Jodoin, Lamarre, Pratte and Associates were awarded a prize of excellence in "Institutional Architecture" by the Ordre des architectes du Québec.

In 2006 the building was also recognized by OECD Program of Educational Building (PEB) as an exemplary facility adapting to emerging technologies.

HEC Montréal is Canada's first management school founded in 1907. It is the first business school in North America to have earned the three most prestigious accreditations in its field: AACSB International, EQUIS, and AMBA. (Association to Advance Collegiate Schools of Business), EQUIS (European Foundation for Management Development) and AMBA (Association of MBA's). The MBA program at HEC Montréal has been profiled as one of the top business schools by Wall Street Journal, Business Week, Forbes and Money Markets. The school's student population is approximately 12,000, of whom 29% are foreign students. It boasts an active worldwide network of 57,000 alumni. The school employs 250 career professors and offers 35 management study programs, from BBA to PhD. www.hec.ca

Tour includes lunch and drinks.

Tour will depart from, and return to the Queen Elizabeth Hotel.
Cost: $50US

Saturday, July 19, 2008, 9:45 AM–Noon CANCELLED
The Canadian Center for Architecture
Tour this museum and study center devoted to architecture, which houses one of the world's foremost collections of architectural drawings, books, photographs, and archival materials collected by its founder and first director, architect Phyllis Lambert. Designed by Peter Rose with Lambert (consulting architect) and Erol Argun (associate architect), the building was constructed between 1985 and 1989. The design of the CCA, which incorporates the 1874 Shaughnessy House that Lambert saved from demolition and includes newly created gardens, was intended to rehabilitate a once gracious residential area scarred by expressways and high rises. In the spring of 1999 Lambert retired as director of the CCA and was succeeded by the Swiss-born scholar Kurt W. Forster, who had served as founding director of the Getty Center for the History of Art and the Humanities in Los Angeles. Lambert continues as chair of the board of trustees and as a member of the acquisitions committee.

Tour includes transportation and admission fee.

Tour will depart from, and return to the Queen Elizabeth Hotel.
Cost: $35US

Saturday, July 19, 2008, 10:00 AM–2:00 PM
Multi-Cultural and Tasting Tour
Our professional guide will lead you through the city to discover some of the cultures that have influenced the Montréal cuisines. Discover the smorgasbord of shops and eateries along lively Saint Laurent Boulevard and enjoy a few local favorites like Québec cheeses, delicious Ice Wine and bagels (said to be better than New York). We'll visit the open-air Jean Talon Market, the biggest of its kind in North America, to savor the incredible cornucopia of fruits and vegetables grown by Quebec producers. Our return trip will take us to the upscale Saint Denis Street for a glimpse of some of the hottest dining spots in town. You will return with an appreciation of the cultures that shaped this international city. (Note: Although technically not a lunch, the food samplings should be satisfying).

Tour will depart from and return to the Palais des Congr�s.

Tour includes professional guide, transportation, and all tastings.
Cost: $100US

Saturday, July 19, 2008, 1:00 PM–5:30 PM
Botanical Garden, Biodome, and Olympic Tower
Travel along the St. Lawrence River to the second largest Botanical Garden in the world displaying over 20,000 species of flowers and plants. Of special interest, a remarkable collection of bonsai and orchids. You can choose to visit the exhibition Greenhouses, the Japanese Pavilion, the Chinese Garden, the Arboretum or the Insectarium. The next visit will bring you to the Biodome, a unique concept of a "living" museum. Wander through four full scale natural ecosystems of the Americas: the Tropical Rainforest, the St. Lawrence Marine, the Laurentian Forest and the Polar World. Then a visit to Olmpic Park constructed in 1976 for the Olympic Games; you will ride the Funicular to the top of the world's tallest inclined tower to admire the view of Montréaland its surroundings.

Tour departs from, and returns to the Queen Elizabeth Hotel.

Tour includes professional guide, transportation, and admission fees.
Cost: $70US

Saturday, July 19, 2008, 1:30 PM–4:30 PM SOLD OUT (waitlist available)
McGill University
McGill University is a unique campus, located in the heart of downtown Montréal. Established in 1821, the campus combines the richness of heritage buildings with modern structures, all within an area that is part of a 'green zone', a heritage zone, and two municipal administrative precincts. Home to 32,000 students, the University is Canada's most well known international public institution, highly regarded for its world class teaching and research.

The University has had recent major successes with two new exciting academic buildings, designed by some of the best architects in Canada. A new Music Building provides state-of the-art music recording facilities and performance/library/practice space, within a unique exterior, compatible with the adjacent heritage Faculty Building. A new Life Science complex is designed to link two of the university's major existing medical and science buildings with a new multi-disciplinary research building and a new wing for cancer research. The campus tour will also visit many of the heritage interiors on campus, dating back to the last century. In particular, the recent renovation of the Redpath Museum will be highlighted, which is the first building built in Canada as a museum, in 1880. The recent renovation of a grand mansion into the new Deanery for the Faculty of Medicine will show how large private heritage mansions can be converted into modern University space, while renewing the architectural values of the original building. In passing, the tour will further highlight the major campus green space development, which includes a diverse collection of indigenous and exotic trees, resulting in one of the cities largest arboretums. www.mcgill.ca

Tour will depart from, and return to the Queen Elizabeth Hotel.
Cost: $40US

Sunday, July 20, 2008, 9:00 AM–11:00 AM
Old Montréal Walking Tour
Old Montréal constitutes one of North America's most remarkable architectural ensembles. This walk through Old Montréal allows the visitor to discover Montréal's history through its old buildings and squares. A professional guide will discuss the fortifications, the seigniorial system, and religious institutions inherited from the French and English Regimes. We will take you back 365 years into the life of the first settlers. You will see the first financial district, known as Montréal's Wall Street, located in the heart of Old Montréal, on Saint-Jacques street. Among the many Victorian buildings are the Bank of Montréal, and the Royal Bank. City Hall, the historic and new Courthouse and Jacques Cartier Square, an area of café terraces, old world charm and Joie de vivre!!!

Tour will depart from, and return to, the Palais des Congrès.

Tour includes professional guide.
Cost: $25US

Sunday, July 20, 2008, 9:00 AM–Noon SOLD OUT (waitlist available)
Concordia University: Sir George Williams and Loyola Campuses
Concordia University is one of the largest urban universities in Canada. The University was founded in 1974, with the merger of two institutions, Sir George Williams University (1926) and Loyola College (1896). It has two campuses–one in downtown Montréal (Sir George Williams), the other in the city's west end (Loyola). The two campuses, located twenty minutes apart by shuttle bus, are housed in two distinct settings namely a downtown urban environment and a residential area.

During 2006/07, Concordia University enrolled almost 39,000 students in its four Faculties (Arts and Science, Engineering and Computer Science, Fine Arts, and the John Molson School of Business) and another 4,500 students to its Centre for Continuing Education.

Amongst the various major projects at Concordia University, the new Engineering, Computer Science and Visual Arts building is a pivotal component in the master planning of the downtown campus. In 2003, a team of architects, urban planners, landscape architects, and designers were short listed in the competition for transforming the Sir George Williams campus from a collection of scattered buildings to a welcoming and cohesive urban campus. Some of the issues addressed were the role of the university in the social, cultural and economic development of neighbourhood, and the impact of urban public space in terms of activity and accessibility. The building is at the heart of the New Quartier Concordia, an urban redevelopment project emphasizing the lively university neighbourhood right at the center of the downtown core.

The second portion of the tour will take us to the Loyola Campus, a campus reminiscent of a New England style campus with a character and a built environment set in a calmer, less frenetic setting. On this campus, the new Science Pavilion was a key component of the Loyola master space plan and a first step in revitalizing the Loyola campus by bringing a mass of students onto this campus and ensuring its long-term viability. The complex, completed in 2003, houses all natural sciences and has laboratories and graduate spaces that were all designed with strong sustainable goals. The next step in the master plan was the renovation of the building across the courtyard from the Science Pavilion which underwent a major renovation for Communications and Journalism and was completed in 2006. These two buildings with atriums that face one another across the eastern courtyard were designed to integrate green building notions, an increasing importance on student study space and to establish a strong modern identity. www.concordia.ca

Tour includes a mid-morning snack.

Tour will depart from, and return to the Queen Elizabeth Hotel.
Cost: $40US

Sunday, July 20, 2008, 9:00 AM–1:00 PM
Architectural Contrasts: Behind the Scenes
The cityscape dazzles with architectural brilliance... and the occasional flop! Get the scoop on what's hot and what's not from a trained guide who is a specialist in architecture as he shares the city's passion for preserving our architectural heritage. Enjoy coffee in the Parisian-style ambiance of the Quartier Latin's Café Cherrier, then join him on a captivating tour of some of the city's best and worst architectural realizations.

Saturday's tour will depart from, and return to the Queen Elizabeth Hotel. Wednesday's tour will depart from the Palais des Congr�s and return to the Queen Elizabeth Hotel.

Tour includes professional guide, coffee and pastry, admission fees, and subway tickets.
Cost: $110US

Sunday, July 20, 2008, 12:30 PM–3:30 PM SOLD OUT (waitlist available)
Université du Quebéc à Montréal (UQAM)
The Université du Québec à Montréal (UQAM) is a public French-language university of international influence founded in 1969. The quality of its programs, its research in social issues and its innovations in the creative arts are the foundation stones of its reputation, nationally and internationally. UQAM's approximately 41,000 students, distributed among 5 campuses (not to mention an additional 8,000 registered with distant education-TÉLUQ), appreciate its modern campus replete with laboratories, workshops, renovated production studios and top quality athletic and cultural installations.

The University boasts various success stories, one of which is the Centre interuniversitaire de recherche sur la science et la technologie (CIRST). CIRST is Canada's largest research group dedicated to understanding the historical, social, political and economic dimensions of science and technology. It gathers some forty researchers from a dozen institutions and several disciplines, including history, sociology, political science, philosophy, economics, management and communication. The research is organised into three streams: scientific and technological development analysis; socio-economical analysis and management of technology; socio-political analysis of technology uses and effects. CIRST also focuses on training young researchers.

To support its academic mission and as an urban university localised in the heart of Montréal with easy access from two metro stations, UQAM faces two specific challenges: 1) safeguarding and integrating patrimonial buildings into its campus; 2) addressing critical problem of security due to that easy access. However, in its effort to preserve and integrate local patrimonial buildings into its campus, the university has always been confronted with and lived up to its difficult architectural needs. In addition, with a large campus nestled in the cultural city centre, securing campus facilities is no easy feat.

In summary, the visit of the campus will allow visitors to meet with academics and professionals from CIRST, to see how the University has managed to integrate local landmarks into the campus (ex. an old church bell tower), while successfully ensuring campus security. www.uqam.ca

Tour will depart from, and return to the Queen Elizabeth Hotel.
Cost: $45US

Sunday, July 20, 2008, 12:45 PM–3:00 PM
The Canadian Center for Architecture
Tour this museum and study center devoted to architecture, which houses one of the world's foremost collections of architectural drawings, books, photographs, and archival materials collected by its founder and first director, architect Phyllis Lambert. Designed by Peter Rose with Lambert (consulting architect) and Erol Argun (associate architect), the building was constructed between 1985 and 1989. The design of the CCA, which incorporates the 1874 Shaughnessy House that Lambert saved from demolition and includes newly created gardens, was intended to rehabilitate a once gracious residential area scarred by expressways and high rises. In the spring of 1999 Lambert retired as director of the CCA and was succeeded by the Swiss-born scholar Kurt W. Forster, who had served as founding director of the Getty Center for the History of Art and the Humanities in Los Angeles. Lambert continues as chair of the board of trustees and as a member of the acquisitions committee.

Tour includes transportation and admission fee.

Tour will depart from, and return to the Queen Elizabeth Hotel.
Cost: $35US

Wednesday, July 23, 2008, 1:00 PM–4:00 PM
Université de Montréal
The Université de Montréal, with its affiliated schools of business (HEC Montréal) and engineering (École Polytechnique) has more than 55,000 students. As Canada's second largest university, the UdeM includes 13 faculties, 80 departments and schools. The French institution is an international leader in research, especially in health sciences. Located on the north slope of Mount Royal, the UdeM is among Canada's most cosmopolitan campuses with 10 percent of its students hailing from around the globe.

The tour starts at the emblematic main pavilion of the University, the Roger-Gaudry building. On a clear day, its tower can be seen from the distance and it stands as one of Montréal's iconic landmarks. At the time of its conception by renowned architect and UofM alumni, Ernest Cormier, this building was a tribute to modern science. The visit will feature a look at the building's main hall and auditorium.

The UdeM tour moves onto the J.-Armand-Bombardier building, a research center dedicated to the fields of physics and nanosciences. Scientists were consulted throughout its conception and construction to ensure their new environment would entirely meet their needs and standards. Part of the building is structurally independent and sits on a concrete anti-vibration block to ensure total stability for the ultra-sensitive equipment used in upper floor labs. The building also houses business incubators that help ensure the commercialization of research.

Another highlight of the UdeM tour includes a visit of Canada's first institutional LEED-certified building, the Lassonde pavilion of the École Polytechnique. The environmentally friendly teaching and research space has an energy performance that's 60 percent more efficient than standards set by the Model National Energy Code of Canada. What's more, the building features green roofs and a rainwater collection system. www.umontréal.ca

Tour will depart from the Palais des Congres and return to the Queen Elizabeth Hotel.
Cost: $45US

Wednesday, July 23, 2008, 1:00 PM–5:00 PM
Architectural Contrasts: Behind the Scenes
The cityscape dazzles with architectural brilliance... and the occasional flop! Get the scoop on what's hot and what's not from a trained guide who is a specialist in architecture as he shares the city's passion for preserving our architectural heritage. Enjoy coffee in the Parisian-style ambiance of the Quartier Latin's Café Cherrier, then join him on a captivating tour of some of the city's best and worst architectural realizations.

Saturday's tour will depart from, and return to the Queen Elizabeth Hotel. Wednesday's tour will depart from the Palais des Congr�s and return to the Queen Elizabeth Hotel.

Tour includes professional guide, coffee and pastry, admission fees, and subway tickets.
Cost: $110US

Wednesday, July 23, 2008, 1:30 PM–4:30 PM
Montréal Mixes Trendiness and Tradition
Discover Montréal's cultural heritage and cosmopolitan blend of the old and new on this overview of our city. You will visit Old Montréal, the financial district, Westmount and its opulent residences, and the world-renowned St. Joseph's Oratory. This tour includes a stop on Mount Royal for a panoramic view of Montréal and a visit of Notre-Dame Basilica, an outstanding example of neo-gothic architecture. See the Olympic Park and drive through St. Helen and Notre-Dame Islands, sites of Expo '67, the Montréal Casino and the Montréal Grand Prix.

Tour departs from the Palais des Congr�s and returns to the Queen Elizabeth Hotel.

Tour includes professional guide, transportation, and all admission fees.
Cost: $50US

Thursday, July 24, 2008,
Québec City Excursion CANCELLED
After the conference, RELAX and ENJOY a three-day guided tour of Quebec City!

Visit the capital of Québec and participate in their 400th year anniversary. Classified as an international heritage site in 1985 by UNESCO, the city of Québec is the only remaining entirely fortified city in North America. Steeped in four centuries of history and French tradition, the narrow cobblestone streets, churches, and former battlefields are reminiscent of 18th-century Europe. During your stay, you will see the Plains of Abraham, Notre Dame Basilica, Place Royale, the National Assembly, the Citadelle, and the famous Chateau Frontenac.

Thursday, July 24:

Leave Montréal by deluxe motorcoach with your accompanying guide for Québec City, the cradle of French culture. You will have free time upon arrival in the upper town for lunch on your own. In the afternoon, enjoy a sightseeing tour of Québec's historic capital including Place Royale, the Plains of Abraham, the Citadel and the Parliament buildings. Dinner in a French restaurant.

Friday, July 25:

Breakfast will be followed by a tour to see the Montmorency Falls, Sainte-Anne-de-Beaupré and the beautiful Island of Orléans. Lunch will be included in a typical establishment of that area. Your evening is free to explore the city on your own.

Saturday, July 26:

Breakfast and walking tour in the Lower Town and in the Upper Town. There will be some time to browse in the quaint boutiques of Old Québec before heading back to Montréal.

Tour includes:

-Professional Guide

-Transportation to the capital city

-Two nights accommodations in the quaint boutique hotel, Auberge St-Pierre

-Two breakfasts

-One lunch

-One dinner

-All taxes and gratuties

Buses will depart the Queen Elizabeth Hotel at 8am on Thursday, July 24 arrive Québec City around 11:00am; and return to the Queen Elizabeth Hotel on Saturday, July 26 at 8:00pm.

This tour has limited availability and requires a minimum of 20 participants to occur.

Deadline to register for this tour, or to cancel this tour, is Wednesday, May 21.

$895 single occupancy / $635 per person double occupancy