Dear ISHPSSB List Members,

ISHPSSB 2015 is not too far away!  Our next meeting will be in 1-10 July
2015.  Please find details and lovely photos of the venue below from the
organizers. Updates to our website with details about deadlines for
submission will be coming soon.  Please feel free to send questions to me
at [log in to unmask]

Anya Plutynski, Secretary

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ISHPSSB 2015. MONTREAL
A warm welcome from Frédéric Bouchard and Christophe Malaterre, local
organizers.

We are extremely happy to welcome you all to Montréal for the next ISHPSSB
meeting, July 5-10 2015.

You all know Montréal: it is a North American city with a European heart!
It is highly diverse city in all respects: linguistically, culturally, and
socio-economically. It is a French city in which it is easy to get around
solely in English (over half the population is bilingual). And, because of
its large student body – the highest proportion of student/general
population in North America – it offers many affordable eating and lodging
options.

Montréal international airport is within easy reach of most destinations.
Direct flight times typically range from 1 to 6 hours when coming from the
US, from 6 to 8 hours when traveling from Europe, and not surprisingly
longer from Asia. The city’s highly developed public transit system – voted
best in North America – as well as its public bicycle sharing system “Bixi”
make it a very manageable city for temporary visits.

The meeting will be organized at the UQÀM campus which is conveniently
located downtown Montréal, at walking distance from the numerous
restaurants and hotels of the Quartier latin. The UQÀM campus is also
situated nearby one of the major subway nodes, the Berri-UQÀM station,
which is directly served by the airport shuttle-bus. The financial district
and its shopping areas are just a few subway stations away, and so is the
old-Montréal district (a tourist favorite) and its harbour by the Saint
Laurent river.

The practical organization of this event will be a joint effort of three
local institutions: two universities with historians, philosophers and
sociologists of science and, in particular, of biology (UQÀM and UdeM), and
an inter-university research center that focuses on science studies (CIRST,
whose members are UQÀM, UdeM and Sherbrooke University). We have already
started to assemble a set of diverse options in terms of accommodations
situated at walking distance from the UQÀM campus. This includes 3- and
4-star hotels with bedrooms ranging from $90 to $160 per night, as well as
student residencies and studios ranging from $55 to $80.

As it is located right at a main subway interchange, the conference venue
makes it easy to go all over town for a quick shopping or eating trip. We
hope people will focus on the meeting, but many quick diversions are within
easy reach. A quick subway, bus, or bicycle ride can take you to the Museum
of Fine Arts, the Contemporary Arts Museum, or maybe a quick stroll through
Mount Royal Park or in Montreal Botanical Gardens (one of the largest and
most diverse plant collections in the world). And if public transit is not
enough, you can always hail one of the many taxis in town to get back from
one of the many (many) restaurants and bars all over the city. More
importantly, you can eat very well at all price ranges in Montréal.

If you wish to stay longer, you can rent a car and you’re within easy reach
(60-90 minutes drive) of the Laurentians or the Eastern Townships, where
green hills and mountains are peppered with lakes of all sizes. Camping,
canoeing, windsurfing, hiking, fishing, or just drinking beer(s) looking at
sunsets are common summer activities. But you can also decide to stay
downtown and enjoy Montréal’s numerous cultural highlights, museums,
concert venues and summer festivals. Whichever option you choose, we are
sure you will love it here!

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