students
We invite students to Vancouver and participate at COM2010. Take advantage of all the conference has to offer. See you there!
Student Schedule and Social Events
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Sunday, October 3rd |
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| 12:00 - 14:00 |
Volunteer Training |
| 15:00 - 17:00 |
Student Poster Competition |
| 19:00 - 21:00 |
Student Bowling night |
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Monday, October 4th |
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| 08:00 - 17:00 |
Poster Session |
| 17:30 - 21:00 |
Student Industry Mixer |
Bowling?!
Why not join your fellow students in a friendly
game/competition of bowling?! FREE for all COM students!
Beverages, food, transport and game fee all paid by
MetSoc and our sponsor Vale Inco. Our transportation
will leave at 7pm from the Hyatt. Sign up with your
online registration.
Meet in the Hyatt loby at 6:45 pm.
Click here to register for the conference!
Student Industry Mixer - Sponsored by
Barrick Gold Corporation: On the evening of Monday,
August 24th, representatives from
industry and students are invited to meet informally. We
will announce the winners of the Student Poster session
and have door prizes.
This event is free for students and does not require you
to register. We hope to see you there!
travel funding
Financial assistance is available to support student travel to the conference. A variety of student funding is available from different sections of MetSoc. Priority will be given to
Canadian CIM members presenting a poster or paper.
The student activities budget allocates up to $5,000.00 Cdn in travel funding for student members of CIM who wish to attend the conference.
Requests are pooled and funds are distributed to cover a
fair proportion of each student's travel costs.
Funding will be determined by the end of August. Please
use the Student Travel Request Form:
click here
Send to:
Brigitte Farah, MetSoc of CIM
Tel.: (514) 939-2710, ext. 1329
Fax: (514) 939-9160
bfarah@cim.org
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Poster competition
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Sunday, October 3rd |
| Posters set up before 2pm |
| Judging between 3pm to 5pm |
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Monday, October 4th |
| Tear down as of 4pm |
Student awards:
Categories: Two prizes one for best undergraduate poster and one for graduate/post-doctoral poster.
Best Graduate/Post Doc poster - $500
Best Undergraduate poster - $500
You will receive an email confirmation that your poster has been received. All posters are welcome and we do not have an approval/review process for Posters. Deadline to submit posters is July 1, 2010.
Poster Instructions for all:
Every author should be aware of the following recommendations before preparing their posters.
Poster size – Maximum 90 X 120 cm (3ft wide X 4ft tall). You will share your board with another presenter.
Readability – Background and font colours have to be chosen in order to get enough contrast and be easily legible from a distance of three feet.
Set-up –Participants will be asked to set-up their poster before 14:00 on Sunday. Judging will take place between 15:00-17:00.
Attendance – Presenters should be present at their poster during viewing time for conference delegates.
The author’s name and address and the title of the paper, his/her student status should be described on the top section of the Poster.
Material for attaching the posters and illustrations will be supplied by the organizers.
Judging Criteria - Criteria will
consist of:
Technical Content – background, procedure, analysis and discussion of results, conclusions (valid and supported).
Appearance – overall layout, clarity, legibility and amount of text, quality of illustrations, graphs and micrographs.
Oral Presentation – organisation, clarity, timing.
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Accommodations
We are no longer holding a block of rooms at the Holiday Inn Hotel and Suites Vancouver. We invite you to contact the hotel to verify room availability.
A block of rooms has been set aside for student accommodations at the Holiday Inn Hotel & Suites Vancouver.
To book student accommodations, please send an email and quote COM to obtain your preferred rate of $159.00 plus tax for a single room.
1110 Howe St
Vancouver, BC V6Z 1R2
Tel.: 1 (866) 747-5102
Email:
reservations@hivancouverdowntown.com
www.holidayinnvancouverdowntown.com
The hotel is located approximately 10-15 minutes walk from the Hyatt. The city has extensive bus transportation available and the most direct route to the Hyatt is bus #44 from Burrard Street.
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Student Volunteers
 Become
part of COM!
We would like to invite Students to
volunteer for COM 2010. It's an excellent
opportunity to network and earn some extra cash.
Details will
become available at a later date starting in May.
Please revisit this site for details.
Becoming a member of CIM
CIM has designed their student program to offer the student as much room for participation as possible in professional and technical societies.
The goals of such participation are awareness and technical competence, critical goals to
ensuring that student membership will continue to build a sound foundation for future growth.
Benefits include:
Log onto the network - Seek out jobs
Participate at CIM meetings
Acquire and share technical knowledge with the industry
Receive publications
Appear in the annual CIM directory - the industry's leading resource.
Publish in CIM Magazine
Enhance your resume
Demonstrate your interest to potential employers
Click here to become a member of CIM
https://www.cim.org/forms/studentsapply.cfm
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