Event

85th Acfas Annual Congress at McGill University

Monday, May 8, 2017toFriday, May 12, 2017
Bronfman Building 002, 1001 rue Sherbrooke Ouest, Montreal, QC, H3A 1G5, CA

For the third time in its history, the Acfas Annual Congress, the largest multidisciplinary research event in the Francophonie, will be hosted by McGill University.

Under the patronage of the Canadian Commission for UNESCO, the 85th Annual congress of the Association francophone pour le savoir – Acfas will welcome over 1,000 researchers and graduate students from some 40 countries. The program includes no fewer than 3,400 scientific papers brought together in 213 seminars and 30 fields of research. All research sectors are represented: health sciences, natural sciences, mathematics and engineering, arts and humanities, social sciences and education.

The program includes presentations, workshops, site visits, activities for the public and much more.  View program.


Of possible interest...

SUNDAY,
MAY 7
10h00-13h00

Acfas Open House at the Mac Farm

Visite à la ferme - De l'étable à la table

Free admission. Open to the public.
A shuttle service will be available from downtown,
but you must reserve a space.

FRIDAY,
MAY 12
8h40-13h30

WORKSHOP: Techniques modernes d’analyse des aliments au service des consommateurs

Organizers: Salwa Karboune and Stéphane Bayen (McGill University)

Bronfman Building, 002

Registration required

FRIDAY,
MAY 12
9h30-16h30

WORKSHOP: Le suivi automatique du comportement animal : l’éthologie dans l’ère du « big data »

Organizers: Elsa Vasseur, Kyle Elliott, Mélanie Guigueno, Jessica St John, Thomas Lazarus (McGill University)

Bronfman Building, 46

Registration required

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