Annual Meeting


32nd Annual Meeting of ISBN

Dates: March 4th – 7th, 2025

Canmore, Alberta, Canada

Organizer: Andrea Protzner

Contact Andrea (protzner@ucalgary.ca) if you have any questions or run into barriers making hotel reservations.

VENUE

The Malcolm Hotel
321 Spring Creek Drive,
Canmore, Alberta T1W 2G2

 

DEADLINES

Abstract Submission: January 26, 2025

Submit your abstract HERE

New Member Applications: February 2nd, 2025

Email applications to Gary Turner (grturner@yorku.ca). Details about the application process can be found HERE

Early Bird Registration: Date TBD

Final Registration: Date TBD

HOTEL

The Malcolm Hotel
321 Spring Creek Drive,
Canmore, Alberta T1W 2G2

Room bookings are open! For hotel reservation, visit www.malcolmhotel.ca and apply Group Attendee Code 2404UOFC. Guests may also contact The Malcolm Hotel Reservations line anytime at +1-403-812-0680 and quote the booking code, 2404UOFC. Rates are $285 (CAD, $210 USD) and $295 (CAD, $220 USD) for double and premium queen rooms, respectively, plus applicable taxes and fees.

 

CONFERENCE DATES AND STRUCTURE 

March 4th – 7th, 2025

  • March 4: opening reception (evening, place/time TBD)
  • March 5: talks (morning), excursion (afternoon).
  • March 6: organize your own skiing/explore Canmore (morning-afternoon), talks (evening; dinner provided)
  • March 7: talks (morning/afternoon), Banquet dinner (evening, place/time TBD)

               **MEMBERS: Please make appropriate travel plans so you can attend the MANDATORY business meeting.

 

PRESIDENTIAL LECTURE

Zahinoor Ismail, MD FRCPC

Departments of Psychiatry, Clinical Neurosciences, Community Health Sciences, and Pathology and Laboratory Medicine

Hotchkiss Brain Institute and O’Brien Institute for Public Health

University of Calgary

 

BANQUET DINNER

March 7th

 

SOCIAL ACTIVITIES / EXCURSION

Excursion: March 5th, afternoon

Organize your own skiing/explore Canmore: March 6th, morning-afternoon

 

TRAVEL INFO

AIR: The airport closest to Canmore is the YYC Calgary International Airport. Canmore is about an hour and a half drive from the airport.

  • From the airport to the Malcolm Hotel, you can:
    • Rent a car (the Malcolm has free underground parking)
    • Take an rideshare from the airport to the Malcolm (if you go with a group of adults, this might work out to be less expensive than bus or shuttle options. Uber costs should be between $150- $350 CAD depending on time/car size).
    • For bus options, you  can use Brewster Express  ($87 per adult one way, $57 per child; 15% off if you book roundtrip) or banffairporter ($79.90 per adult one way, $39.95 per child). These busses run throughout the day and you need to book bus times around your flights. Both go from YYC to the Coast Hotel Canmore, which is a 10-minute walk from the Malcolm Hotel.