Travel Tips

If you are traveling to the Montreal-Trudeau airport, you can exchange your currency if needed upon exiting the airport. You may, however, need cash to do so. You can also purchase your bus ticket downtown directly from the currency exchange (the Hilton Bonaventure is stop 5).

More information on the 747 bus line service.

UCDA Silent Auction

Going to the UCDA Design Conference? Don't forget to bring something for the silent auction! Last year these owls were a hit.

Emily Oberman Added to Conference Schedule

Exciting UCDA Design Conference news! Emily Oberman from Pentagram has joined the speaker lineup with her session "Taking a Leap." You can read the full session description on UCDA's website or learn more about Emily's background on Pentagram's website.

3 Techniques Bill Clinton Uses To Wow An Audience

Sam Harrison shares his perspective on Bill Clinton's presentation skills in his article on FAST COMPANY. Sam will be sharing with UCDA Design Conference attendees ways we can better present our work in his session "From NO to GO: Getting the Go-Ahead for Your Ideas." http://www.fastcompany.com/3001087/3-techniques-bill-clinton-uses-wow-audience

Mobile Success Stories

Paskill Stapleton & Lord showcases before and after shots of a few of their mobile success stories. Bill Hurlburt from PS&L, will cover Effective Mobile Marketing for Higher Education at the UCDA Design Conference.

http://www.psandl.com/mobile/case-studies.php#

FREE Business Cards for Conference Attendees

MOO is offering 50 free business cards for those attending the UCDA Design Conference. Order by October 3 and pick up during the conference (great if you forget yours when packing or just want some cool cards to network with!) moo.com/link/h8wu

Print + Web: Can This Marriage Be Saved?

General session speaker, Scott Dasse is the Creative Director for Interactive Design at Boston University. Among many of the in-house agency's projects is the impressive alumni magazine of Boston University, Bostonia. Customized for each issue, the website's content refreshes both with new articles and a new look. Experience both current and past issues.

At the 2012 UCDA Design Conference, Scott will discuss the relationship between print and web during his general session Print + Web: Can This Marriage Be Saved? on Tuesday, October 16. As both a designer and a technologist, Scott will share his experience in creating a singular print and web product whose whole is greater than the sum of its parts.

Have your passport?

October may seem far off but the UCDA Design Conference in Montreal, Quebec is right around the corner. For those in the states, don't forget to check your passport's expiration date or even more importantly, that you have one! We recommend beginning that process as soon as possible.

http://travel.state.gov/passport/

Pre-registration now available!

Why pre-register?

Save up to an additional $100 off the early-registration fee, and up to $200 off the regular registration.

Be the first to select sessions when they become available.

Be the first to choose from the pre-conference and optional activities when the become available.

See registration deadlines at http://ucda.com/registration12.lasso

2012 Conference Site Announced

OLD + NEW. TRADITIONAL + REVOLUTIONARY. WORK + HOME. What exists in-between is where we flourish. It's where we find collaboration within our work environment, where print + digital projects are paired together, where our personal life meets our work life to find balance. Within this mélange is just the right blend of design + culture.

The 2012 UCDA Design Conference will bring together communication professionals from across Canada + the US (and beyond) to connect in Montreal, a city with it's own mix. European charm + North American energy along with bilingualism make Montreal the perfect place to explore working together across boundaries to converge with great panache.

See you in Montreal -- oo la la!