Special Events
We will have two special dinner receptions: a posters and demos reception at Carnegie Mellon University on Monday evening, and a grand reception at the National Aviary on Tuesday. One ticket to each is included with your registration. (You can buy extra tickets on the registration page.) Transportation to and from the Sheraton Station Square conference hotel will be provided.
Posters and Demonstrations Dinner Reception
Monday evening, September 19
On Monday evening, we will have a dinner reception in Newell-Simon Hall at Carnegie Mellon University featuring demonstrations and posters. We will have presentations from:
- Posters and demonstrations in the conference proceedings
- Our corporate sponsors and other companies with visual programming and human-centered computing products
- Demonstrations of systems presented as papers at the conference
- Presentations of relevant work from Carnegie Mellon University students and faculty
Grand Reception
Tuesday evening, September 20
The Grand Reception will include a dinner, award presentations, and the opportunity to tour Pittsburgh’s National Aviary. The National Aviary is America’s only independent indoor non-profit zoo dedicated exclusively to birds. The National Aviary’s diverse collection comprises more than 600 birds representing more than 200 species from around the world, many of them threatened or endangered in the wild. The entire aviary will be open for VL/HCC 2011 attendees, and we will have a special encounter with a penguin.