Social, Networking and Special RoomsICSE 2025

At 8:30 p.m. on Sat April 26th, Sun April 27th and and Mon April 28th, come to 6 York St in the Byward Market, where the Ottawa sign will be illuminated in ICSE 2025 colours. Come and have your photo taken.

We intend to have a couple of student volunteers there who can help take photos, and will also have the ICSE logo.

The Ready Room will be available throughout the week. There will be some tables with computers where people can edit presentations (bring on a USB stick) and upload presentations to the presentation rooms through the Contact 1 website. There will also be AV technicians to help if needed.

You do not need to use the Ready Room: You have several choices: You can upload your presentation from your own computer in advance of your session (days in advance even) at the Contact 1 website (you will be sent a link). Or you can plug your computer in using an HDMI cable when you are starting your presentation. This last option is available but not recommended, since it increases the chance of delays.

There will be some tables and couches in the Ready Room where you can get work done, or have small get-togethers with people.

This room will not be ‘quiet’. If you want a quiet place to work or chill out (library quiet, no talking) then Room 209 will be available much of the time.

The Ready Room will also have some poster boards.

This room will be available all week for people to silently pray the entire week. Please no device use except to help with prayer. All religions welcome

Child Care at ICSE is free, but you must have registered for child care when you registered for the conference.

If you need to add child care to your registration, please contact the registration desk.

The Ready Room will be available throughout the week. There will be some tables with computers where people can edit presentations (bring on a USB stick) and upload presentations to the presentation rooms through the Contact 1 website. There will also be AV technicians to help if needed.

You do not need to use the Ready Room: You have several choices: You can upload your presentation from your own computer in advance of your session (days in advance even) at the Contact 1 website (you will be sent a link). Or you can plug your computer in using an HDMI cable when you are starting your presentation. This last option is available but not recommended, since it increases the chance of delays.

There will be some tables and couches in the Ready Room where you can get work done, or have small get-togethers with people.

This room will not be ‘quiet’. If you want a quiet place to work or chill out (library quiet, no talking) then Room 209 will be available much of the time.

The Ready Room will also have some poster boards.

Those who are new to ICSE, join us upstairs in the Trillium Ballroom. Reception food and drinks are available. This is open to those attending the main conference for the first time, and who indicated on their registration form that they would be interested in attending.

The Quiet Room (202) is for anyone who wants to get away from noise and be by themself. Please keep this room ‘library quiet’. If you want to listen to a stream or music., please wear headphones.

Visit this room to upload or update your presentation or use a computer or talk to the AV technicians. You do not have to use the ready room as you can also upload your poster on the web

Registration will start a little earlier this morning, since is the peak day and we expect over 300 new arrivals.

If you want to attend the meditation session, you should consider coming for 7:30 so you can get your registration pack before it starts at 8:00.

If this is your first, day at the conference, and you arrive in Ottawa on Tuesday, you might want to consider coming to the registration desk Tuesday afternoon, so you do not have to line up on Wednesday morning.

Relax and Unwind: A Guided Meditation with Laurie Williams. Wednesday, April 30 at 8 am. See also the Recreational Activities Page

Child Care at ICSE is free, but you must have registered for child care when you registered for the conference.

If you need to add child care to your registration, please contact the registration desk.

Led by Sonja Hyrynsalmi (LUT University), this informal networking session invites you to connect with colleagues and share ideas on how professional societies—ACM, IEEE TCSE, and SIGSOFT—can continue to promote and strengthen DEI (Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion) initiatives, especially in light of current challenges.

Laura Dillon (Michigan State University) and Tayana Conte (Universidade Federal do Amazonas) will provide brief overviews of current ACM-W and TCSE D&I programs.

This is one of two areas in the National Arts Centre for the Tuesday evening (7-9) ICSE2025 reception.

The Canada Room will host a live Jazz Quartet

This is one of two areas in the National Arts Centre for the Tuesday evening (7-9) ICSE2025 reception.

The Terrrace level has several sub-rooms.

There will be a live harpist in the O’Born room, which is very beautiful.

There will be light recorded music in the Rossy room.

The Lantern room will remain quiet, for people who prefer conversations without music.

Come for a run along the Canal. Meet just across Colonel By Drive from the Rogers Centre entrance at 7 a.m.

Route: Start line: Just across Colonel by Drive (canal side) from the Rogers Centre.

We will run South along the East side of the canal following the route shown in the map below.

To run about 4km, follow the red route south along the canal until you reach the Pretoria Bridge, then turn right to cross the canal and return along the West side (purple) … see continuation below

To run about 6 km, continue past the Pretoria Bridge using the pedestrian underpass until you reach the new white bridge (it should be obvious) at Clegg Avenue. Turn left to Cross Clegg avenue, then and go up the stairs onto the bridge. Cross the canal, then continue along the red path on the West side of the Canal until you again reach the Pretoria Bridge, at which point join the purple route.

Continuation of both route: Continue along the West side of the canal (purple) until you reach the bridge at Somerset St. Cross the bridge, then exit the bridge and head North back along the canal (the original route in reverse) to the Rogers Centre.

Tim Lethbridge and student volunteers will pace at various speeds.

For other recreational activities see our Recreational Activities page

Join us for the annual ICSE Soccer Game. Teams will have been formed in advance from those who showed interest in February and March, but you can still come and watch! For info, see our Recreational Activities page.

This is for people who booked all three days of the main conference, and their guests, or people who booked extra tickets. You must bring your ticket. It will indicate your meal choice.

6:30: Guests are allowed in, but some setup may be still going on.

7:00: Start time. Recommended time to enter and find a table.

7:15: Start serving appetizer

7:45: Start serving main meal

8:25: Short speeches from Maja Vukovic, IBM Fellow and others, Awards for ACM SRC, best reviewers, volunteers, others.

8:45 Start serving dessert

9:00: Indigenous dance for 20 minutes while guests finish dessert

9:30 Dancing on the dance floor!

11:00 End

Join us if you would like to connect with other software engineers (there are many of us) who consider ourselves part of the neurodiverse community (e.g. with autism, ADHD, dyslexia etc.). Or just join us if you feel allied with this community

Lunch for the AIware program is ‘on your own’. However we will be alerting nearby food services for the influx of 100+ people. Information will be placed here with more information