Venue

The 11th edition of ICPE will be held in Edmonton, Alberta, Canada at the Sutton Place Hotel.

Sutton Place Hotel

The Sutton Place Hotel Edmonton, situated in the heart of downtown and immediately adjacent to the brand new ICE District, combines the perfect location, convenience, and modern renovated guest rooms all into one. Connected by an indoor pedway to Edmonton City Centre Mall, major office towers, 400 stores, and the Light Rail Transit (LRT), the hotel is an easy 10-minute walk to Rogers Place, the new home of the Edmonton Oilers, Shaw Conference Centre, Sir Winston Churchill Square, Citadel Theatre, Edmonton Art Gallery of Alberta, and Winspear Centre for the Performing Arts.

Note: See Local Accomodation page to book a room.

City of Edmonton

Edmonton is a vibrant city, with a metropolitan population of over 1.3 million people. It is home to world-class festivals, fantastic shopping, delicious dining, top accommodations and our famous river valley – the largest stretch of urban parkland in North America!

Air Travel

Atendees need to travel to the Edmonton International Airport. Airport code: YEG

Transportation from Airport to the City

The Edmonton airport is 31 Km (19 miles) from Edmonton downtown. Besides taxis, the airport is served by the SkyShuttle service. For the SkyShuttle buy a ticket downstairs in the airport after leaving the customs area (need to walk down in the airport to reach the ticket booth). Both the Skyshuttle and taxis accept credit cards.

Public Transit from the Airport

Use the express 747 bus service. The end of the express trip in the 747 is at the Century Park LRT station where atendees can catch the LRT. There are two LRT lines (NAIT and Clareview). Trains from both lines go through the university area and to all downtown hotels.

The fare for the 747 bus is CDN$5.00. It is paid in cash to the driver and the driver does not give change.

Another ticket is needed for the remainder of the journey from the Century Park LRT station. This ticket currently costs Ca$3.25. There are machines to sell these tickets at the station. The machines accept both bills and coins (credit cards are not accepted).

Points of Interest

The West Edmonton Mall is much more than a shopping mall. It has great indoor rides in the Galaxyland, amazing slides in the World WaterPark, ice skating and even a giant pirate ship.

Close to the downtown hotels, the Royal Alberta Museum is a new, expanded and modern building that contains both the natural history and the human history of this region. It is highly educational and entertaining.

The Canadian Rockies, Drumheller and the Badlands

Long-distance travels to Edmonton might consider visiting, before or after the conference, internationally renknowed sites in Alberta. There trips usually require ahead-of-time planning because of the distances and the need for overnight stays.

A visit to the Canadian Rockies, either Banff or Jasper is a possibility for before or after the conference in Edmonton. It takes about four hours to travel by car from Edmonton to Jasper. It also takes about four hours by car to travel from Edmonton to Banff. Lodging in those places must be booked well in advance because there is limited offering and high demand during the Summer months.

Another interesting place to visit, about a three-hour drive from Edmonton in a different direction is the town of Drumheller. It has the Royal Tyrrell Museum with one of the most impressive collection of dinossaur fossils in the world. In the Drumheller area there is the Canadian Badlands, a provincial park with a very interesting geography.