NWRS began in 2022 to bring together robotics labs in the Pacific Northwest, with previous editions held at the University of Washington and Oregon State University. This free, all-day event brings together students, postdocs, industry researchers, and faculty working in robotics in the greater Northwest area. This year, we will have a full day of talks, posters and networking in the downtown Vancouver campus of Simon Fraser University. It will be the first time the symposium is hosted in Canada.
Venue
Harbour Centre
Simon Fraser University
The Symposium will take place at Simon Fraser University's Vancouver campus at the Harbour Centre.
Accommodation
The closest and most convenient hotel for the venue is the Coast Harbour Vancouver Hotel. Other nearby options include theDelta Hotels by Marriott Vancouver Downtown Suites or The Holiday Inn & Suites Vancouver Downtown.
Please reach out to event organizers to request booking code for reservation at a discounted rate (subject to availability).
Transportation
The downtown Vancouver campus of Simon Fraser University is very accessible using public transportation. The campus is a 5 minute walk from the Waterfront Station, which is the terminus station of the Canada Line and Expo Line.
Current schedules, route maps and fares for bus, SkyTrain, SeaBus and West Coast Express services are available through TransLink.
While there is not dedicated parking at the Simon Fraser University Vancouver campus, a list of nearby parking lots is available on Parkopedia.
Call for Presentations
The third North West Robotics Symposium will follow the format of the inaugural event, providing a venue to share recent work, network, and catch up with old friends from the Pacific Northwest robotics community. Students, postdocs, industry researchers, and faculty are all encouraged to participate.
The symposium is a free, all-day event featuring invited short talks, posters, and social events. The early deadline for application to present a talk is May 9th, 2025. If space remains in the schedule, we will continue to accept applications until a week before the event, or until we run out of space.
We invite applications to present both previously published work and unpublished work. The Symposium will not publish a proceedings, but we will provide links in the schedule to any existing publications. Submit your application to present through our application page.
If you do not have anything to present but are still interested in attending the event, please fill out the registration form.
Organizers
- Angelica Lim, Simon Fraser University
- Mo Chen, Simon Fraser University
- Hang Ma, Simon Fraser University
- Michael Lu, Simon Fraser University
- Paige Tuttösí, Simon Fraser University
This event would not be possible without the efforts of Nataliia Golovachova and Deborah Acheampong from the SFU School of Computing Science team.
Contact the organizers at cs_communications@sfu.ca.