Photos by Damian Gadal

Social Events

A Welcome Reception will be held at the University of California at Santa Barbara (UCSB) University Center Lagoon Plaza on Monday, 27 August 2018 from 6 until 8 PM. Registration will be open from 5:30 to 8:00 PM. Drinks and Hors d’oeuvres will be offered. This reception will be held next to the Registration Desk. This reception is offered at no extra charge to conference registrants and their guests.

A Santa Barbara Beach BBQ will be held at Goleta Beach east (and next to) the University on Wednesday, 29 August 2018 from 4:30 to 7:15 PM. A BBQ dinner will be offered to the attendees and there is no extra charge for conference registrants to attend this event. Guests will be charged a fee of $80 per person during registration. Dress should be casual including the wearing of swimsuits and shirts/tops if desired, although a light jacket or sweater is recommended as the weather becomes chilly near sunset. As this will be an outside event without microphones and speakers, awards will be presented the following morning during the plenary session.

On Friday night, 31 August at the USCB University Center, there will be a Summa Foundation wrap-up dinner from 6 - 10:00 PM to review the statistics of this conference and to select future conference locations. This is an invitation-only dinner, and the invitees will be separately informed.