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config.toml

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     url = "/attending/registration"
     parent = "attending"
     weight = "30"
+  [[menu.main]]
+    identifier = "banquet"
+    name = "Banquet"
+    url = "/attending/banquet"
+    parent = "attending"
+    weight = "40"
 #  [[menu.main]]
 #    identifier = "info"
 #    name = "General Info"

content/attending/banquet.md

@@ -0,0 +1,56 @@
+---
+title: "Banquet"
+date: 2023-01-31T17:53:41+01:00
+draft: false
+---
+
+# Banquet
+
+The ICAPS 2024 Banquet will be held at the Banff Park Lodge in downtown Banff on Wednesday, June 5th.  We have several activities planned, including a 30-40 minute talk by wildlife photographer John E. Marriott. Known for his iconic images of wild animals in the Canadian Rockies, John will give an invited talk: A Day in the Life of a Wildlife Photographer in the Banff Area.
+
+## Schedule
+
+|||
+|---|---|
+|**18:00**|Drink service begins|
+|**19:00**|Awards certificate presentation|
+|**19:15**|Buffet food service begins|
+|**20:30**|Talk by John Marriott: A Day in the Life of a Wildlife Photographer in the Banff Area|
+
+<br>
+
+## Location: Banff Park Lodge
+
+The [Banff Park Lodge](https://maps.app.goo.gl/Wdsq8Q7wUWScsSeq7) (201 Lynx St, Banff, AB T1L 1K5) is a 20-minute walk from the Banff Centre.
+
+You can walk or take a dedicated bus.
+
+Bus to Banff Park Lodge departs Banff Centre \
+18:00-19:30, every 10-15 minutes
+
+
+Return Bus to Banff Centre departs Banff Park Lodge \
+20:30-23:00, every 10-15 minutes
+
+## Speaker
+
+John Marriott is one of Canada’s premier professional wildlife and nature photographers, with images published worldwide by National Geographic, BBC Wildlife, Canadian Geographic, McLean's, and Reader’s Digest. He is a CANON Ambassador, an Associate Fellow with the International League of Conservation Photographers, a former contributing editor for Outdoor Photography Canada magazine and the host of the popular web series EXPOSED with John E. Marriott.
+‍
+John has produced six coffee table books and one guidebook, including three Canadian bestsellers: Banff & Lake Louise: Images of Banff National Park (2007), Wildlife of the Canadian Rockies: A Glimpse at Life on the Wild Side (2008), and The Canadian Rockies: Banff, Jasper & Beyond (2009). John is the owner/operator of Canadian Wildlife Photography Tours, featuring wildlife photo adventures, workshops, and expeditions to out-of-the-way Canadian locales.
+‍
+John prides himself on being a conservation photographer known for photographing wilderness scenes and wild, free-roaming animals in their natural habitats.
+
+For more information, please visit:
+
+- http://www.wildernessprints.com
+- http://www.canwildphototours.com
+- http://www.exposedwildlifeconservancy.org
+
+<figure>
+<div style="text-align:center; width:80%">
+  <img
+  src="/img/marriott.jpg"
+  alt="A day in the life of a wildlife photographer">
+  <figcaption></figcaption>
+</div>
+</figure>

content/attending/travel.md

@@ -171,10 +171,30 @@ For vehicle use, wildlife signage along highways and some local roads are posted
 
 [Travel Alberta](https://www.travelalberta.com/)
 
+### Activities
+#### Hikes
+- **Tunnel mountain**: approx. 40 mins to the top (1h 20m fully). Gets really hot in sun then really chilly in shade.
+- **Cascade**: This route description is aimed at strong hikers and scramblers.  
+Summit: 2 998 m (9 836 ft.)  
+Elevation gain of climb: 1 460 m (4 800 ft.)  
+Distance: approx. 18 km round trip.  
+Average round-trip time: 9 hours.  
+Transportation:  
+Taxi, 8 mins, $23-28.  
+Line 1 bus 12 mins, $19-24  
+
+#### Horse-drawn Carriage
+Information can be found [here](https://horseback.com/horseback-rides/banff-horseback-rides/?comet_source=google&comet_network=g&comet_campaign=21133926378&comet_ad_group=160726781175&comet_ad_id=694988784120&comet_keyword=carriage%20rides&utm_source=paidsearch&gad_source=1&gbraid=0AAAAA9ZmGKvQkPqjr9mIt7_ieeS8GmuPx&gclid=CjwKCAjwjeuyBhBuEiwAJ3vuoSVgV1ygeiWunz0Z4LDjDBXjVSAteppmfUk5Fq-VBZEhJD5qIlKUWxoCdioQAvD_BwE).
+
+The same company has horseback riding.
+
+#### Other Outdoor Activies
+See [this TripAdvisor article](https://www.tripadvisor.ca/Attractions-g154911-Activities-c61-Banff_Banff_National_Park_Alberta.html).
+
 ### National Park Information
 
-[Banff National Park Info](https://parks.canada.ca/pn-np/ab/banff)
-[Lake Louise and Moraine Lake Park Info](https://parks.canada.ca/pn-np/ab/banff/visit/les10-top10/louise)
+[Banff National Park Info](https://parks.canada.ca/pn-np/ab/banff)  
+[Lake Louise and Moraine Lake Park Info](https://parks.canada.ca/pn-np/ab/banff/visit/les10-top10/louise)  
 - Banff to Lake Louise is a 38 minute drive (57.1 km) via Trans-Canada Hwy/AB-1 W
 - Banff to Lake Moraine is a 1 hout 50 minute drive (71.4 km) via Trans-Canada Hwy/AB-1 W
 

content/program/workshops/rddps.md

@@ -76,13 +76,13 @@ Please do not submit papers that are already accepted for the ICAPS main confere
 
 ## List of Accepted Papers
 
- - Bruce Chidley and Christian Muise: **Using Probabilistic Planning to Model the Spread of COVID-19**
- - Alba Gragera and Christian Muise: **One Repair to Rule Them All: Repairing a Broken Planning Domain Using Multiple Instances**
- - Timo P. Gros, Nicola Müller, Daniel Höller and Verena Wolf: **Safe Reinforcement Learning Through Regret and State Restorations in Evaluation Stages**
- - Mingyu Hao, Felipe Trevizan, Sylvie Thiebaux, Patrick Ferber and Jörg Hoffmann: **Learned Pairwise Rankings for Greedy Best-First Search**
- - Chaahat Jain, Lorenzo Cascioli, Laurens Devos, Marcel Vinzent, Marcel Steinmetz, Jesse Davis and Jörg Hoffmann: **Safety Verification of Tree-Ensemble Policies via Predicate Abstraction**
- - Alison Paredes, J. Benton, Jeremy Frank and Christian Muise: **Bias in Planning Algorithms**
- - Alison Paredes, J. Benton, Jeremy Frank and Christian Muise: **Planning Bias: Planning as a Source of Sampling Bias**
+ - Bruce Chidley and Christian Muise: **Using Probabilistic Planning to Model the Spread of COVID-19 in Kingston, Ontario** ([PDF](../rddps-papers/Chidley-RDDPS24.pdf)
+ - Alba Gragera and Christian Muise: **One Repair to Rule Them All: Repairing a Broken Planning Domain Using Multiple Instances** ([PDF](../rddps-papers/Gragera-RDDPS24.pdf)
+ - Timo P. Gros, Nicola Müller, Daniel Höller and Verena Wolf: **Safe Reinforcement Learning Through Regret and State Restorations in Evaluation Stages** ([PDF](../rddps-papers/Gros-RDDPS24.pdf)
+ - Mingyu Hao, Felipe Trevizan, Sylvie Thiebaux, Patrick Ferber and Jörg Hoffmann: **Learned Pairwise Rankings for Greedy Best-First Search** ([PDF](../rddps-papers/Hao-RDDPS24.pdf)
+ - Chaahat Jain, Lorenzo Cascioli, Laurens Devos, Marcel Vinzent, Marcel Steinmetz, Jesse Davis and Jörg Hoffmann: **Safety Verification of Tree-Ensemble Policies via Predicate Abstraction** ([PDF](../rddps-papers/Jain-RDDPS24.pdf)
+ - Jeremy Frank, Alison Paredes, J. Benton and Christian Muise: **Bias in Planning Algorithms** ([PDF](../rddps-papers/Frank-RDDPS24.pdf)
+ - Alison Paredes, Jeremy Frank, J. Benton and Christian Muise: **Planning Bias: Planning as a Source of Sampling Bias** ([PDF](../rddps-papers/Paredes-RDDPS24.pdf)
 
 ## Workshop Schedule (June 3)
 
@@ -124,7 +124,7 @@ Please do not submit papers that are already accepted for the ICAPS main confere
             <tr>
                 <td style="height:20px;">9:00</td>
                 <td style="height:20px;">9:20</td>
-                <td style="height:20px;" colspan="6"><i>Using Probabilistic Planning to Model the Spread of COVID-19</i><br>Bruce Chidley and Christian Muise</td>
+                <td style="height:20px;" colspan="6"><i>Using Probabilistic Planning to Model the Spread of COVID-19 in Kingston, Ontario</i><br>Bruce Chidley and Christian Muise</td>
             </tr>
             <tr>
                 <td style="height:20px;">&nbsp;</td>

data/keynotes/industry.json

@@ -5,6 +5,7 @@
             "date": "June 3rd",
             "img" : "/img/panel/Photo-florent.png",
 			"title": "Airbus AI Research",
+			"webpage" : "https://scholar.google.com/citations?user=avOLwlYAAAAJ&hl=en",
 			"abstract": "",
             "bio": "Dr. Florent Teichteil-Königsbuch is a AI Senior Scientist and Technical Expert at Airbus AI Research in Toulouse (France), applying AI decision-making research and advising the business on promising technologies to improve manufacturing and in-service operations of aircraft, helicopters and satellites."
         },
@@ -13,6 +14,7 @@
             "date": "June 3rd",
             "img" : "/img/panel/Photo-MauroVallati.jpg",
 			"title": " University of Huddersfield",
+			"webpage" : "https://www.mvallati.net/",
 			"abstract": "",
             "bio": "Dr. Mauro Vallati is Professor of AI at the University of Huddersfield, and shareholder and collaborator of Simplifai Systems ltd, working on the design and development of AI-based traffic signal control approaches."
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             "date": "June 3rd",
             "img" : "/img/panel/Photo-ShirinSohrabi.jpg",
 			"title": "IBM T.J. Watson Research Center",
+			"webpage" : "https://research.ibm.com/people/shirin-sohrabi",
 			"abstract": "",
             "bio": "Dr. Shirin Shorabi is a principal research scientist and research manager at IBM T.J. Watson Research Center in Yorktown Heights, New York. She is an ACM and AAAI senior member. She is a member of ICAPS executive council and also serves as the diversity and inclusion chair."
         },
@@ -29,6 +32,7 @@
             "date": "June 3rd",
             "img" : "/img/panel/Photo-PhilipeBellefeuille.jpg",
 			"title": "Levio Consulting",
+			"webpage" : "https://www.linkedin.com/in/philipe-bellefeuille-04b0a775/?originalSubdomain=ca",
 			"abstract": "",
             "bio": "Dr. Philipe Bellefeuille is a Senior AI Advisor and Partner at Levio Consulting leading AI projects in aerospace, such as the development of the AI for the next generation Canadarm in partnership with MDA."
         },
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             "date": "June 3rd",
             "img" : "/img/panel/Photo-BiplavSrivastava.JPG",
 			"title": "AI Institute at University of South Carolina",
+			"webpage" : "https://sites.google.com/site/biplavsrivastava/",
 			"abstract": "",
             "bio": "Dr. Biplav Srivastava is a Professor at the AI Institute at University of South Carolina where his group is working on neuro-symbolic methods for sequential decision making, AI trust and societal applications."
         }