<html><body><div style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; color: #000000"><!--StartFragment--><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0px;" data-mce-style="margin: 0px;">Dear TRNSYS users,</p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0px;" data-mce-style="margin: 0px;"> </p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0px;" data-mce-style="margin: 0px;">This community has contributed to the success of previous eSim conferences, so I wanted to make sure you would see the announcement of <span class="Object" role="link" id="OBJ_PREFIX_DWT285_com_zimbra_url"><span class="Object" role="link" id="OBJ_PREFIX_DWT293_com_zimbra_url"><a href="http://esim.ca/" target="_blank" data-mce-href="http://esim.ca/">next year’s biennial IBPSA-Canada conference</a></span></span> (May 9-10, 2018, see below).</p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0px;" data-mce-style="margin: 0px;"> </p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0px;" data-mce-style="margin: 0px;">I am also toying with the idea of organizing a hands-on workshop on Model Predictive Control studies using TRNSYS and Matlab just before or after the conference, and I would like to use this opportunity to gauge the interest in such a workshop. Please respond to me directly (<span class="Object" role="link" id="OBJ_PREFIX_DWT286_ZmEmailObjectHandler"><span class="Object" role="link" id="OBJ_PREFIX_DWT294_ZmEmailObjectHandler"><a href="mailto:esim.review@polymtl.ca" target="_blank" data-mce-href="mailto:esim.review@polymtl.ca">esim.review@polymtl.ca</a></span></span>) if you are interested or have suggestions about this.</p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0px;" data-mce-style="margin: 0px;"> </p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0px;" data-mce-style="margin: 0px;">Finally, I am looking for reviewers, so if you are willing to volunteer please get in touch (<span class="Object" role="link" id="OBJ_PREFIX_DWT287_ZmEmailObjectHandler"><span class="Object" role="link" id="OBJ_PREFIX_DWT295_ZmEmailObjectHandler"><a href="mailto:esim.review@polymtl.ca" target="_blank" data-mce-href="mailto:esim.review@polymtl.ca">esim.review@polymtl.ca</a></span></span>).</p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0px;" data-mce-style="margin: 0px;"> </p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0px;" data-mce-style="margin: 0px;">Hoping to see many of you in Montréal,</p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0px;" data-mce-style="margin: 0px;"> </p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0px;" data-mce-style="margin: 0px;">Michaël Kummert</p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0px;" data-mce-style="margin: 0px;">eSim 2018 scientific chair</p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0px;" data-mce-style="margin: 0px;"> </p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0px;" data-mce-style="margin: 0px;"> </p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0px;" data-mce-style="margin: 0px;"><b><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: 'arial',sans-serif;" data-mce-style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: 'arial',sans-serif;" lang="EN-GB"> </span></b></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0px;" data-mce-style="margin: 0px;"><span style="font-size: 12pt;" data-mce-style="font-size: 12pt;"><b><span style="font-family: 'arial',sans-serif;" data-mce-style="font-family: 'arial',sans-serif;" lang="EN-GB">Announcement: eSim call for abstracts (extended to October 15)</span></b></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0px;" data-mce-style="margin: 0px;"><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'arial',sans-serif;" data-mce-style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'arial',sans-serif;" lang="EN-GB"> </span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0px;" data-mce-style="margin: 0px;"><span style="font-size: 12pt;" data-mce-style="font-size: 12pt;"><span lang="EN-US">École de Technologie Supérieure (ÉTS) and IBPSA-Canada are pleased to invite you to the</span> tenth edition of the Canadian conference dedicated to building simulation<span lang="EN-US">: <span class="Object" role="link" id="OBJ_PREFIX_DWT288_com_zimbra_url"><span class="Object" role="link" id="OBJ_PREFIX_DWT296_com_zimbra_url"><a href="http://esim.ca/" target="_blank" data-mce-href="http://esim.ca/">eSim 2018</a></span></span>. The conference will be held in Montréal, Québec on May 9-10 2018 with the theme: </span><i>Building simulation to support building sustainability</i>.</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0px;" data-mce-style="margin: 0px;"> </p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0px;" data-mce-style="margin: 0px;"><span style="font-size: 12pt;" data-mce-style="font-size: 12pt;"><span lang="EN-US">The deadline for abstract submissions is <b>extended to</b> <b>October 15, 2017</b>. Authors of accepted abstracts will be invited to submit full papers (due date for papers: <span class="Object" role="link" id="OBJ_PREFIX_DWT289_com_zimbra_date"><span class="Object" role="link" id="OBJ_PREFIX_DWT297_com_zimbra_date">Jan 14</span></span>, 2018). Papers will be double-blind reviewed, and accepted papers will be published in the conference proceedings</span>, which will be available on the <span lang="EN-US"><span class="Object" role="link" id="OBJ_PREFIX_DWT290_com_zimbra_url"><span class="Object" role="link" id="OBJ_PREFIX_DWT298_com_zimbra_url"><a href="http://www.ibpsa.org/?page_id=291" target="_blank" data-mce-href="http://www.ibpsa.org/?page_id=291"><span lang="EN-CA">IBPSA-Canada</span></a></span></span></span> and <span lang="EN-US"><span class="Object" role="link" id="OBJ_PREFIX_DWT291_com_zimbra_url"><span class="Object" role="link" id="OBJ_PREFIX_DWT299_com_zimbra_url"><a href="http://www.ibpsa.org/?page_id=51" target="_blank" data-mce-href="http://www.ibpsa.org/?page_id=51"><span lang="EN-CA">IBPSA</span></a></span></span></span> web sites. International as well as Canadian submissions are welcome. Visit <span lang="EN-US"><span class="Object" role="link" id="OBJ_PREFIX_DWT292_com_zimbra_url"><span class="Object" role="link" id="OBJ_PREFIX_DWT300_com_zimbra_url"><a href="http://esim.ca/" target="_blank" data-mce-href="http://esim.ca/"><span lang="EN-CA">esim.ca</span></a></span></span></span> to submit your abstract and get more information about the conference.</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0px;" data-mce-style="margin: 0px;"><span style="font-size: 12pt;" data-mce-style="font-size: 12pt;"> </span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0px;" data-mce-style="margin: 0px;"><span style="font-size: 12pt;" data-mce-style="font-size: 12pt;">Danielle Monfet and Karine Lavigne</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0px;" data-mce-style="margin: 0px;"><span style="font-size: 12pt;" data-mce-style="font-size: 12pt;">Conference Chairs, eSim2018</span></p><!--EndFragment--><div><br></div></div></body></html>