The Corporate Average Fuel Economy standard mandates 54.5 mpg for all vehicles by 2025. Lightweighting will be crucial to achieving this standard level. Additional benefits of light-weight automotive materials from renewable sources are reduced dependence on fossil fuels and lower greenhouse gas emissions. Biomaterials are essential for transitioning towards global sustainable development. Speakers include Udo

The MFA Open Studios tour provides a rare opportunity to visit the working art studios of U of G's master of fine art candidates.  Time: 3 to 5 p.m. and 7:30 to 9 p.m. Location: Blackwood Hall, Fire Hall and Alexander Hall

The 10th annual Dasha Shenkman Lecture in Contemporary Art features American artist Fred Wilson. His talk is titled "Looking Through Glass Darkly: Exhibition Projects and Sculpture by Fred Wilson." Time: 6 p.m. Location: War Memorial Hall

The 2016 Guelph Poetry Slam team is in the kitchen cooking everything from calamity cuisine to sizzling serenity for a fantastic feast of fellowship. Bassam, Erratic, Fannon, Eitan and Elise are masterful word chefs, preparing awareness entrées and poetic pastries with stovetop speech and knife-sharp wit. Their oven-hot talents will roast microphones and have listeners

Prof. Dominique Bergmann, Department of Biology, Stanford University, and Howard Hughes Medical Institute investigator, presents "Global and Local Scale Transcriptional Regulation of Stomatal Development." The U of G faculty host is Prof. Annette Nassuth. Everyone is welcome to attend. Location: MacKinnon Building, Room 120

Take charge of your transition from university to your next adventure. Prepare yourself to make the best choices in a competitive global market by using strategic search strategies and conducting information interviews. In this interactive skill development workshop, you will learn how to identify, seek and use the information you need to understand the labour