58th annual congress - First time hosted by the University of Prince Edward Island (first time in the province of PEI) 501 registrants - The highest ever recorded for the congress when hosted in the Atlantic Provinces, and one of the highest ever Total number of abstracts (429), including invited (149), and contributed (280) all highest ever recorded for the congress when hosted in the Atlantic Provinces, and second highest ever Over 300 lobsters consumed at the banquet - yet to be confirmed by  Guinness World Records people, but likely the highest ever by a group of physicists Eleven corporate exhibitors