Accommodation: We have reserved a block of rooms at the Best Western Plus College Park hotel until October 12. The speakers are required to make their own reservations by directly calling the hotel at 301-220-0505 and giving them the code:
GROUP NAME: UMD Physics Department
GROUP CODE: 1019.
GROUP NAME: UMD Physics Department
GROUP CODE: 1019.
Directions from the hotel to the conference venue can be found here.
For recommendations for additional hotels, or other questions related to travel and accommodation, please contact Melanie Knouse (mknouse@umd.edu).
Banquet: The banquet dinner will be hosted at the College Park Marriott Hotel and Conference Center on Thursday, October 20, starting at 7 pm. Parking is free in the Marriott garage itself, i.e., right next to hotel. The dinner is in the Patuxent room. In case it is needed, the address is 3501 University Blvd East, Hyattsville, Maryland 20783 and telephone number is (301) 985-7300.
Wifi: Eduroam should work fine. If not, please contact Melanie to get a UMD guest account.
Parking Information: You can find the campus map and parking instructions here. The banquet location is Marriott: # 348, with it's parking # 347 (which is free). The conference location is PSC: # 415; parking is across from it: "RR". We have a validation code (see below), so you do NOT have to pay.
Validation Code: 80216266
The guest parking is located on the top level of Regents Garage, once parked take note of your parking space number and enter parking code at the nearest ticket station.
To use parking code:
1) Press "Start" to begin.
2) Press 2 to redeem a validation code.
3) Enter the space number and press "OK"
4) Enter the validation code and press "OK"
5) Take your receipt.
There is no need for a guest to enter the amount of time into the new machines as the time limit is already set into the codes themselves.
