CalConnect XVIII - May 24-28 2010

Please see Registration and Payment Options to choose your registration type and payment option for the Roundtable and/or the CalConnect Interoperability Test Events. Note that you must register separately for the Roundtable and for the Test Events.You may register at any time for the next events.

The Interoperability Test Event and the Roundtable will take place on the campus of Carnegie Mellon University in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. We will be in Margaret Morrison Carnegie Hall, Room 203, for the entire week. (The User Special Interest Group on Wednesday morning will be in the College of Fine Arts building nearby.) For a general map of the area showing the venue locations and conference hotels please see Carnegie Mellon University Area. For a map of the University Campus, please see http://www.cmu.edu/about/visit/campus-map. Note that on this map the meeting venue, Margaret Morrison Carnegie Hall, is Building 13, and the College of Fine Arts (USIG) is Building 5. Parking will be at the East Campus Parking Building, Building P7.

*Parking:*If you are driving, Parking will be in the East Campus Garage, shown as P7 on the Campus Map. It is charged hourly but capped at $10 per day.

*Hotel Shuttles and Walking:*The Holiday Inn is approximately a 15 minutes walk; the other hotels mentioned below are somewhat further. All hotels have hotel shuttles but cannot be scheduled in advance and would not be able to accommodate a large group of people traveling at the same time.

*Airport Information:*Pittsburgh is served by Pittsburgh International Airport:http://flypittsburgh.com/[flypittsburgh.com]. The airport is approximately 20 miles from the University.

*Ground Transportation:*Information on rental cars, shuttles, and public transportation is available from the airport website; see http://flypittsburgh.com/limousines_taxis_busesandhttp://flypittsburgh.com/public_transportation._(Caution: the links at the bottom of the aiport website pages are not fully functional; use the ones at the top of the pages.)_Our host recommends the public transportation option for getting from and to the airport. The "28X" route is perfect, starting right on the CMU campus and also going past the Holiday Inn, and it costs less than $3 each way. The link provideed above covers the details.

*Considerations for international arrival and departure:*Pittsburgh is an International Airport and offers direct arrivals from and departures to international locations.

Carnegie Mellon Univesity has arranged a special CalConnect rate of $129/night with the Holiday Inn University Center, which will serve as our conference hotel. It is also the nearest to the meeting venue on the CMU campus, and is about 15 minutes' walk from Margaret Morrison Carnegie Hall. You may book online with the hotel using the Group Code of CAC. You must book by May 14 to receive this rate.

There are other hotels in the immediate area although not as close to the meeting venue. Shadyside Inn also offers a preferred CMU rate, however the others do not.

The IOP Test Event begins at 0800 Monday morning and runs all day Monday and Tuesday, plus Wednesday morning. The Roundtable begins with lunch on Wednesday and runs until early afternoon on Friday.

All sessions and events are in Room 203, Margaret Morrison Carnegie Hall except for the User SIG meeting on Wednesday Morning. User SIG will be in the Kerr Conference Room (Room 201) of the College of Fine Arts building across the street.

The IOP Test Event begins at 0800 Monday morning and runs all day Monday and Tuesday, plus Wednesday morning. The Roundtable begins with lunch on Wednesday and runs until early afternoon on Friday.

All sessions and events are in*Room 203, Margaret Morrison Carnegie Hall*except for the User SIG meeting on Wednesday Morning. User SIG will be in the Kerr Conference Room (Room 201) of the College of Fine Arts building across the street.