Workshop Logistics

Accomodations

A block of rooms has been reserved at the Howard Johnson hotel ("HoJo") in Madison, which is about 8 blocks from our building along West Dayton Street. Mention code: SDAI Conference.  The government rate is $62 single ($82 double).  The hotel phone number is 608-251-5511; their e-mail address is: reservations@hjplazamadison.com.  (A room can only be reserved at the government rate by phone; that option is not possible on-line).  The block covers 19-22 Aug 2003, but the rate does not apply for Friday night (22 Aug).  The cut-off deadline for the block is 1 Aug.  The HoJo website is http://www.hjplazamadison.com/.

Transportation and Parking

Rental cars are available at the airport.  However, unless you plan to travel outside of the university and downtown area, you probably won't need a car.  SSEC is 8 blocks from the Howard Johnson hotel, and there are a multitude of restaurants within a mile of the hotel.  The hotel offers a free shuttle from the airport until about 10 pm.  Call from the couresy phone while you're waiting for your luggage; it may take 15-20 minutes for the van to get there.  If you can't get the hotel shuttle, you can take a taxi.  If there are no taxis (not usually the case), you can call Badger Cabs at 256-5566.  They'll send one over generally within 10 minutes.  The hotel also has a shuttle to various points on campus (unless they're busy shuttling people to/from the airport), but you'll need to walk back from SSEC to the hotel.

Parking at the Howard Johnson is free; free parking around SSEC is scarce.  The nearest university parking is 4 blocks from SSEC (lot 17, a parking structure), and costs $7/day.   See the map below or use the interactive maps at http://uwbadgers.com/maps.  For very limited parking permits in nearby university lots, contact us.

Meeting facilities

Room 351 in the Atmospheric, Oceanic, and Space Sciences Building on the UW-Madison campus (at 1225 West Dayton Street) is equipped with a ceiling-mounted color projector (InFocus, with a maximum resolution of 1024x768) which is connected to a PC (Dell Precision 340) running MS Windows 2000.  Netscape 7.0 and Microsoft Office are available on the PC. Laptop computers can be attached for input to the projector. Thus, the display is readily available for PowerPoint presentations or access to the web.  If you are giving an electronic presentation and wish to use our PC, the file(s) can be transferred over the Internet (FTP or SCP), via CDROM, or USB memory devices. Traditional overhead projectors are also available for transparencies.

Questions?

Other handy information (including other lodging facilities) may be found starting from the "visitor information" link on the SSEC overview page (http://www.ssec.wisc.edu/overview/visitor.html).  Feel free to contact Maria Vasys (608-263-7435) if you have questions relating to logistics.



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