Location
Embassy Suites
211 East Huntington Drive
Arcadia, CA 91006
+1.626.445.8525 phone
directions :: map
Conference Contact
Dorothy Lloyd
lloyd_d@ligo.caltech.edu
MC 100-36 Caltech
1200 E. California Blvd.
Pasadena, CA 91125 USA
+1.626.395.2966 phone
+1.626.395.2763 fax
Travel Security
Current guidelines on US airline security procedures [TSA website].
Transportation
SuperShuttle To/From Embassy Suites Hotel
SuperShuttle is offering a 10% discount to those traveling between the Embassy Suites and local area airports (Ontario (ONT), Los Angeles International (LAX), John Wayne Orange County (SNA), Long Beach (LGB), and Burbank (BUR)).
Reserve your ride or call the SuperShuttle at 1.800.BLUEVAN [ask for discount code NUYEK].
Public Transit
If you are traveling to the LIGO/Virgo meeting this coming week, you may be interested to know that Los Angeles airports are well connected to Pasadena and Arcadia via public transportation. The LAX airport has a particularly efficient connection. If you're willing to embark upon a little Public Transportation Adventure, it's very easy, cheap, and fast to get from LAX to Caltech and, to a slightly lesser extent, to the Embassy Suites hotel in Arcadia.
From LAX: Take the FlyAway bus from Union Station ($4, every half-hour) and then the Gold Line light rail from Union Station to Pasadena ($1.25). The Gold Line currently peters out six miles from Arcadia, but from the Gold Line's Sierra Madre Villa station (the last station on the line), you can take Foothill Transit bus number 187 to the corner of Huntington Drive and 2nd Avenue ($1, 15 minutes, every half-hour). This drops you off 105 feet from the hotel.
The Gold Line's Lake Avenue station is walking distance to the Caltech campus (walk away from the mountain, turn left at Del Mar).
From the Burbank airport on weekdays you can directly board either an Amtrak ($6) or a Metrolink train that will take you to Union Station, whereupon you can (as above) transfer to the Gold Line light rail. There are 33 trains daily (weekdays only!) from Burbank airport to Union Station, mostly during rush-hour.
From Ontario Airport you can take Omnitrans bus number 80 to the Montclair Transportation Center, where you can transfer to Foothill Transit bus number 187 which will take you to the hotel.
There's also a trip planner website, of course.
Meals and Dinner
See the accommodations page for an interactive listing of area restaurants.
Contact Dorothy Lloyd [lloyd_d@ligo.caltech.edu, +1.626.395.2966] with any special dietary requirements in advance.
Breakfast
TBA
Lunch
TBA
Meeting dinner
March 14, 2011
Time TBA
Embassy Suites Arcadia-Pasadena
Council Dinners
TBA
Embassy Suites Arcadia-Pasadena
Manager's Reception
Please note that the Manager's Reception held each evening at the hotel (as described on the accommodations page) is ONLY for those staying at the hotel, included as part of the accommodation rate. It is not covered in the registration fee, and is therefore not for those attendees who are staying elsewhere.
Computing
Please test your presentation using a 1024x768 resolution. This is the native resolution of the projectors being used for this conference and this will help avoid problems in the setup of your presentation.
Posters
Poster information page [requires a username /password of the albert.einstein type]. All posters should be uploaded to the DCC. See Upload Instructions.