Meeting Logistics
Venue
The meeting will be held in the Albert R. Mann Library in Room 160. A registration desk will be open in the foyer from 8:30 on Monday morning.
Schedule
Forum schedule, 2016 October 24-25
Hotel
A hotel block has been reserved at the Hilton Garden Inn (130 E. Seneca Street, Ithaca, New York, 14850).
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If rain is forecast, it is strongly recommended that you bring an umbrella.
Transportation to Ithaca
By Air: Ithaca is serviced by the Ithaca-Tompkins Regional Airport (10 minutes from downtown Ithaca and Cornell's campus); we are also within 1 hour of Syracuse Hancock International Airport, Elmira Corning Regional Airport and Greater Binghamton Airport.
By Bus: There are a number of direct buses from NYC to Ithaca, including the Campus2Campus and Big Red Bullet; both are clean and reliable.
Transportation Around Ithaca
Shuttle: The Hilton offers a shuttle, which can provide transportation to-and-from Ithaca-Tompkins Regional Airport as well as Cornell University's campus; to schedule the shuttle, call the Hilton at 607.277.8900.
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Walking: If the weather is nice, one can walk between downtown and Cornell's campus. The route includes either a steep hill (streets) or many stairs (gorge trail); however, Jason will be happy to walk anyone back downtown thru Cascadilla Gorge following meetings both days but he strongly recommends wearing good walking shoes as the route includes many uneven stairs.
Maps
Wifi
Here are instructions on how to connect to the Cornell Public/Visitor wifi: http://www.it.cornell.edu/services/wifi/visitor/. Cornell-Visitor wifi is quite restricted (ports 80 & 443 only, i.e. web only - no email clients or ssh).
Eduroam is also available on the Cornell campus.
Restaurants
Breakfast: While you can find breakfast in many places around town, the two most convenient options will be Collegetown Bagels (one block from the Hotel, at the corner of Seneca and Aurora Streets) and Manndible (in Mann Library).
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