MICE Collaboration Meeting - October 23-26, 2002 - LBNL

• Organizers: Mike Zisman, Tom Gallant
• Schedule: A summary is available here. The meeting will start Wednesday afternoon (October 23) and end early Saturday afternoon (October 26). It will be preceded by a cooling theory and simulation meeting on Monday (October 22) and the MuCool Collaboration Meeting Tuesday through Wednesday noon. There is a joint meeting of working group conveners and the steering group scheduled for Wednesday evening, a steering group meeting Thursday evening and a collaboration board meeting Friday morning. Also, the Perseverance Hall addition (room 130B) is available for the software group to meet informally on Monday.
• Agenda: is available here and a version containing links to talks is here
• Location: All plenary meetings are in Perseverance Hall, attached to the cafeteria (Bldg. 54)
• Registration: Please register using this form. You can see a list of registered people here.
• Banquet: A group dinner has been arranged for Wednesday night, please make your entree selection through this form. Photos are available here (P. Gruber).
• Hotel accommodations: A block of 40 rooms have been reserved at the Howard Johnson Shattuck Plaza Hotel in downtown Berkeley. Room block is only guaranteed until September 23rd. For reservations, please call 1-800-446-4656, or send email to info@hotelshattuckplaza.com. Be sure to mention the promo code for our special rate of $69 a night for single occupancy, and $79 a night for double occupancy, plus 12% tax. The code is "LBNL-MICE". The only parking at the hotel is by two public parking facilities nearby:
  • 2020 Kittredge - Open 24 hours a day, 7 days a week. The rate is $2.00 per hour or $12.00 daily
  • 2061 Allston Way - Closed on Sundays. Open Monday-Thursday 6am-12am, Friday 6am-2am, and Saturday 8am-2am. The rate is $2.50 per hour or $24 a day
  On street parking is available at metered spaces. Meters are monitored from 9am to 6pm Monday-Saturday. Sundays are free.
• Transportation: Rental cars are strongly discouraged since there is no room for parking them at the Lab, you should take the LBNL shuttle from the BART (train) station to the Lab on weekdays - there will be a special arrangement for Saturday. Details can be found here. It is very important that you complete the registration form with a valid email address. A LBNL shuttle pass will be emailed to you in PDF format. This must be printed and brought with you for access to the shuttle. If you cannot open PDF documents please email Tom Gallant after you submit your registration
• Local information: Berkeley information can be found at the LBNL Visitor Information page and Berkeley Convention & Visitors Bureau site. Also see the San Francisco Convention & Visitors Bureau site

Yagmur Torun October 24, 2002