Travel and Conference Information II

Traveling:
Reagan National Airport is the easiest connection to get you to College Park. You can get on the DC Metro at the airport, switch to the green line at several points, and ride the green line to the University of Maryland, College Park. From the College Park-University of Maryland metro station, take a taxi to your hotel; this will be no more than a 5 minute drive.
BWI airport is another option but the trip between BWI and College Park is slightly more complicated. You may take a shuttle or a taxi to College Park OR you can take the B30 “Greenbelt-BWI Airport” DC metro bus from the airport to the Greenbelt Metro Station where you can ride the metro to the College Park-University of Maryland station (one stop later on the Green line) and then take a taxi to your hotel.
Dulles Airport: this airport is farthest from the college, and there is no direct connection to the DC Metro (though there are buses in between). For a list of possible shuttle services between Dulles and DC, you can check http://dc.about.com/od/transportation/a/DullesAirport.htm.
For questions regarding DC Metro and Metro Bus stations, timetables, etc., please go to http://www.wmata.com.

Lodging:
There are several hotels in close proximity to campus.
• The Marriott Inn is located on the edge of campus. It is a bit pricy but you could share a room with another participant to make it more affordable.
• We have a special contract with the Quality Inn for conference participants; if we get many rooms, our rate is going to be $ 79/ night, plus taxes, for a single room (however, these are not luxurious accommodations). However, they offer a free shuttle service to the college as well as to the metro station. When you call to make your reservation, please tell them that you are a participant of a conference (SLLC University of Maryland, contact name Kristen Gunderson). Also, please inform me ASAP that you are planning on staying with them in case I have to increase our number of rooms. The Quality Inn’s website can be found at http://www.qualityinn.com/hotel-college_park-maryland-MD021
• One out of many other options is the Comfort Inn in College Park, also close to the college.


Conference Format:
Each presentation should last no longer than 20 minutes. Out of respect for fellow panel speakers, please adhere to this time frame. Speakers will be stopped if not finished when their time is up. There will also be a 10-minute question and answer session for every speaker.
For presenters working with AV material: We will provide a laptop, projector, and screen. Please let us know in advance if you need other technical equipment for your presentation. A tentative program showing panel formations and abstracts will be available soon. Please confirm your tentative paper titles as soon as possible.

We look forward to meeting you all in March and listening to your very promising abstracts.

Please contact as any time with questions and comments.

Sincerely,

Planning Committee
8th Annual SLLC Graduate Student Conference