{"id":161,"date":"2016-01-22T16:43:29","date_gmt":"2016-01-22T21:43:29","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.podc.org\/podc2016\/?page_id=161"},"modified":"2021-10-29T10:38:32","modified_gmt":"2021-10-29T14:38:32","slug":"local-arrangements","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.podc.org\/podc2016\/local-arrangements\/","title":{"rendered":"Local Arrangements"},"content":{"rendered":"<ul>\n<li><a href=\"#venue\">Venue<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"#hotel\">Accommodations<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"#visitor\">Visitor information<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"#airports\">Airports<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"#visas\">Visas<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"#contact\">Contact information<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<hr \/>\n<h2 id=\"venue\">Venue<\/h2>\n<p style=\"text-align: left\">PODC 2016 (except the banquet) and its collocated workshops will\u00a0be held in downtown Chicago at the\u00a0<strong>Loyola University (Water Tower Campus).\u00a0<\/strong>For <a href=\"http:\/\/www.luc.edu\/media\/lucedu\/wtc.pdf\">a map <\/a>of the Loyola University (Water Tower Campus), <a href=\"http:\/\/www.luc.edu\/media\/lucedu\/wtc.pdf\">click here<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Specific venues are listed below.<\/p>\n<p><strong><span style=\"color: #ff0000\">UPDATED VENUE INFORMATION<\/span>:<br \/>\n<\/strong><strong><br \/>\n<\/strong>PODC sessions and lunches on July 27 and 28 will be held at 16th Floor of <a href=\"http:\/\/www.luc.edu\/conference\/campusvenues\/watertowercampusvenues\/lewistowers\/\">Lewis Towers\u00a0<\/a>at 111 East Pearson Street, Chicago. This location is two buildings away from the previously announced venue for the PODC sessions, and is also a part of the\u00a0Loyola University (Water Tower Campus). The 16th Floor of <a href=\"http:\/\/www.luc.edu\/conference\/campusvenues\/watertowercampusvenues\/lewistowers\/\">Lewis Towers<\/a>\u00a0is called\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.luc.edu\/conference\/campusvenues\/watertowercampusvenues\/lewistowers\/regentshall\/\">Regents Hall<\/a>\u00a0.<\/p>\n<p>Venue for the workshops on Friday, July 29 remains unchanged.\u00a0In particular, the workshops will be held in rooms 207, 208 and 209 of <strong><a href=\"http:\/\/www.luc.edu\/conference\/campusvenues\/watertowercampusvenues\/corboylawcenter\/\">Corboy Law Center (CLC)<\/a>\u00a0<\/strong>at\u00a025 East Pearson Street, Chicago, which is a part of\u00a0the Loyola University (Water Tower Campus).<\/p>\n<p><strong>The banquet\u00a0on July 27 (Wednesday)<\/strong> will be\u00a0held at <a href=\"http:\/\/www.hotelpalomar-chicago.com\/downtown\/directions-map.html\">Hotel Palomar Chicago<\/a>,\u00a0505 North State Street, Chicago,\u00a0IL\u00a060654.<\/p>\n<p>Please contact Nitin Vaidya (+1 217-649-5326, nhv@illinois.edu) if you need additional information.<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<h2 id=\"hotel\">Accommodations<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"#whitehall\">Whitehall Hotel<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"#loyola\">Loyola University graduate-student style shared apartment housing<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"#nearbyhotels\">Nearby hotels<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><span style=\"color: #993300\"><strong id=\"whitehall\">Whitehall Hotel<\/strong>:<\/span> A limited number of rooms is blocked\u00a0for PODC attendees for the nights of July 24 through July 29, 2016 at the <a href=\"https:\/\/gc.synxis.com\/rez.aspx?Hotel=19107&amp;Chain=7540&amp;arrive=7\/20\/2016&amp;depart=7\/21\/2016&amp;adult=1&amp;child=0&amp;promo=MACHINE16\">rate of $179 <\/a>(for single or double occupancy, excluding taxes and fees) at the\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/gc.synxis.com\/rez.aspx?Hotel=19107&amp;Chain=7540&amp;arrive=7\/20\/2016&amp;depart=7\/21\/2016&amp;adult=1&amp;child=0&amp;promo=MACHINE16\">Whitehall Hotel<\/a>\u00a0at\u00a0105 East Delaware Place, Chicago, IL 60611.\u00a0<strong><span style=\"color: #ff0000\">The rate is available only for reservations made by\u00a0June 24, 2016, until the PODC room\u00a0block is fully booked<\/span><\/strong>.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>To reserve a room at the Whitehall Hotel at the PODC 2016 rate, <a href=\"https:\/\/gc.synxis.com\/rez.aspx?Hotel=19107&amp;Chain=7540&amp;arrive=7\/20\/2016&amp;depart=7\/21\/2016&amp;adult=1&amp;child=0&amp;promo=MACHINE16\">click here<\/a>.\u00a0Attendees\u00a0may also contact Whitehall Hotel Front Desk at +1 312-944-6300 and ask for In-House Reservations, or call +1 312-573-6224 during business hours of 8:00 am-5:00 pm CST Monday-Friday and 7:00 am-3:30 pm CST Saturday. Attendees\u00a0may also leave a message for\u00a0the reservations desk, and they should return the call promptly. Please mention the\u00a0group name &#8220;Association for Computing Machinery (ACM)&#8221; in order to receive the\u00a0special rate.<\/li>\n<li>Intermittent problems are encountered with the hotel reservation website. If you have difficulty booking a room through the website, please call the hotel directly. One of the intermittent\u00a0problems is that the website may show rooms unavailable for certain nights even if rooms are indeed available in the PODC block.\u00a0Another\u00a0known problem is that the website is sometimes unable to handle a multi-night reservation that includes the night of July 28. Separating the\u00a0reservations into two reservations, i.e., one with arrival date of\u00a0July 28, and another for earlier part\u00a0of the\u00a0stay, seems to solve this issue.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Due to difficulties with the hotel reservation website, if you are not able to book a room via\u00a0the hotel website, please contact the hotel at the above number.<\/strong> \u00a0Contact Nitin Vaidya (nhv@illinois.edu) if you have any questions.<\/li>\n<li>Once the hotel informs the organizers that the room block is full, we will post a note here.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><span style=\"color: #993300\"><strong id=\"loyola\">Loyola University\u00a0<a style=\"color: #993300\" href=\"http:\/\/www.luc.edu\/reslife\/halls\/baumhart\/index.shtml?utm_medium=redirect&amp;utm_campaign=studentdev-redirects&amp;utm_source=bamhart\/\">Graduate-Student Style\u00a0Shared Apartment Housing<\/a>: <\/strong><\/span>\u00a0Rooms in a limited number of <a href=\"http:\/\/www.luc.edu\/reslife\/halls\/baumhart\/index.shtml?utm_medium=redirect&amp;utm_campaign=studentdev-redirects&amp;utm_source=bamhart\/\">graduate\u00a0student-style apartments <\/a>(shared with other occupants) <strong><span style=\"color: #ff0000\">may be reserved\u00a0until\u00a0June 16, 2016<\/span><\/strong>, subject to availability. The rate\u00a0is $88.05 per person per night. <a href=\"http:\/\/lodging.luc.edu\">Please read information <\/a>about the available rooms carefully before making a reservation. Note that these are shared apartments, and include\u00a0shared bathrooms. Guests\u00a0are assigned to each apartment based on specified\u00a0gender (you will be asked to specify\u00a0your gender when making a reservation). Visit <a href=\"http:\/\/lodging.luc.edu\">http:\/\/lodging.luc.edu<\/a>\u00a0to make a reservation, and follow these instructions: (i) enter Promotion Code <strong>podc<\/strong>. (ii) Location suitable for PODC conference is &#8220;Baumhart-Water Tower&#8221;. Please select this location. (iii) On the reservation page, once the appropriate information has been provided, you will need to press the PROCEED button to continue. If the PROCEED button is not visible, either press &#8220;Jump to top&#8221; link or scroll up to the top to find the PROCEED button.<\/p>\n<p><strong id=\"nearbyhotels\"><span style=\"color: #993300\">Nearby hotels:<\/span>\u00a0<\/strong>There are several\u00a0other hotels\u00a0within a short\u00a0distance of the conference venue. Some\u00a0nearby hotels are\u00a0listed below along with their address and approximate distance from\u00a0the conference venue. We recommend reading\u00a0reviews for the hotels at travel websites such as <a href=\"https:\/\/www.tripadvisor.com\">TripAdvisor<\/a>\u00a0before making a reservation.<\/p>\n<p>Hotel room rates\u00a0are subject to change. However, during\u00a0a\u00a0search conducted in May 2016 for rooms for\u00a0the PODC period, at hotels marked below with <strong>(*)<\/strong>, the organizers were able to find rooms at rates close\u00a0to the above rate at the Whitehall Hotel.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.accorhotels.com\/gb\/hotel-2993-sofitel-chicago-water-tower\/index.shtml\">Sofitel Chicago Water Tower Hotel<\/a> (20 East Chestnut Street, Chicago, IL 60611) &#8211; Approximately 0.2 mile from conference venue<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.ihg.com\/holidayinnexpress\/hotels\/us\/en\/chicago\/chimm\/hoteldetail\/directions\">Holiday Inn Express Chicago &#8211; Magnificent Mile<\/a>\u00a0(640 N. Wabash Avenue,\u00a0Chicago, \u00a0IL\u00a0 60611 ) &#8211; Approximately 0.3 mile from conference venue <strong>(*)<\/strong><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.omnihotels.com\/hotels\/chicago\">Omni Chicago Hotel<\/a> (676 North Michigan Avenue,\u00a0Chicago, IL\u00a060611) &#8211; Approximately 0.4 mile from conference venue<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.thedrakehotel.com\">Drake Hotel<\/a> (140 East Walton Place,\u00a0Chicago, IL 60611) &#8211; Approximately 0.5 mile from conference venue <strong>(*)<\/strong><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/warwickhotels.com\/allerton-hotel-chicago\">Warwick Allerton Hotel Chicago<\/a> (701 North Michigan Avenue, Chicago, IL 60611) &#8211; Approximately 0.6 mile from conference venue<strong> (*)<\/strong><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.hotelpalomar-chicago.com\">Hotel Palomar Chicago<\/a> (505 North State Street, Chicago, IL 60654) &#8211; Approximately 0.6 mile from conference venue<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/doubletree3.hilton.com\/en\/hotels\/illinois\/doubletree-by-hilton-hotel-chicago-magnificent-mile-CHIMMDT\/index.html\">DoubleTree by Hilton Hotel Chicago &#8211; Magnificent Mile <\/a>(300 East Ohio Street, Chicago, IL 60611) &#8211; Approximately 0.7 mile from conference venue<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.ihg.com\/holidayinn\/hotels\/us\/en\/chicago\/chipl\/hoteldetail\">Holiday Inn Chicago-Mart Plaza River North<\/a>\u00a0(350 West Mart Center Drive, Chicago, \u00a0IL 60654) &#8211; Approximately 1.2 mile from conference venue <strong>(*)<\/strong><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/chicago.regency.hyatt.com\/en\/hotel\/home.html\">Hyatt Regency Chicago<\/a> (151 East Upper Wacker Drive, Chicago, IL 60601) &#8211; Approximately 1.2 mile from conference venue<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<hr \/>\n<h2 id=\"visitor\">Visitor Information<\/h2>\n<p>For <a href=\"http:\/\/www.luc.edu\/conference\/visitor-info\/\">visitor information <\/a>provided by Loyola University, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.luc.edu\/conference\/visitor-info\/\">click here<\/a>. Note that Loyola University has multiple campuses. PODC will be held at their Water Tower Campus in downtown Chicago at the address provided above.<\/p>\n<p>The websites below provide information regarding Chicago weather and events:<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.accuweather.com\/en\/us\/chicago-il\/60608\/july-weather\/348308\">AccuWeather website<br \/>\n<\/a><a href=\"http:\/\/gochicago.about.com\/od\/chicagocalendar\/fl\/July-in-Chicago-Weather-and-Event-Guide.htm\">gochicago.about.com<br \/>\n<\/a><a href=\"http:\/\/www.cityofchicago.org\/city\/en\/depts\/dca\/supp_info\/festival_events_dates.html\">City of Chicago Festival and Events Website<\/a><\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<h2 id=\"airports\">Airports<\/h2>\n<p style=\"text-align: left\">Chicago is served by two major airports: Chicago O&#8217;Hare and Chicago Midway. Various\u00a0airlines have direct flights to Chicago from a large number of cities around the world.<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<h2 id=\"visas\">Visas<\/h2>\n<p>If you need a visa to attend the conference,\u00a0ACM can\u00a0issue a visa support letter for you. <a href=\"http:\/\/www.acm.org\/sigs\/volunteer_resources\/conference_manual\/visas\">Click here<\/a>\u00a0for more information.<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<h2 id=\"contact\">Contact Information<\/h2>\n<p>For queries regarding local arrangements, please contact Nitin Vaidya (nhv@illinois.edu).<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Venue Accommodations Visitor information Airports Visas Contact information Venue PODC 2016 (except the banquet) and its collocated workshops will\u00a0be held in downtown Chicago at the\u00a0Loyola University (Water Tower Campus).\u00a0For a map of the Loyola University (Water Tower Campus), click here. Specific venues are listed below. 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