2011 USC Meeting Logistics

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Dates

The GO meeting will be begin at 9am on May 19, 2011 and end at 1pm on May 21, 2011, and will be held at the University of Southern California in Los Angeles.

Venue

Davidson Conference Center (map)
University of Southern California
3415 South Figueroa Street
Los Angeles, CA 90089-0871

Registration

Register by entering your name in the Attendees section below.

  • There will be a registration fee to cover the breakfasts, lunches and coffee breaks, but we have not set it yet.

Lodging Information

There are two choices for lodging: downtown Los Angeles and on campus. Downtown is only a 10 min. ride away (we will arrange for shuttle service and there is also fast, cheap local transportation on the DASH). We will reserve the rooms to ensure the special rate, so you need not contact the hotel directly but please enter your hotel preference in the registration table. If you want to share a room, please contact Pauline Martinez at pauline.martinez@med.usc.edu.


Downtown:
JW Marriott Los Angeles L.A. LIVE
900 West Olympic Boulevard, Los Angeles, CA 90015
Rate: $179/night


Campus:
Radisson Los Angeles at USC
3540 S. Figueroa Street, Los Angeles, CA 90007
Rate: $144/night


Maps and Transportation

Airport to Hotel

  • LA taxis have a flat rate to downtown (not the USC campus) of $46.50 (not including tip)
  • Prime Time Shuttle
    • phone 1(800) 733-8267
    • USC rate to any USC location, including downtown: $13.50 per person

Downtown Hotel to USC Campus

  • We will arrange for a shuttle if enough people stay downtown
  • The DASH bus, route F runs every 10 min. on weekdays and costs 35 cents.

To do

Coming soon.

Meeting Agenda

The agenda can be found here: 2011_USC_Meeting_Agenda

Attendees

Name Organization Arrival Date/Time to Airport Departure Date/Time from Airport Hotel pref. (Downtown/Campus) Vegetarian (Y/N)
Paul Thomas USC/PANTHER N/A N/A Downtown N
Paul Sternberg Caltech/Wormbase
Suzi Lewis LBNL
Mike Cherry Stanford/SGD
Judy Blake Jackson Laboratory/MGI


Remote Attendees

Name Organization email (needed to set up your remote access) Time Zone
Anushya Muruganujan USC/PANTHER muruganu@usc.edu PDT



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