The Annual Meeting agenda will be updated periodically on our website. The final agenda, with meeting room locations, will be included in your participant packet when you check in at meeting registration, which will be located in the Potomac Ballroom Foyer.
If you are planning to arrive at the Key Bridge Marriott by early Wednesday evening, January 9, please drop in between 5:00pm and 6:00 pm for light snacks, pre-registration check-in, and maybe meeting up with colleagues for dinner. Pre-meeting sessions begin at 8:00am Thursday morning, and the Annual Meeting officially opens at 9:15am with Alex’s NSF plenary session. The meeting will adjourn at 12:15pm on Friday.
Site and Accommodations
The Key Bridge Marriott is located at 1401 Lee Highway in Arlington, Virginia, just across the Francis Scott Key Bridge from the Georgetown district of Washington, DC. Guests can be reached at telephone 1-703-524-6400 and by fax at 1-703-524-8964.
We have reserved a block of guest rooms at the Key Bridge Marriott at the group rate of $188*, single/double occupancy, plus state and local taxes (currently 10.25%). Click here to make your guest room reservations and type in your check-in date to begin. Or call the Key Bridge directly at 703-524-6400, or Marriott Reservations at 800-676-2959 and be sure to reference the “NSF I/UCRC Annual Meeting.” To secure our group rate and ensure availability, please make your reservations by November 30, 2007, and before our block fills.
Key Bridge guest amenities include a full-service health club with Universal weight equipment, free weights, sauna, indoor (and seasonal outdoor) swimming pool, and whirlpool; in-room coffee and tea service; and weekday newspaper delivery to your door. Check-in time is 4:00pm; check-out time is 1:00pm.
Registration
If you register and pay by November 30, 2007, the Annual Meeting registration fee is $150. Thereafter and onsite, the fee increases to $175. Registrations secured with a purchase order by this date also qualify for the early rate. Register online or download a copy of the registration form (.pdf) for faxing or mailing.
Local Transportation and Parking
The Key Bridge Marriott is easily accessible via taxi and public transportation. The Rosslyn Metro station (Blue and Orange lines) is two blocks from the hotel via the pedestrian skywalk. When you exit the station, turn left and follow the signs to the skywalk. Once you get up there, you will see the Key Bridge Marriott. Georgetown University also offers a neighborhood shuttle from the Rosslyn Metro to the Key Bridge from 7:00am to 11:00pm. It costs $1.00 and departs from the front entrance of the Metro station. It generally runs every 15 minutes and also picks up and drops off in front of the Key Bridge.
Taxi fare is approximately $15.00 - $18.00 from Washington Reagan National Airport and $50.00 - $60.00 from Washington Dulles International and Baltimore/Washington International Airports. Please note that the Key Bridge Marriott does not offer shuttle service directly to and from these airports. If you wish to reserve SuperShuttle transportation, click here.
The maximum daily hotel parking rate at the Key Bridge Marriott is $12.00 per day Sunday through Thursday for overnight guests and non-guests, and $10.00 per day Friday and Saturday.
Shipping
Should you need to ship anything to the Key Bridge, please label your parcel(s) as follows and it will be held for your arrival:
Key Bridge Marriott
Attn: Tom Sears
Event Manager
1401 Lee Highway
Arlington, VA 22209
Hold for <guest name>, arriving <arrival date>, NSF I/UCRC Annual Meeting, January 9-11, 2008
Box ___ of ___
High-Speed Internet Access for Guests
Wireless Internet access is available in all public areas of the hotel. Wired Internet is available in guest rooms for $9.95 per day, which includes unlimited local and long distance (domestic), and meeting rooms.
Climate and Attire
Temperatures for the Washington, DC, area in January typically range from 27-43° F, but we always encourage our attendees to check weather conditions before you travel. Two excellent Internet sources for current conditions and forecasts are www.weather.com and www.dcpages.com.
Business and business-casual attire are both appropriate for the meeting, and we remind you to bring what you may need to utilize the hotel’s exercise facilities or walk about town on your own.
Meals and Materials
Meals include Wednesday evening hospitality (light snacks), two continental breakfasts, lunch on Thursday and Friday, breaks, and the Thursday evening reception (heavy hors d’oeuvres). Once again, Alex Schwarzkopf advises centers to pay or reimburse the registration fees for its Directors, Evaluators and other representatives at the meeting.
Cancellation and Transferability
Cancellations must be received in writing by Friday, January 4, 2008, in order for your registration fee to be refunded less a $25 administration fee, and all refunds will be processed after the meeting. Refunds will not be made if no written cancellation is received and you do not attend the Meeting (“no show”). Cancellation may be made to Kate Ryan by email kryan@abecker.com, or by fax 920-467-3995.
Registrations are transferable; just let us know who is replacing whom, so that the onsite materials can be as current as possible.
*This is the current U.S. Government rate; the prevailing rate at the time of the meeting will apply.
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