UIDP24 • INFORMATION/LOGISTICS Dates/Times Locations Optional LSU Tours Registration Lodging
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UIDP24 • INFORMATION/LOGISTICS UIDP Academy: Innovation Centers • April 24–25, 2017 UIDP24 • April 25–27, 2017 Baton Rouge, LA Dates/Times Registration UIDP Academy: Innovation Centers Registration information can be found at Mon. April 24 • 12 – 5:30 p.m. https://www.uidp.org/event/uidp24-general- Tues. April 25 • 8 a.m. – 12 p.m. meeting/ For questions regarding registration, please contact UIDP24 General Meeting the LSU InnoVation & Technology Commercialization Tues. April 25 • 12 – 6 p.m. (ITC) Team at 225-615-8967. Reception: 6:00 – 8:30 p.m. Wed. April 26 • 8 a.m. – 6 p.m. UIDP Academy: Innovation Centers Workshop Reception 6:00 – 8:00 p.m. Early registration through Tues. Feb. 28, 2017 Thurs. April 27 • 8 a.m. – 2 p.m. Members - $225.00 Non-Members - $450.00 UIDP Annual Meeting April 25 • 4:30 p.m. Regular registration begins Wed. Mar. 1, 2017 Members - $325.00 Non-Members - $650.00 Locations Workshop, UIDP24, and Tues. Apr. 25 Reception UIDP24 Hilton Baton Rouge Capital Center201 Lafayette Early registration ends Tues. Feb. 28, 2017 Street Members - $373.00 Baton Rouge, LA 70801 Non-Members - $2,250 225-344-5866 Regular registration begins Wed. Mar. 1, 2017 Wed., Apr. 26 Annual Meeting and Reception Members - $475.00 LSU Tiger Stadium Club South Non-Members - $2,500.00 Baton Rouge, LA 70803 Registration Deadlines: Mon., Apr. 17, 2017 Please enter through Gate 20 on the Southwest corner of Tiger Stadium Lodging Optional LSU Tours Hilton Baton Rouge Capital Center 201 Lafayette Street Tues. April 25, 2017 • 12 – 4:30 p.m. Baton Rouge, LA 70801 Tours leave from the Hilton Baton Rouge Capital 225-344-5866 Center. • Laser Interferometer Gravitational-WaVe A block of rooms has been reserVed for UIDP24 at ObserVatory (LIGO) the Hilton Baton Rouge Capital Center. • Center for RiVer Studies – LSU Water Campus and Please mention UIDP to receive the conference rate Petroleum Engineering Research & Technology of $139.00/night. You must book by April 2 to Transfer (PERTT) Lab receive this special rate. Attendees are encouraged to make use of the daily Take I-110 South to Laurel Street Exit. Head West breakfast Voucher included in this rate. towards the Mississippi RiVer. Turn left on Lafayette Street. The hotel is located on the right, 2 blocks The Hilton Baton Rouge Capital Center is located in down in downtown Baton Rouge. the heart of downtown Baton Rouge and within Distance from Hotel: 8 mi. walking distance to restaurants, art galleries, Drive Time: 12 min. museums, shops, and the Mississippi RiVer. The hotel Typical taxi fare: $20 USD is also less than 3 miles from the Louisiana State UniVersity campus and Tiger Stadium. From New Orleans International Airport Amenities include: Take I-10 West through Baton Rouge and take I-110 • Complimentary Breakfast North to North Street. Head West towards the • Complimentary Wireless and DSL Internet in Mississippi RiVer. Turn left on Lafayette Street. Go 2 the Guest Rooms blocks and the hotel is on the right at 201 Lafayette • Complimentary Shuttle SerVices to/from the Street. Baton Rouge Airport Distance from Hotel: 70 mi. • Complimentary On-site Hilton PreCor Fitness Drive Time: 1 hr., 15 min. Center Typical taxi fare: $100 USD • Hotel pool • Business Center from I-10E Take I-10 East through Baton Rouge and exit 155A Travel/Transportation for LA-30/Nicholson DriVe. Keep right, follow signs When making your traVel plans, please note that for LA-30N and merge onto LA-30 W/Nicholson Baton Rouge is in the Central Time Zone. DriVe. Turn left onto GoVernment Street. GoVernment Street will veer right and turn into S. The Baton Rouge Metropolitan Airport (BTR) is the RiVer Road. Continue on S. RiVer Road and then turn closest airport, followed by the Louis Armstrong New right onto Florida Street. Turn right at the first cross Orleans International Airport (MSY), located street onto Lafayette Street. Hotel will be on the approximately 1hr 15min from Baton Rouge. right at 201 Lafayette Street. BTR is serViced by the following airlines that offers nonstop flights from the following cities: Parking • American Airlines: Dallas/Fort Worth (DFW) Hilton Baton Rouge Capital Center and Charlotte (CLT) hubs Overnight guest valet parking with in/out privileges • Delta Airlines: Altanta (ATL) hub is $18.00 per day plus tax and is aVailable 24 hours. • United Airlines: Houston (IAH) hub Event parking is aVailable for $10 per day plus tax. BTR is conveniently located just 8 miles (15 minutes) Rates are subject to change without prior notice and northeast of the Hilton Baton Rouge Capital Center. parking is subject to aVailability. For those staying at the Hilton, complimentary airport shuttle service is available by request. Attire Cab serVice is also aVailable; for more information on Business casual. ground transportation services, please visit: http://www.flybtr.com/CaseStudies/CaseStudies.asp . Weather Baton Rouge is also an Uber friendly city. The weather in Baton Rouge during the spring months range for sunshine to sporadic thunderstorms with temperatures in the upper 70s Driving Directions to Hilton Baton Rouge to low 80s F. Please check the weather prior to Capital Center arriVal in case an umbrella is needed for your trip. from Baton Rouge Metropolitan Airport: interactive children's galleries, LASM seeks to enhance the understanding and appreciation of art Special Needs and science for general audiences and students. Louisiana State University is committed to providing LASM is a place where art and science connect to appropriate accommodations to guests with encourage discoVery, inspire creatiVity, and foster disabilities. In order to ensure that appropriate the pursuit of knowledge. For more information, arrangements are made, guests with disabilities who need reasonable accommodations must contact the please Visit: www.lasm.org/ LSU Innovation & Technology Commercialization (ITC) Team at 225-615-8967 at least two weeks Shaw Center - Whether you are traVeling to the city before the conference begins. or looking for new ways to experience the arts scene, the Shaw Center for the Arts is the hub of art Attendees will haVe the ability to indicate any special in downtown Baton Rouge. The Shaw Center for Arts dietary needs during the online registration process. is a contemporary visual and performing arts facility. For additional dietary assistance, please contact us It features the Manship Theatre, LSU Museum of Art, at 225-615-8967. LSU School of Art Gallery, Forward Arts, as well as dining and retail options. For more information, Things to Do please Visit: www.shawcenter.org/ Whether you’re new to the city or simply exploring your own backyard, we hope you will visit all of the LSU Museum of Art - The LSU Museum of Art is a historical and cultural attractions the Capital City has dynamic Venue located on the fifth floor of the Shaw to offer. There’s plenty to do in the Red Stick, so if Center for the Arts in downtown Baton Rouge. In you have time and you’re looking to get out and addition to holding one of the largest uniVersity- explore, the UIDP24 Meeting and the Hilton is affiliated art collections in the South, the museum located in the heart of downtown Baton Rouge so presents world-class touring exhibitions of regional, check out the city’s nightlife, shopping, arts scene and more. From touring Tin Roof Brewery to Visiting American, and European painting, sculpture, the Shaw Center for the Arts, there are actiVities for decoratiVe arts, works on paper, and photography. traVelers of eVery age. While you’re here, immerse The Museum’s 5000-work collection is highlighted in yourself in the city’s history by touring Plantation galleries of American and British portraiture and Country, Visiting both the New and Old State Capitol decoratiVe arts, American Arts and Crafts pottery, buildings and checking out the Vast number of local Chinese Jade, and modern and contemporary attractions. paintings and sculptures, with a focus on Southern artists. For more information, please Visit: USS KIDD - While you are in the Capital City, Visit the www.lsumoa.org/ USS KIDD, a Fletcher-class destroyer (DD-661), also known as the "Pirate of the Pacific." Located in the Nightlife / Downtown Eateries heart of scenic downtown Baton Rouge, Louisiana, Tin Roof Brewery (1624 Wyoming Street) - This local the USS KIDD is the centerpiece of a memorial which brewery uses only the finest American and European serVes to honor the men and women of our malts, freshest hops and pure parish well water to American armed forces. For more information, craft its beer. Tin Roof currently has five regular please Visit: www.usskidd.com/ brews to choose from: Juke Joint IPA, Turnrow Coriander Ale, Tin Roof Blonde Ale, Perfect Tin Louisiana Art & Science Museum - Featuring Amber Ale and Voodoo Bengal Pale Ale. Additionally, exhibitions of internationally renowned artists, a they continuously produce seasonal brews for permanent art collection, innovatiVe programming in visitors to try throughout the year. While you visit, the state-of-the-art Pennington planetarium, and make sure to take a free tour of the brewery. For more information, please Visit: experience. For more information, please Visit: www.tinroofbeer.com/ www.jolieoysterbar.com/ Stroubes Seafood and Steaks (107 3rd Street) - Restaurant IPO (421 N. 3rd Street) - Restaurant IPO’s Enjoy a night out downtown that starts off with menu focuses on tapas with Louisiana ingredients— some delectable food from one of Baton Rouge’s nearly eVerything comes from within 150 miles of finest seafood and steak menus featuring Chef Mark Baton Rouge—but with some worldly flair thrown in. Reilly and Chef Ross Ford’s take on southern cuisine Between the coconut-curried mussels, bleu cheese that is inspired by local ingredients and the wings, redfish ceViche tacos and fried shrimp tossed abundance of fresh seafood that the Gulf of Mexico over Asian noodles, it’s a world tour on small plates.