Conference 2000 Check-In Information

• Check-in and Notes
• Direction to Harvard Square
• Lodging Information
• Boston Information

Check-in Information and Notes

• Date & Time:
  Registration and check in will start on Friday June 16 at 12:00 and will last until 21:00. If you cannot arrive before 21:00 on June 16, please inform us in advance of your time of arrival so that we can wait for you at convenient time for you. If you arrive on June 17, please see below, Late Registration.
   
• Location:
  The registration desk will be situated in Perkins Hall (see map), where the dormitory is. You will find a notice outside the building indicating the direction to follow. The desk will be in the basement.
   
• Dormitory and registration desk address:
  Perkins Hall, 35 Oxford Avenue, Cambridge, MA 02138
   
• Keys / Linens / Blankets:
  You can pick your room keys, a set of linens and blankets when you check in. Perkins Hall regulations impose everyone to make a key deposit of $10. It is absolutely necessary that you have it ready in cash when you arrive. The deposit will be given to you upon departure by Ms Michelle Hsieh. Please look for her in the conference before you leave.
   
• Rooms:
  All rooms are single rooms; bathrooms are shared. Female and male bathrooms are separated. There is no telephone in the rooms, but there are two pay phones in Perkins Hall. In case you need to be reached in emergency, your relatives can call our local manager and leave a message on an emergency voice mail box (see below).
   
• Welcoming Reception:
  A small party will welcome you on June at 20:00. We will wait for you in Conant Building, which stands just opposite to Perkins Hall. This meeting party is intended to help new comers know each other and regular participants to get to know new ones. Thus, it would be great if everyone could put on the name tag that will be given to you upon registration. Thanks for
  remembering this.
   
• Late Registration:
  If you cannot arrive on June 16, please go directly to the Conference site at Yenching Auditorium (see below). You will find there a NATSA member at the entrance of each Conference room. We will look for someone to accompany you to Perkins Hall. Please contact us before leaving for Boston to inform us of you estimated arrival time.
   
• Conference Rooms:
  The three-day-conference will be held at Yenching Auditorium (for opening ceremony and round table discussion) and Coolidge Hall, Seminar Room no 2 and 3 (for panel discussions). It is about 6-7 minutes walk from Perkins Hall, just what is needed to take fresh air before
  the conference starts at 9:00 on June 17. A map is attached to this email. Normally, you should not get lost; if you do, try to find your way before lunch is finished.
   
• Campus Map:
  You can also download a map of Harvard University by visiting
  http://www.harvard.edu
   
• Audio-visual facilities:
  Presenters who need some special audio/visual facilities, please write to Wen-Feng Lai as soon as possible.
   
• Time alloted for each presentation:
  12 minutes per presenter. Time flies fast. As every year, each panel's Presider has a bell, and is merciless¡K
   
• Emergency Telephone Number:
  In case of emergency during the Conference, you can leave a message or have someone leave a message for you at 617-493-4922. We will check the messages daily. This telephone line will be in service only during the Conference.
   
• Meals:
  To get your lunch boxes, you need to have your name tag on you (Usually, after one day or two, participants do not bring their name tag anymore. Please keep putting it on so that we identify each other more easily).
  
  If you need vegeterian lunches, please contact in advance our local manager, Wen-Feng Lai, no later than June 11, at wflai@bu.edu
   
• Travel Grants:
  Do not forget to take with you the original invoice from the travel agency as
  well as the original flight coupon to get your travel grant (paper presenters
  only). Li-fang Yang, our treasurer, will give you the travel grant during the
  conference.

Directions to Harvard Square

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• By Public Transportation
   
• From Logan Airport:
  The Massport shuttle bus stops outside all airline terminals.  Take the shuttle to the Airport subway stop ("T" stop). From here, take the Blue Line inbound train to Government Center. At Government Center, get off and go upstairs to the Green Line.  Go inbound one stop to Park Street. Go downstairs and take the Red Line outbound to Harvard (train marked Alewife).  (Travel time: 45-60 minutes).
  Logan airport web link:
  http://www.bostonlogan.com/logan/default.asp
   
   
• From Amtrak Train Station:
  South Station is the train's final destination. The MBTA ("T") stop is located outside the station. Take the Red Line inbound to Harvard. (Travel time: 15 minutes).
   
• From Trailways Bus Terminal:
  The Trailways terminal is located at South Station. Refer to Amtrak directions, above.
   
• From Greyhound Bus Terminal:
  The Greyhound bus arrives at South Station. Refer to Amtrak directions, above.
   
• By Car
   
• From the Massachusetts Turnpike (I-90): (from West of Boston)
  Take the Massachusetts Turnpike (I-90) east to exit 18, Cambridge/Allston.  This is a left exit. Bear right after the toll booth. Turn left after the lights --but before the bridge--onto Storrow Drive. Proceed about 1/2 mile to the Cambridge/ Harvard Square exit. At the end of the ramp, turn right onto JFK Street. Harvard Square is approx. 1/2 mile straight ahead. As Kennedy Street merges with Massachusetts Avenue you will see the Harvard University campus on the  right.
   
• From I-93: (from North/South of Boston)
  Take I-93 exit 26, Storrow Drive. Keep left on the exit ramp and take the underpass to Storrow Drive. Continue on Storrow Drive about 4 miles to the Cambridge/Harvard Square exit. Turn right onto JFK Street. Harvard Square is approx. 1/2 mile straight ahead. As Kennedy Street merges with Massachusetts Avenue you will see the Harvard University campus on the right.
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• Parking:
  There is no on-street parking available (unless you're lucky enough to find a meter.) There are public lots in Harvard Square at the Charles Hotel, the Inn at Harvard, and on Church St.
   
• Taxi Service from Logan Airport
   
• Boston taxis
  are available at Logan terminals 24 hours a day and service to all of New England. All areas within a 12-mile radius of downtown Boston are charged a metered rate. Beyond the 12-mile radius the charge is a flat rate. All fares are based upon the occupancy of one to four passengers per taxi. (Cambridge is within 12-mile radius of Boston. The estimated metered rate is around $15-$20.).
   
• Station wagons, handicap-accessible taxis and credit card taxis
  are available upon request at Logan Airport. See a Massport Ground Transportation agent, located outside of each terminal on the arrival level, for further assistance. Station wagon and van taxicabs are entitled to an additional $5 fee if a passenger has excessive luggage, skis or boxes.
   
• All fares leaving Logan Airport will be charged a $1.50 airport fee.
  It is recommended that you ask the taxi driver for a receipt showing the driver's name, the taxi company, the amount paid, and the medallion number.
   

Lodging Information

• Susse Chalet Motor Lodge
  (617) 661-7800
   
• Mary Prentiss Inn
  (617) 661-2929
   
• Harvard Square Hotel
  (617) 864-5200
   
• Howard Johnson Hotel
  (617) 492-7777
   
• Sheraton Commander
  (617) 547-4800
   
• A Friendly Inn
  (617) 547-7851
   
• Hostelling International-Boston
  617-536-9455, or 1-800-9094776 (with code 07)
  If you missed the chance to get a space from Harvard housing, or you need some extra days to stay, you may try the following hostel. The price is pretty fair. 
  $27 non-hostel member or $24 for hostel member /per night and per person
   

Boston information

• Area Code - 617
   
• Shopping-
1. Copley Place
   100 Huntington Avenue -- 375-4400
2. Faneuil Hall Marketplace
   Washington Street     -- 338-2323
3. The shops at Prudential Center
   800 Boylston Street   -- 266-0590 
    
• Tours -
1. Black Heritage Trail -- 742-5415
2. The Freedom Trail -- 242-5642
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   A self-guided historic walking tour begins at the Boston Common Information Center - 536-4100 or National Park Service Rangers offer a free 90-minute tour beginning at the National Park Service Visitors Center 15 state street.
    
3. Beantown Trolley -- 236-2148
4. Old Town Trolley Tour  -- 269-7150
5. Boston Trolley Tour -- 876-5539
    
• Museums -
1. Boston Tea Party Ship & Museum
   Congress Street Bridge, 338-1773
    
2. Museum of Fine Arts (green line)
   465 Huntington Avenue, 267-9300
    
3. Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum (green line)
   280 The Fenway, 566-1401
    
4. New England Aquarium
   Central Wharf, 973-5200
    
5. Children's Museum
   300 Congress Street, 426-8855
    
6. Computer Museum
   300 Congress Street, 423-6758
    
7. Museum of Science (green line D)
   Museum Park, Monsignor O'Brien Highway, 723-2500
    
8. Harvard University Art Museums
   Arthur M. Sackler Museum, 485 Broadway, 495-9400
    
9. Fogg Art Museum & Busch-Reisinger Museum
   32 Quincy Street, 495-9400
    
10. Institute of Contemporary Art
    955 Boylston Street, 266-5152
     
11. J.F.K Library & Musuem
    Columbia Point, 929-4523
     
• Logan airport web link:
• http://www.bostonlogan.com/logan/default.asp