I've run conferences downtown using rooms at Harbour Centre in one case and rooms in a hotel (the Renaissance) the other. Both worked fine but it was easier to do everything through the hotel. Conference participants
From: "Michelle Nilson" <mnilson@sfu.ca>
To: "Nancy Forde" <nforde@sfu.ca>
Cc: "academic-discussion" <academic-discussion@sfu.ca>
Sent: Tuesday, 19 August, 2014 07:46:43
Subject: Re: Advice re conference planning
SFU Surrey has worked well for us. Folks have stayed at the Inn at the Quay in New West and taken Skytrain over the water. The rooms at Surrey are great, the IT support is wonderful, and the food is decent (bread garden for catering). There are options for off site food as well down in the mall and in the surrounding community. Participants were really impressed with the facilities and campus. I can put you in contact with our administrative coordinator that organizes everything with the Surrey staff if you have questions.
Kindly,
Michelle
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From: "Marni Mishna" <mmishna@sfu.ca>
To: "Walter Piovesan" <walter@sfu.ca>
Cc: "Nancy Forde" <nforde@sfu.ca>, "academic-discussion" <academic-discussion@sfu.ca>
Sent: Monday, August 18, 2014 11:36:32 PM
Subject: Re: Advice re conference planning
The downtown campus is often available, although it is a little bit frustrating the extent to which they are costly to organize academic events. We would like to run a math conference at the Goldcorp Centre for the Arts, and we are obliged to pay for minimum of 4 hours for front of house to direct conference goers to their seats, and a projectionist. When I protested that perhaps a projectionist was a bit exaggerated for displaying pdf files, particularly since it is different from IT support to say, stream the talks, I was informed that these are money making endeavours for the university, and that is how it is done.
Good luck Nancy.
Marni
On Aug 18, 2014, at 11:02 PM, Walter Piovesan <walter@sfu.ca> wrote:
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>> Dear all,
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>> I am putting together a proposal for an international conference of about 120 attendees, and am looking to you for recommendations of good locations not to far from Vancouver. I have budget estimates for Whistler, but the costs are very high. I would prefer to host the meeting somewhere other than SFU Burnaby, as there are few dining options right here. Does anyone on this list have venues that they would recommend for a meeting of this size?
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>> Best wishes,
>> Nancy
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