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Re: Advice re conference planning
I've organized conferences in Whistler and Vancouver.
Whistler is pretty impressive but on the downside it's too pricey in winter and summer, and best for a shoulder season. It is also highly inconvenient to get to, especially if you're flying in from outside North America.
For Vancouver I used the Segal building. It worked very well and was a fine location. SFU has (had?) some arrangement with Delta Suites nearby. We reserved a block of rooms through them, but it's not clear that it was necessary. Agree that participants loved the location downtown by the water.
Jim Delgrande
CMPT
----- Original Message -----
> From: "Paul Budra" <budra@sfu.ca>
> To: "Michelle Nilson" <mnilson@sfu.ca>
> Cc: "academic-discussion" <academic-discussion@sfu.ca>, "Nancy Forde" <nforde@sfu.ca>
> Sent: Tuesday, 19 August, 2014 08:27:22
> Subject: Re: Advice re conference planning
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> 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 loved being downtown and near the water.
>
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>
> Paul Budra
> Professor
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> Department of English
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> Simon Fraser University
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> ----- Original Message -----
>
> 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
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> 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
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> 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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> >
> > Is Downtown Vancouver not an option?
> >
> >
> > On Aug 18, 2014, at 10:40 PM, Nancy Forde <nforde@sfu.ca> wrote:
> >
> >> Dear all,
> >>
> >> 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?
> >>
> >> Best wishes,
> >> Nancy
> >>
> >>
> >> --
> >> Nancy Forde
> >> Associate Professor
> >> Department of Physics
> >> Simon Fraser University
> >> 8888 University Dr.
> >> Burnaby, BC V5A 1S6
> >> --
> >> nforde@sfu.ca
> >> 778-782-3161; 778-782-3592 (fax)
> >> http://www.sfu.ca/fordelab
> >>
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> > Research Data Library
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