Travel Information


Location

The course will be held at the University of Georgia in the Davison Life Sciences Building, room C128. Lodging will be at the UGA Center for Continuing Education and Hotel, Athens, Georgia.

Maps of UGA campus are available here.

The course and facilities are hosted by The Center for Tropical and Emerging Global Diseases and the Department of Genetics at the University of Georgia in Athens, GA, USA.

Housing

Participants will be housed on UGA campus at the UGA Center for Continuing Education and Hotel. The workshop organizers will make room reservations. Hotel room charges will be paid by EuPathDB for the nights of June 17 through June 20.

Hotel check-in time is 4:00pm, June 17; check-out time is 12:00pm, June 21.

If you arrive before the 4:00pm check-in time, you can call the hotel that day to see if your room is available for earlier check in. However, the hotel cannot guarantee your room will be ready before 4:00pm. Their telephone number is 1-706-548-1311.

Attendees who will be arriving early or leaving late will be responsible for the cost of additional nights at $99 per night plus taxes.

Transportation from Atlanta Airport to Athens

The Hartsfield-Jackson Atlanta International Airport (airport code ATL) is the closest major airport. It is 85 miles, 140 km (1.5 hours drive) from Athens.

There is no public transportation between Atlanta and Athens. You will need to make a reservation with a private carrier. Taxis are not a good mode of transportation between the airport and Athens. Use the Groome shuttle or you can rent a limousine with several others for a reasonable cost per person.

Groome Shuttle

The Groome shuttle provides regularly scheduled ground transportation between the airport and Athens. Be sure to reserve a spot on the shuttle in advance. The shuttle holds 10-12 passenger and fills up quickly.

Cost: $39 each way (plus tip for the driver, if you feel generous)
Reservations: REQUIRED
(706) 612-1155
Schedule: 19 times daily - 7 days/week

Limousine Service

Visit Athens


Questions may be emailed to
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EuPathDB Bioinformatics Resource Center — 2018 Workshop
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