Meeting Venue
University of Maryland
The University of Maryland (UMD) is an R1 research university in College Park, Maryland USA. It is located close to
Goddard Space Flight Center and Washington DC. UMD is proud and honored to host the 16th International LISA
Symposium.
Stamp Student Union
The Adele H. Stamp Student Union is the main center for campus life at UMD. The symposium will be held in the Grand Ballroom and other meeting rooms in the Stamp. Breakfast, lunch, and coffee breaks will be served in the Colony Ballroom, where posters will be on display
Weber Memorial Garden
The University of Maryland was the home of Joe Weber's first attempts to detect gravitational waves. With a
short walk you can see some of Weber's actual bar detectors displayed as an outdoor sculpture garden.
Nearby Hotels
Room blocks for the Symposium are available at the hotels listed below that are near to the Symposium venue. Please reserve by the indicated deadline in order to secure the conference rate (taxes not included).
The Hotel
at the University of Maryland
7777 Baltimore Ave
College Park,MD 20740
+1 301-277-7777
~1 km from the meeting venue
Room Block
Link
Room Rate: $169
until May 22
Cambria College Park
Hotel
8321 Baltimore Avenue
College Park, MD 20740
+1 301-615-9889
~1.5 km from the meeting venue
Room Block
Link
Room Rate: $165
until June 5
Transit to the meeting
Buses will be available in the morning and the evening to carry participants from The Hotel at UMD and the Cambria College Park Hotel to the meeting venue and back (exact schedule TBD). Of course, you may also walk if you like.
Parking
Participants with cars may park in the Union Lane Garage adjacent to the Stamp Student Union. After parking on any level of the garage, find a pay station or use the Parkmobile app to prepay for parking. The cost is $4 per hour up to a maximum of $20 per day.