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Venue
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Hotels Options, Conference
Center, Room Sharing,
Banquet, Welcome
Reception, Rawhide, Grand
Canyon Tour, Other Places
of Interest
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Scottsdale
Marriott Suites Old Town
7325
East Third Avenue
Scottsdale, AZ 85251, USA
Phone: +1 480-945-1550
Fax: +1 480-945-2005
Scottsdale
Marriott Suites in
Old Town Scottsdale, Arizona, USA is in walking
distance from the performing arts centers,
sculpture gardens, art galleries, dining and
dance, fashion malls.
Directions:
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From
Phoenix airport to Marriott
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HOTEL OPTIONS: Marriott
Suites, AmeriSuites, Days Inn
(1)
The Scottsdale
Marriott Suites
have almost sold out due to the high number
of IGS2003 participants. The last rooms can
be reserved at a rate of US$200/night.
(2)
IGS2003 has reserved rooms at a second hotel,
AmeriSuites
Old Town Scottsdale, located across
the street from the Marriott. Each
room is a suite, and includes a refridgerator,
microwave, and high-speed internet service.
Room rates are $89/night, including a continential
breakfast. Please contact the hotel directly
to make a reservations, using the Promo
Code IGS2003. If reserving a room
by fax, please send your information "Attention:
Reservations, Promo Code: IGS2003".
Directions:
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From
Phoenix Airport to AmeriSuites
AmeriSuites Old Town Scottsdale
7300 East Third Avenue
Scottsdale, AZ 85251
Phone: +1 480-423-9944
Fax: +1 480-423-2991
E-mail:locsd@primehospitality.com
(3)
IGS2003 has also negotiated a special rate
of $65/night with breakfast the Days
Inn Scottsdale, located next to the Scttsdale
Fashion Square, 0.8 mile distance (Walk South
on Scottsdale Road to the First Health Conference
Center past the Marriott Suites hotel). To
make use of this special rate, please, e-mail
Karen Bowling at: DIScottsdale@qwest.net
and mention
Group Code IGS or NS11.
Directions:
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From
Phoenix Airport to Days Inn
o From
Days Inn to Marriott Suites Hotel
Days
Inn Scottsdale
4710 North Scottsdale Road
Scottsdale, AZ 85251
Phone: +1 480-947-5411
Fax: +1 480-946-1324
E-mail:discottsdale@qwest.net
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Hotel
Room Sharing:
If you are interested in sharing a room with
one or more of other attendees, click
for more information.
NOTE:
It is recommended that only one person
interacts with the hotel for the reservation
and the sharing of costs will be among the group.
The hotel does not play any role in the room
sharing process and will not split the bills.
The respective occupants will have to arrange
for splitting the bills among themselves.
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CONFERENCE
CENTER. Dress
Code: Causal business attire.
The
First
Health Conference Center (See pictures
in huge, 2.03 Mb PDF document), 4141 N Scottsdale
Rd, is 5 minutes walking South across the courtyard
from the Marriott Suites hotel. See also Rules/policies.
The
prefered audiovisual means are: Powerpoint,
and overhead transparencies.
Please, e-mail your ppt file to VanGemmert@asu.edu
before the conference.
The
following audiovisual means will be provided:
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Podium
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Speaker stand
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Microphone
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PC Laptop, MS Powerpoint, CD/DVD, floppy disk,
zip drive, USB and XVGA (1024 x 768 pixels),
with scroll-wheel mouse, or bring your own PC
laptop.
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Overhead projector for transparancies or papers
with zoom facility.
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VCR (only NTSC, not PAL)
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All images will be rear-projected on 2 large
screens plus are visible on 2 large monitors
in the theatre.
Not
possible are: Using more than one display source
simultaneously, slide projector, writing board.
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The conference center has 10 telephones for
free domestic calls plus telephone modem hook-ups.
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The conference center has a staffed business
center for printing, copying, faxing free of
charge for small volumes.
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Official
IGS/AFDE BANQUET
Scottsdale
Culinary Institute -
Tuesday - November 4, 2003, 6:30 - 10 pm. The
banquet will be held at L'Academie, located
in the Scottsdale Culinary Insitute, a 5 minute
walk North from the Conference Venue (Click
to view a picture). L'Academie
is a Bistro-style cafe specialized in Southern
France and Northern Italian cuisine that offers
an a la carte menu of salads, gilled panini
sandwiches, hand-made gourmet pizzas, and classic
entrees such as bouillabaisse and freshly-made
pasta dishes. Guests will order directly off
the menu, and wine will be served with dinner.
The Institute requests that not more than two
people per table order the same entree. Jake
and Ange Good Bear, Native American
flute players, will provide entertainment and
discuss their culture.
Preregistration
required:
Reservations for the banquet must be made by
Friday, October 31st. The Institute will not
be able to accomodate walk-ins at the banquet.
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Welcome
Reception and Registration
Courtyard
of the Marriott Suites Hotel - Sunday,
November 2, 2003, 5:30 - 7:30 pm.
Performance by the cello ensemble, The Rice
Brothers (The-Rice-Brothers.us)
for IGS2003 and AFDE2003 participants.
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Rawhide
(Details)
A
bus will leave from the Marriott Suites hotel
on Monday, November 3, 2003, 6:30. Back around
10 pm.
Program
includes Cowboy style Dinner cookout with barbeque,
Entertainment - Live Western music, Rawhide
wranglers. Costs- $60 per person includes transportation,
dinner cook out sessions and entertainment.
If you wish to attend, please indicate on the
registration form or the online payment form.
(Preregistration
required).
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