Talk location
The conference talks will be held at the Edgar A. Smith Building at the Blanton Museum of Art, located at 200 E Martin Luther King Jr Blvd (on the south end of the UT Austin campus).
A little bonus: your conference nametag gets you free admission to the exhibits at the Blanton, including the building "Austin" designed by Ellsworth Kelly which opened last February; here are an NYT writeup and video tour. This building is best seen when it's sunny, and before going in, you should first check in at the museum proper. The exhibits are closed on Monday, and free to all on Thursday (so, more crowded that day).
If you are coming in by car: parking is available at the Brazos Garage at 210 E Martin Luther King Jr Blvd (next door to the Blanton). We will validate, so the parking is free for conference participants.
Local restaurants
Here is a Google Map with locations of some restaurants and coffee spots near the conference site, or PDF list.
Accommodations
Here are a few area hotels (non-exhaustive list of course):
- The AT+T Hotel and Conference Center, located at 1900 University Avenue, Austin, TX 78705, USA (0.2 mi from conference site)
- The DoubleTree Suites by Hilton Austin - University Area, located at 1617 North Interstate 35, Austin, Texas, 78702, USA (0.7 mi from conference site)
- La Quinta Inn Austin Capitol - Downtown, located at 300 East 11th St Austin, TX 78701 (0.7 mi from conference site)
- Extended Stay America - Austin - Downtown, located at 600 Guadalupe St., Austin, TX 78701 (1.2 mi from conference site)
- Hampton Inn & Suites Austin @ The University/Capitol, located at 1701 Lavaca Street, Austin, Texas, 78701 (0.3 mi from conference site)
- Star of Texas Inn, located at 611 W. 22nd St. Austin, TX 78705 (0.7 mi from conference site)
- Rodeway Inn, at 2900 N. I-35, Austin, TX, 78705-3404 (1.3 mi from conference site)
- Days Inn Austin/University, at 3105 North I 35, Austin, Texas 78722 (1.3 mi from conference site)
AirBNB is also fine (in particular, if we are offering you travel support, this support can be used to reimburse expenses at any area hotel, or AirBNB expenses.)
Airport transportation
The ABIA page lists options for airport transportation.