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Location:
The
Clark Kerr Campus of the University
of California is immediately adjacent
to main campus in Berkeley, California
and is conveniently located near
the San
Francisco (SFO) and Oakland
(OAK) International airports.
The Clark Kerr Campus has all
meeting facilities needed for
the Congress and Workshop and
provides:
- Comfortable residence halls
and great meals at a reasonable
cost.
- Numerous cafes, restaurants
and shops are within easy walking
distance.
- The cosmopolitan city of
San Francisco that can be reached
via public transport (BART
trains or AC
Transit buses) in about
30-40 minutes on public transportation.
Further details on the Clark Kerr
campus are available here.
The
Berkeley
campus of the University of California
will have a much reduced student
population during the Congress,
but some summer classes will be
in session. All libraries, museums,
and facilities will be open and
operating during August.
Nearby Scientific Facilities
of Interest:
The
University of California at Berkeley
is consistently ranked among the
world’s top Universities. Its
vibrant intellectual community
of scholars and researchers maintains
research projects and collaborations
all over the world. Berkeley’s
College
of Natural Resources is a
sponsor of the Congress. Of special
relevance to Congress participants
is the College’s Division
of Insect Biology, in the
Department of Environmental Science,
Policy, and Management (ESPM).
The Division of Insect Biology
is home to 25 faculty and specialists
on the Berkeley campus who conduct
research and teach on topics relating
to insects, spiders, and mites.
Other faculty in ESPM’s other
Divisions also have projects
dealing with insects. The Department
of Integrative Biology in
the College of Letters and Sciences
also has faculty actively working
on insect-based and other model
biological systems.
The
Essig Museum of Entomology
on the Berkeley campus houses
collections of insects, mites,
and spiders that emphasize the
Pacific states and Mexico, but
contains collections from all
over the world among its more
than 4.5 million specimens. The
museum welcomes visits from all
Congress and Workshop participants,
and a guided tour of the Berkeley
biology museums will be scheduled
during the meetings. We anticipate
that the Essig Museum will be
moved into new facilities by the
start of the Congress.
Systematists
may be especially interested in
learning about Berkeley’s
Museum Informatics Project
(MIP), an academic department
within Information Systems and
Technology.
In
addition to the Essig museum,
Congress participants or accompanying
guest(s) also may be interested
in visiting the following sites
on campus: the Phoebe Hearst Museum
of Anthropology, the Botanical
Garden, Jepson Herbarium, Museum
of Vertebrate Zoology, or the
Museum of Paleontology.
The
California Academy of Science,
located in nearby San Francisco,
is undergoing renovations, but
public displays are temporarily
housed in San Francisco. The California
Academy’s insect collections are
among the most important in the
western United States and house
many type specimens of Auchenorrhyncha.
More information is at http://www.calacademy.org/.
Accomodations:
All
Congress participants are urged
to stay in housing at the Clark
Kerr Campus. The current rates
below are per person per day and
include 3 meals per day.
- Double occupancy $75
- Single occupancy $95
Suites
- double occupancy per
room (separate bedrooms with shared
bath) $80
Suites
- single occupancy per
room (separate bedroom with shared
bath) $104
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