Directions, Lodging, Parking

Directions

To Athens: 

• Flights:  Hartsfield-Jackson Atlanta International Airport (ATL) is the main airport serving the city of Athens.

• Shuttles:  Groome Transportation provides 31 roundtrips daily between the Atlanta (ATL) airport and the University of Georgia (UGA Georgia Center, 1197 S. Lumpkin St., Athens, GA 30605).

  • • • $49 each way if you book online,  $59 each way if you reserve in-person  (+$3 administrative fee each way per passenger).

      • After claiming your baggage, exit the terminal through Door 2L, by baggage carousels 3-4 and cross over to the median to the Ground Transportation shuttle lane straight across from the 2L door. Groome will pick you up there. Passengers are asked to arrive 10-15 minutes prior to departure.

      • If you arrive early, Groome will allow you to take an earlier shuttle to Athens as long as there is space in the shuttle.

      • If you arrive late, Groome will allow you to take the next shuttle to Athens.

• Personal or rental vehicles:  Use a navigation or Google maps for personalized directions.

• Carpooling with other participants:  The organizers have created a spreadsheet in order to help you find participants for carpooling.  We have emailed the link to the spreadsheet to you on the week of May 6 - 10, but please feel free to contact the organizers for the link also if you do not receive it by May 9.

Lodging

The two conference hotels are:

• Hyatt Place Athens/Downtown,  412 N Thomas St, Athens, GA 30601, United States  (+001-706-425-1800),

  • • • $12  parking/day,  complimentary breakfast bar.

• Holiday Inn Express Athens-University Area,  513 W Broad St, Athens, GA 30601, United States  (+001-706-546-8122),

  • • • $7  parking/day,  complimentary breakfast bar.

While we look forward to everyone's participation, we do not have the appropriate resources to book everyone a room. 

If you have not heard back from any of the organizers about lodging, please book a room at either of the conference hotels or in any of the other hotels in Athens, GA,  or  please contact the organizers.

Parking

• For parking at either of the conference hotels in downtown Athens,  see above.

• For parking near  Biological Sciences  and  Boyd Graduate Studies,  South Campus Parking Deck  may be the most convenient location.  It has plenty of parking and there is no need to reserve ahead of time.

• If you have physical limitation and would like to park even closer, there is a parking lot directly in  front of Boyd Graduate Studies.  Please contact the organizers in this case as we may need to request for a special permit. 

If you have questions or comments that are not addressed above, please contact any of the organizers.