Location & Accommodations
Meeting Venue
The conference will be held at the Beckman Institute on the campus of the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign.
Beckman Institute
405 N. Mathews Ave.
Urbana, Illinois 61801 USA
Campus Map | ILLINOIS (showing the Beckman Institute)
Location of Sessions:
Oral Sessions: 5602 Beckman Institute (Fifth floor)
Coffee Breaks: 5269 Beckman Institute (Fifth floor, tower room)
Lunch and Poster Session: 1005 Beckman Institute (Ground floor)
Please have posters up by Monday lunch.
Travel
By air
The University of Illinois' Willard Airport serves Champaign-Urbana. It's located about four miles south of campus in Savoy, Illinois. It provides airline service by American Airlines, with connections to Chicago-O'Hare (ORD) and Dallas-Fort Worth (DFW).
By bus or train
Illinois Terminal in downtown Champaign is about a mile west of the Beckman Institute. See a full list of bus and train transportation options, as well as information about CU MTD, the area's award-winning mass transit system.
By automobile
The drive from Chicago takes about two hours; from Indianapolis, about two hours; and from St. Louis, about three hours.
Accommodations
A block of rooms is available at the following hotels:
Illini Union Hotel
1401 West Green Street, Urbana, Illinois 61801 USA
Phone: +1-217-333-1241
Group Rates: Full-size $124.74; Queen or King $128.79; Suites $187.11 (+ 13% tax)
Group Code: IDAR2022
Release Date: June 14, 2022 (no guarantee of availability or price after this date)
To make a reservation online:
- Go to illiniunionhotel.illinois.edu.
- Enter your dates and click on the “Enter it now” (last words above to enter your group booking code).
- Enter your booking code (IDAR2022) and click on update.
- Scroll down until you see rooms available.
Hampton Inn Champaign/Urbana
1200 West University Avenue, Urbana, Illinois 61801 USA
Phone: +1 217-337-1100
Group Rates: King $119.00 + 13% tax
Group Code: IDAR 2022
Release Date: June 25, 2022 (no guarantee of availability or price after this date)
To make a reservation online:
Instructions available soon. Please check back.
You are welcome to use Google Maps to find additional hotel options.
Parking
Many metered parking spaces are available near Beckman:
- On Wright Street to the west
- In the circle drive to Beckman's east
- In the campus parking deck across Mathews Avenue, which requires paying via app or a payment machine near University and Mathews.
Meters are $1 per hour. For more information on campus parking, please see the campus parking website.
Photo: Beckman Institute at University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign