Third Meeting: October 29--30, 2009 (Austin, TX)

Organization

• This is our final meeting where we try to bring the whole story together. This includes brief outs from some of the working groups:

  • Roadmapping

  • Five Constituency Challenge Problem Groups -- focus on Infrastructure and Life Critical

Draft outline for final case and recommendations will be available in mid October (before the meeting).

Program

• Details TBD. As with previous meetings, the meeting will run full day (start 9am) on Thursday the 29th with an evening dinner. Half day (9am-noon) on the 30th. There will be a meeting for the organizers in the early afternoon.

Travel

Date: October 29 and 30 (full day 29th, half day on 30th + organizer meeting in afternoon)

Place: IBM Austin Research Laboratory, Austin, TX. URL

Lodging: LaQuinta Inn & Suites

• Address: 11901 North Mopac Expwy, Austin, TX 78759

• Local Phone: 1-512-832-2121 (see reservation number below)

• Rate: The rate is slightly different on the 28th ($76), 29th, and 30th ($67). With the 15% tax is ends up "about" $88. These are the instructions I got from LaQuinta to help you make the reservations:

• To get rooms and rate, call LaQuinta Central Reservation Center at 1-866-527-1498 and identify yourself as members of the CCC party, Reservation Bloc confirmation number 0937GRFWOK. For your convenience, all final details pertaining to the group should be coordinated directly with the above hotel.

• Reservation Deadline: 10/7/2009 (Please advise members of your party that all requests for reservations within the bloc should be prior to 10/7/2009 in order to ensure we are able to accommodate them at the rate that was originally quoted. On 10/7/2009 any rooms in your bloc, which remain unfilled will be released for sale to the general public.)

• The rate includes continental breakfast and free internet access.
• The hotel is across the street from IBM. An easy 5 minute walk. I will create a map when we are closer to the dates in question. Given that, it is likely that participants will not need to rent cars -see point below for Airport/Hotel transit.

Air Transportation: Austin Bergstrom Airport (AUS) is well connected, American, Southwest, and other airlines have many flights into it.

Airport/Hotel: The "super shuttle" provides transportation from the airport to the LaQuinta hotel for $20 each way. You can make reservations online at: http://www.supershuttle.com/. Remember that CRA will not reimburse rental cars.

Participants

• TBD