High Speed Internet Access
Besides having access to the Internet in the PAG Computer Room, there is high speed Wireless (WIFI) Internet access in the conference/registration area.
Starting in January 2005 The Town & Country hotel has added High
Speed Internet availability in all the
hotel rooms. For PAG atendees the cost is a reduced price of $5 per
day.
Special Diets
Those who have special dietary needs (e.g., vegetarian) should please note this on their registration forms. All efforts will be made to accommodate all requests. The Wednesday evening dinner banquet is a buffet and there is a wide variety of food available at the dinner banquet.
The Fashion Shopping Mall, located behind the hotel has improved substantially over the past few years and has a wide variety of shopping and stores. There are also a number of restaurants located in this mall, particularly in the upstairs (upper level) Food Court, most of which are inexpensive.
Getting downtown is simple thanks to the trolley line connecting the Fashion Valley Mall and downtown San Diego. The trolley makes it easy for conference attendees to go to downtown San Diego, as well as to other locations on the San Diego trolley system (such as south to the Mexican border). Trolley Transit passes cost US $5.00 for one (1)0 day, US $9 for two (2) days, US $12.00 for three (3) days, and US $15.00 for four (4) days and are available at the trolley stations.
For the PAG meeting the organizing committee has found a tour company, Arrangements Unlimited which will offer tours of San Diego and the surrounding area. Please click here to see more information about the tours.
While there is usually not a problem for international participants to
obtain a visa to attend the Plant and Animal Genome meeting,
the Organizing Committee is aware of growing problems and is
very concerned that scientists do not have any difficulty in getting a
visa to attend this and all future PAG meetings you desire to
participate in. Thus the conference organizing committee is offering
assistance should any potential problem arise. Those individuals wishing
a letter of invitation should provided a complete mailing address,
telephone and fax number; in a few cases, additional information may also
be requested. Each US Embassy (consular/visa section) in the country in
which the person wishing to come to the PAG meeting is currently working
in is the place the decision is made, e.g., if someone who is a citizen
of Freedonia working in a lab in the United Kingdom that person needs to
go to the US Embassy in London. If you are initially rejected, request a
written reason for the rejection and obtain the name and title of the
person who is in charge of the visa process at that embassy. Then send
this information with a request for assistance to the PAG.
Hans Cheng,(hcheng@msu.edu)
is the contact person for getting letters of invitation
to attend the meeting, which will assist in the application process.
For help and information and visa to the USA please check the
following US Government web site:
For the PAG meeting two message boards will be set aside in the foyer
area. These message boards will be for posting of job openings and for
those looking for positions in the plant and animal genome fields.
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This page last updated Monday, 17-Dec-2007 18:20:02 EST