Transportation and Logistics

 

Symposium Venue

The meeting will be held in the Building 50 Auditorium at the Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory (LBNL), Berkeley, California. Berkeley is located in the San Francisco Bay Area. The LBNL sits in the Berkeley hills overlooking the UC Berkeley Campus and the City of Berkeley. There are security checks at the lab entrance. Please bring a copy of your registration confirmation and a picture I.D. (passport for international visitors). For those that have not registered yet and plan to do so on site, mention the CO2SC symposium to the guards and ask them to call Joy Kono from conference services (cell: 510.508.6073).

Getting to LBNL

Durant or Doubletree Hotel:

Special Shuttle Bus Service

• Direct morning shuttle from front of the hotel(s) to building 50 Auditorium: 7:30 a.m.
• Direct evening shuttles also available

Regular LBNL Shuttle Service

For those Durant or Doubletree guests not using the special shuttle: From Hotel Durant, walk across campus (a beautiful walk) to Hearst. The regular LBNL shuttle runs every 10–15 minutes between university campus and LBNL. On the university side of the street, find one of the many bus stops along Hearst marked with the Berkeley Lab sign (enter only Berkeley Lab shuttles with the “Hearst” sign in the window, not “Bancroft”). The shuttle bus driver will ask you for a badge. You will have to show your registration confirmation and your I.D. (On rare occasion, the shuttle bus drivers may ask you to exit at the lab entrance to go through the security check. It is a short walk from the entrance to the Building 50 auditorium. Ask the security person for directions.) For a map of the shuttle route and the stops, click HERE.

Once in the lab (arriving at the main bus stop), you can either walk to the Building 50 Auditorium (5 minutes), or take the on-site shuttle. Building 50 auditorium is Bus Stop No. 6. See map HERE.

If you miss the special shuttle from the Doubletree hotel, you can take the regular hotel shuttle that takes you to the Downtown Berkeley Bart station. From there, you will use the regular LBNL shuttle service (see above). The “Berkeley Bart” shuttle stop is at the corner of Center/Shattuck (in front of Wells Fargo Bank). Again, make sure that the “Hearst” sign is displayed in the window, not the “Bancroft” sign.

Bay Area Rapid Transit (BART):

For those arriving by BART, you should exit at the Downtown Berkeley Bart station. From there, use the regular LBNL shuttle service (see above).

Driving Directions:

In case you are planning to use a car for access, please be advised that we have limited parking available at the Lab. We encourage you to take public transportation whenever possible. If you need to drive, click HERE for directions.

It is best to use the Blackberry Canyon Entrance (Main Gate). Please have your registration confirmation and I.D. available at the security gate where you will be stopped and checked. Then follow the signs to the Cafeteria. We have a few parking spaces reserved for the symposium. If all reserved parking is occupied, go to parking lot D, which is usually less busy. It is a 5-minute walk from lot D to the Building 50 auditorium. See a parking map HERE.