BOOK EARLY!! The conference is over Memorial Day Weekend. Although travel is expected to be relatively light on Thursday (before the conference) and Tuesday (after the conference), you should try to book your flights as soon as possible. Participants are strongly urged to fly in Thursday. We are planning a very nice welcome reception, from 5-10, on Thursday at the University Center (you will not need to get dinner). The first plenary session on Friday morning will feature neutrino physics. There are three airports within 60 miles of Williamsburg. Newport News/Williamsburg (PHF) is 20 miles away. Richmond (RIC) is 40 miles away. Norfolk (ORF) is 50 miles away. Participants are urged to fly into either Newport News or Richmond, if possible. The trip from Norfolk airport goes through a bridge/tunnel over/under the 5-mile wide James River, and often has very heavy traffic. In some cases, flying to Norfolk might be cheaper (Southwest flies there), but note below that we are providing free transportation from the other airports (and limousines are about $80 round trip). Although Newport News is closer, there are many more flights to Richmond. The DPF2002 travel agent is Uniglobe U-Travel. Participants can obtain significant airfare discounts through them (call Kendall or Nancy at 1 800 280 8887 and mention the name of the conference) or from Delta Airlines directly (for Richmond--mention the meeting ID code: 181783A) or from U.S. Airways directly (for Newport News or Richmond-- mention the meeting ID code: 1512172). The discounts are 10% if booked 60 or more days in advance; 5% if booked 30-60 days in advance. There is also an AVIS rental car discount number J990839 TRANSPORTATION FROM RICHMOND AND NEWPORT NEWS AIRPORTS TO CAMPUS WILL BE PROVIDED FREE TO PARTICIPANTS AND THEIR FAMILIES between 11 A.M. and 11 P.M. on the Thursday before the conference and between noon and 4 P.M. on the Tuesday after the conference. William and Mary buses will be making round trips to and from the airport---there should be one leaving every 60 minutes or less. Look for the student in the baggage claim area with a big DPF2002 sign, and he/she will direct you to the buses (and tell you when the next is leaving). At other times, there are limousine services that will take you to Williamsburg for roughly $30 per person. If you rent a car, you can follow these directions from Richmond, these from Newport News, or these from Norfolk, to the University Center on the campus.  There is a Greyhound/AmTrak station in Williamsburg, within 10 minutes walking distance of the campus and most hotels. AmTrak has 4-5 trains per day, generally from Washington. The trains are slow, but inexpensive...  Williamsburg is on a peninsula. Most people driving from the north or south will go through Richmond. They will then get onto I-64 eastbound towards Williamsburg. Just follow these directions after that.  Click here for a map of the Williamsburg area. By March, we will have a detailed map showing all of the hotels, campus sites, train/bus stations, etc. posted here. A 1 MB map of campus is here in pdf format. |