Conference Information

The SDCN 2008 Conference will be held at Northwestern University in Evanston, IL from April 4th to 6th. 

 

Hotel Information

 

A block of rooms has been reserved at the Best Western University Plaza in Evanston. SDCN conference attendees will receive a special Northwestern rate ($124/room with two double beds), and reservations need to be made prior to March 3rd to guarantee availability. Contact Chris or Christina prior to reserving rooms, to ensure that you get the conference rate. If you're school is sending fewer than four students to the conference and would like to investigate sharing rooms with students form another school, please let us know; we will do our best to accommodate!  

 

Here is the hotel's contact information:

 

Best Western University Plaza - Evanston, IL
1501 Sherman Avenue, Evanston, Illinois, 60201-4416

Toll Free Reservations: 800-381-2830
Email: info@bwuniversityplaza.com

Website: http://www.bwuniversityplaza.com/

 

Travel

 

Evanston is located north of Chicago, which has two airports: O'Hare (ORD) and Midway (MDW). The hotel is located about 17 miles from O'Hare and 30 miles from Midway.

 

Northwestern has compiled a list of reputable vendors that provide transportation services to and from O'Hare and Midway.  This website can be found here.

 

We have comiled some information on the various options.  We recommend that you do some research on the options in determining what works for your school in terms of both time and cost of travel.

 

American Taxi
www.americantaxi.com
 
Flat Rates to/from Airport
 
O’Hare: $29; 30 – 40 minutes*
Midway: $49; 45 – 60 minutes*
 
$2 extra per person for each additional passenger
$8 extra for a van (5 passengers – need to request ahead of time)
 
$1 or $2 fuel surcharge, contingent upon current gas prices
 
*Approximate driving times for normal traffic conditions
 
 
Norshore Cab
www.norshorecab.com
 
Flat Rates to/from Airport
 
O’Hare: $31; 30 – 40 minutes*
Midway: $50; 45 – 60 minutes*
 
$1 extra per person for each additional passenger
$10 extra for a van (5 passengers – need to request ahead of time)
 
No fuel surcharges (included in flat rate)
 
$2 (O’Hare) or $3 (Midway) coupons available (http://www.norshorecab.com/html/coupons.html)
 
*Approximate driving times for normal traffic conditions
 
 
Chicago Transit Authority (CTA)
www.transitchicago.com
Airports to Dempster CTA stop (2 blocks from Hotel)
 
Midway – approximately 1:15 – 1:25; - $2 per person
O’Hare – approximately 1:30 – 1:45; - $2 per person
 
Visit the website above to plan your trip and determine approximately how long it would be to/from the airport around the times of your flights.
 
 
Airport Express
http://www.airportexpress.com/
 
Provides a shared shuttle van service to/from O'Hare and Midway.  Trips seem to take longer (due to other passengers getting dropped off) and more expensive. For instance, for 4 passengers, a trip to/from O'Hare is about $80 each way. Reserving a whole van for groups of 10 passengers to/from O'Hare is about $130 each way.  Prices are comparable for Midway.
 

 

Schedule and Audience

 

 

 

A dinner on Friday evening April 4th will kick off the conference at 8pm. Workshops commence Saturday morning and will run through 1pm Sunday.

 

Conference workshops will be geared towards new moderators and new student leaders. 

 

We look forward to seeing you in Chicago!
Morgan Mirth
Moderator
School: Dickinson
Year: 2007
Major: Neuroscience, with a Pre-Health focus
"Sustained Dialogue has challenged me to step out of the boundaries set by my own surface assumptions about other people. I have become comfortable talking about issues of race, gender, religion, and the relationships that are encompassed by these issues. Without Sustained Dialogue it would have taken me many more years to arrive where I am today. It has been an amazing experience, and has only fueled my determination in creating an environment where issues can be discussed at the dinner table rather than swept under the rug."


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