Venue/Travel

Participants should plan to arrive the afternoon of Friday August 16th with registration and a welcome reception that evening. The meeting will conclude late Tuesday with a reception after the meeting and departures planned for Wednesday August 21st. A detailed map of campus will be provided to registrants.

The closest airport is the Vancouver International Airport (YVR). For international attendees, please ensure you have appropriate documentation (e.g. passport) for entry into Canada. UBC’s Vancouver campus is easily accessible from the Vancouver International Airport which is approximately 13km (8 miles) away. Taxi, uber, car rentals and public transit are available from the airport (~25 minute drive). Parking will be available for a fee on campus. For international attendees, please ensure you have appropriate documentation (e.g. passport) for entry into Canada.

Public transit

For folks who prefer to take public transit from the airport, there is a sky train right at the airport. The sky train does not take you all the way to campus. You need to take the sky train and then a bus. If you take the Canada Line sky train from the airport, exit at Broadway/City Hall station, exit the station to main road “Cambie Street and West Broadway.” You will then take a bus - the 99B-Line bus (stop ID 58501) to UBC. The time is approximately 55 minutes and the cost ~$6CAD. You can purchase a ticket at a Compass Card machine for the train and bus at the airport near where the train picks you up. You can also pay with tapping your credit card, but please remember to use the same card to tap when you leave a bus/train.

Check in

The address for check in is:

Front Desk, Walter Gage Residence, 5959 Student Union Boulevard, Vancouver BC V6T 1K2 (604) 822-1020.

Weather

The average daily temperature is ~18°C (64°Farenheit) in August and fall to ~14°C (57°F) in the evening. Please be sure to bring sunscreen as well as a light rain jacket, however, generally, August is not one of Vancouver’s rainy months. Always good to layer given how temperatures can fluctuate.