Harvard Industrial Outreach Program

PRACQSYS 2006
The Principles and Applications of Control in Quantum Systems

August 7-12, 2006
Harvard University Campus, Cambridge, MA

Directions/Lodging

Official hotel

Holiday Inn Boston/Somerville
30 Washington Street
Somerville, MA 02143
617-616-1971 direct
617-776-5238 fax

Note: We will offer shuttle service from the hotel to the Harvard campus. Follow this link for specific directions from this hotel to the campus

How to get there

The workshop will take place on the Harvard University campus in Cambridge, MA.

All events will be held at the Maxwell Dworkin building, located at 33 Oxford Street (see PDF map).

By Subway

	Take the Red line towards Alewife
	Get out at the Harvard Square stop
	After exiting the subway station, you will be just outside Harvard Yard near the Johnston Gate
	Follow the walking path, shown on the campus map, to the DEAS buildings

By Car

	From either Soldier's Field Road or Memorial Drive, take J.F. Kennedy Street through Harvard Square
	Cross Mt. Auburn Street
	At the next light, bear (slightly) right - this is Massachusetts Avenue and the Out of Town newsstand will be on your right
	Stay in the right lane
	Bear right onto Cambridge Street (you will go under a bridge)
	Take your first left onto Quincy Street
	Take your first left onto Kirkland Street
	Take your first right onto Oxford Street
	You will see DEAS buildings on your left beginning with Gordon McKay Laboratory, then Pierce Hall and Maxwell Dworkin. Parking Parking is available (but limited) at metered spots on Oxford Street or in the Harvard University lot. More information will follow about reserved parking for participants in the Oxford Street Garage. Note: given the difficult driving conditions in Boston –- especially the area in and around Harvard Square -- you might want to use the MBTA subway, which you can easily access near many of the hotels.

Where to stay

The official hotel for speakers and invited participants will be decided upon soon. If you are interested in other local options, please refer to the list below.

Best Western Hotel Tria 220 Alewife Brook Parkway, Cambridge 617.491.8000 or 866.333.TRIA	Harvard Square Hotel -- Doubletree 110 Mt. Auburn Street, Cambridge 617.864.5200
A Bed & Breakfast in Cambridge 1657 Cambridge Street, Cambridge 617.868.7082 or 877.994.0844	Hyatt Regency 575 Memorial Drive, Cambridge 617.492.1234
Boston Marriott Cambridge Two Cambridge Center, Cambridge 617.494.6600	The Inn at Harvard 1201 Massachusetts Avenue, Cambridge 617.491.2222 or 800.458.5886
A Cambridge House 2218 Massachusetts Avenue, Cambridge 617.491.6300 or 800.232.9989	Kendall Hotel 350 Main Street, Cambridge 617.577.1300
The Charles Hotel in Harvard Square One Bennett Street, Cambridge 617.864.1200	Mary Prentiss Inn Six Prentiss Street, Cambridge 617.661.2929
Days Inn 1234 Soldiers Field Road, Boston 617.254.1234	Radisson Hotel Cambridge 777 Memorial Drive, Cambridge 617.492.7777 or 800.333.3333
Days Inn Boston Daystop 1800 Soldiers Field Road, Boston 617.254.0200	Royal Sonesta Hotel Boston Five Cambridge Parkway, Cambridge 617.806.4200
Hampton Inn 191 Monsignor O'Brien Highway, Cambridge 617.494.5300 or 800.426.7866	Sheraton Commander 16 Garden Street, Cambridge 617.547.4800 or 888.627.7121
Holiday Inn Express 250 Monsignor O'Brien Highway, Cambridge 617.577.7600	Hotel@MIT 20 Sidney Street, Cambridge 617.577.0200