Workshop Venue

All presentations, posters and meals will be held at the Knickerbocker Chicago, a landmark Chicago luxury hotel located at the gateway to the famed Magnificent Mile. The historic Millennium Knickerbocker Hotel Chicago welcomes you to the best destination in downtown Chicago for shopping, dining and business. Located near Water Tower Place, John Hancock Tower, Navy Pier and Michigan Avenue Shopping, the hotel offers accessibility to all Chicago landmarks and attractions to make your trip memorable. Enjoy personalized service and attention to detail while enjoying the best of Chicago.

Talks, poster presentations Distinguished Lecturer Symposiums, Historic Perspective session and the Public Lecture will all be held at the hotel's famed Crystal Ballroom which features a graceful balcony, crystal chandeliers and a gold-gilded domed ceiling.

Lunches will be served in the Prince of Wales room located on the Lobby level.	On-site registration will be held in the hotel lobby.

Workshop Activities

Local Attractions

Skydeck Chicago

The Skydeck experience is all new from the ground up. Discover the best of Chicago as you make your way up to the 103rd floor.

Millennium Park  

Discover a state-of-the-art collection of architecture, landscape design and art that provide the backdrop for hundreds of free cultural programs including concerts, exhibitions, tours, and family activities.

Navy Pier

Historic Navy Pier® is Chicago's lakefront playground. And it's the Midwest's #1 tourist and leisure destination, attracting more than 8.6 million visitors a year. Navy Pier is the place where all of Chicagoland and tourists from around the world have come together since 1995 to enjoy the beauty and the thrills of a day on Lake Michigan. From rides to restaurants, exhibitions to entertainment, shopping to dining cruises and tour boats, Navy Pier has it all - in a location unlike any other!

Shedd Aquarium

Strap a mask and flippers onto your imagination and chart a course to Shedd Aquarium. Have you ever gotten eye-to-eye with a dolphin? Or met a penguin on a stroll to the South Pole? Or immersed yourself in an Amazon flooded forest? At Shedd, it's all possible.

The Field Museum
The museum houses over 10 million specimens. It has sponsored scientific expeditions around the world, and it publishes a scholarly research journal. Since its founding, the Field Museum has evolved into one of the great natural history museums in the world.