Location: Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, Berkeley, CA
Lodging: Residence Inn Berkeley by Marriott
Date: Tuesday, September 27, 2022 8:00 am – 6:00 pm
Wednesday, September 28, 2022 8:15 am – 5:00 pm
Thursday, September 29, 2022 at 8:15 am – 12:00 pm
Please join us for our NGEE-Tropics Annual Meeting in person at Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory in Berkeley, CA! We will have two full days of meeting activities on Tuesday – Wednesday and one half-day of meeting activities on Thursday, September 27-29. Meeting sessions will be held at Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, including a plenary talks, breakout rooms, and a poster session.
Meeting Agenda
A draft of the Annual Meeting Agenda is available here.
Lodging
Lodging is available at Residence Inn Berkeley by Marriott in Berkeley, CA.
Getting to the Residence Inn Hotel from SFO or OAK airports
The Residence Inn is close to the Downtown Berkeley BART Station (a three minute walk from the hotel — Google Map of directions). BART, the Bay Area Rapid Transit system, has lines that run to both the San Francisco International Airport (SFO) and the Oakland International Airport (OAK); link to the BART system map.
Use this BART Trip Planner to plan your BART ride to the hotel.
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From SFO, take the Richmond Line and get off at the Downtown Berkeley BART Station
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From OAK, take the Coliseum AirBART (Tram), get off at the Coliseum BART Station. Then take the Richmond Line and get off at the Downtown Berkeley BART Station.
Special Hotel Shuttle to LBNL
We will provide a shuttle service to pick up those attendees staying at the Residence Inn to bring them to the Lab at the start of each day’s meeting sessions, and bring them back to the hotel after the meeting sessions have concluded.
Map of Lawrence Berkeley National Lab: https://www2.lbl.gov/Workplace/lab-site-map.html
Interactive map of Lawrence Berkeley National Lab: https://map.lbl.gov/
Meals Provided
Day 1: AM/PM Refreshments, Lunch, and Heavy Hors D’oeuvres will be provided at Poster Session
Day 2: AM/PM Refreshments, Lunch. Dinner for Exec Cmte/Science Advisory Board/Invited Guests only. For all else, dinner is on your own.
Day 3: AM Refreshments. Lunch is on your own.
Hybrid Meeting Design
Each meeting room will have Zoom capabilities, allowing for audio, video, and screen sharing of materials. Zoom links will be included in the digital version of the meeting agenda.
Health and Safety Precautions
Berkeley Lab has a large auditorium, which provides space for social distancing during our plenary session. The poster session will also be held in a large dining hall setting, providing areas for social distancing, as well. Weather permitting, we will hold lunch outdoors. We recommend that you pack for comfort in outdoor temperatures. We encourage you to self-test before and during the meeting, and stay masked indoors as much as possible. Masking is mandatory on the Berkeley Lab shuttle.