Venue & Hospitality
Conference Dates: June 08-10, 2015
Hotel Services & Amenities
- Audio/Visual Equipment Rental.
- Business Center.
- Business Phone Service.
- Complimentary Printing Service.
- Express Mail.
- Fax.
- Meeting Rooms.
- Office Rental.
- Photo Copying Service.
- Secretarial Service.
- Telex.
- Typewriter.
- Video Conference.
- Video Messaging.
- Video Phone.
- ATM.
- Baggage Storage.
Transportation
Driving Directions to
Chicago-O′Hare International Airport:
- Directions: Follow signs to south-east and take the slip road onto I-190 E. Then, take exit 1C for I-294 N/Tollway towards Milwaukee. Merge onto I-294 N and take exit onto US-14 E/E Dempster Street. Continue to follow E Dempster Street. Turn left onto Gross Point Road and then slight left onto Skokie Boulevard.
- Distance from Hotel: 18 miles.
- Drive Time: 30 minutes.
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Type |
Typical Minimum Charge |
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Taxi |
29.95 USD |
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Courtesy Bus |
Complimentary Shuttle |
Chicago Midway International Airport:
- Directions: Follow south on S Cicero Avenue and make a U-turn at W 59th Street. Turn right onto the Interstate 55 N/Stevenson Expy slip road to Chicago and merge onto I-55 N/Stevenson Expressway. Take exit 292A for I-90 W/I-94 W towards W Ryan Expressway/Wisconsin and merge onto I-90 W/Interstate 94 W. Keep right to continue on Interstate 94 W, follow signs for Milwaukee/Edens Expressway. Take exit 37B to merge onto IL-58 E/Dempster Street. Turn left onto Gross Point Road and Slight left onto Skokie Boulevard.
- Distance from Hotel: 15 miles.
- Drive Time: 30 minutes.
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Type |
Typical Minimum Charge |
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Taxi |
49.95 USD |
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Courtesy Bus |
Complimentary Shuttle |
About City
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Chicago is the largest city in the US state of Illinois. With nearly 2.7 million residents, it is the most populous city in the Midwestern United States and the third most populous in the USA, after New York City and Los Angeles. Its metropolitan area, sometimes called “Chicago land,” is the 27th most populous urban agglomeration in the world, the largest in the Great Lakes Megalopolis, and the third largest in the United States, home to an estimated 9.8 million people spread across the US states of Illinois, Wisconsin, and Indiana. Chicago is the county seat of Cook County, the second most populous county in the United States, after Los Angeles County, California.
Chicago was incorporated as a town in 1833, near a portage between the Great Lakes and the Mississippi River watershed. Today, the city retains its status as a major hub for industry, telecommunications and infrastructure, with O’Hare International Airport being the second busiest airport in the world in terms of traffic movements. In 2008, the city hosted 45.6 million domestic and overseas visitors. As of 2010, Chicago’s metropolitan area has the 4th largest Gross Domestic Product (GDP) among world metropolitan areas.
The city is a centre for services, business and finance and is listed as one of the world’s top ten Global Financial Centers. The World Cities Study Group at South Borough University rated Chicago as an “alpha+ world city.” In a 2010 survey collaboration between Foreign Policy and A.T Kearney ranking cities, Chicago ranked 6th, just after Paris and Hong Kong. The ranking assesses five dimensions: value of capital markets, diversity of human capital, international information resources, international cultural resources, and political influence. Chicago has been ranked by The Atlantic as the world’s 4th most economically powerful city and by Forbes as 5th most powerful. Chicago is a stronghold of the Democratic Party and has been home to many influential politicians, including the current President of the United States, Barrack Obama. |
