Administrative Details

Symposium Fee: $250.00

Online Registration - register and pay by a secure form by credit card or mail-in check. (University of Minnesota faculty, student and staff can register by CUFS number).

Wireless Internet Sign-Up

You can now register for free wireless Internet access at the Carlson School during the two day symposium event. Sign-up here.

Symposium Venue

Carlson School of Management, Executive Development Center, Room 2-260R (Main Room-Check in) and a Session room 2-207.

The Carlson School of Management is on the University of Minnesota's West Bank Campus.
The address is 321 19th Avenue South, Minneapolis, MN 55455. Directions & Parking

Hotel Accommodation

metrodome.com
Holiday Inn Metrodome
(walking distance from the Carlson School)
1500 Washington Ave S., Minneapolis, Minnesota 55454

Call in your reservation before Sunday, May 14, 2006. Attendees must specify that they are with the 2nd Statistical Challenges in E-Commerce Research Symposium when making their reservations. Toll Free: (800) 448-3663, Direct: (612) 333-4646.

The Symposium rate is $102 + tax per day. After May 14th, the room charge will be at the current hotel rate.
Guests will be able to go to
www.metrodome.com and put in the Group Booking Code MRC in the appropriate box. Be sure to note, however, if they wish to arrive early or leave later than the block dates they should call in their reservation. The computer will otherwise simply say there are no rooms available as it won't recognize the dates outside the block.

Transportation from the airport to the Holiday Inn. The hotel recommends Super Shuttle (supershuttle.com) at 1-800-BlueVan (1-800-258-3826). The charge is $15.00 one way. Round trip $30.00.

Free downtown shuttle, within a three-mile radius (includes the Metrodome and the Hiawatha Light Rail, which links downtown Minneapolis, the Airport and the Mall of America)
If they wish to be picked up,
they can go to Metrodome station and call the hotel either on a cell phone or at the payphone by the flagpoles. Hotel main number of 612-333-4646 is the number to call.