Registration, Accommodation, Travel

2019 Registration

Full time faculty at North American or European Institutions: $110
Graduate Students, part-time faculty, or non-tenure track faculty at North American or European Institutions: $45
Attendees traveling from Southern Africa are not required to pay registration.

The registration deadline is 21 December 2018.

You can copy and paste this link into your browser: https://www.regonline.com/registration/Checkin.aspx?EventID=2547372 if the above hyperlink does not work.

Accommodation

The Bishop Booth Conference facility offers a beautiful location and inexpensive accommodation for 60 people in shared rooms. Double rooms are extremely limited and most rooms sleep four people with shared bathrooms. Friday dinner, Saturday breakfast and lunch, and Sunday breakfast are included in the meals for the weekend. (For Saturday’s dinner, participants usually choose to go in to Burlington for dinner at their own expense).

Costs

Rooms (per person, sharing, and subject to change):

Double: US$50 per night for a total of $100 for Friday and Saturday Night lodging (if available)

Quad plus: US$40 per night for a total of $80 for Friday and Saturday Night lodging

(Additional night available for $40.00 – triple accommodation only)

All meals for the weekend (Friday dinner – Sunday breakfast, excluding Saturday night dinner): $100

Travel to the conference

Burlington is easily accessible. By car it is 90 minutes from Montreal, 3½ hours from Boston and approximately five hours from New York. In addition to its airport Burlington is served by AMTRAK (train) and several bus lines.

If you are flying to the conference

Make sure to book your flight to Burlington, Vermont. (One of the past conference organizers, who shall remain nameless, accidentally sent herself to Burlington, Iowa, once. Very embarrassing.)

If you are arriving at Burlington Airport and not renting a car, the easiest way to the conference facility is by taxi. This should cost about $15-$20. Tell the driver that you are heading to the Bishop Booth Conference facility behind Burlington High School.

Directions to Bishop Booth Conference Center

Proceed WEST of US Route 2 and Main St approximately 2 miles toward Lake Champlain

Turn Right onto Battery St. Proceed up the hill, around Battery Park to North Ave.

Follow North Ave. 2 miles. Pass athletic field on your left.

Turn Left at the traffic light onto Institute Rd.

Burlington High School will be on your right. Pass Burlington High School

Turn Right, entering ROCK POINT through the gate.

Go straight until you cross a small bridge.

Turn right and follow the road to the Bishop Booth Conference Center

Address: 20 Rock Point Circle, Burlington, VT 05401, Tel: (802) 658-6233

From the Burlington Airport and I-89 (Exit 14W)

Click here for map.

Bus from Boston

Megabus runs an express service from Boston to Burlington twice daily and has exceptionally low fares (sometimes as low as $1!). All buses also have WiFi. For more information, see the Megabus website.

Weather information

Average low and high temperatures in Burlington are around 34’F/1’C and 55’F/13’C in both mid-October and mid-April, with about a one-in-three chance of precipitation. Bring walking shoes as there are some nice walking trails around the conference center.

Funding Possibilities

For more more information on applying for the Glen Elder Travel Award, visit here.