We are sorry but we do not provide hotel reservation service for tutorial participants. A list of hotels can be found in a map of the area to help you plan your accommodations. You may also check Stanford university hotels and motels guide. You may also want to consider Stanford Guest House at SLAC Campus. You can stay there as "SLAC Affiliated Individuals". As your reservation, please specify the reason of your stay as "attending to the Geant4 tutorial course organized by SLAC Computing Services". You have to register to the tutorial course first before you reserve the Guest House.
For travel
directions to SLAC, see
SLAC maps
and directions. You may also check the web pages of
the San Francisco
International Airport or
the San Jose
International Airport and the section "ground transport" for
transportation options.
At the SLAC gate, each of you are requested to show either DoE
issued photo ID for the case of an employee or a registered user of
DoE funded labs, valid drivers license of any of state in US, or a
valid passport. Please inform to the guard at the gate that you are
attending to "Geant4 tutorial course". The tutorial takes place at
the Kavli Auditorium. The SLAC meeting
rooms map is
here.
Delegates from most countries (see list below) are eligible for the Visa Waiver Program, and should ask for WB (waiver-business) status at Immigration on arrival in the US. Family members should ask for WT (waiver-tourist) status. Citizens of other countries should obtain B-1 (business) visas from the US Embassy or Consulate in their country before departure. Family members should obtain B-2 (pleasure) visas. If you are visiting other institutions in the US, check with them for any additional visa requirements, especially if you anticipate receiving financial support. Apply early, and note that obtaining US visas in a country other than your country of citizenship may not be possible. US Embassies and Consulates are listed here. Holders of J-1 or H1-B visas should contact their sponsoring host institutions if necessary. The Visa Waiver Program requires travel on a participating airline, a round-trip ticket, a visit less than 90 days, and a valid passport from a participating country: Andora, Argentina, Australia, Austria, Belgium, Bermuda, Brunei, Canada, Denmark, Finland, France, Germany, Iceland, Ireland, Italy, Japan, Liechtenstein, Luxembourg, Monaco, Netherlands, New Zealand, Norway, Portugal, San Marino, Singapore, Slovenia, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, United Kingdom, and Uruguay. The tutorial organizers are not responsible for your visa issues.
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