Venue, Hotel & Travel: Where 2.0 2011 - O'Reilly Conferences, April 19

"A who's who of location-aware players." —Michael Calore, Wired.com webmonkey

"Where 2.0 did a superb job of gathering the major parties to the table to discuss mobile-social-mapping." —Joe Francica, Directions Magazine

"I would say Where 2.0 trumps SXSW and deserves some much needed contemplation." —Ian Stinson, Geo Local Road Map

"So this year's Where 2.0 in a sentence: location technology can help people have fun, and it can also just plain help people. Good news all around." —Paul Ramsey, OpenGeo

"Where 2.0 is THE event for location based services and with the evolution of Maps, the perfect place to talk about what's new and exciting." —JBC, Nokia Conversations

"A hotspot of creative thinking and investigation into what's possible in terms of location-based services today, and what's just around the corner." —Mike Cooper, Nokia

"The presentations from the Where 2.0 conference always blow me away." —Andrew Crook, GIS and Agent-based Modeling

"Where 2.0 was tremendous." —Gregory Dicum, freelance journalist

"[Where 2.0 2008] was a great conference, an excellent set of speakers and a wonderful opportunity to learn and network." —Frank San Miguel, Founder, Concharto.org

"Where 2.0 was the most interesting and provocative conference I have ever attended" —John Frank, Founder and CTO, MetaCarta, Inc.

"The Where 2.0 conference is probably one of the most important meetings of the year for developers of new Web 2.0 mapping technologies." —Frank Taylor, Google Earth Blog

"I can't remember a conference I have attended in the past few years where there was just so much to take-in. [The next] Where 2.0…will be a show not to miss." —Ed Parsons, edparsons.com

"Many companies are trying to position themselves as leaders in the geolocation field this week, which makes sense since the sure-to-be-fascinating Where 2.0 conference kicks off next week." —Rafe Needleman, CNET News.com

"[Where 2.0] presentations provided a stimulating combination of cartographic history, bleeding-edge technologies (many of them still under construction), and debate over how businesses can tap into the new excitement over consumer access to geo-referenced data on the Web." —Wade Roush

"The Where 2.0 Conference is an excellent forum for the mapping community to discuss the future of mapping for businesses and consumers." —Stephen Lawler, Microsoft MapPoint GM

"If you are in the web 2.0 mapping business, and the virtual globe business, I think this is probably one of the best conferences, if not the best, to attend." —Frank Taylor, Google Earth Blog

Hotel Information

Hyatt Regency Santa Clara
5101 Great America Parkway
Santa Clara, CA 95054
(Hotel is connected to the Santa Clara Convention Center - map)

Special Room Rate: $179.00 plus tax (currently 9.5%)

Make a Reservation Online

By Phone: (800) 233-1234 or (408) 200-1234

In order to receive the group room rate, you must identify yourself as attending O'Reilly Where 2.0. Reservations received after the cutoff date of March 22, 2011 or after the room block is sold out (whichever comes first) will be honored on a space-available basis at the prevailing rate of the hotel. All rates are single or double occupancy. All room rates listed above do not include 9.5% local & state tax and District Improvement Fee of $1.00 (subject to change without notice). Please provide 72 hours notice when canceling your reservations to avoid deposit forfeiture or penalties.

Parking at the Hyatt

Self Parking: Free

Self-parking in the hotel parking lot or connecting convention center lot is free.

Valet Parking: $5 Per Day, $11 Overnight (subject to change without notice)

Airport Shuttle Services

Public Transportation

Amtrak
There is an Amtrak station in Santa Clara at Tasman Ave. and Lafayette Street, underneath the Tasman Avenue overpass. The Great America Santa Clara stop is on the Capitol Corridor route with service to and from Sacramento. There are three trains daily. 1 (800) USA-RAIL.

BART
Bay Area Rapid Transit (BART) is a high-speed train serving the greater San Francisco Bay Area and the Oakland International Airport. You can take the Santa Clara County Transit to and from the Fremont BART station. (510) 441-2278.

There are public transportation options available to and from all Bay Area airports at minimal cost. The Great America VTA Light Rail (vta.org) stop is directly in front of the hotel and convention center, and provides an easy connection to the San Jose International Airport, Downtown San Jose, Mountain View, and Caltrain. Using Caltrain you can easily connect to San Francisco International Airport, Downtown San Francisco, and BART.

Travel Discounts

Should you choose to make travel arrangements independently, you may go to the Hertz Interactive Reservation System to receive the special O'Reilly discount on rental cars for the conference. Or call Hertz Reservations at 1-800-654-3131 and mention code #01XY0036.

Purchase your ticket online at united.com and receive a 5% discount off the lowest applicable fares. After you link to united.com, enter your origin and destination, travel dates and click below to "more search options" and enter under "promotion code" the following: 564MN. This special offer applies to flights to or from the US only. There are no fees for booking on line. Note the CODE 564MN is case sensitive and the characters need to be capitalized.

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