Meeting Logistics

Meeting Times:

Thursday, June 20 | 9:00 AM to 5:00 PM*
Friday, June 21 | 9:00 AM to 3:30 PM*
*Registration opens at 8:00 AM each day. Please allow 1 hour to check in with security.

Meeting Location:

National Institutes of Health | Porter Neuroscience Center, Building 35
35 Convent Drive, Bethesda, MD 20892
1st Floor Rooms 620/630 and Atrium

Hotel Accommodations:

A room block has been arranged at The Bethesdan Hotel, Tapestry Collection by Hilton, located at 8120 Wisconsin Avenue, Bethesda, MD 20814. If you are interested in taking advantage of the hotel room block, please use this link to make your reservation by May 27, 2024.

Accessibility:

If you require special accommodation to fully participate in this event, please contact Melissa Hill (melissa.hill@roseliassociates.com).

Ground Transportation and Parking:

A shuttle is available upon request from The Bethesdan Hotel to/from the NIH.  The hotel and NIH security entrance are .8 miles apart for those who prefer to walk.

Other options for ground transportation to NIH Campus include taxi, Uber and Lyft. Metro, tax, Uber and Lyft fees are reimbursable expenses that can be included on your reimbursement form.

Paid visitor parking is extremely limited at the National Institutes of Health.  Please consider other options.

Metro Station:

Metrorail service is available from Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport and from Union Station (railway). Take the red line towards Shady Grove to the Medical Center/Naval Med Ctr & NIH stop.  The station’s escalators come out on the NIH campus.  Click here for the Metro trip planner link.

Security:

Once entering campus at the NIH Gateway Center, you will need to clear security and can then walk to Building 35 or take the NIH Campus Shuttle to Building 35 from the Gateway Center. Please follow the signage to the “Campus” shuttle pick-up just outside of the Gateway Center. The shuttle stop is MLP 6 Lincoln Drive. For live shuttle tracking, please visit https://www.wttsshuttle.com/map.

A map of the NIH campus can be found here.  Additional visitor’s information can be found here:  https://www.nih.gov/about-nih/visitor-information.

Food and Beverage:

The cafeteria, coffee bar and concessions stand at Porter will be open during the day on June 20-21 for breakfast, snacks and lunch.  More information is available here.

Logistics Contact:

Melissa Hill, Conference Coordinator, Rose Li & Associates, Inc.: melissa.hill@roseliassociates.com