USER Lab is hosting an ISO Meeting for:

ISO TC159/SC1 General ergonomics principles (and its working groups)

June 27-30, 2016

@ University of Saskatchewan
Thorvaldson Building
110 Science Place
Saskatoon, SK

Meetings

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Rooms for meetings

Currently there are 3 rooms booked in the Thorvaldson Building of the University of Saskatchewan for this set of meetings.
The exact assignment of rooms has not yet been made
Notices will be posted on the main doors to the Thorvaldson Building with the room assignments

Housing Information

PLEASE NOTE: Experts attending the ISO meetings are required to make their own reservations and pay their own expenses.

ParkTown Hotel (Recommended)

The ParkTown Hotel is recommend to Experts attending the meetings. This hotel has been used for many similar meetings and is found to be very good and well located. It is a scenic 10 - 15 minute walk from the meeting location or a short taxi ride.

A block of rooms is booked in the name of  "ISO TC159/SC1" and will be available for booking directly from the hotel at a special reduced rates until at least May 15, 2016.
Please reference  Group block number: 203220 when contacting the hotel in order to get these rates. Please contact the hotel directly (via phone) to use this information to get these rates.
The hotel also provides:
Complimentary Shuttle Service within city limits for pickups and drop offs, not only to airport but anywhere within city limits,
on Monday to Friday 7:30am to 10pm, Saturday 10am-6:30pm, Not available on Sundays and holidays.

ParkTown Hotel
924 Spadina Crescent East,
Saskatoon, SK  S7K 3H5
CANADA
Tel: (306) 244-5564   or 1-800-667-3999
Fax: (306) 665-8698
General information : info@parktownhotel.com
Reservations : reservations@parktownhotel.com
Website: http://www.parktownhotel.com/

Map of the Location of the Meeting and the recommended Hotel

The following Google map illustrates the direction of travel between the ParkTown Hotel and the Thorvaldson Building at the University of Saskatchewan. Please note: this Google illustrates the driving directions along streets.


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According to Google it is 1.6 km between the ParkTown Hotel and the Thorvaldson Building and 2.3 km between the Sharaton Cavilier Hotel and the Thorvaldson building.

Basic walking directions are:
  1. Go left out of the front of either the ParkTown Hotel or the Sharaton Cavalier Hotel
  2. Follow Spadina Crescent East
  3. Go across 25th St East
  4. Turn right and cross the bridge
  5. At the end of the bridge, keep to the left side on College Drive
  6. Continue on College Drive to Wiggins Road
  7. Turn left onto Wiggins Road
  8. Follow Wiggins Road to Campus Drive
  9. Turn left onto Campus Drive
  10. Follow Campus Drive to Science Place
  11.  Follow Science Place to the first building on the right
  12. This is the Thorvaldson Building
NOTE: If you are walking, you can go from Wiggnes Ave, through campus (between buildings, to the quad) to the Thorvaldson Building.

Some Interesting Information about Saskatoon and Saskatchewan

Saskatoon is holding a major Jazz festival during the meetings: The Sasktel Saskatchewan Jazz Festival

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