PIUG 2009 Boston Biotechnology Meeting
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Travel Information
Driving ...
From the I-93 North (southbound from Google)
- Follow I-93 north to Exit 26.
- Take Exit 26 for State Hwy 28 S/State Hwy 3 N toward Storrow Drive
- Merge onto Embankment Rd/RT-28/RT-3/Storrow Drive and continue to follow
RT-28/RT-3/Storrow Drive
- Merge right onto merge Longfellow Bridge/RT-3 and continue to follow
RT-3
- Continue on Broadway/Main
- Street (Hotel is on the left on Broadway)
- Turn right onto Third Street.
- Now on Third Street, turn left onto Binney Street
- Follow the signs for
"Cinema Parking" to the One Kendall Square Garage.
- From One Kendall Square Garage, go across street and through an entrance of a building.
- You will be in a court yard, Amgen building is on your left. The front door is at the end of the building on your left.
From the I-93 South (northbound, from Google)
- Follow I-93 north to Exit 26 toward Storrow Drive
- Continue straight, then slight right to merge onto Longfellow
Bridge/RT-3
- Continue to follow RT-3
- Continue on Broadway/Main Street (Hotel is on the left on Broadway)
- Turn right onto Third Street.
- Now on Third Street, turn left onto Binney Street
- Follow the signs for
"Cinema Parking" to the One Kendall Square Garage.
- From One Kendall Square Garage, go across street and through an entrance of a building.
- You will be in a court yard, Amgen building is on your left. The front door is at the end of the building on your left.
From the Massachusetts Turnpike (I-90 Eastbound)
- Easiest (though not shortest) route is to continue on I-90 eastbound to
I-93, following the signs to I-93 north.
- Then follow directions (above) for "From the I-93 South (northbound)"
From Logan Airport
- Follow signs to Boston via the Sumner Tunnel through to Interstate 93 North
- Take Exit 26 (Storrow Drive)
- Immediately bear left and go under underpass.
- Go up the ramp on the left (Government Center/Kendall Square)
- Turn
right and go over the Longfellow Bridge into Cambridge.
- Now on Broadway Street, turn right onto Third Street.
- Now on Third Street, turn left onto Binney Street
- Follow the signs for
"Cinema Parking" to the One Kendall Square Garage.
- From One Kendall Square Garage, go across street and through an entrance of a building.
- You will be in a court yard, Amgen building is on your left. The front door is at the end of the building on your left.
Kendall Square is located on the MBTA's Red Line. Amgen-Cambridge Research
Center is a five-minute walk from the Kendall/MIT stop.
- Exit the Kendall Square subway station
- Pass directly through the Cambridge Marriott Lobby.
- Walk past the taxi stands/valet service and cross Broadway. Walk left
and up Broadway.
- Kendall Square and the Amgen Cambridge Research Center are two blocks
down on the right. There are banners and signs that indicate "Kendall
Square" on several buildings.
- Walk right, into the square, just after Pompanoosuc Mills Furniture
store. This is the lower courtyard.
- At the end of the lower courtyard, take the stairs adjacent to Beantowne
Coffee House.
- Proceed to the upper courtyard.
- Amgen is the building directly across from the upper courtyard stairs.
Shuttle Services
Public Parking
One Kendall Square Garage ...
From I-93 South
- Take exit 28 (Cambridge/Storrow Drive) and bear to the right.
- Turn left at the lights and stay in the right lane.
- At the next set of lights, turn right onto Nashua Street. The Museum of Science will be on your left
- Turn left onto Land Blvd (at the second set of lights).
- Turn right onto Binney Street. Follow the signs for Cinema Parking to the One
Kendall Square Garage.
From Memorial Drive East
- Take Memorial Drive to Land Blvd.
- Take a left off of
Land Blvd onto Binney St.
- Follow the signs for Cinema Parking to the One Kendall
Square Garage.
From Storrow Drive West
- Take Kendall Square exit onto to Cambridge Street.
- Follow signs to Kendall Square.
- Go over the Longfellow Bridge into Cambridge
and continue on Broadway St.
- Turn right onto Third St then left onto Binney St.
- Follow the signs for Cinema Parking to the One Kendall Square Garage.
Other Parking Facilities nearby
- Technology Square Parking Garage
- Cambridge Center Garage
About Kendall Square
Kendall Square is a neighborhood in Cambridge, Massachusetts,
located around the intersection of Main Street, Broadway, Wadsworth Street, and
Third Street. It is more recently famous for the number of biotechnology and
information technology firms which have chosen to locate there, lured by the
proximity of the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) campus on the south
side of Main Street.
Kendall Square has been an important transportation hub since the construction
of the West Boston Bridge in 1793, which provided the first direct wagon route
from Boston to Cambridge. The area became a major industrial center in the
nineteenth century, and by the beginning of the twentieth century was home to
distilleries, electric power plants, soap and hosiery factories, and the Kendall
Boiler and Tank Company (from which the square takes its name). When the
Longfellow Bridge was opened in 1907, it included provisions for a future
rapid-transit subway link to Harvard Square and Boston (now the Red Line);
Kendall Station opened in 1911. MIT moved to its new Cambridge campus, located
south of Kendall Square between Main Street and Massachusetts Avenue in 1915.
Kendall Square is frequently confused with One Kendall Square, an office complex
in redeveloped factory buildings about 1 km west at the intersection of Broadway
and Hampshire Street.
Networking While in Boston
In the greater Boston biotechnology corridor, we proudly participate in an annual
PIUG event that brings together a tightly focused group of information
practitioners that work hard and – yes – play hard. The event is the PIUG
Boston Biotechnology Meeting. During the past two years, an ever-growing,
tightly networked group of spirited individuals has emerged. At least once per
month, the Boston Biotech “dinner gang” now meets at one among an ever
increasing list of highly attractive dinner venues to discuss during the evening
various professional interests and culinary delights. These events provide a
valuable yet relaxed forum for discussion of patent-related issues of immediate
impact to our community of practice. Beliefs, learnings, and assumptions are
vetted among enthusiastic industry colleagues, and truly the best among so many
great Boston restaurants are sampled. Our intent is to develop exemplary networking
opportunities consistent with the highest goals of PIUG. Whenever you plan to
travel in eastern Massachusetts, know that you have an extended professional
network at whose table you are always welcome. Bon appetite and great chat, and,
by all means, have a great meeting!
The following event announcement has been circulated to all members of the
dinner group's distribution list:
Wednesday
2-11-2009 |
This after-meeting get-together
purposefully coincides with the 3rd annual PIUG Boston Biotechnology
Meeting. We welcome our PIUG colleagues who are visiting Boston for
the conference and, perhaps for the first time. Members should feel
free to "adopt a visitor", so all feel welcome in Boston. R.S.V.P.
by 4:30pm. Friday, February 6, 2209, due to our short time line for
securing reservations. Contact
Rick Williams and indicate "Yea" or "Nay". Also, please mention
this event to any of our colleagues who may have been inadvertently
omitted from the email distribution list. |
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5:00pm |
Cocktails |
Assemble in the Marriott lobby bar.
Locals who wish to meet us at the restaurant: please let us know not
to wait for you at the hotel. |
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5:30pm |
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Depart for Houston's |
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6:30pm |
Dinner |
Houston's Restaurant
(menu)
60 State St # P
Boston, MA 02109
(617) 573-9777 |
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8:30pm |
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Return to the hotel |
Transportation options to the venue:
- According to their menu, "complimentary parking is available at 60
State Street."
- "T" to Govt Center (red line from hotel inbound to Park St.,
transfer to green line, continue to Govt Ctr, then walk across the
street to Faneuil Hall)
- Cab with those of us at the hotel bar (~$15)
Please note: Reservations for this event have been finalized.
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