Chicago's O'Hare Airport and the smaller Midway Airport, as well as numerous bus and train connections make it easy and relatively inexpensive to get to Chicago. Local transportation is abundant and varied. Getting around Chicago is relatively inexpensive by taxi and local busses, and generally less expensive than parking fees. Bus and metro information will be available with the meeting package. Public bus service and meeting shuttles will also be available.
Parking is free at the dorms.
IIT campus has a pizzeria and a 24-hour convenience store. Shedd Aquarium has two restaurants. Cost and itinerary will be announced. Shell Power - Molluscan shells as Sources of Phylogenetic, Ecological and Anatomical Information. Invited papers only.