Celebrating its 40th anniversary, UCSD has risen rapidly as one of the top institutions in the nation for higher education and scientific exploration. It is nestled along the Pacific coastline on 1,200 acres of costal woodland, and currently enrolls 20,000 students. The conference will be hosted at the Mandeville Center Auditorium in the middle of the UCSD campus. The Birch Aquarium at Scripps is situated on a hilltop site that provides a spectacular view on the Scripps Institution of Oceanography campus, northern La Jolla, and the Pacific Ocean.
Paths lead to the beach below and back to the UCSD campus.
Conference attendees will have full access to the aquarium exhibits during the reception. Conference attendees will have full access to the aquarium exhibits during the reception. The student dinner is at the Rock Bottom Restaurant and Brewery . Rock Bottom is across the street from the Radisson Hotel, and within walking distance from the Hyatt Hotel. Attendees should take the buses from the reception at the Birch Aquarium to the Radisson and walk to Rock Bottom.