INFORMATION FOR ATTENDEES OF #URAS2018
For individuals traveling to London for the conference, we offer the following suggestions & general information:
Accomodations
Hotels close to campus include:
- Windermere Manor
- StationPark All Suite Hotel
- Holiday Inn Express: London Downtown
- Hilton London Ontario
- Residence Inn London Downtown
Transportation
Our local airport code is YXU (London, Ontario, Canada). It can sometimes be less expensive to fly into either Toronto or Detroit, then take an airport shuttle van (Robert Q) into London.
The London Transit Commission has several bus routes (2, 6, 9C, 10, 13, 31, 32, 33 and 34) that drop off somewhere on or near the university. Buses tend to run every 15 to 30 minutes (depending on the line, and day of the week). Visit the London Transit Commission website for bus routes and estimated bus arrival times.
Conference Location
The conference will take place at Western University in the Western Interdisciplinary Research Building (WIRB), Room 3000. The WIRB is located on Perth Drive, near the Labatt Visual Arts Building. A campus map (depicting visitor parking in blue) is available here. Please note that this is a new building on campus, and does not yet appear on google maps. However, The Brain and Mind Institute, located in the same building, does appear. A map showing the location is embedded below.
Parking:
For those of you who will be driving to campus, please refer to this campus map. The WIRB is located on Perth Drive, next to the Labatt Visual Arts Building. On Friday, the closest visitor parking spaces are the pay & display meters located between the Visual Arts Building & the North Campus Building. Information on parking rates can be found here. Free parking will be available over the weekend in the Visual Arts parking lot, which is adjacent to WIRB (lot Y on the map).