iBOL Scientific Steering Committee – Second Meeting

INFORMATION FOR DELEGATES

Travel and Airport Transfer

International delegates will arrive at Toronto’s Lester Pearson International Airport (YYZ). A Red Car vehicle will transport you 50km west to Guelph.

Please send us your flight details (Airline, Flight numbers and arrival/departure times) as soon as possible and we’ll send you your Red Car reservation number.

Instructions:

After you clear Customs at Pearson Airport, proceed to the Ground Transportation Desk where the receptionist will call for your car to collect you.

Terminal 1: When you exit baggage claim on the arrivals level, turn right and follow the signs for Ground Transportation. Proceed towards the end of the building and take the escalator (on your left) or the elevator (on your right) down to Ground Level. The Ground Transportation Booth is on this level.

Terminal 3: If you are arriving on an International flight, turn left when you exit baggage claim and walk past the car rental offices to Ground Transportation. If you are arriving on a domestic flight, turn right when you exit baggage claim and proceed to Ground Transportation located beside the first escalator.

Don’t worry if your flight is delayed as Red Car monitors flight schedules. However, if you are shifted to a different flight, please phone 01-519-824-4120 ext. 56393 so we can relay this information to Red Car. If this is not possible, simply go to the Red Car booth  when you clear Customs.

Accommodation

All delegates will stay at the Delta Guelph Hotel, 50 Stone Road West, Guelph.

Tel: 1-519-780-3700

A room will be reserved in your name. In your room, you will find an information pack with details of all business and social activities over the next few days. Relax until it’s time to head out for the welcome barbecue!

Meals

Breakfast: A buffet breakfast is available in the hotel restaurant. The cost is included in your accommodation package.

Lunch: Lunch will be served both days at the hotel.

Dinner: Dinner will be provided at venues away from the hotel. Details and bus transfer times will be in the Information Pack you will receive upon arrival. Please note that the final dinner, celebrating the Official Activation of iBOL, will be a semi-formal event (business attire).

Meeting Venue

All business sessions will be held in the Gryphon Room and nearby meeting rooms at the Delta Guelph Hotel Conference Centre. You will receive an Information Pack with a detailed Event Program and Meeting Agenda when you arrive at the hotel.

Social Events

Thursday, September 23
Arriving delegates will join staff from the iBOL Secretariat and the Biodiversity Institute of Ontario for a welcome barbecue at The Arboretum on the campus of the University of Guelph.

Friday, September 24
Dinner will be at historic Langdon Hall, in the town of Cambridge, about a 30-minute bus journey from Guelph.

Saturday, September 25
The Official Activation of the iBOL project will be celebrated at a Reception and Dinner at the top of Toronto’s famous CN Tower. Toronto is a one-hour bus journey from Guelph.