Campus Housing is unavailable for this event.

Want to try and find a roommate? Check out our forum padlet.

The Minneapolis-Saint Paul International Airport (MSP) is only eight miles from downtown Saint Paul. The airport is a Delta Air Lines hub, operates an average of 1,250 flights daily and serves 163 markets (136 domestic, 27 international).

Metro Transit offers a network of bus routes for easy travel around Saint Paul and throughout the Twin Cities.

To reach downtown Saint Paul from the airport, take Metro Transit Route 54. Board the bus outside Terminal 1 Transit Station, on Level 1 of the Blue and Red parking ramps. From Terminal 1, passengers can access the Transit Station via the tram on the Tram Level or via the Concourse Connector between concourses C and G.

There is no Metro Transit bus service at Terminal 2 Terminal. Airline passengers arriving at Terminal 2 must take the METRO Blue Line (or another means of transportation) to Terminal 1 to access city buses. Trains operate 24 hours a day between airport terminals. Travel between airport terminal stations is free and no ticket is needed.
For bus fare and route information, speak to a transit representative at 612-373-3333 or visit Metro Transit’s website.

Want to try and find a rideshare? Check out our forum padlet.

Walkability of Conference

More information coming soon!

Meals Information

• Coffee and tea service provided in the morning Monday-Wednesday.
• Breakfast buffet is available at the hotel with their “breakfast included” nightly rate or at local nearby eateries.
• Lunch will be provided daily. A boxed lunch option will be provided on Tuesday to accommodate field trips and meet-ups. You may opt-out of this during registration.
• Receptions will have drinks and small plates.
• Fresh water will be available throughout the event. Please bring your preferred refillable drinking bottle.
• Cafe and eateries are within walking distance.
• The area is also serviced by various meal-delivery services like Instantcart, GrubHub and Door Dash.

Local Restaurants in and around St. Paul – Visit St. Paul

Options for Visitor Parking:

Self parking adjacent to hotel $22/overnight

EV Charging: website

From the Visit St. Paul website:

Saint Paul is Minnesota’s capital city and the older “twin” of Minneapolis by 13 years. As far as twins go, these cities are like Schwarzenegger and DeVito—some have said Minneapolis is an Appletini and Saint Paul is a fine Scotch. Speaking of scotch, Saint Paul is home to 3M, makers of Scotch Tape™, a gangster history that includes police shootouts with John Dillinger and a flourishing craft beer scene. We’re especially fond of our architecture, including the longest stretch of preserved Victorian architecture in the United States on Summit Avenue and the Cass Gilbert-designed Minnesota State Capitol (which touts the second largest unsupported marble dome in the world). Along with the 100-plus historic buildings on the National Register of Historic Places, we also have nine historic districts in Como, Dayton’s Bluff, Cathedral Hill, Irvine Park, Jackson Street, West Seventh, Lowertown, Summit West and University-Raymond.

St. Paul Visitor’s Guide in print or digital copy. https://www.visitsaintpaul.com/plan-your-trip/visitors-guide/

Rideshares, roommates, ISO padlet below. Use the website LINK if you cannot view it here.

 

 

AESS is committed to expanding inclusivity and that includes attendees traveling with their child(ren). We recognize that finding suitable childcare can be quite a challenge and barrier to attendance. To that end, we hope all attendees feel welcome to bring their child to the event as they are comfortable.

Please note that we are unable to sponsor any on-site care due to lots of legalities, but we acknowledge and support how difficult it can be to be a single-parent academic, parent of a young child or infant, or one of many other complex family situations that are part of our attendees lived experience.

We will update the lists here as we find more local resources. Plus, consider connecting with other attendees by using the padlet forum or reaching out to a local chapter for any national groups you belong to, e.g. sorority, society, etc. Please note: AESS is not directly affiliated or contracted with any of these services, we are providing information only.

Do you know of another resource? Please tell us by emailing event organizers or posting to the padlet.

Visa and Letters of Invitation

Thank you for your interest in attending AESS+ASLE 2023 in Portland, OR. We hope your travel and visa process goes smoothly and have created this page as a source of information.

Conference attendees who reside outside the United States may need to apply for a visa at the American Embassy, consulate, or other visa-issuing office in their country of origin. Please begin your visa application process as soon as possible, as applications may take several months to process. For information on obtaining your visa, go to: https://travel.state.gov/content/visas/en.html

Understand that presenters are responsible for their own travel and visas. We are happy to provide a letter of acceptance as documentation, once you have been notified that your proposal has been accepted. Please see directions below to obtain this document.

Many visa issuing offices require that you present a letter of invitation to the conference, proof of conference registration, and airline ticket confirmation, along with your visa application. If you need a letter of invitation to the conference, please email events@aessonline.org the following information:

1. Your full name as it appears on your passport
2. Your professional or academic title
3. The name of your school, department, institution, lab, or business
4. Your full mailing address
5. Are you the author of a paper that has been accepted for AESS 2023?
6. If you are an author, please provide the title of the paper.