====== SPIE Photonics West 2013 Group Trip Planning ======

===== Travel Dates and Flight times =====
^  Name      ^  Date       ^  Airport  ^  Flight  ^  Time           ^  Date    ^  Airport  ^  Flight  ^  Time         ^
^  Qiyin     |  Tues 1/29  |  YYZ-SFO  |  AC 757  |  11:55-14:36  |  Thur 2/7  |  SFO-YYZ  |  AC 754  |  22:00-5:50   |
^  Anthony   |  Tues 1/29  |  YYZ-SFO  |  AC 757  |  11:55-14:36  |  Sat 2/9   |  SFO-YYZ  |  AC 738  |  11:55-19:45  |
^  Allison   |  Fri  2/1   |  YYZ-SFO  |  UA8361  |  13:45-18:23  |  Thur 2/7  |  SFO-YYZ  |  UA1741  |  22:38-8:55   | 
^  Ghadeer   |  Fri  2/1   |  YYZ-SFO  |  AC 505  |  13:45-18:23  |  Thur 2/7  |  SFO-YYZ  |  AC 754  |  22:00-5:50   |
^  Zhaojun   |  Fri  2/1   |  YYZ-SFO  |  UA8361  |  13:45-18:23  |  Thur 2/7  |  SFO-YYZ  |  UA1741  |  22:38-8:55  |  
^  Zhiyun    |  Fri  2/1   |  YYZ-SFO  |  UA8361  |  13:45-18:23  |  Thur 2/7  |  SFO-YYZ  |  UA1741  |  22:38-8:55  | 
^  Diana     |  Fri  2/1   |  BUF-SFO  |  JB 107/641  |  8:15-14:03  |  Tues 2/5  |  SFO-BUF  |  JB 648/102  |  21:00-9:07  |



===== Accommodations =====

**[[http://www.jdvhotels.com/hotels/sanfrancisco/carlton/|Hotel Carlton]]**, 1075 Sutter Street, San Francisco CA 94109:\\
Allison, Zhaojun, Zhiyun, Diana, Anthony, Qiyin, Ghadeer (and people…please fill in)\\


===== Transportation =====

==== Hamilton/McMaster to/from YYZ ====
Option 1: Airport shuttle \\ 
Option 2: Taxi/Limo \\ 
Option 3: Bus \\ 
Mac -Square One: Go #47/47A/47B \\ 
Square One - YYZ: Mississauga bus # 7\\ 

==== SFO to/from Hotel ====
Option 1: Taxi ~ $60 \\ 
Option 2: BART (train) \\ 

==== Hotel to/from convention center ====
  - Bus (buy a 7-day citypass)
  - walking (15 minutes)  


===== Group Registration =====
We are organizing a registration group with 10% discount for full registration fees, i.e. student registrations will not be discounted and will not need to enter discount code.  

Please do the following: 
  * Advanced registration deadline is Jan. 7.   
  - Go to SPIE's [[http://spie.org/x14624.xml|Photonics west registration site]]: 
  - Choose Symposium registration; 
  - log in if you have an SPIE account
  - In the registration information section, **enter discount code: PW13MU**
  - Follow though the rest of the steps for registration.  
  - [[qiyin.fang@mcmaster.ca|E-mail Qiyin]] indicate you will be in the group; 
  * Please note that you need to do this before pre-registration ends (Jan. 10) and there will be no refund if you use this code.  

===== Presentations =====
Enter your presentation date, time, room from SPIE's schedule \\ 

Qiyin - Oral Presentation 8565-224 Sat. February 2 around 10:30 am \\ 
Session 2 of Optics in Bone Biology and Diagnostics Conference \\

Allison -Oral Presentation  8568-26 Sun. February 3 at 1:30 pm\\
Session 7 of Optical Methods for Tumor Treatment and Detection: Mechanisms and Techniques in Photodynamic Therapy XXII\\


===== UC Davis Biophotonics Center Trip =====
Date: Thursday 2/7 \\ 
Time: TBD  \\ 
Who: Qiyin, Anthony, Allison, Zhaojun, Zhiyun, Ghadeer \\