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• Where will the conference be held?
• Which airport should I use?
• How do I get around San Francisco and get to the conference venue?
• Where should I stay?
• Is there a registration fee for the conference?

Venue Information

The conference will meet this year on the campus of San Francisco State University (SFSU) in San Francisco, California.

Conference sessions will be held in the Humanities Building on Friday, May 1st, and Saturday, May 2nd. Coffee and snacks will be available both days in the Philosophy Department there.

A PDF map of the campus is also available. Gender neutral and single stall restrooms can be found within the Humanities building.

Getting to San Francisco

The San Francisco metro region is served by two major airports, San Francisco International Airport (SFO), located south of the city, and Oakland San Francisco Bay airport (OAK), located in the East Bay area.

Both airports offer various transit options into the city, but we strongly recommend, if possible, using SFO. It is the closest and most convenient, offering the widest array of options for transit into downtown and to SFSU, via public transit, cab, and ride share.

Getting Around

BART and Muni are the two public transit services serving San Francisco. BART operates the region-wide rail system, which includes stops at both SFO and OAK airports, while Muni operates light rail, street cars, historic cable cars, and buses within the city, including the 19th Avenue light rail stops that serve San Francisco State University.

All fares on both systems can be paid with a Clipper Card or with a mobile phone (tap to pay on BART and with the Muni Mobile app on Muni).

Taxis and rideshares are also available throughout the city. Some of them are even driven by robots.

San Francisco State has a guide devoted to how to get to campus. Of particular note is the Muni M - Ocean View line that operates week-round between downtown and SFSU.

For the purposes of attending the conference, the easiest thing to do would be to take the BART from the airport to your accommodations downtown and then take the Muni M - Ocean View line back and forth to SFSU for the conference itself.

Accommodations

There is no conference hotel or room block, but San Francisco has a large number and variety of options, many of them affordable and directly on the public transit lines that come to campus.

Some options are listed here, and there are a number of pleasant and affordable options that are equally convenient. Though there are many other neighborhoods, we recommend staying near Union Square and the Powell Street station. There is also a range of AirBnB options near SFSU and further afield.

Near Muni Downtown

• Citizen M Union Square
• The Inn at Union Square
• Hotel Emblem
• Taj Campton Place
• Palace Hotel by Marriott

Registration

There is a registration fee for the conference. Charging this fee helps us to provide coffee and refreshments, funds our graduate student prize, etc.

Registration can be paid onsite via card/contactless, cash/check, and apps like Venmo/PayPal/Zelle/Cash app. (Those latter being preferred.)

The organization will issue receipts. The fee amount varies by professional position. Please see the fee schedule below.

Fee Schedule

• Participants without Institutional Travel Support: $25
• Graduate Students and Limited Term faculty: $50
• Non-Tenure Track and Untenured Tenure-Track faculty: $75
• Associate Professors (and equivalent): $125
• Full Professors (and equivalent): $200