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Venue Information and Hotel Reservation

Hotel and Conference Venue
Marriott Washington
1221 22nd Street, NW
Washington, DC 2--37
Hotel Phone: 1-800-228-9290
Fax: 202-872-9899
Hotel website: http://www.marriott.com/hotels/travel/waswe-washington-marriott/

Reservations: Call 1-800-228-9290 or 1-202-872-1500 and reference "W2i Digital Cities" when making reservations.

Room cut-off date: November 11, 2007

Rates: $199 Single or Double

Check-in is 4:00 PM - Check-out is 12:00 PM

Parking: On-site parking, fee: $6 hourly, $26 daily

Transportation:
 

Area Airports
Ronald Reagan Washington National - DCA

Hotel Direction: 5 mi NE
Driving Directions: Take George Washington Parkway West. Follow signs to Memorial Bridge. Cross over Memorial Bridge. At the End of the Bridge bear left. Take first left onto 23rd Street. Follow 23rd Street, NW and turn right onto I Street, NW. Take the first left onto 22nd Street, NW. The Washington Marriott is five blocks ahead on the right side on 22nd Street, NW.
Bus service, fee: $17(one way)
Estimated taxi fare: $12(one way)

Washington, DC/Dulles - IAD
Hotel Direction: 25 mi SE
Driving Directions: Follow the signs to Interstate 66 east to Washington. Follow I-66 to the Theodore Roosevelt Bridge (US Route 50). Once you cross the bridge, I-66 becomes Constitution Ave. Turn left off of Constitution Ave. on to 18th Street, turn left on M St. and right on 22nd. The hotel is ahead on the right.
Estimated taxi fare: $45(one way)

Baltimore/Washington International Thurgood Marshall Airport - BWI
Hotel Direction: 40 mi S
Driving Directions: Take the Baltimore-Washington Parkway South (MD 295) to US 50 west (New York Ave.). Turn Right off of New York Ave. on to Massachusetts Ave. At Thomas Cir. Take the circle 3/4 around and exit M St. Follow M to 22nd. Turn right on to 22nd, the hotel is on the right.
Estimated taxi fare: $55(one way)


Program Committee

Axel Leblois
Director, Global Initiative for Inclusive ICTs
Daniel Aghion
Executive Director, Wireless Internet Institute (W2i)
K. Anne-Rivers Forcke
Public Sector Market Manager, Human Ability and Accessibility Center, IBM Research
Maria Wynne
Senior Director, Economic Development and Innovation, US Public Sector, Microsoft Corporation
Mark Ansboury
COO, One Community
Rick Herrmann
Manager, U.S. Public Sector Initiatives: State, Local, Education, and Advocacy, Intel Corporation