AIIDE-19 Registration, Venue, Hotel, and Transportation Information

Registration

The AIIDE-19 technical conference registration fee includes admission to all technical paper sessions, invited talks, the opening reception, the poster/demo session reception, and access to the electronic AIIDE-19 proceedings. Technical registrants also receive a discount on attendance at workshops and tutorials.

For details on fees and policies regarding AIIDE-19 registration, please see our registration page.

To register, please use the AIIDE-19 online registration form.

Venue

AIIDE-19 will be held at the Georgia Institute of Technology, October 8-12, 2019, in the following location:

Please note that on October 10, 2019 only, AIIDE-19 will be held at the following location:

The Student Success Center is a 15 minute walk from the GT Hotel

A map of GT is available online. Search for the building name to find ADA entrances and gender-inclusive bathrooms.

Hotel

AAAI has reserved a blocks of rooms at the Georgia Tech Hotel and Conference Center at reduced conference rates. When reserving your room, please identify yourself as an AIIDE-19 attendee to receive the discounted rate. Space is very limited so please be sure to reserve well in advance of the cut-off dates.

Nightly Room Rate: $189 Reserve online here or by phone: +1-404-347-9440 or 1-800-706-2899

Cut-off date for conference rate reservations: September 16, 2019 (5:00pm Atlanta time)

Hotel room rates are subject to all applicable sales tax (currently 8.9%), occupancy tax (currently 8%), and state motel-hotel fee (currently $5/room/night). Reservations may be cancelled up by 6:00pm two nights prior to confirmed arrival date. After that time, a cancellation fee of one night’s room and tax will be incurred.

Transportation

On-Campus Transportation

The Tech Trolley and Stinger Bus Routes

Georgia Tech offers nine bus routes on its Midtown campus, connecting to regional transit, Emory University, Home Park, and Atlantic Station. Georgia Tech’s transit system is open to students, employees, and campus guests. Boarding fees and IDs are not required to use the transit system, except where indicated.

Please visit http://bus.gatech.edu/ for a live feed of where the buses are.

To travel from the GT Hotel to the Student Success Center via bus:

Take the Tech Trolley (Technology Square Westbound stop) to the 5th Street Bridge stop and then cross the street to the Techwood and 5th SW Corner stop to take the Red Bus to the Tech Tower stop.

To travel from the Student Success Center to the GT Hotel via bus:

Take the Blue Bus from the Ferst Dr. and Cherry St stop to Techwood and 5th St SE Corner. Then walk to the 5th Street Bridge Eastbound stop to take the Trolley to Tech Square.

The Stringerette

For those of you who require mobility aid, the Stingerette is an on-demand shared-ride shuttle service. You can call 404-385-7433 to request a ride, but to set it up, please contact the ADAPTS office in the Student Services Building (404-894-2561).

More information can be found at https://gt-new.ridecell.com/request.

Parking on Campus

The Georgia Tech Hotel has its own parking deck (E81), which has pay-by-the-hour parking, or $18 unlimited in/out access for hotel guests.

The closest guest parking lot to the Student Success Center is E46/Burge/McAfee/North Avenue Visitor Lot.

For more guest parking information and to view parking regulations, please see http://pts.gatech.edu/visitors or https://specialevents.gatech.edu/resources/parking/guests.

Please note that standard Georgia Tech parking rates will apply.

Transporation to Georgia Tech

Airport

The Hartsfield Jackson Atlanta International Airport is located approximately 12 miles from the conference venue. Full information about the airport is located at https://www.atl.com/.

Full airport transit information is available at (http://apps.atl.com/Passenger/GroundTransportation/Default.aspx). Further details are included below. Please check with individual providers prior to your departure for the latest rate and schedule information.

Taxi

Taxis charge a metered rate of approximately $30 to get to campus from the airport.

MARTA (Metro Atlanta Rapid Transit Authority)

MARTA Metro Atlanta Rapid Transit Authority is Atlanta’s combined bus and rail transit system, which operates from 5:00 a.m. to 1:00 a.m. Monday to Friday and from 5:30 a.m. to 12:30 a.m. on weekends and holidays. The cost of one MARTA ride (one way) is $2.50, and Breeze Cards may be purchased at the station. Please remember to hold on to your Breeze Card, which will be needed to exit the station. Georgia Tech’s campus is located near the Midtown and North Avenue rail stations on the Gold and Red Lines. The Tech Trolley provides direct service from campus to the Midtown Station’s Peachtree Place entrance. The Trolley typically runs from 5:45am to 10:30pm, Monday – Friday. Trolley service is not provided to the North Avenue Station, but the North Avenue Station is a 9-minute walk away.

Disclaimer: In offering the Georgia Institute of Technology, the Georgia Tech Hotel and Conference Center, and the Hartsfield Jackson Atlanta International Airport, all other service providers (hereinafter referred to as “Supplier(s)” for the Fifteenth Annual AAAI Conference on Artificial Intelligence and Interactive Digital Entertainment (AIIDE-19), AAAI acts only in the capacity of agent for the Suppliers that are the providers of the service. Because AAAI has no control over the personnel, equipment or operations or providers of accommodations or other services included as part of the AIIDE-19 program, AAAI assumes no responsibility for and will not be liable for any personal delay, inconveniences or other damage suffered by conference participants which may arise by reason of (1) any wrongful or negligent acts or omissions on the part of any Supplier or its employees, (2) any defect in or failure of any vehicle, equipment or instrumentality owned, operated or otherwise used by any Supplier, or (3) any wrongful or negligent acts or omissions on the part of any other party not under the control, direct or otherwise, of AAAI.