2003 Quality & Productivity Research Conference IBM T. J. Watson Research Ctr., Yorktown Heights, NY May 21-23, 2003

Conference and Short Course Registration Information

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Conference Registration Fee* : $180 (after 15 April $200) __________________

Student Registration Fee: $75 (after 15 April $90) _______________________

Short Course Registration Fee: $175 __________________________________

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Please make check payable to American Statistical Association and mail to:

Dr. Paul A. Tobias

8418 La Plata Loop

Austin, TX 78737, USA

Receipts will be provided when you check in at the conference.

* All meals listed in the Agenda are included in the registration fee

Hotel Information

The 2003 QPRC will be held at the IBM, Thomas J. Watson Research Center (TWRC), Yorktown building, located at the intersection of the Taconic State Parkway and NY Route 134. A block of rooms is being held until April 25 in the Wellesley Hotel in Elmsford (previously called Ramada Inn) located about 10 miles to the south of the TWRC. Shuttle buses will be provided between the Wellesley Hotel and TWRC.Ê The room rate is $79 single or double occupancy plus tax ($59 for students, single or double occupancy).Ê Reservations can be made by calling the hotel 1-914-592-3300 or by fax 1-914-592-3381. Please indicate that you are with the QPRC group.Ê

The Wellesley Hotel Elmsford is located within 10 minute drive from the White Plains train station (1/2hr by train from New York City), 20 min drive from the Westchester County Airport, 45 min drive from La Guardia Airport, 1hr drive from Newark Airport. Its address is: 540 Saw Mill River Road, Elmsford, NY10523. For directions please call the hotel or click here.

To get to TWRC from Wellesley Hotel turn right from the parking lot onto Rte 9A north; go for about 1.5 miles to Saw Mill River Parkway north. Proceed to Taconic State Parkway exit, then go north on this parkway until the Rte 134 exit. Turn right and proceed east on Rte 134 two hundred yards. TWRC is on your right.

The Industry Solutions Lab (we will have a cocktail hour there on May 22) is in Hawthorne II building, located about 1 mile north of Wellesley Hotel, on Rte 9A, on the same side of the road.

To get to TWRC from the New York City take either a Harlem Line train to Mount Kisco or a Hudson Line train to Croton-Harmon. For Metro-North rail system map click here.

Parking information: if you come to TWRC by car, identify yourself at the gate and proceed to the Visitors Parking (a two-tier lot located across the road from the main entrance). If this lot is full, follow the signs to the back end of the building, park there, use the entrance with a concrete overhang, identify yourself to security, and follow signs to the Auditorium