Travel

Non-Travel Supported Participants
Participants are responsible for making their own transportation/travel arrangements to this meeting through their own travel agencies.

Travel Supported Participants
Those who were notified in writing that you will receive travel support to attend this meeting should make all airline and train reservations using Omega World Travel (the official Government travel agency). The cost of travel will be covered directly through NCI; participants will not be responsible for this expense. Any transportation reservations made outside of these guidelines will NOT be reimbursed. No exceptions to this policy will be made.

Detailed information on how to make arrangements through Omega World Travel will be sent in a separate e-mail.

LOCAL INFORMATION

For more information about the Bethesda, MD, and Washington, DC, areas, please use the following links:

http://www.bethesda.org/ - Bethesda Urban Partnership, Inc.
Bethesda is known as a great destination for ethnic restaurants, boutiques, home décor shops and artistic and trendy hot spots. Additionally, as home of the National Institutes of Health, National Library of Medicine and the National Naval Medical Center, it is one of the world's leading biomedical research centers.
Conference and Visitor's Bureau of Montgomery County, MD
http://www.cvbmontco.com/

For information on transportation around the metropolitan Washington, DC, area:

Washington Metropolitan Area Transit Authority http://www.wmata.com
Information on the Washington, DC, area public transportation system, including Metrobus and Metrorail; and transportation in and around Bethesda, MD.
Providing Ground Transportation for the Washington Metro Area
http://www.marylandshuttle.com/

For information about NOVA Research Company:

http://www.novaresearch.com