Conference Information
What public transportation can I use to get around the City?
Taxi cabs are a convenient way to get around Philadelphia, especially later at night
when public transportation runs less often. The base fare is $2.70, and increases
at a rate of $0.30 for every tenth of a mile. Fortunately, Philadelphia is a small
city, so the most any trip might cost is $14.00. Taking a taxi from 37th and Chestnut
Streets to 15th Street would cost about $6.50. A tip of 15% the base rate is customary,
but not included. Cash is the best way to pay, but most taxi cabs in Philadelphia
now are equipped to take credit card payment -- but the drivers may tell you that
they cannot accept credit, and insist on cash instead.
- Olde City Taxi: (215) 338-0838 or (215) 247-7678 for the Airport
- Capital: (215) 235-2200
- Quaker City Cab: (215) 728-8000
- City Cab: (215) 492-6500
- Liberty Cab: (215) 389-8000
- All City Taxi: (215) 467-6666
- Yellow Cab: (267) 672-7391
SEPTA, which stands for Southeastern Philadelphia Public Transportation Authority,
manages both the bus system and underground subway system in Philadelphia. All trips
cost $2.00 if you pay at the point of travel. For more information, visit
http://septa.com/.
Is there wifi router?
The network is ascguest. There is no password.
Are there other things we should know?
We'll be using a number of tools to facilitate discussion. Bring your laptops if
you want to take part.
- We will be using Twitter, and use the hash tag #circ09
- We will use the Question Tool to gather questions from the audience http://cyber.law.harvard.edu/questions/circ09
- We will also be having conversations on IRC at irc://irc.freenode.net/circ09
- We'll be webcasting and recording these sessions and posting them online, so they
can be viewed after the fact.
- The official website is http://2009.circ.asia
- The facebook group for the conference is http://www.facebook.com/group.php?gid=85090228300
- Webcast will be at
http://www.ustream.tv/channel/circ2009
NOTE: To be courteous to our speakers, please return from the breaks on time for
the next session. If you are a speaker, please speak directly and closely into the
microphone because we are webcasting the conference as well as video conferencing
other speakers remotely.
We will be providing coffee, snacks and lunch throughout the conference.
