NOTE: COVID-19 NEWS: ON-SITE CONFERENCE JUNE 3-5 CANCELLED
PLEASE SEE VIRTUAL CONFERENCE PROGRAM <HERE>
DLA2020 June 3-5 Logistics (now of historical interest only)
Piper Auditorium, Harvard Graduate School of Design (GSD) 48 Quincy St Cambridge MA
Venue: Piper Auditorium is on the ground floor, lobby level, of Gund Hall, 48 Quincy Street
Note: On street parking is generally very difficult in the Harvard Sq area, and parking garage facilities are limited. Visitors are advised to use ride-sharing, or take public transportation to the Harvard Square Red Line (T) Station, and walk ~10 minutes though historic Harvard Yard, or down Massachusetts Avenue to Quincy St., to Gund Hall.
Travel
Boston’s Logan International Airport [BOS] is several miles away, across the Charles River. Silver Line buses (FREE) connect all airport terminals to public transportation (the MBTA or ‘T‘) at South Station; from South Station take the Red Line to Harvard Square. Cab or ride-share from the airport to Harvard is ~20-45+ minutes depending on traffic, and ~$30+.
Note: Global tensions have lately made travel and entry to the US more difficult for some non-US-citizens : (
Please make sure your travel documents are in order, and your plans are made reasonably well in advance.
Need a Letter of Invitation for Visa / Travel purposes? Email request to : dla2020@gsd.harvard.edu
Lodging
see the Lodging page on this website.
Weather
June in Cambridge is usually quite comfortable, typically in the low 20’s °C (low 70s °F) . It may rain.
National Weather Service forecast for Cambridge, MAss
Time
Boston is in the US Eastern Time Zone; GMT – 4 hours in “EDT Eastern Daylight Time ” in June (starting March 1 in 2020);
( GMT – 5 hours in “Standard Time” October – March. )