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Conference Location

The event will take place at the Carnegie Mellon Cohon University Center (CUC). This is one of the newer buildings at the Carnegie Mellon University campus, designed with collaboration and accessibility in mind. We will be on the 2nd floor of the building.

What is the best way to get to the conference venue?

The Cohon Center is located on Forbes Avenue between the Purnell Center for the Arts and Gesling Stadium.

For those of you staying in campus area hotels, the CUC building is less than 1.5 miles from the 3 Oakland neighborhood hotels.You may walk to the venue. You can also take a Pittsburgh Regional Transit bus (lines 61A, 61B, 61C, and 61D) on Forbes Ave. They all stop at the main CMU campus in front of the lawn right next to the CUC. Google Maps can guide you on each option. Uber/Lyft are abundant around the campus area and arrive within 3-5 minutes.

For those driving, aim your GPS at 5000 Forbes Ave, Pittsburgh, PA 15213. The East Campus Parking Garage is the nearest parking facility. Visit Parking Services for more information.

Our conference website tab Location and Hotels provides detailed information about how to get to our campus from multiple locations and parking information.

Travel

Airport: To get to Pittsburgh, we recommend flying into the Pittsburgh International Airport (PIT).

Transport to campus: You can find ground transportation options from the airport to Carnegie Mellon’s campus here.

Hotel to campus: Most of the hotels listed below are in a short walking distance to campus. Additionally, there are bus routes that go along all of these hotels to campus.

Hotels within 1.5 miles of venue

Hotels are listed in order of proximity to CMU campus

The Oaklander Hotel

5130 Bigelow Blvd.
Pittsburgh, PA 15213
412-578-8500

Courtyard by Marriott

100 Lytton Ave
Pittsburgh PA 15213
412-682-6200

Hilton Garden Inn Pittsburgh University Place

University Place
3454 Forbes Avenue
Pittsburgh, PA 15213
1-877-662-6242

Residence Inn Pittsburgh Oakland by Marriott

3341 Forbes Ave
Pittsburgh, PA 15213
412-621-5600

Hampton Inn University Center

3315 Hamlet Street
Pittsburgh, PA 15213
1-800-Hampton
412-681-1000

Hyatt House Pittsburgh/Bloomfield/Shadyside

5335 Baum Blvd
Pittsburgh, PA 15224
412-621-9900

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