2025 all members meeting

The 2025 edition of the Sparsitute all members meeting will take place at the David Brower Center at Downtown Berkeley, California.

This will be a two day event on November 3-4. It will be immediately followed by the Networks for Science Workshop at the same location on November 5-6: https://sites.google.com/lbl.gov/networks-for-science/

The exact address of the venue is 2150 Allston Way, Berkeley, CA 94704

To request attendance, please submit the following form: https://forms.gle/jZVVBVQURhHfywNH9

The book of abstracts will be posted here in August.

A draft agenda will be posted below in August:

Venue

• This workshop will be held at the David Brower Center near UC Berkeley. 

Recommended HOTELS

• Residence Inn Berkeley (Marriott): 2121 Center St, Berkeley, CA 94704

  • newest hotel in Berkeley (opened a few years ago)

  • approximately 1 block walk to the venue

• Hotel Shattuck Plaza: 2086 Allston Way, Berkeley, CA 94704

  • approximately 2 blocks walk to the venue

• Graduate by Hilton Berkeley: 2600 Durant Ave, Berkeley, CA 94704

  • ~0.8 mile (1.3 km) walk to the venue

• Aiden by Best Western Berkeley: 1499 University Ave, Berkeley, CA 94702

  • 1 mile (1.6 km) walk to the venue

TRAVEL to BERKELEY

Flying to the Bay Area

Most travelers fly into the following two airports:

• San Francisco International Airport (SFO)

  • Approximately 25 miles (40 km) from Berkeley

  • Driving: 30-35 min with no traffic; typically ~1 hour or more during rush hour

  • Public transport (BART): approximately 1 hour travel time

  • From SFO BART station, take the Red BART line (heading towards Richmond) to the Downtown Berkeley station (50 min ride)

• Oakland International Airport (OAK)

  • An operating base for Southwest Airlines

  • Approximately 15 miles (24 km) from Berkeley

  • Driving: 20-25 min with no traffic; typically ~45 min or more during rush hour

  • Public transport (BART): approximately 50 min travel timeTake the Oakland Airport Connector to BART Coliseum station (9 min ride) then transfer to the Orange line heading towards Richmond to the Downtown Berkeley station (20 min ride)

Driving

• Attendees who drive to Berkeley for the day are encouraged to park their vehicles in downtown Berkeley.

Parking in downtown Berkeley

• The recommended parking garages are:

  • Center Street Parking Garage (2025 Center Street), 720 parking spaces

  • Telegraph Channing Parking Garage (2450 Durant Avenue, Southside/Telegraph Ave), 420 parking spaces