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Hotel
The conference will take place at the Hyatt Regency Hotel in downtown Minneapolis. Room rates are (approximately) $129 for single occupancy, $139 for double, and the cutoff date for room reservation is April 9, 1998. phone: (612) 370-1234 , (800) 233-1234, fax: (612) 370-1463 The hotel is on Nicollet Mall, a lively mostly pedestrian mall in downtown Minneapolis, with many shops and restaurants. The Hotel has an athletic club and swimming pool, with facilities for aerobics, and courts for basketball, handball, racquetball, and tennis. Dining options at the hotel include the top rated Manny's Steakhouse and the Pronto Ristorante, in addition to three in-house restaurants and bars. Transportation to the Mall of America is available immediately outside the hotel. |
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Minneapolis is a great example of the new industrial paradigm, where intelligence and information-based technology are the foundation upon which to build into the 21st century. The state of Minnesota, and the Twin cities area has an incredible concentration of software companies (the local association of software developers has a memberships of 500 companies!). |
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Minneapolis, the largest city in Minnesota, is located in the southeastern part of the State on the west bank of the Mississippi river. The city of Saint Paul is located on the east bank of the Mississippi river, and together Minneapolis and Saint Paul are known as the Twin Cities. The population of their metropolitan area is close to 2.5 million. Situated close to the source of the Mississippi River, Minneapolis is a major industrial, commercial and transportation center. Industrial activities include agricultural machinery, computers, electrical equipment, food processing, medical technology, financial services, and publishing. Its grain market is one of the largest in the world. Minnesota is headquarters to 18 Fortune 500 companies (1993) and is noted for a cultural setting that is world renown. |
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Minneapolis offers 22 lakes within the city limits and 153 parks woven together by a 45-mile system of paved paths. Jogging, biking, in-line skating and golfing vie with canoeing, sailing, water skiing, and windsurfing for outdoor enthusiasts. There are several public golf courses. Sports fans have three professional sports teams to choose from: Timberwolves, Vikings, and the Twins. |
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Theaters, museums, music, sports and recreation are unsurpassed in Minneapolis, and most are within walking distance of downtown. There are more live theaters than in any area outside New York. Minneapolis supports nationally acclaimed orchestras and museums. Choices range from the Tony-award winning Guthrie Theater, the Minneapolis Institute of Arts, the Walker Center, the elegant Historic State and Orpheum Theatres, the acoustically perfect Orchestra Hall, the Ordway Music Theatre in Saint Paul, supplemented by dozens of small, professional, community and avant-garde theaters. The University of Minnesota (1851) is the leading educational institution in the State of Minnesota. Located nearby, in Rochester, is the famous Mayo Clinic Medical Center. |
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Shopping is great and the Mall of America is one of the major shopping and entertainment malls in the world. One may find there hundreds of specialty stores and four major retail stores. Extensive shopping is also available downtown in the skyway system. |
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Minnesota leads the nation in Indian gaming, with the state's 11 tribal governments operating a total of 18 casinos located on reservations throughout Minnesota. These colorful facilities offer blackjack, video, and slot machines, high-stakes bingo and pulltabs in environments ranging from a resort hotel on Lake Superior to high-tech architectural marvels twenty miles southwest of downtown Minneapolis. |
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The Minnesota Office of Tourism maintains extensive information at their Web site. |
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