International Conference on Statistical Distributions and Applications


ICOSDA 2013

October 10-12, 2013, Soaring Eagle Casino & Resort, Mt. Pleasant, MI USA

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Mount Pleasant is located at the center of the lower peninsula of Michigan. It is the home of Central Michigan University. There are limited local transportation available from/to two airports. Both airports have rental car booth service and taxi service. In order to accommodate your travel, we will arrange airport pick/return shuttle from/to both airports starting on October 9, 2013 to October 14, 2013.

If you need the airport pickup, please make sure you submit your flight itinerary and choose the airport pickup/return schedule.

Two nearby airports are

  • MBS (Midland/Bay City/Saginaw) International Airport: This airport is about 50 miles from the conference hotel. The information about this airport (including airlines, ground transportation and others) can be found at  http://www.mbsairport.org/
    For driving direction from MBS airport to conference hotel, see the Google Maps link at http://goo.gl/maps/W6vT
     
  • LAN (Lansing) International Airport. This airport is about 70 miles from the conference hotel. The information about the airport is at http://www.flylansing.com/
    For driving direction, from LAN airport to conference hotel, see the Google Maps link at http://goo.gl/maps/uTB4

Detroit Airport is about two and half hours driving to the conference hotel. Most flights come through Detroit Airport, then, use connecting flight to MBS or LAN airport.  For driving direction, from Detroit  (DTW) International Airport airport to conference hotel, see the Google Maps link at http://goo.gl/maps/ay8O3

Grand Rapids Airport is about two hours driving to the conference hotel. If your fly to Grand Rapids Airport, you need to make a reservation of a car rental, and pick up your rental car at the airport. For driving direction, from Grand Rapids International Airport to conference hotel, see the Google Maps link at http://goo.gl/maps/GkjlZ

When you arrange your flight itinerary:

  • For arrival flight: It is recommended that you should try to find the flight having arrival time near the pickup time.
  • For returning flight: Be aware that it takes about 50 minutes from the conference hotel to MBS airport and about 75 minutes to LAN airport.

It is recommended that you take the return shuttle at least two and half hours prior to your flight departure time.

The following lists the airport pickup and hotel departure schedule for both MBS and LAN Airports:

Pickup Schedule at both airports [Look for ICOSDA sign]

Date

Time

October 9   1:00 - 1:30 pm 5 - 5:30 pm 10:30 - 11:00 pm
October 10 9:30 - 10 am 1:00 - 1:30 pm 5 - 5:30 pm 10:30 - 11:00 pm
October 11 9:30 - 10 am      
 

Departure Schedule to both airports [Meet at Conference Hotel Lobby]

Date Time
October 12     Noon 6:00 pm
October 13 8:00 am 11:00 am 2:00 pm 6:00 pm
October 14 8:00 am 11:00 am 2:00 pm 6:00 pm

If you need the shuttle service, please go to  'Submission-Flight Itinerary'  to submit your flight itinerary and select the shuttle airport pickup and return time.

Contact Persons for Transportation Service:

John Daniels Kahadawala Cooray (known as Cooray)
 john.daniels@ cmich.edu  coora1k@cmich.edu
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If you plan to arrive earlier than October 10 or depart later than October 13, please contact John or Cooray for separate arrangement.
 

Important Deadline Dates

Registration Early: July 19, 2013 Regular: August 10, 2013
Hotel Reservation September 10, 2013
Abstract Submission July 19, 2013 (closed)
Airport Pickup Submit flight itinerary on Travel Information page
Travel Grant Application  June 21, 2013 (closed)