Hotel & Transportation Information - 2024 PDP
Participants in the Professional Development Program (PDP) attend the Inquiry Institute, as well as one of the two Design Institutes (as noted in acceptance material).
Inquiry Institute: Monterey, CA, April 3-6, 2024
Location: Monterey, CA, at the Hyatt Monterey. All sessions are held at the Hyatt, and all participants stay at the Hyatt (sharing a room with another participant). ISEE books all hotel rooms directly; do not contact the hotel.
Participant arrival date: Evening of Tues April 2, 2024. If local, early morning of Weds April 3, 2024 (arrive by 8am).
Program start time: meeting starts at 8:30am PST on Weds April 3
Program end time: session ends after the dinner celebration on Saturday, April 6.
Participant departure date: Morning of Sunday April 7, 2024 (hotel check-out at 11am)
Meals: Lunch is provided every day of the Institute, as well as final dinner on April 6. Participants arrange and pay for their breakfast and dinner; many restaurants are within one mile and participants typically walk together or use taxi/rideshare. Hotel rooms have refrigerators.
Airport information: Monterey Regional Airport (MRY) is just 2 miles from the hotel (see airlines that go to MRY here); San Jose Airport (SJC) is an alternative but is ~70 miles from hotel.
Ground transportation from airports: Participants arrange and pay for their ground transportation to and from airports. Options include:
- MRY - Hyatt Monterey hotel: coming soon
- SJC - Hyatt Monterey hotel: coming soon
Rental cars and transportation during Institute: Participants generally do not need rental cars, and the program does not reimburse rental car costs. During the Institute (e.g. for dinners), participants often walk together or share the cost of a taxi/rideshare.
Parking at hotel: No additional fee. Self parking is available.
Hilo Design Institute: Hilo, HI, April 25-27, 2024
Program start time: meeting starts at 2:00 pm on Thurs April 25
Program end time: session concluding around 3:00 pm on Sat April 27.
Participant departure date: Late afternoon of Saturday April 27, 2024. Participants will check-out of the hotel that morning, storing their luggage at the hotel until leaving for the airport after 2pm. DTLs may need to stay until 3pm. If there are not reasonable flights departing after 3:30-4pm on Saturday April 27, participants may stay an additional night.
- ITO > hotel: Rideshare or cab at the curb of the airport
- KOA > hotel: reserve a rental car
Rental cars and transportation during Institute: Participants generally do not need rental cars, and the program does not reimburse rental car costs. During the Institute (e.g. for dinners), participants often walk together or share the cost of a taxi/rideshare.
Parking at hotel: No additional fee. Self parking is available. Valet parking is not covered by ISEE.
Santa Cruz Design Institute: UC Santa Cruz, May 6-8, 2024
Program start time: meeting starts at 2pm on Monday May 6
Program end time: session concluding around 2-3 pm on Wed May 8. DTLs may need to stay until 3pm.
Participant departure date: Late afternoon of Wed May 8, 2024. Participants will check out of the hotel that morning, storing their luggage at the conference site until departing for the airport (or drive home) after 2pm. If there are not any reasonable flights departing after 5pm on Weds May 8, participants may need to stay an additional night.
Attire is casual for most of the sessions, but it is entirely up to each individual. Be prepared to dress in layers. Temperatures in Monterey are variable over the course of the day/night. The nights and mornings tend to be foggy and chilly while the daytime can be sunny and warmer.
See the Travel FAQ page for more details.
Teaching Venue Travel, Summer-Fall 2024
ISEE will cover some of your travel costs if you need to travel to your teaching venue. We appreciate participants’ efforts to keep these travel costs down, as this helps us support more participants (and even run future PDPs).
The specifics for each venue will be communicated to you, however in general:
Getting to the venue site: If you need to take a flight or make a significant drive (over 60 miles) to your teaching venue, ISEE can cover your flight or driving costs. Note that ISEE can only cover the lower cost option between driving or flying. See the Travel FAQ page for more details.
Hotel near venue site: If you do not live near the venue site, ISEE can cover the cost of double-occupancy lodging.
Meals: Participants will be expected to arrange and pay for many of their meals during travel to the teaching venue in most cases.
Ground transportation to and from airports: Participants will be expected to arrange and pay for the cost of ground transportation to and from airports in most cases.
Renting a car during teaching: In some cases, ISEE may be able to cover the cost of a rental car for a team during teaching. To keep costs down, we ask teams to share a rental car if possible. Program staff will help coordinate.
