Here - Deborah Charles Publications

- 4 –Practical Information1. Check-in arrangementsPlease check into your accommodation before coming to the conference registration. Check-in will be available atSwing Dormitory (Building 2 on the map, entrance at 100 Tower Parkway) and Residential College (Silliman, Building1 on the map, entrance at 505 College Street) from 12.00-17.00 on Monday 30th July. After that, There are directionson the gates of Swing and Silliman for those who arrive at other times. Check-in at The Study at Yale Hotel (Building5 on the map, entrance at 1157 Chapel Street) opens at 3.00 p.m. (check-out by at 12 noon).The Conference registration, where you will receive your conference bag, badge and booklet, will be open from 3.00-5.00 p.m. at the Law School (Building 3 on the map, entrance at 127 Wall Street).A reception desk for the conference, for later arrivals and general enquiries, will be available at the Law Schoolthroughout most of the conference. There will also be a message board, where messages to other participants andconference staff can be posted.2. LocationsAll conferences sessions, and coffee breaks, take place in the Law School, in the rooms to be indicated in the finalversion of the program.Room 124 (coffee breaks) is also available as a lounge. There is also a Bar available at the Study at Yale Hotel.All conference meals, plus the evening receptions, take place in the President’s Room in Building 4, Woolsey Hall,entrance at 500 College StreetThere is disabled access in all buildings.3. IT facilities in session roomsComputers equipped with Powerpoint and projection facilities are likely to be available in all session rooms, so thatyou need to bring only a flash drive with your file for projection. However, as a safeguard against technologicalfailure/delays, you are advised wherever possible to bring copies (suggest: 50) of a single-page handout version of thestructure of your paper and texts to be discussed.4. Meals and KashrutParticipants may take only the meals which they have pre-booked. Staff will check you off a list as you enter the diningroom. The booking forms at http://www.regonline.com/jewishlawconference remain open until Monday 16 th July, incase you now wish to book meals not previously indicated. After that, no further meals requests may be made.All food being served is prepared by Margery Gussak under the supervision of a mashgiach of the Hartford KashrutCommission. The food is being cooked (in temporary premises in the courtyard) on special ovens that the caterer isbringing. It is then to be carried up to the second floor in bulk and will be plated under hashgacha in a designated partof the kitchen and then carried into the room by the waiters.