Location

Our local hosts for IWOCL 2024 are Argonne National Laboratory, with the workshop taking place at the University of Illinois, Chicago.

Travel Information

Local Hotels

The University of Illinois Chicago has kindly recommended the following hotels where special UIC rates may be available if contacting the hotel directly.

  • Chicago Marriott at Medical District/UIC
    625 S. Ashland Avenue.  Located two blocks west of the main UIC Campus. UIC has a special rate For individual reservations call (800) 356-3641 and ask for the UIC Special Rate.
  • La Quinta Inn Chicago Downtown
    1 South Franklin Street. Nestled 1.5 miles East of the UIC Campus. Call for (312) 558-1020 and ask for the UIC Special Rate.
  • Crowne Plaza Chicago West Loop
    733 W Madison St. Located seven blocks north of the UIC Campus. Offering discounted rates for UIC.  Call (312) 829-5000 to enquire about the availability of the “UIC”.
  • Club Quarters, Central Loop
    111 West Adams Street.  Located 1.7 miles east of the UIC campus.  Call (203) 905-2100 and mention member organization “University of Illinois”.
  • Club Quarters Wacker at Michigan
    75 East Wacker Drive. Located 2.8 miles northeast of the UIC campus. For reservations, call (203) 905-2100 and mention member organization “University of Illinois” 

Travel VISAs and Invitation Letters

  • Check with you local visa office to determine what is required for travel to the USA. Please do this in plenty of time as the application process can take several weeks.

If you require an invitation letter from the organisers, please follow the guidelines below:

  • Make your IWOCL booking.*
  • Please use our Contact Form to request an IWOCL Invitation Letter.
  • Please include your IWOCL booking number and all the information that your local visa offer requires to be included in the invitation letter.
  • If you are refused a visa please cancel you IWOCL registration at least 14-days before the event so that we can issue a refund.

* We receive a large number of spam requests for invitation letters and so can only issue letters to delegates with a confirmed registration.