PIUG 2009 Boston Biotechnology Meeting

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Travel Information

• Directions to Amgen ( )

• About Kendall Square

• Networking While in Boston

Shuttle Services

• The Charles River Transportation Management Association EZ-Ride Shuttle connects to various Cambridge locations and the MBTA red line.

Public Parking

One Kendall Square Garage ...

From I-93 South

• Take exit 28 (Cambridge/Storrow Drive) and bear to the right.
• Turn left at the lights and stay in the right lane.
• At the next set of lights, turn right onto Nashua Street. The Museum of Science will be on your left
• Turn left onto Land Blvd (at the second set of lights).
• Turn right onto Binney Street. Follow the signs for Cinema Parking to the One Kendall Square Garage.

From Memorial Drive East

• Take Memorial Drive to Land Blvd.
• Take a left off of Land Blvd onto Binney St.
• Follow the signs for Cinema Parking to the One Kendall Square Garage.

From Storrow Drive West

• Take Kendall Square exit onto to Cambridge Street.
• Follow signs to Kendall Square.
• Go over the Longfellow Bridge into Cambridge and continue on Broadway St.
• Turn right onto Third St then  left onto Binney St.
• Follow the signs for Cinema Parking to the One Kendall Square Garage.

Other Parking Facilities nearby

• Technology Square Parking Garage
• Cambridge Center Garage

About Kendall Square

Kendall Square is a neighborhood in Cambridge, Massachusetts, located around the intersection of Main Street, Broadway, Wadsworth Street, and Third Street. It is more recently famous for the number of biotechnology and information technology firms which have chosen to locate there, lured by the proximity of the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) campus on the south side of Main Street.

Kendall Square has been an important transportation hub since the construction of the West Boston Bridge in 1793, which provided the first direct wagon route from Boston to Cambridge. The area became a major industrial center in the nineteenth century, and by the beginning of the twentieth century was home to distilleries, electric power plants, soap and hosiery factories, and the Kendall Boiler and Tank Company (from which the square takes its name). When the Longfellow Bridge was opened in 1907, it included provisions for a future rapid-transit subway link to Harvard Square and Boston (now the Red Line); Kendall Station opened in 1911. MIT moved to its new Cambridge campus, located south of Kendall Square between Main Street and Massachusetts Avenue in 1915.

Kendall Square is frequently confused with One Kendall Square, an office complex in redeveloped factory buildings about 1 km west at the intersection of Broadway and Hampshire Street.

Networking While in Boston

In the greater Boston biotechnology corridor, we proudly participate in an annual PIUG event that brings together a tightly focused group of information practitioners that work hard and – yes – play hard. The event is the PIUG Boston Biotechnology Meeting. During the past two years, an ever-growing, tightly networked group of spirited individuals has emerged. At least once per month, the Boston Biotech “dinner gang” now meets at one among an ever increasing list of highly attractive dinner venues to discuss during the evening various professional interests and culinary delights. These events provide a valuable yet relaxed forum for discussion of patent-related issues of immediate impact to our community of practice. Beliefs, learnings, and assumptions are vetted among enthusiastic industry colleagues, and truly the best among so many great Boston restaurants are sampled. Our intent is to develop exemplary networking opportunities consistent with the highest goals of PIUG. Whenever you plan to travel in eastern Massachusetts, know that you have an extended professional network at whose table you are always welcome. Bon appetite and great chat, and, by all means, have a great meeting!

The following event announcement has been circulated to all members of the dinner group's distribution list:

Wednesday 2-11-2009	This after-meeting get-together purposefully coincides with the 3rd annual PIUG Boston Biotechnology Meeting. We welcome our PIUG colleagues who are visiting Boston for the conference and, perhaps for the first time. Members should feel free to "adopt a visitor", so all feel welcome in Boston. R.S.V.P. by 4:30pm. Friday, February 6, 2209, due to our short time line for securing reservations. Contact Rick Williams and indicate "Yea" or "Nay". Also, please mention this event to any of our colleagues who may have been inadvertently omitted from the email distribution list.
	5:00pm	Cocktails	Assemble in the Marriott lobby bar. Locals who wish to meet us at the restaurant: please let us know not to wait for you at the hotel.
	5:30pm		Depart for Houston's
	6:30pm	Dinner	Houston's Restaurant (menu) 60 State St # P Boston, MA 02109 (617) 573-9777
	8:30pm		Return to the hotel

Transportation options to the venue:

• According to their menu, "complimentary parking is available at 60 State Street."
• "T" to Govt Center (red line from hotel inbound to Park St., transfer to green line, continue to Govt Ctr, then walk across the street to Faneuil Hall)
• Cab with those of us at the hotel bar (~$15)

Please note: Reservations for this event have been finalized.