Venue Information
Conference Venue: Hermann Hall Conference Center
Hermann Hall is a conference center at Illinois Institute of Technology, and it is located at 3241 S Federal St, Chicago, IL 60616. The Hermann Hall Conference Center was designed in 1962 by Walter Netsch for Skidmore, Owings & Merrill, echoes Galvin Library with its glass curtain wall and internally supported huge plate girders spanning the roof. The heavy pebble aggregate reinforced concrete support columns inside suggest something of the scale of the clear spans.
McCormick Auditorium, which seats 836 people and is IIT’s largest auditorium, is cradled between these columns. In addition to the Auditorium room, there are two big meeting rooms, where each room is featured with at least 200 seats. Moreover, there are a few of smaller rooms which can be utilized for multipurposes, such as workshops and tutorials, or classroom spaces, and so forth.
Getting to the Venue
The venue is located at the Mies campus of Illinois Institute of Technology. It can be accessed by Chicago Transit Authority (CTA) buses and train/subway services. The campus is also featured with parking slots for visitors
1). By CTA Green Line
The CTA train, Green Line, can connect IIT campus with downtown areas. Visitors can get off the train at the station named “35th-Bronzeville-IIT”.
Key stations on the green line:
- 35th-Bronzeville-IIT: it is the station at IIT Mies campus
- Cermak-McCormick Place: This station is close to Chinatown in Chicago, and the McCormick Place. McCormick Place is a convention center in Chicago. It is the largest convention center in North America. You can find several hotels and restaurants in this neighborhood.
- State/Lake, Washington/Wabash, Adams/Wabash: These are the stations in Chicago central downtown areas. You can find hotels and shopping stores nearby, within a short distance to the famous Millennium Park in Chicago.
2). By CTA Buses
CTA Fare information
- CTA fare information can be found on CTA website. There is fare information for both buses and trains.
- You can purchase a Single-trip Ventra Ticket or buy a Ventra Card which is a contactless payment card for easy access to buses and trains across the city’s transit system. You can easily buy the Ventra Card from vending machines at Chicago Airports.
- In addition, CTA offers day passes, including 1-day. 3-day, 7-day and 30-day passes. You can also load these passes to your Ventra Card. You can find more information on CTA website.
3). Parking Information
If you drive to the campus, you can learn the parking slots and corresponding fares from IIT website.