Second Floor Rotunda NOTE: all event participants and attendees are responsible for all their own expenses. However, the negotiated rate at the John Hancock is $155.00 (plus 12.45% State Tax) - an extrordinarily good rate for the City of Boston. The room-block is listed under the name Innovation Development Institute This event is to be held at the John Hancock Hotel and Conference Center - an elegant, older building located in the City only steps away from the famous Copley Square in Boston's Back Bay. John Hancock Hotel and Conference Center     40 Trinity Place     Boston, MA 02116 Reservations/General Information Voice: (617) 933-7700 Fax: (617) 933-7709 The total number of rooms in the facility is just over sixty (60). The major percentage of these have been set-aside for this event but you should be aware that, if previous experience is any indicator, these will fill up quickly. Facilities: The John Hancock guest rooms are not lavish but they are comfortably furnished. All rooms have cable TV with HBO, individually controlled heating & air conditioning, telephones with modem hookup capability. Hair-dryers and ironing boards are also provided. A self-serve Continental breakfast is included in the room rate Complimentary copies of USA Today available in the Lobby on weekdays. Discounted parking is available in the John Hancock garage. Directions: By Car from Logan Airport Follow signs to Sumner Tunnel. After exiting the tunnel take second right onto Rt. 93 north. Exit at Cambridge/Storrow Drive. Follow Storrow Drive signs to Back Bay and exit at Copley Square (a left exit). Turn right at the lights onto Beacon Street. At the second set of lights, turn left onto Clarendon Street. Follow Clarendon St. through (7) sets of lights and look for the Hard Rock Cafe on your left. Parking is available in the John Hancock garage, 1/2 block past the Hard Rock Cafe on the right. By Car from West Follow the Mass Pike (Rt. 90) East towards Boston and take Exit 22 (Prudential Center/Copley Square). Bear right to Copley Square. This will bring you onto Stuart Street. At the second set of lights, take a right onto Clarendon Street and look for Hard Rock Cafe on your left. The parking garage (John Hancock Garage) is a 1/2 block beyond the Hard Rock Cafe on the right-hand side of Clarendon Street. By Car from North/South Follow Route 93 towards Boston and take Exit 26 (Storrow Drive/Cambridge). Follow signs onto Storrow Drive/Back Bay. Follow Storrow Drive signs to Back Bay and exit at Copley Square (a left exit). Turn right at the lights onto Beacon Street. At the second set of lights, turn left onto Clarendon Street. Follow Clarendon St. through (7) sets of lights and look for the Hard Rock Cafe on your left. The John Hancock parking garage is 1/2 block past the Hard Rock Cafe on the right. By Subway/Commuter Rail Back Bay Station: Orange Line or Commuter Rail. Turn right on Dartmouth Street. Make first right onto Stuart Street. Make first right onto Trinity Place. The Conference Center is on the left. Copley Station: Green Line. Walk diagonally across Copley Square towards Trinity Church. Walk between Copley Plaza Hotel and John Hancock Tower. Trinity Place in across the road with the Conference Center on the left. Estimated taxi fare from Logan Airport: $30.00 (one way)