More Information about SEKE23 Live Conference

The SEKE23 live conference will be held at the Larkspur Meeting Room on the first floor of Larkspur Hotel. Since there is only one meeting room in the entire hotel and it is on the first floor you cannot miss it. Parking is free for hotel guests. If you arrive at the airport during the conference period, the best way is to take a taxi to the hotel because the hotel is very close to San Francisco International Airport.

The conference will begin on July 1 around 7:45am Pacific Time. Please go to the Registration Desk at the back of the meeting room to register and pick up a registration envelope. The most important items in the envelope are the BLUE coupon for the reception dinner on July 1 and the RED coupon for the Half Moon Bay tour and dinner on July 2. Your official receipt was mailed to you already. If you did not receive it, please email us and we can send you another copy. You will not pick up official receipt at the Registration Desk. Since there are less than twenty people attending SEKE23 Live Conference, registration will be fairly quick.

Please bring your personl computer, laptop or notebook. Although you will make live presentation, some other authors may make online presentations. Therefore it is important to bring earphones so that you can switch to online conference mode and listen to the presentations. The hotel provides free wifi service so that you can be connected to the Zoom meeting all the time during the conference.

The Reception Dinner will also be at the Larkspur Room served by an outside caterer as the hotel does not have a restaurant. For this reason we encourage all attendees to help keep the dining area clean and throw the plates, cups and leftover food into black garbage bags after the reception dinner. Thank you. You must render the BLUE coupon to join reception dinner.

Half Moon Bay is a coastal city in San Mateo County, California, United States, approximately 25 miles south of San Francisco with a population of about twelve thousand. Half Moon Bay is known for Mavericks, a big-wave surf location. It is called Half Moon Bay because of its crescent shape. Half Moon Bay has one of the largest beach areas in the San Francisco Bay. The string of white sandy beaches offers incredible blufftop views, unique tide-pooling, and coastal mountain views.

You will board a van in front of the conference hotel at 5 pm. You must render the RED coupon to pick up a gourmet dinner box and board the van. The van will take you to the parking area near Barbara's Trap at 281 Capistrano street within walking distance to the beach before 6 pm.

Please stroll along the beach and find a place to sit down and enjoy your boxed dinner. Or you can order a drink and eat your dinner in a cafe. It may be smart to save the dinner box for tomorrow and enjoy a seafood dinner at a local restaurant. According to the locals, Barbara's Trap is a medium priced restaurant that offers the best fish and chips and clam chowder soup in town (about $25 all together plus tips). Please Google to find other more pricey sea food restaurants within walking distance. Just remember the same van will wait for you in the same parking area and will depart at 8:30 pm.

In addition to dinners on July 1 and July 2, the conference also offers two coffee breaks each day on July 1 and July 2 and morning coffee break on July 3. The morning coffee breaks typically include bagel/muffin for those who do not have time to go out for breakfast. As for lunch, the hotel is within easy walking distance to coffee shops and restaurants. Please check with the front desk to get directions. Since our hotel is at 690 Gateway Blvd, so the closest cafeteria is Esposto's Dellicatezza at 701 Gateway Blvd.

Some of you already asked about 2024, whether there will be also SEKE24 Live Conference. The answer is affirmative. We all recognize how the conference is an important place to meet in person to forge personal friendship and long term collaboration. Even the live conference is small in comparison with the virtual conference, the situation will gradually change. For 2024, we already discussed with our Italian colleagues and conclude the conference will be held in Almalfi, Italy, one of the most beautiful small cities in Italy.

If you have any other questions regarding the SEKE23 and SEKE24 Live Conferences please contact SEKE secretariat at: office@ksiresearch.org.