The 2024 LECM plenary sessions will be hosted at the University of Tennessee Conference Center, located at 600 Henley Street in Knoxville. The Wednesday workshops and poster session will be hosted in Strong Hall at the corner of Cumberland Ave and 16th St, on the UTK campus.
Several hotels are in the area around the University of Tennessee Conference Center. Early booking is encouraged to ensure availability; the GSA rate for Knoxville is $113.
Parking is available at several hotels, as well as in various city garages and lots (link also displays live parking availability). Note that many of the city lots are free after 6pm and on weekends.
The UTK Conference Center is a 20-minute rideshare/taxi ride from Knoxville's McGhee Tyson airport (TYS). Alternative airports include Nashville (BNA, roughly 2.5 hour drive) and Atlanta (ATL, roughly 3.5 hour drive).
A floorplan for the Conference Center may be found here.
Oak Ridge National Laboratory is about 30 minutes northwest of Knoxville.
Knoxville, Tennessee, is a roughly one-hour drive from the Great Smoky Mountains National Park.
More area information, including a list of restaurants, may be found here.
Members of the Local Organizing Committee: Kelly Chipps, Mitch Allmond, Tim Gray, Robert Grzywacz, Kate Jones, Augusto Macchiavelli, Miguel Madurga, Steve Pain, Charlie Rasco, Mustafa Rajabali, and Krzysztof Rykaczewski.