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DOC: M1/02-0214
Date: September 20, 2002
Reply to: Fernando L. Podio
Phone: (301) 975-2947
email: fernando.podio@nist.gov

Meeting Announcement
INCITS Technical Committee M1, Biometrics

Meeting Number 4
December 2 - 3, 2002
Monday 9:00 am - 5:00 pm
Tuesday 9:00 am - 5:00 pm

Hosting organization

OSS Nokalva, Inc.

Contact:
Bancroft Scott
1 Executive Drive
Suite 450
Somerset, N.J. 
08873
Phone: 1-732-302-9669 x-200
Fax: 1-732-302-0023
baos@oss.com 

 

Venue

Embassy Suites Hotel
121 Centennial Avenue
Piscataway, NJ 08854
United States
Phone:        732-980-0500
Fax:             732-457-9610


Meeting & Agenda Point of Contact:

Fernando Podio
M1 Chairman
301-975-2947
fernando.podio@nist.gov


Contributions to the draft agenda for the M1 meeting or suggestions for new topics should be sent as soon as possible to: fernando.podio@nist.gov.


Logistics Details

Hotel accommodations

A block of 55 rooms have been reserved at the Embassy Suites Hotel (address is above) under the name ćM1 Biometrics Meetingä for the nights of December 1st and 2nd, 2002.   The negotiated rate is $134/night, including Full Cooked-to-Order Breakfast, lunch, and each night between 5:30pm ö 7:30pm, Evening Managerās Reception.  The rooms will be held at the $134/night rate until November 12th, 2002.

Directions:

From Newark International Airport:
Take New Jersey Turnpike South to Exit #10 (toll $1.45).  Take I-287 North to Exit #8 (the sign for this exit reads: "Exit 8 Possumtown Rd to Highland Pk / Middlesex").   Turn right onto Possumtown Rd and go 0.23 miles to Centennial Avenue.  Turn right onto Centennial Avenue and go 1.3 mile to the Embassy Suites Hotel which is on the right.  Drive time is about 30 minutes.

From John F. Kennedy International Airport:
Take Belt Parkway West to Verrazano Narrows Bridge (toll $9), which becomes Staten Island Expressway; take S.I. Expressway to West Shore Expressway towards Outerbridge Crossing; take Outerbrige Crossing (a bridge) to Route 440 South, which becomes I-287 North; take I-287 North to exit #8, and follow the directions above from this exit to the hotel.  Drive time is about 1 hour.

Transportation:

Taxi from Newark Airport is a flat fee of $50.

Taxi from JFK Airport is about $100, but can be much more depending on traffic.