General Information
Access to SLAC
All visitors must have a valid photo ID to enter the Laboratory. The SLAC Main Gate is open 24 hours a day, 7 days a week (more about visiting SLAC).
To reach the Stanford Guest House, turn left after the guard gate and go to the first building on the left side of the road. Parking is available for registered guests.
SLAC also has an on-site cafeteria. To learn more about the hours and menus, please go to cafeteria's website.
To reach the Kavli Auditorium (Building 51), turn right after the guard gate. Parking is available in a visitor lot immediately to the right of the gate. The Kavli Auditorium on the opposite side of the street, directly across from the parking lot.
Some additional local information for SLAC ATLAS visitors can be found here.
Computing Access
Printing Files
For printing files during the workshop, the general instruction for printing from the wireless network can be found at http://www.slac.stanford.edu/comp/service/printing/ with separate instructions for UNIX and Windows. The closest B/W printer is just opposite the backdoor of Kavli Auditorium on the ground floor room 114A, the the queue name KI1BW. A pair of printers are located on the 2nd floor of Kavli building in the middle cubicle area on the opposite end wrt the auditorium. The printer queue names are KI2BW and KI2CO for B/W and color printing respectively.
Weather
The average temperatures in the Stanford area in August are 79/57 ºF with little chance of rain. A light jacket is suggested if visiting the coastline or San Francisco. "California casual" is appropriate for daytime and most evening outings and is acceptable for all conference activities. [More weather information]
Tourism
Local Restaurant Guides
- RestaurantRow.com: List of Menlo Park restaurants (Note: some restaurants are outside of the Menlo Park/Palo Alto area)
- ActiveDiner.com
- Waiters on Wheels: Palo Alto area (This is great if you don't have a car.)
Museums
- Cantor Center for Visual Arts (Stanford University)
- The Exploratoruim (San Francisco)
- Golden Gate Park (San Francisco)
- Legion of Honor (San Francisco)
- San Jose Museum of Art (San Jose)
- The Tech Museum of Innovation (San Jose)
- The Santa Cruz Surfing Museum (Santa Cruz)
- Hakone Japanese Tea Garden (San Jose)
- Monterey Bay Aquarium (Monterey)
- Coyote Point Museum (San Mateo)
Visitor Information
Events
Golf
Performing Arts
- San Francisco Opera (limited summer program)
- San Francisco Symphony
- Villa Montalvo Arts Center - outdoor concerts (Saratoga)
Hiking/Outdoors
- Bay Area Hiker: Peninsula and South Bay Hikes (Menlo Park / Palo Alto)
- County of San Mateo Park Trails (Menlo Park area)
Extended Day Trips