Getting here
Champaign-Urbana is located on Interstates 72, 74, and 57; 135 miles south of Chicago, Illinois; 180 miles northeast of St. Louis, Missouri; and 120 miles west of Indianapolis, Indiana.
Detailed information can be found on directions to the UIUC campus can be found here and here. For international attendees, further information and direction on how to get to the UIUC campus can be found here.
There are charter bus services from all major airports: Chicago O’Hare, Chicago Midway, Indianapolis, St. Louis, and Peoria. Options include: Peoria Charter Coach (from O’Hare to Illinois Terminal).
The Champaign Willard Airport (CMI) offers daily flights through American Airlines
AMTRAK service is also available if you would like to take a train to Champaign.
Within Urbana-Champaign, MTD operates the bus system. Fare is $1 per ride, including any transfers. Download the app Token Transit from Google Play or App Store to electronically purchase and use your ticket.
Lodging in Urbana-Champaign
For Speakers, a block of rooms has been reserved at the Illini Union Guest Hotel for the workshop.
For other attendees, if you plan on staying in a hotel, be sure to book your reservation early. Below is a list of hotels within walking distance of the workshop location.
Illini Union Guest Hotel
1401 W. Green St. #115, Urbana, IL
217-333-3030
Town Place Suites by Marriot
603 S 6th St, Champaign, IL
217-344-1600
WIFI
Visitors to campus who do not have a University of Illinois NetID can still use the campus wi-fi by connecting to the IllinoisNet_Guest network from Technology Services:
- Connect your device to the Wi-Fi network “IllinoisNet_Guest”
- A browser window should automatically open/ If this does not happen, open your web browser and navigate to http://illinois.edu.
- As a guest or visitor, click the link at the bottom of the page and you can self-register an account. This account will be valid until 4am the next day, after which you will be prompted to create a new account.
- After a brief moment the system should then inform you that you have been given Internet access. Visitors should choose Click Here for Wi-Fi Access. Keep in mind that any visitor accounts created in this way are only valid until 4am the following day, after which you will need to repeat this process.
- Still having issues? Please contact the Help Desk. Details on how to reach out to us can be found here: Technology Services Help Desk.
If you have never connected to IllinoisNet_Guest before and need help configuring your device, Technology Services has a guide to getting started with the guest wi-fi network at Illinois.