Conference Venue / Hotel Accommodation

Conference location and hotel: Biltmore Hotel

Weather information

Map and directions from San Jose International Airport (SJC) to the hotel

Driving directions from the San Jose airport to the hotel (Google Maps directions):

1. Take the airport exit and head towards the CA-87 North expressway entrance.
2. Take CA-87 North expressway for 0.7 miles.
3. Merge onto US-101 North highway. Proceed 1.8 miles.
4. Exit Montague Expressway. Proceed 0.6 miles.
5. Turn right at Thomas Road. Proceed 0.5 miles.
6. Turn right at Laurelwood Rd. Proceed 0.5 miles.
7. Arrive at the Biltmore Hotel.

Here is a Google interactive map of the route:

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Nearby attractions

Computer History Museum

The Computer History Museum invites you to visit and experience one of the world's largest collections of computing artifacts. The exhibits allow you to explore the computer revolution and its impact on the human experience. Currently featured on display are the Babbage Engine, the DEC PDP-1, the history of computer chess, and many others.

Note that the museum is undergoing renovation, so you should call ahead to determine availability.

1401 N Shoreline Blvd.
Mountain View, CA 94043
Phone: (650) 810-1010
Distance from hotel: 7 miles / 11 km

San Jose City Hall and downtown San Jose

San Jose's new City Hall features a stunning domed architecture designed by renowned architect Richard Meier. Within 3 blocks of City Hall is San Jose downtown area, filled with lively nightlife spots.

200 East Santa Clara Street
San Jose, CA 95113
(408) 535-3500
Distance from hotel: 7 miles / 11 km

California's Great America

Great America is an amusement park with themed rides and activities for kids and adults alike. Note that during the week of MobiCASE, the park will only be opened on the weekends (October 22-24 and 29-31), highlighted by scary events during Halloween!

4701 Great America Pkwy
Santa Clara, CA 95054
Distance from hotel: 4 miles / 6.4 km

Winchester Mystery House

The Winchester Mystery House is an amazingly large and elaborate mansion that must be seen to be believed. It is an extravagant maze of Victorian craftsmanship - marvelous, baffling, and eerily eccentric, to say the least. Tour guides must warn people not to stray from the group or they could be lost for hours! Countless questions will come to mind as you wander through the mansion.

525 S Winchester Blvd
San Jose, CA 95128
Phone: (408) 247-2101
Distance from hotel: 9 miles / 14.4 km

Carnegie Mellon University - Silicon Valley

NASA Research Park, Bldg. 23
Moffett Field, CA 94035
Distance from hotel: 7 miles / 11 km

Stanford University

295 Galvez Street
Stanford, CA 94305
Distance from hotel: 15 miles / 24 km

Silicon Valley - Home of Technology

Located within 10 linear miles in the cities of San Jose, Santa Clara, Cupertino, Sunnyvale, Mountain View, and Palo Alto are the headquarters of some of the largest and most important tech companies in the world: AMD, Adobe, Apple, Atari, Cisco, eBay, Facebook, Google, HP, Intel, and many others.

Further afield...

• San Francisco (about 45 miles / 72 km)
• Berkeley / Oakland (about 45 miles / 72 km)