Accessible Interfaces for Medical Instrumentation:
Draft Guidelines and Future Directions

Thursday, October 20, 2005 from 1:00-5:15pm
Friday, October 21, 2005 from 8:30am-3:00pm

Hotel Information:
Doubletree Hotel & Executive Meeting Center Rockville
1750 Rockville Pike, Rockville, Maryland 20852
(301) 468-1100 http://www.doubletreerockville.com
Normal check-in: 4:00pm
Normal check-out: 12:00pm
Internet service: $9.95 per day for broadband in your room

The Doubletree Hotel is: 17 miles from Washington Reagan National Airport (DCA) and 22 miles from Dulles International Airport (IAD), and adjacent to the Washington Metro's Twinbrook station (on the Red Line).

Workshop Location:
U.S. Food and Drug Administration
Parklawn Building
5600 Fishers Lane
Rockville, Maryland 20857

To get to the FDA-Parklawn Building from the Metro (see also map):

1. Take the Red Line in the direction of Shady Grove.
2. Get off at Twinbrook Station, come down the escalator of the station and exit left, or take the elevator and ask for the side with the buses.
3. Veer right and walk diagonally across the parking lot or sidewalk, and cross Twinbrook Parkway to Fishers Lane.
4. The Parklawn Building is on the right at 5600 Fishers Lane, and is quite tall.
5. Enter the front door of the Parklawn Building, give your name at the front desk, and they will give you a registration badge and direct you to the meeting room.

To walk from the FDA-Parklawn Building from the Doubletree Hotel (see also map):

1. Exit the back of the hotel (facing metro) and walk through the Twinbrook Metro Station.
2. Exit the station, and veer on the walkway to the right (notice buses to your left) or cross the parking lot.
3. Walk diagonally across the parking lot, and turn left on Twinbrook Parkway
4. Turn right on Fishers Lane.
5. The Parklawn Building is on the right at 5600 Fishers Lane.
6. Enter the front door of the Parklawn Building, give your name at the front desk, and they will give you a registration badge and direct you to the meeting room.

For people who need or want a ride, wheelchair-accessible van service and cars will run between the Doubletree Hotel and the FDA Parklawn Building.

Thursday, Oct. 20: 11:30am-1:00pm and 5:15pm-6:00pm
Friday, Oct. 21: 7:15am-8:15am and 3:00pm-5:00pm

To drive to the FDA-Parklawn Building from the Doubletree Hotel (~.75 mi, see also map):

1. Exit the back side of the hotel and turn right on Chapman Avenue, or exit from the front and makes rights turns to go halfway around the building
2. Go 3 blocks and turn left on Twinbrook Parkway.
3. Cross Twinbrook Parkway and go left to Fishers Lane.
4. The Parklawn Building is on the right at 5600 Fishers Lane.
5. Enter the front door of the Parklawn Building, give your name at the front desk, and they will give you a registration badge and direct you to the meeting room.

Metro Map:

Map from Doubletree Hotel to FDA Parklawn Building (driving directions in purple, walking directions in blue):