DUG 2009 Meeting Information

Important Dates Registration & Meals Downloadable Documents and Registration Forms Lodging Transportation Climate DUG Demos & Awards Door Prizes

Contact Information Business Meeting Agenda Scheduled Activities DUG Seminars Free Training Courses Attractions to Consider Potential Post-Conference Activities Maps

Sponsors

Please contact Kevin Scott if you are interested in helping to sponsor DUG 2009.

Important Dates

Registration & Meals

Your registration fee covers meeting activities, snacks and most meals. Anyone with special dietary needs should use the space provided on the registration form or contact: Barbara McBride at +1 801-588-7517. Please also contact us if you have any other needs or require special accommodation.

Annual DUG Dues (Currently $20US for individuals or organizations) are often paid in addition to the Registration Fee. According to the DUG Charter, the membership term coincides with the US Calendar year, beginning on January 1st and ending on December 31st. If you have any questions about your current membership status, when you last paid dues, etc., please contact the DUG Treasurer, Ron Stinson Any membership dues included with your DUG registration will be handed over to the DUG Treasurer at the meeting.

Downloadable Documents and Registration Forms

Available early 2009. Please contact Kevin Scott if you need to have access to these documents at an earlier date.

• If you are not attending the conference but need to pay your DUG dues:
  • Send your dues check to:
    Ron Stinson
    137 Rivergate Drive
    Franklin, TN 37064
    USA
     
    Please include the following information:
    Your Name and Title
    Facility Name
    Complete postal address
    e-mail address
    Telephone and other contact information
    
• If you are attending the conference:
  • Fill out the Registration Form (to be posted in early 2009)
  • Mail whole form with check (payable to "Evans & Sutherland") to the following address:
    Kevin Scott
    Evans & Sutherland
    770 Komas Drive
    Salt Lake City, UT 84108
    USA
• If you miss the early registration deadline:
  • You may not receive a registration confirmation
  • Any additional training courses or limited activities may be full
• If you miss the late registration deadline:
  • FAX (do not mail) the registration form to +1 801-588-4520
  • Bring your check with you to the conference

Lodging

In 2006 our conference lodging was provided by Chase Suite Hotel, located at 765 East 400 South in Salt Lake City.

We are currently looking into accomodations for 2009. If you have questions/concerns about the Chase Suite Hotel or other accomodation options, please contact us here at E&S.

Transportation - Getting Here

If you need specific driving directions, many online map services will work nicely. If you put our Evans & Sutherland address of "770 Komas Drive, Salt Lake City" as the destination, however, most mapping programs will not show the correct location but they will get very close. Please see the Maps below to help you navigate to our front door.
Some common mapping services that we use here in the USA: maps.google.com, maps.yahoo.com, mapquest.com and mappoint.msn.com.

E&S is a secure facility. When you arrive please ask the receptionist to ring a member of the Digital Theater staff.

Flying In?? More than a dozen airlines service the Salt Lake City International Airport via direct flights or commuter connections from various major US hubs. Delta and SkyWest Airlines have the greatest number of daily flights into and out of Salt Lake City. There are several rental car companies located at the airport and of course it’s very easy to take a taxi as well. Between the hours of 7am and 10pm the Chase Suite Hotel offers complementary transportation to and from the airport. Please contact the hotel to make arrangements. Taxi fare to the Chase Suite Hotel should be less than $21.

TRAX Light Rail - There is a TRAX light rail station adjacent to the Chase Suite Hotel. From there you can ride into downtown Salt Lake where you’ll find Temple Square, The Gateway shopping and entertainment district, the Clark Planetarium, the Delta Center, and plenty of dining options. Please note that TRAX does not directly service the University Research Park where E&S is located.

Climate - What to Pack

DUG Demos & Digistar Awards

We hope to have the following systems available for demos: Digistar II in a small tilted dome, D3 Laser, D3 DLP and D3 Sony in our main demo dome (36' diameter), and D3 SP2HD in our small flat dome (24' diameter). D3SP2HD handles the following fulldome video resolutions: 1024x1024, 1280x1024, 1408x1408, and 2048x2048. D3 DLP provides on-screen resolution that is roughly 3000x3000 pixels. D3 Laser and D3 Sony are 4096x4096 pixels. It may also be possible to utilize the D3 CRT system at the Clark Planetarium.
Please contact Marty Sisam if you would like to confirm video rendering parameters for any of the D3 systems.

Digistar Awards

Door Prizes

Contact Information

DUG Business Meeting Agenda

Please contact our DUG President Mike George if you have any additional items for the DUG Business Meeting Agenda.

1. Evans & Sutherland Report
   • Status report
   • Current projects/issues
   • Selected topics
2. DUG Library and Standards
   • Standards Committee report
   • Library Status
3. Newsletter Report
   • Status report
   • Review
4. Treasurer’s Report
   • Year’s accounting
5. Web Site/Listserv Report
   • Web site status
   • Listserv status
6. DUG Charter/Standing Rules
   • Review
7. Selection of 2007 Meeting Site
8. Election of Officers
   • DUG President
   • DUG Treasurer
   • DUG Secretary
9. Topics from the Floor
10. Announcements
11. Adjournment

Scheduled Activities

  Please check back for additional details.
  

DUG Seminars

Free Training Courses for Digistar system owners

Salt Lake and Utah Attractions

• In Salt Lake City
  • Temple Square is home to the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints and is located in downtown Salt Lake City. Temple Square is home to the Mormon Tabernacle Choir, the Salt Lake Temple, gardens and visitor centers. Free tours are available. A short TRAX ride from the conference hotel.
  • The Gateway is Salt Lake City's outdoor shopping, dining, and entertainment headquarters. The Gateway houses more than 90 shops and several restaurants. There is also a multi-screen cinema on-site, along with the new Discovery Gateway Children's Museum and the Olympic Legacy Plaza commemorating the 2002 Winter Olympic Games. The Gateway is a short TRAX ride from the Chase Suite Hotel, and also offers two covered parking garages (parking fee applies).
  • Utah Museum of Fine Arts is a free museum located on the University of Utah campus. Permanent and traveling exhibits. 10 minute TRAX ride from the conference hotel.
  • The Clark Planetarium and IMAX theater is located in the Gateway shopping and entertainment complex.
    Address: 110 South 400 West, Salt Lake City. (801) 456-8727.
    There is paid parking available. Be sure to get a parking validation from the Clark Planetarium ticket desk to reduce the parking fees.
• Near Salt Lake City
  • Millcreek Canyon Trailheads and campgrounds in each of the major Salt Lake valley canyons can usually be reached in about 30 minutes by car. The canyons are also served by our municipal busses.
  • Big Cottonwood Canyon
  • Little Cottonwood Canyon
  • Park City, Utah is a mountain community with plenty of shopping and dining options. Park City is also home to three world-class ski resorts that also have summer activities. Park City is approximately 30 minutes from Salt Lake by car.
  • Bingham Canyon (Kennecott) Copper Mine is the world's largest open-pit copper mine. Blasting occurs continuously and is often visible from the visitors center. The mine is approximately 30 minutes from downtown Salt Lake by car.
  • Great Salt Lake (1 hr drive)
• Around Utah
  • Arches National Park (5 hr drive)
  • Bonneville Salt Flats (2 hr drive)
  • Bryce Canyon National Park (5 hr drive)
  • Canyonlands National Park (5 hr drive)
  • Capitol Reef National Park (5 hr drive)
  • Zion National Park (5 hr drive)
• Further Afield
  • Grand Canyon National Park (9 hr drive - south rim)
  • Grand Teton National Park (6 hr drive)
  • Las Vegas, NV (6 hr drive)
  • Yellowstone National Park (6 hr drive)

Post-Conference Excursion

Maps