U.S.-ASEAN Smart Cities Partnership
The 2024 Smart and Connected Communities Principal Investigators’ Meeting (S&CC PI Meeting ’24) will be held in person at Vanderbilt University’s Student Life Center located at 310 25th Ave S, Nashville, TN 37212. The meeting dates will be Wednesday, February 28th & Thursday, February 29th. Arrival night will be Tuesday, February 27th.
NSF’s Smart & Connected Communities effort aims to advance understanding of our cities and communities to improve their functioning and quality of life within them through innovations in computing, engineering, information and physical sciences, social, and learning sciences. NSF envisions that the work of researchers across a wide range of academic disciplines, in close collaboration with diverse community stakeholders, will together transform advances in areas such as economic development, education and learning, energy, environmental quality, public health and wellness, public safety, social services, telecommunications, transportation, and many others. By addressing current and future challenges through fundamental research, building capacity for research, and transiting research to practice, these efforts seek to improve the quality of life in communities while protecting individual security and privacy.
Up to two (2) PIs can attend for planning grants and up to three (3) PIs can attend for IRGs and Eagers.
Registration Form
Meeting registration will open up soon. Please defer to the Smart & Connected Communities Virtual Organization’s website for registration.
Room Reservations
Three courtesy blocks of rooms (extremely limited) have been reserved at the group government per diem rate (or lower) plus taxes (for single/double rooms) starting on the arrival night of Tuesday, February 27th, 2024 – Wednesday, February 28th, 2024 with a checkout date of Thursday, February 29th, 2024.
Deadline: Monday, January 15th, 2024 by midnight
Three courtesy block options:
The following blocks of rooms were selected based on the 0.8 miles or less walking distance to the meeting location. For your convenience, there will also be a dedicated charter bus service at these locations to get attendees to and from these hotels during the PI meeting.
Please make your reservations online at one of the three following options:
1) Homewood Suites by Hilton ($169/night – 0.3 miles from SLC. 6 min walk, 2 min drive)
Book Your Group/Corporate Rate, or by calling the hotel at 615-340-8000. When calling, please mention the 2024 Smart & Connected Communities (S&CC) PI Meeting group block (Group Code: DE1) to receive the reduced rate. For more information about the venue, please click the following link here.
2) Marriott at Vanderbilt ($224/night – 0.3 miles from SLC. 6 min walk, 3 min drive)
Book Your Group/Corporate Rate, or by calling the hotel at 615-321-1300. When calling, please mention the 2024 Smart & Connected Communities (S&CC) PI Meeting group block to receive the reduced rate. For more information about the venue, please click the following link here.
3) Hyatt House Nashville At Vanderbilt – ($169/night – 0.8 miles from SLC. 15 min walk, 3 min drive)
Book Your Group/Corporate Rate, or by calling the hotel at 615-320-9000. When calling, please mention the 2024 Smart & Connected Communities (S&CC) PI Meeting group block (code: G-NSF1) to receive the reduced rate. For more information about the venue, please click the following link here.
In General:
Travelers who wish to reserve rooms outside of these blocks will incur increased room rates and will not be able to register online, but will need to call the hotels directly. Please be advised that reservations made for days outside of the block might incur higher or lower room rates, depending on the day. When calling, please reference the event name: “2024 Smart & Connected Communities (S&CC) PI Meeting”.
Reservations must be made no later than Monday, January 15th, 2024 by midnight. Reservations made after that time will be based on availability at the hotels’ prevailing rates. Make your reservations early to secure a room. Breakfast, lunch, and light refreshments will be provided at the meeting. Participants will be responsible for their own dinners.
