Ottawa is located about five hours northeast of Toronto, and about
two hours northwest of Montreal. January and February are the coldest months of the
year–bring your warmest clothes.
Ottawa, the national capital of Canada, will be celebrating its Winter Carnival at the
time of the Innovation Workshop (February 9 and 10) and the Innovation Conference
(February 11 and 12). So, bring your skates! Or rent some on The Canal, and skate the
longest skating rink in the world.
Gasthaus Switzerland Inn (22 rooms). A
heritage site.
(3 blocks north and east of the Workshop site=the closest site to the Workshop)
89 Daly Avenue
Ottawa, Ontario K1N 6E6
Phone:613-237-0335
1-888-663-0000
Fax:613-594-3327
–cost: $88 to 228/night plus taxes
You can register electronically (rates show as
less expensive at this site) – click on Ontario, then Ottawa, then Gasthaus
Switzerland.
Novotel Ottawa Hotel
(about six blocks from the Workshop site)
33 Nicholas
01-613-230-3033
1-800-668-6835 (no charge in USA and Canada)
Internet
registration
Single: $179 plus taxes of 12%= 200.00
Internet rate is less: $150 plus taxes
Westin Hotel
(located next door to the Congress Centre, where the Conference on Innovation is being
held)
11 Colonel By Drive (about five blocks from the Workshop)
$120 to 500/night
Register
online for all of these hotels/bed and breakfast locations at:
If you are planning to attend the Conference as well as the Workshop, the closest
places to stay are the Westin Hotel and the Novotel. The Westin is connected to the
Congress Centre, where the Conference on Innovation is being held, and the Novotel is
about a block away from the Westin. The Workshop site is approximately five blocks
Southeast of the Congress Centre, while the Gasthaus is approximately four blocks East of
the Congress Centre. The Gasthaus Bed and Breakfast is the closest location to the
Workshop.
Exchange rate: The Canadian dollar is worth approximately .63 of an
American dollar
