Host City: Boston
Boston is the largest city in New England, and is home to some of the most celebrated museums in the country, including the Boston Museum of Fine Arts (MFA), Institute of Contemporary Art (ICA), Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum, Museum of Science, New England Aquarium, USS Constitution Museum, Harvard Art Museums and MIT Museum. The Boston area also boasts over 65 colleges and universities, a force that keeps historic Boston vibrant and ever-changing. These traits make “Beantown” a first-class tourist destination and the perfect setting for meetings and exhibitions.
Boston University is the second largest private university in the United States, with approximately 30,000 students enrolled in 17 Schools and Colleges of the university. The campus spans 1.5 miles along the Charles River, stretching from Kenmore Square (the site of the Boston Red Sox’s playing field at Fenway Park) down to its new Student Village and state-of-the-art Agganis Arena sports facility.
Boston and its surrounding areas offer a wide variety of natural beauty and outdoor activities. Its compact layout and culturally distinctive neighborhoods make Boston the perfect walking city. Go for a sail along the Charles River, a walk through the Boston Common and Public Gardens or try whale watching off the beautiful beaches of Cape Cod.
Walk your way through American history on the Black Heritage Trail or the Freedom Trail. Learn about the Boston Tea Party of 1773, explore the shops and restaurants of Faneuil Hall Marketplace, visit Paul Revere’s House and experience “the shot heard ‘round the world!" Plymouth Rock, the site where the Pilgrims first landed, is just a 30 minute ride from Boston. You’re likely to stumble across a part of Boston’s unique and cherished history around every corner! To get the experience “by land” and “by sea”, take advantage of one of the city’s “DUCK tours,” where you’ll enjoy a narrated tour of the city in an authentic, renovated World War II amphibious landing vehicle. Come taste New England favorites, like clam “chowdah”, lobster rolls and Boston cream pie, but save room for the cutting-edge cuisine that has recently landed Boston a reputation as a great restaurant town.
Boston also serves as the gateway to New England, including Maine’s charming towns, craggy coastline and beautiful vistas, New Hampshire’s forests, lakes and hiking and camping in the White Mountains, and Vermont’s picturesque villages and beautiful Green Mountains.
In the month of June, Boston enjoys a beautiful late spring and early summer weather with temperatures around 64 degrees Fahrenheit (ranging from 14 to 24 Celsius, with an overall average of 17 degrees Celsius).
Boston’s Logan International Airport is readily accessible from most cities in the world and many U.S., Canadian and European attendees can fly non-stop to Boston. Boston boasts direct connections to many European, Central and South American, and Asian cities.
Accommodations options include attractive BU campus housing suites as well as a range of hotels.
