The Symposium will take place at the U.S. Naval Institute’s Jack C. Taylor Conference Center on the grounds of the U.S. Naval Academy in Annapolis, Maryland. 

For attendees who do not have access to DoD facilities, access will be granted to registered attendees at Gate 8, beginning at 7am on the morning of the event. All attendees must present a valid, unexpired original REAL ID Act compliant U.S. government photo ID card (e.g. state issued driver's license or identification card); or an original, unexpired passport to enter USNA grounds. 

From the DMV area, take US-50 E

Take Exit 24 to merge onto MD-70/Rowe Blvd South toward Annapolis

Turn left onto Taylor Ave (0.9 mi)

Turn Right onto Annapolis St (0.2 mi)

Continue onto Baltimore Blvd (0.1 mi)

Turn right onto Boyer Road (0.2 mi)

Continue straight through Gate 8 to enter the Naval Academy campus (0.2)

Turn left onto Phythian Road  (second left after the gate)

Turn right onto Wood Road (third right)

Keep right for parking located off of Osborne Road

Some surrounding hotels are linked below.

The Westin Annapolis, Graduate Annapolis or Annapolis Waterfront

The best airports to fly into for Annapolis, Maryland are Baltimore-Washington International Thurgood Marshall Airport (BWI) or Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport (DCA).