We are committed to ensuring the convening is inclusively designed and accessible for all attendees.
Please reach out to us at [email protected] with any questions or requests for additional information.
Know Before You Go
Arrival
The hotel offers a shuttle service to and from the airport. The shuttle has room for mobility aids and service animals, but does not have a lift. To have PAC arrange a shuttle with a lift, please indicate so on the registration Google form or reach out to us at [email protected].
Hotel Accessibility
Information about accessible rooms can be found on the hotel website.
Service animal relief areas can be found directly in front of the main hotel entrance. Just beyond the drop-off and pick-up area, there are grassy curb extensions that are available for use. Overall, the hotel is animal friendly, offering treats at the front desk and dog food on the room service menu.
Convening Accessibility
American Sign Language
An American Sign Language (ASL) interpreter will be present for all sessions.
To book a personal interpreter for social times, please indicate so on the registration Google form or reach out to us at [email protected].
Captioning
Human generated (CART) captioning will be available for all sessions.
Visual and Live Descriptions
All presenters will include descriptions as part of their sessions.
Live description is offered for all sessions and evening events. For those who indicated in their registration that they would like description, we will reach out directly with more information on how to access the live description.
Wayfinding descriptions of all Convening spaces are available on the Descriptive Wayfinding page.
Tactile Affordances
There will be tactile maps for each of the evening event spaces as well as the restrooms at the hotel. Guided tactile descriptions for each map (except for the bathroom maps) are available through the tactile QR codes that can be found on the maps themselves.
All self serve food areas will have Braille labels.
Sensory Friendly Accommodations
The Sensory Room, developed in collaboration with Rest Energy, is available to all Convening attendees throughout the conference. For more details, please visit the Sensory Room page.
Food and Allergies
PAC is providing breakfast, lunch, and dinner for both sessions days in addition to the Welcome Barbecue on October 8th in the South Capital Room. All menus have been carefully reviewed to accommodate the dietary requirements of attendees including vegetarian, vegan, gluten free, dairy free, nut free and other food allergies or preferences.
All menus:
Evening Event Transit
For those who would like PAC to arrange transportation to either off site evening event, please reach out to Maria Braswell or [email protected]. We will send out an announcement ahead of the event to get a final head count for ride share.
Boise Art Museum
The Boise Art Museum is 0.2 miles (0.3 kilometers) from the Inn at 500.
Water Bear
The restaurant is 0.6 miles (0.96 kilometers) from the Inn at 500.
Covid-19 Information
Masking is welcome but not required at Mosaic. If you have any symptoms, or should be isolating, please do not attend the Convening. Outdoor seating is available for all meals provided at the Inn at 500. The evening event at Boise Art Museum has outdoor seating. The evening event at Water Bear does not have outdoor seating. We reserve the right to cancel or modify these expectations irrespective of actions taken by local government based on the reality at the time of the conference.