Location & Hotels


Conference Location:
Cindy Pritzker Auditorium
Harold Washington Library Center
400 S. State Street
Chicago IL 60605
Parking / Mass Transit / Interactive Map

Pre-Conference Location:
Agency.com Headquarters
200 E Randolph Street, 40th floor
Chicago, IL 60601
More details / Interactive Map

Conference Hotel:
Palmer House Hilton
17 East Monroe St.
Chicago, IL 60603
Interactive Map

Special Rates

IDEA does not have an official hotel, but we have arranged a special rate with the Palmer House Hilton. This summer has some of the highest hotel rates in some time. However, rates change frequently we encourage you to search for a hotel through Google, Expedia, Orbitz, or your preferred online service.

IAI has reserved a block of rooms for IDEA attendees at the Palmer House Hilton for the rate of $295 per night ($322 after taxes). Rooms are limited, call (877) 865-5321 and use group code IA1 that's IA1 for special rate.

The Blake Hotel is now listing as $499/night, but we may be able to arrange a lower rate for you, please contact membership@iainstitute.org for more information.

Our team has not checked out the following hotels, we found them through Google maps ( View interactive map.). As of May 31, 2008, the rates of the area hotels were: