Mega Events: Major Opportunities
The 34th annual UCLA Lake Arrowhead Symposium | Oct. 13-15, 2024
A Once-in-a-Lifetime Opportunity In hosting mega-events such as the Olympics or World Cup, cities face the challenge of balancing the immediate needs of these global exhibitions with their local, long-term planning goals related to sustainability, housing, vibrancy, and equity. The 2024 UCLA Arrowhead Symposium, Mega Events: Major Opportunities will probe this critical issue, bringing together policymakers, urban planners, past host city representatives, community leaders, and academic experts to learn in collaboration and conversation. Attendees will gain valuable insights from case studies, experts, and learn strategies for maximizing positive legacies to create lasting benefits for host cities and people living in them.
This year’s program includes multiple layers of inquiry and opportunities for attendees to think, strategize, and apply what they’ve learned to their work:
The 2024 UCLA Arrowhead Symposium – Mega Events: Major Opportunities will consider:
Speakers
Program
The program is subject to change.
Pricing
REGULAR | TICKETS | ||
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All-Inclusive Registration | |||
General Admission | $1,650 | SOLD OUT | |
Nonprofit/Government | $1,400 | SOLD OUT | |
Commuter Registration | |||
Full-Conference Commuter | $1,300 | SOLD OUT | |
1-Day Commuter | $750 | SOLD OUT |
What's Included?
Unlike other events, our registration fee includes much more than the typical conference.
Your registration includes lodging, all meals (Sunday lunch through Tuesday lunch) and beverages, receptions, use of venue facilities (e.g., heated pool, fitness center, tennis courts), free self-parking, and eligibility to claim AICP CM credits. To see what else is included/excluded, see our FAQs.
FAQs
The UCLA Lake Arrowhead Registration Fee includes much more than the typical conference registration fee.
What’s included?
- Attendance at all sessions
- Lodging (upgrades available)
- WiFi throughout the facility
- All meals (Sunday lunch through Tuesday lunch) and beverages
- All receptions, including snacks and beverages (water, lemonade, beer & wine)
- Coffee station (coffee & tea)
- Use of venue facilities (heated pool, fitness center, tennis courts, hiking trails, see more)
- Free self-parking
- Eligibility to claim AICP CM credits
- Inclusion in Attendee Directory (optional)
What’s excluded?
- Transportation to and from the venue
- Equipment rental fees for recreational activities
- Additional group recreation activities (e.g., mountain biking)
The regular all-inclusive registration fee is $1,650. This includes access to full programming, all meals and beverages, receptions, lodging and select venue amenities. There are discounted prices available for nonprofit/government attendees. If you recently attended an Arrowhead Symposium event, you qualify for a limited-time presale offer. A limited number of scholarships are available; priority will go to those who are actively working to advance equity in transportation, placemaking, and community legacies in cities that are planning for mega-events. To apply for a scholarship, click here.
Once you register, we pay for you to attend even if you cancel. Thus, in most cases, we cannot offer a refund.
Your registration is transferable, and you can change the name on your registration until October 4, 2024 by clicking “Edit Order” in your email confirmation and then following the “Manage Order” link. Note that this doesn’t change payment responsibility from the original registrant. If you change the name of your registration, please notify us at arrowhead@uclaarrowheadsymposium.org.
Included in the registration is the lodging for two nights (Sunday, Oct. 13 and Monday, Oct. 14) and meals (Sunday Lunch- Tuesday Lunch). Lodgings at the UCLA Lake Arrowhead Conference Center are typically semi-private cabins (condolets). Your condolet will be shared with another symposium attendee. You may request a suitemate by indicating so during the registration process.
Condolets are two-story units with each level having a queen bed and 1-2 full baths. Some condolets have an open-door bedroom plan with a studio bedroom on the first floor and a second-floor loft, while others have a closed-door bedroom plan. They include a downstairs living room parlor with a sleeper sofa, work desk, and fireplace separating the two guest rooms. For an additional price, you can request an upgraded accommodation while supplies last.
Most guest rooms at the UCLA Lake Arrowhead Lodge are semi-private chalets (condolets), which will be shared with another symposium attendee. These are two-story accommodations with a loft-style bedroom and another bedroom and private bathroom downstairs, plus a shared living room parlor.
There are two floor plans. One has a private bedroom downstairs and an upstairs loft. Another has an open-door, studio-style bedroom downstairs. Room upgrades are available to ensure two private bedrooms and bathrooms while supplies last. See more information.
Yes, you can request a suitemate during the registration process. Both attendees must include the request in their registration in order to be paired together. Our policy is to pair suitemates of the same gender unless otherwise requested. We will do our best to pair attendees from the same organization but this is not guaranteed. In most cases, a suitemate request can be accommodated. However, due to room availability, we cannot guarantee requests.
Please let us know during the registration process if you have a mobility issue or any other accessibility issue and need to be housed in a room close to the main conference. The conference center will do its best to accommodate requests based on availability and medical needs; however, these accommodations are not guaranteed.
No. All attendees and guests must be registered to attend the conference and stay as a guest at the conference center. UCLA reserves the right to cancel attendee registration if they were not nominated to attend and to ask non-registered guests to leave the premises.
No. We support paperless activities when we can get away with it. Please ensure that the attendee name is up to date on your registration, especially if you were not the person responsible for purchasing the ticket.
No, the UCLA Lake Arrowhead Conference Center is a smoke-free property. Due to this, we will be required to bill a smoking fee during the symposium or post-check-out to guests who will be participating in smoking activities in the rooms during the symposium or after check-out while on the conference center grounds.
No. All attendee names must match the registered conference guest names. If you need to transfer your registration, you may do so until Friday, October 4, 2024 by clicking “Edit Order” in your email confirmation and then following the “Manage Order” link.
You can update the information on your order (such as name, email address, or answers to the organizer’s questions) by clicking “Edit Order” in your email confirmation and then following the “Manage Order” link until Friday, October 4, 2024. Please contact us at arrowhead@uclaarrowheadsymposium.org if you have already completed your registration and still want to purchase an add-on item (e.g., Ground Transportation).
If you’d like to pay by check, contact event organizers at arrowhead@uclaarrowheadsymposium.org to obtain an invoice. The invoice will be billed at the Regular Registration rate ($1,650). All invoice payments must be received no less than 30 days before the event or we reserve the right to move the attendee to a stand-by list.
Yes. You will indicate your dietary preferences during the registration process. The conference center will do its best to accommodate most meal preferences (vegetarian, gluten-free, vegan, etc.).
Dress comfortably for the location. Casual attire including jeans is welcomed. Sneakers are encouraged as there will be plenty of walking. The conference center has numerous leisure facilities so be sure to bring suitable shoes and clothing for the 2.5-hour social break on Monday afternoon. We recommend partnering with other attendees for activities during the break. In the past, the attendees have organized group hikes, tennis matches, basketball games, and more. You will also have the opportunity to sign-up for an activity during the registration and view others who have also signed up. Be sure to reach out to your activity partners to coordinate.
The conference center will provide some essential products such as shampoo, conditioner, body wash/soap, lotion, hair dryer, iron, ironing board, mini fridge, and Keurig. Additional products such as shower caps, menstrual products, toothbrushes, toothpaste, and COVID tests will be available in the library from symposium organizers as well.
You do not need to purchase the ground transportation add-on at the time of registration if you have not yet made your travel plans. You can go back into Humanitix and purchase transportation by Sept. 30 at the latest. We recommend you purchase earlier since space is limited.
Symposium event organizers will confirm shuttle logistics two weeks prior to the event.
About the Symposium
Since 1991, the UCLA Lake Arrowhead Symposium has tackled the connections between transportation, land use, and the environment. Arrowhead’s diverse and influential group of policymakers, private sector stakeholders, public sector analysts, consultants, advocates, and researchers dive into these pressing policy issues every day. Here we’ve collected some of their insights from the Symposium, as well as information on their ongoing work and updates on upcoming events. Learn more about previous events in the symposium’s 30+ year history.
The UCLA Institute of Transportation Studies, which presents this UCLA Lake Arrowhead Symposium, acknowledges the UCLA campus presence on the traditional, ancestral and unceded territory of the peoples who today use the names Tongva, Gabrielino, and Kizh.
Furthermore, we acknowledge the UCLA Lake Arrowhead Lodge & Conference Center’s presence on the traditional, ancestral and unceded territory of the Yuhaaviatam Indigenous people.