Venue & Hospitality
Hilton San Diego Mission Valley
901 Camino Del Rio South
San Diego, CA 92108
Conference Dates: September 17-18, 2018
Hotel Services & Amenities
- Audio/Visual Equipment Rental.
- Business Center.
- Business Phone Service.
- Complimentary Printing Service.
- Express Mail.
- Fax.
- Meeting Rooms.
- Office Rental.
- Photo Copying Service.
- Secretarial Service.
- Telex.
- Typewriter.
- Video Conference.
- Video Messaging.
- Video Phone.
- ATM.
- Baggage Storage.
Transportation
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About City
San Diego is a major city in California, United States. It is in San Diego County, on the coast
of the Pacific Ocean in Southern California, approximately 120 miles (190 km) south of Los
Angeles and immediately adjacent to the border with Mexico.
With an estimated population of 1,406,630 as of July 1, 2016, San Diego is the eighth-largest
city in the United States and second-largest in California. It is part of the San Diego–Tijuana
conurbation, the second-largest transborder agglomeration between the US and a bordering
country after Detroit–Windsor, with a population of 4,922,723 people. The city is known for
its mild year-round climate, natural deep-water harbor, extensive beaches, long association
with the United States Navy, and recent emergence as a healthcare and biotechnology
development center.
San Diego has been called “the birthplace of California”. Historically home to the Kumeyaay
people, it was the first site visited by Europeans on what is now the West Coast of the United
States. Upon landing in San Diego Bay in 1542, Juan Rodríguez Cabrillo claimed the area for
Spain, forming the basis for the settlement of Alta California 200 years later. The Presidio and
Mission San Diego de Alcalá, founded in 1769, formed the first European settlement in what
is now California. In 1821, San Diego became part of the newly independent Mexico, which
reformed as the First Mexican Republic two years later. In 1850, California became part of the
United States following the Mexican–American War and the admission of California to the
union.
The city is the seat of San Diego County and is the economic center of the region as well as
the San Diego–Tijuana metropolitan area. San Diego’s main economic engines are military
and defense-related activities, tourism, international trade, and manufacturing. The presence
of the University of California, San Diego (UCSD), with the affiliated UCSD Medical Center, has
helped make the area a center of research in biotechnology
