Conference room capacities and rates
Fifth-floor tower room
(Room 5269)
Location: South end of the fifth floor
Dimensions: 38 x 38 feet
Cost: $350
Room arrangements:
- Theater-style, seats 60
- Classroom, seats 42
- U-shape, seats 21
- Square, seats 24
- Dining rounds, seats 48
- Stand-up reception, allows 75
Equipment:
- No screen, projector, or lectern
Second-, third-, and fourth-floor tower rooms
(Rooms 2269, 3269, and 4269)
Location: South end of the second, third, and fourth floor
Dimensions: 38x38 feet
Cost: $150
Room arrangements:
- Second floor: Theater-style only, seats 60
- Third floor: Classroom only, seats 42 (shown at right)
- Fourth floor: U-shape (seats 24) with wings (seats 12)
Equipment:
- LCD projectors
- HDMI connector
- ADA-compliant lectern with Windows computer
Room 5602
Location: North end of fifth floor
Dimensions: 30 x 55 feet
Cost: $350
Room arrangements:
- Dining or conference rounds, seats 72
- Classroom, seats 60
- Theater style, seats 100
- U-shape conference style, seats 36
- Reception area, allows 113
Equipment:
- Single speaker, single wireless-lapel-microphone sound system
- LCD projector
- ADA-compliant lectern with Windows computer
- Built-in coat rack
Room 1005
Location: West end of first floor
Dimensions: 30 x 60 feet
Cost: $300
Room arrangement:
- Dining or conference rounds, seats 80
- Classroom, seats 60
- Theater style, seats 100
- U-Shape conference style, seats 36
- Reception area allows 125
Equipment:
- Projection screen at the east end
- LCD projector is ceiling mounted, with a video connector for connection to a presenter’s computer
- Audio from the presenter’s computer or from a lapel microphone can be sent to the ceiling-mounted speakers located throughout the room
- Connected to video and audio signal in auditorium, making it the auditorium overflow room.
Multimedia Technology Room
(Room 1227)
Location: South end of the first floor
Dimensions: 25 x 27 feet
Cost: $50/hour
Room arrangement:
- Herringbone style, seats 20
- U-shape, seats 21
Equipment:
- State-of-the-art presentation facility for meetings that require advanced videoconferencing or high resolution multi-video-display presentations
- Perfect for meetings requiring high-end technology not available elsewhere
- Two 60-inch plasma displays
- HD projector
- Polycom HDX offering single and multiple site connectivity using EagleEye intelligent, auto-zooming cameras for a fully automated system
- Ability to share digital content with remote sites or incorporate live video in presentations
- Speaker’s lectern has a built-in Windows computer, which can be used for presentations or allows for the connection of one or more laptops, and provides touch panel control of room facilities
Auditorium
(Room 1025)
Location: West end of first floor
Dimensions: Seating: 50 x 50 feet; stage: 14 x 34 feet
Cost: $400/two hours; $125 for each additional hour
Room arrangement:
- Theater style, seats 230
- Food and beverages are NOT allowed in this room
Equipment:
- For major lectures and colloquia and as a site of plenary sessions for conferences and workshops
- Large meeting room (1005) adjacent to the auditorium to host overflow; connected to the audio and video display systems of the auditorium
- HD, ultra-powerful projector is located in a projection room to the rear of the auditorium.
- Connectors are provided on the stage to connect to laptops for a variety of needs.
- Audio console capable of accepting 24 audio inputs and a control room monitoring output
- Eight wireless microphones, including two handhelds and 6 lavalier microphones. They function anywhere in the auditorium, allowing audience participation.
- Lectern includes dual wired microphones.
- Four corner-mounted powered speakers
- An event that requires recording, uses multiple cameras, or includes streaming should contact an A/V specialist such as the Center for Innovation in Teaching and Learning, which has worked at Beckman frequently. Note that CITL charges fees for its services
Room 1003
Location: West end of the first floor
Cost: $50
Room arrangement
- Solid conference style, seats 12
Equipment: Has a screen but no projector
Beckman Atrium
Location: Just inside the east and tower entrances on the first floor
Cost: $500
Room arrangement
- Stand-up reception, 200
- Allows 12 rounds for dining, seats 96
- Theater-style, seats 100
Equipment: No screen or projector available.