This information is from the 2024 Apartmentalize Schedule. Information and details for 2025 will be available in Fall 2024.
About Philadelphia
Famous as the birthplace of life, liberty and the pursuit of happiness, Philadelphia delivers countless things to do: fascinating museums, vibrant parks, national historic sites and famous (and delicious) food.
Travel and Safety Tips
- Make restaurant reservations in advance to ensure that you are able to experience your desired restaurants.
- There’s no specific dress code, but business casual is acceptable and widely practiced. Be sure to bring layers as meeting rooms can be chilly.
- Be sure to wear comfortable shoes – you’ve got a lot of ground to cover!
- Stay alert of your surroundings and stick to well-lit, busy areas.
- Remove your conference badge when you are outside of the convention center.
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Be sure to earmark some time to explore all the history, art, nature and unique neighborhoods that Philadelphia has to offer!
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Make restaurant reservations in advance to ensure that you are able to experience your desired restaurants.
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There’s no specific dress code, but business casual is acceptable and widely practiced. Be sure to bring layers as meeting rooms can be chilly.
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Be sure to wear comfortable shoes – you’ve got a lot of ground to cover!
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Like in any major city, stay alert of your surroundings and stick to well-lit, busy areas.
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Remove your conference badge when you are outside of the convention center.
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The Philadelphia Police Department (PPD) is the nation’s 4th largest police department with over 6,300 sworn members and 800 civilian personnel and has a substation located in the Philadelphia Convention Center at 13th & Race St.
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Philadelphia Center City has a Safety Patrol team in place to deploy uniformed, unarmed bicycle patrol officers within Center City daily, with extended hours during conference days.
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The city also has 80+ Community Service Representatives throughout Center City in uniform to welcome visitors to Philadelphia and deter crime downtown.
Hotels
At this point all edits to reservations and new reservations need to be made directly with the hotel.
Shuttle Map to/from Pennsylvania Convention Center and Thursday Night Party
*NAA has solely partnered with Spargo, Inc. as the official hotel vendor for 2024 Apartmentalize and we do not endorse or have a relationship with any other housing companies. In the past, NAA has experienced other companies soliciting NAA attendees and posing as representatives by NAA offering special discounted hotel rates. NAA and Spargo, Inc. do not solicit conference attendees directly by telephone for hotel bookings, nor do we request credit cards over the phone for room reservations. NAA is not responsible for any housing reservations made through any other provider than the official provider, Spargo, Inc. If you believe you have been contacted by someone from a company posting as an official NAA Housing Representative, please contact Elizabeth Ambacher, Vice President, Meetings & Expositions. If you have made hotel reservations and provided a credit card number to a company other than Spargo, Inc., please call your credit card company immediately and request any charges to be reversed.