Conference room capacities and rates

Hourly rates are effective from the reserved start time to the end time of an event.

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Fifth-floor tower room

Room 5269

Location: South end of the fifth floor
Dimensions: 38 x 38 feet
Cost: $92 per hour
Room arrangements:

  • Rounds, seats 48

  • Solid conference, seats 24

  • U-shape, seats 21

  • Stand-up reception, 75

Equipment:

  • No screen, projector, or lectern

A photo of the fifth floor tower room at the Beckman Institute.

Second-, third-, and fourth-floor tower rooms

Rooms 2269, 3269, and 4269

Location: South end of the second, third, and fourth floor
Dimensions: 38 x 38 feet
Cost: $74 per hour
Room arrangements:

  • Second floor: Theater-style only, seats 72

  • Third floor: Classroom only, seats 42 (pictured at right)

  • Fourth floor: U-shape only (seats 24) with wings (seats 18)

These rooms are preset. We appreciate not having the furniture rearranged

Equipment:

  • Cameras allow for video conferencing or remote presentations (3rd floor tower room only).

  • LCD projectors

  • HDMI connector

  • ADA-compliant lectern with Windows computer

 

Fourth floor tower room

Room 5602

Location: North end of the fifth floor
Dimensions: 30 x 55 feet
Cost: $94 per hour
Room arrangements:

  • U-shape conference style, seats 27

  • Rounds, seats 64

  • Theater style, seats 100

  • Classroom, seats 45

  • Stand-up reception, 100

Equipment:

  • Single speaker, single wireless-lapel-microphone sound system

  • LCD projector

  • ADA-compliant lectern with Windows computer

  • Built-in coat rack

A photo of room 5602

Room 1005

Location: West end of the first floor
Dimensions: 30 x 60 feet
Cost: $106 per hour
Room arrangements:

  • Dining or conference rounds, seats 64

  • Classroom, seats 54

  • Theater style, seats 100

  • U-Shape conference style, seats 33

  • Stand-up reception, 125

Equipment:

  • Cameras that allow for video conferencing or remote presentations

  • 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

A photo of room 1005

Executive dining room

Room 1227

Location: South end of the first floor, just off of Ted's Café
Dimensions: 25 x 27 feet
Cost: $49 per hour
Room arrangements:

  • Round tables that seat 36. Cannot be rearranged

Equipment:

  • A wall monitor is available for presentations

Tables in the executive dining room at Beckman

Auditorium

Room 1025

Please note that food and beverages are not allowed in this room.

Location: West end of the first floor
Dimensions: Seating: 50 x 50 feet; stage: 14 x 34 feet
Cost: $61 per hour
Room arrangement:

  • Theater style, seats 226

Equipment:

  • For major lectures and colloquia and as a site of plenary sessions for conferences and workshops

  • Large meeting room (1005, see above) 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 six 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.

A crowd listens to a speaker in the Beckman Auditorium

Beckman Center Atrium

Location: Just inside the east and tower entrances on the first floor
Cost: $149 per hour
Room arrangements:

  • Stand-up reception, 75

  • Rounds for dining, seats 80

  • Theater-style, seats 100

Equipment: No screen or projector available

An aerial view of the Beckman Atrium

Beckman Institute for Advanced Science and Technology

405 N. Mathews Ave. M/C 251

Urbana, IL 61801

217-244-1176

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