Event Location

All activities for the November 2024 Midwest Security Workshop (MSW 9) will take place at the Wilmeth Active Learning Center (WALC), which is located at 340 Centennial Mall Dr, West Lafayette, IN 47907 (Google Maps). As the midwest spans two different time zones, please note that Purdue is on Eastern Time. Please see the agenda for the room locations of each event.

Getting to Purdue / Overnight Stays

Key Note: There is a home football game at Purdue (kickoff: 3:30pm) on the same day as MSW, so you will want to leave extra time for getting into town. Furthermore, anyone who chooses to stay overnight might want to look for lodging in Indianapolis or elsewhere, rather than right by the university. While kickoff for the football is at 3:30pm, you should expect substantial traffic for many hours both before and after the game.

Parking

Please see the Google Map we have pinned with key parking lots and event locations or the following PDF map we have annotated. For the annotated PDF map, note that the blue box (PGW) shows the free parking we recommend, but if attendees want to pay for a slightly shorter walk, the orange box (PGG) is paid parking. The green box is WALC, where the workshop takes place.

Some lots near Ross-Ade Stadium will be closed for game-day football parking at 6 a.m. on Saturday with clear signage. The following garages and lots will be open with no ticketing or towing (except when public safety deems necessary):

• Wood Street Parking Garage
• Harrison Street Parking Garage
• All university parking south of Mitch Daniels Boulevard

Additionally, the northern portion of the Discovery Park lot will include ample parking.

Paid event parking in the Northwestern Avenue and University Street Parking Garages will begin at 6 a.m. Grant Street Parking Garage is always a paid parking garage 24/7. Event parking garages open back up to the public once the game starts (though the time of the game on 11/16 has not yet been announced).

As MSW is held on a Saturday, all campus lots with A, B, and C permit markings (except those mentioned above) are free and open to the public (except for Grant Street which is always paid parking and the few spots scattered around that have the pay by hour meters).