AKA Convention 2009 will be held at the Doubletree Hotel at the Lloyd Center, 1000 NE Multnomah Street, Portland, OR 97232. This is an excellent hotel that has recently been renovated. It boasts two restaurants, excellent meeting rooms, fitness room, on site parking & heated pool. There is a new media room with computers and internet access. Wireless connectivity is available in the lobby.

The ground floor layout is shown above. The pink shaded room(s) will be used for the complimentary welcome buffet on Friday evening, and (divided) for the fish sale and lectures on Saturday. The room shaded in yellow will be the fish show room. Both indoor & outdoor relaxation areas are available adjacent to the show room. It is a short walk across the lobby from one to the other. This arrangement will ensure that noise from the fish room will not interfere with presentations.