SimCenter Frequently Asked Questions - Events / Registration

Information about holding Events at the SimCenter.

  • We have held strategic planning workshops, training sessions, movie screenings, public forums and receptions. 
  • We are open to new and innovative uses of this space

Examples include: strategic planning workshops, social media and website design training, certification courses for sustainability reporting and coaching, documentary films with local subject matter experts, receptions for trade associations and product launches.

  • We have hourly/daily corporate rates.  Government and non-profit group rates may be discounted.
  • If you have a registration fee, split fees may be arranged for some events. Ask for the Rates that apply to your Event here 

For stand up receptions 100.  For sit-down presentations 70.  For workshops/trainings 50.

Beyond the visualization space we have a separate “traditional” conference room with one projector that seats 6-8 people.

  • Yes.  One image/video can be used to fill any number of the 12 screens, in the order you choose
  • Our video switch enables many more customized options. You can use it to control the visuals in multiple ways: alternating images, corner-of-room logos and surround presentation, or project onto the large 14 ft. central wide screen and use the 10 other side screens - as you wish.
  • Yes, the standard set-up is 6 collaborative work tables with 2-8 WiFi connectors on each.  Many layouts are possible.
  • If the standard layout is rearranged, a reset fee may apply.

Yes. There's your choice of music in surround sound and wireless microphone system for workshops and presentations.

Yes.  The SimCenter can webcast your event live via UStream.  Additional technical staff are required.

  • Yes, we can capture video via
    • Simple flip cameras (Standard 4:3 frame, Format: MP4, Quality: 640x480 pixels) or
    • Camcorder:HDV 1080/60i 16:9 frame, 1080x720 pixels. 
  • Additional technical staff would be required.

The SimCenter enables your team to visualize the trends and projections of your market and industry.  The surround environment enables accelerated collective understanding – you all learn faster together.  By literally seeing the relationships between issues, you can make more informed decisions quicker.

Put your team in a creative, surround environment – enable them to add content and options -- and we have seen synergy occur (the whole is greater than the sum of its parts).  The SimCenter facilitates this process by its very design.

  • There are few simple issues today, and many have interconnected and related parts.  The SimCenter allows you to see these connections all at the same time, and enables your team to add any missing content in real time. 
  • Single screen PowerPoint presentations are linear, where the SimCenter enables parallel and lateral thinking at its best.
  • There are several dozen parking lots within walking distance in downtown San Diego that range from $5 - $30 a day.  
  • There are dozens of simple lunchtime venues and many quality restaurants within a few blocks of the SimCemter.

You could rent all the computers, network, video projection, sound system and install and integrate them into a hotel ballroom – but the cost of equipment leasing and staff set-up time would far exceed our existing set-up and day rates.
If you must have the SimCenter experience in your ballroom event, then fill in your Event Request and check the “off-site event” option.