About the Pier 5 The conference will be at the Pier 5 Hotel on the Baltimore Harbor Waterfront. The hotel is located at 711 Eastern Avenue, Baltimore MD 21202, and their phone number is 866-583-4162. Click here for directions to the hotel. This is a really cool boutique hotel with great conference facilities. We will be reserving all of the meeting spaces and hotel rooms in this hotel, which will be a lot of fun! Evening receptions include a Crabby Hour and a Chocolate Event. The hotel is right on the water, next door to the National Aquarium and to the Power Plant. The hotel is holding the hotel rooms for us in the name "Data Modeling Zone" for a discounted hotel rate of $179 per night. Call 866-583-4162 to make hotel reservations. These rooms are only being held until September 29th, 2012, so book early! Click here for some more information about the hotel.