Two programme days and one named travel day
Current San Francisco 2026 runs 4-5 November at Moscone West. The organiser publishes both dates on its San Francisco page and repeats them in the San Francisco FAQ. The agenda adds a third date. November 3 appears there as Tuesday, labelled Travel Day to San Francisco, with a Speaker Welcome Reception beside it.
The programme occupies Wednesday and Thursday. A group that attends both days holds the Tuesday night and the Wednesday night.
What the organiser publishes for each day
November 3, Tuesday: Travel Day to San Francisco, Speaker Welcome Reception, Partner Summit.
November 4, Wednesday: Main Keynote, Breakout Sessions and Lightning Talks, Expo Hall, Networking, Current Party.
November 5, Thursday: Breakout Sessions and Lightning Talks, Expo Hall, Networking.
Those are day labels. The event pages carry no door time, no registration desk clock and no session grid. The sessions page carries cards with template timestamps dated Tuesday, May 20, 2025, so no session clock for this edition sits behind it. Build the coach window from the day labels and confirm the doors with the organiser.
The scale line sits on the organiser's home page: 3000+ Attendees, 100+ Speakers, 50+ Partners and 80+ Sessions. Eighty sessions across two programme days is 40 a day by division.
The address to give a driver
Moscone West sits at 800 Howard St, at the corner of Fourth and Howard streets, San Francisco, CA 94103. That line is on the venue's own directions page. The venue event page prints 747 Howard Street in its structured address block, which is the centre's administrative office at Third and Howard. Hand a driver the 800 Howard Street line.
Rail to two stations
The venue's directions page routes Moscone West through BART or MUNI at Powell station. The venue's public transit page carries a second reading of the same system. It places BART's Powell Street station and Montgomery Street station two blocks from the centre, and routes MUNI Metro to Yerba Buena/Moscone station across the street from the venue. The two venue pages name different MUNI stops for the West building, so a group should confirm the stop against the train on the day.
Caltrain's San Francisco station sits at Fourth and Townsend streets. The venue describes a frequent schedule into a nearby station within a few minutes' walk. San Francisco Bay Ferry serves nine terminals around the Bay, including Alameda, Oakland and Vallejo, and connects at the Ferry Terminal to surface and subway options.
The last-mile walk, measured
Straight-line distances from the station points to Moscone West, computed from geocoded coordinates with a haversine: Yerba Buena/Moscone station 228 m, or 0.14 miles. Powell Street station 324 m, or 0.20 miles. Caltrain at Fourth and Townsend Streets 1,058 m, or 0.66 miles. These are straight-line figures, so every walked route runs longer than the number.
Two of the three sit inside 325 m. The Caltrain leg is the long one, and the venue's own register for it is a few minutes' walk.
Parking at the building
The venue publishes the position twice. The directions page reads that The Moscone Center does not have on-site parking. The parking restrictions page reads that it does not offer on-site parking. Both pages carry the same alternative. Several publicly owned garages offering more than 7,000 spaces surround the centre, and the FAQ adds valet parking service at most nearby hotels.
A coach that plans to hold at the door needs the restrictions page. Parking is barred in the South Driveway, in the North and West Cutouts, at the curbs, on the ramps and on the docks. Emergency access stays clear at all times, and unauthorised vehicles face towing at the owner's expense.
Wednesday runs in two buildings
The venue's events feed returns three records between 25 October and 20 November. INFORMS Annual Meeting 2026 runs 1-4 November in Moscone South. Current San Francisco 2026 runs 4-5 November in Moscone West. Microsoft Ignite 2026 runs 17-20 November across Moscone North, South and West.
Wednesday 4 November therefore carries a meeting the organiser measures at more than 6,000 delegates in the South building alongside Current in the West. Pick the drop-off corner with the neighbour in mind.
The registration clocks a group needs
Registration transfers close 3 November 2026, the same day the organiser names as the travel day. The request goes to current@regsvc.com. Passes carry two published readings. The home page offers complimentary passes for this year with a capacity clause. The same page lists Early Bird $499 expired August 15, Advance $699 expired October 10, Standard $899 expiring October 29 and Onsite $999. The registration host lists no group rate, team rate or bulk upload.
Hotel blocks arrive in the attendee confirmation email, and the organiser places them within walking distance of the Moscone Center. A group that wants a same-property floor should collect the codes from those emails as each delegate registers.