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B M & T ••• January/February 2016 ••• www.blackmeetingsandtourism.com
January 3-13 American Library
Association (ALA) Midwinter Meeting,
Boston Convention & Exhibition
Center (BCEC), Boston, MA. (617)
954-2168
January 6-8 Black Student Athlete
Summit, University of Austin ATT
Executive Education Conference
Center, Austin, TX. http://ddce.utexas.-
edu/blackstudentathleteconference/or
(Dr. Darren Kelly at (512) 404-3600
January 7-9 National African-
American Leadership Experience,
Washington, DC
January 11-12 The Association of
Theological Schools presents the
Commission on Accrediting African
American CEOs and CAOs Confer-
ence, Holiday Inn Rochester Airport
Hotel, Rochester, NY. www.ats.edu
or
(412) 788-6505
January 11-14 21st Annual Yale
University Black Solidarity Conference,
Yale University, New Haven, CT.
http://www.blacksolidarityconference.c
om/
January 14-17 National Black
Student Leadership Conference,
Raleigh, NC.
January 20-24 Omega Psi Phi
Fraternity, Inc. Undergraduate Summit,
Westin Peachtree Plaza, Atlanta, GA.
www.oppf.org
or (404) 284-5533
January 23 24th Annual Trumpet
Awards, Atlanta, GA. www.trumpet-
foundation.org or (404) 878-6738
January 25-27 The Americas
Lodging Investment Summit (ALIS),
LW Marriott & Microsoft Theater, Los
Angeles, CA. http://www.alisconfer-
ence.com/registration/
January 26-27 The Smart Traveller
Asia 2016, Hong Kong. Contact: Shreya
Ganapathy at shreya@eyefortravel.com.
January 29 Veterans and Small
Business Summit, Bob Hope Patriotic
Hall, Los Angeles, CA (702) 544-6155
February 1-2 Smart Travel Analytics
North America 2016, Atlanta, GA.
Contact: Julia Heighton Julia@eyefor-
travel.com.
February 5 47th NAACP Image
Awards, Los Angeles, CA www.naac-
pimageawards.net
February 6-9 National Beauty
Culturists' League, Inc. Board of
Directors meeting, Washington, DC
www.nbcl.info
or (202) 232-2695
February 8-13 National African
American Studies Association, Crowne
Plaza Executive Center, Baton Rouge,
LA. (225) 925-2244 or www.NAA-
AS.org
February 10-12 4th Annual Global
Pharmaceutical and Medical Meetings
Summit, Philadelphia Marriott Down-
town, Philadelphia, PA. For more infor-
mation call (781) 939-2400 or visit
wcreg@worldcongress.com.
February 11 California Black
Chamber of Commerce 2016 Annual
Legislative Welcome Reception &
Capitol City Luncheon, Sheraton
Grand Hotel, Sacramento, CA. Contact
Ruth Artates at (916) 463-0178 or
cbcc@valbcc.org
for more information.
February 15-18 2016 Samuel
DeWitt Proctor Clergy and Lay
Leadership Conference, Omni Houston
Hotel, Houston, TX. www.sdpconfer-
ence.info or (773) 548-6675
February 17 Travursity Travel
Showcase, Ft. Lauderdale, FL. Register at
www.travursity.com
or email info@trav-
ursity.com for further information.
February 23 Veterans and Small
Business Summit, Stan Fulton Building,
University of Nevada Las Vegas, Las
Vegas, NV. (702) 544-6155
February 23-28 CIAA Basketball
Tournament, Charlotte, NC.
http://theciaa.com/bballtournament/i
ndex
February 25-27 39th Big XII
Conference on Black Student Govern-
ment, Kansas Memorial Union,
Lawrence, KS. https://kupce.ku.edu/-
bigxii-black-student-government-con-
ference-2016 or (875) 864-5823 or toll
free at (800) 766-3777
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