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March 27-31 National Society of Black
Engineers, Indiana Convention Center, Indianapolis,
IN. (317) 684-2473 or visitIndy.com
April 7-10 Green Meetings Industry Council's
Sustainable Meetings Conference, McCormick
Place, Chicago, IL www.sustainablemeetingsconferenced.com
April 8-9 2nd Annual HELP Conference,
Seaport Boston Hotel, Boston, MA. www.HELPconference.com
April 18-19 National Alliance of Market
Developers, Le Meridien Philadelphia, Philadelphia,
PA. (908) 561-4062
April 20-23 American Association of
Community Colleges, Moscone Center, San
Francisco, CA. For more information contact
Delinda Frazier at dfrazier@aacc.nche.edu.
April 26, 40th Whitney M. Young Jr. Awards
Dinner, JW Marriott, LA Live, Los Angeles, CA.
www.laul.org
April 29-May 1 Home Based Travel Agent
Forum, Venetian Resort Hotel Casino, Las Vegas,
NV. www.LVTraelShow.com
May 1-2 ACCESS: Africa, Middle East & South
Asia, the U.S. Commercial Service Two-Day
Business Forum on Africa, Middle East & South Asia,
San Diego, CA. http://www.regonline.com/access-
2013internationaltradeforum
May 3 2013 Reverse Trade Show and Golf
Tournament, Margery McDonald Conference
Center, North Miami Beach, FL. (305) 948-2906
May 7-8 Caribbean Hotel and Tourism
Investment Conference, Hyatt Regency Trinidad,
Trinidad & Tobago. (305) 443-3040
May 16-19 TRAVAIL 2013, presented by
Women of Vision and Pastor Saarah Morgan,
Marriott Burbank Airport, Burbank, CA. (310) 6721500 or (310) 672-1300
May 26-31
NAFSA: Association of
International Educators' 2013 Annual Conference &
International Education Expo, Louisville, KY. More
information on the organization and conference at
www.nafsa.org.
June 12-15 U.S. Export-Import Opportunities
For African Consumable Products 2013 Trade
Show, Baltimore Convention Center, Baltimore,
MD. (866) 369 0520 or info@useximafricaevents.com
June 18-20 Americas Incentive, Business Travel
and Meetings Exhibition (AIBTM) Tradeshow,
Baltimore, MD. www.aibtm.com
July 29-August 3 96th ATA National
Championships, Fort Lauderdale, FL. www.americantennisassociation.org/championship/tournament_info.php
August 5-7 IAEE Midyear Meeting and ASAE
Annual meeting Co-locate at Marriott Marquis,
Atlanta, GA. www.asaecenter.org and www.iaee.com
August 7-10 National Sales Network's 17th
Annual Conference and Career Fair, Sheraton
Chicago Hotel & Towers, Chicago, IL. www.salesnetwork.org
August 8-9 Diversity Career Fair, River Exhibit
Hall, Sheraton Chicago Hotel & Towers, Chicago,
IL. www.salesnetwork.org
August 24-31 Blacks in Government Annual
August National Training Conference, Los Angeles,
CA. For more information contact Carol Martinez,
LA Inc. The Los Angeles CVB at (213) 236-2357.
September PATA Travel Mart (PTM2013),
City of Chengdu, Sichua Province, China.
www.PATA.org
September 24-27 Ecotourism and Sustainable
Tourism Conference (ESTC), organized by The
International Ecotourism Society, co-hosted by
Kenya Tourist Board and Ecotourism Kenya and in
cooperation with the World Tourism Organization
(UNWTO), Nairobi, Kenya. www.ecotourismconference.org
November 15-18 American Academy of
Ophthalmology (AAO), New Orleans, LA. For
smore information, visit www.neworleanscvb-.com.
How those behind the
meetings stay ahead
They attend HSMAI's MEET — the conference
for meeting and event professionals.
A conference for meeting and event professionals of every level, MEET Mid-America
features over 20 educational session, a unique reverse tradeshow, and will introduce
you to more than 150 convention and visitors bureaus, hotels, resorts, meeting
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Moving your meetings and events forward.
April 23–24, 2013
Navy Pier
Chicago, IL
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For exhibit information, contact
meetexhibits@jspargo.com.
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