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Liberty of the Seas, departing Ft. Lauderdale, FL and visiting ports in Belize City, Belize and Cozumel, MX, before returning to Ft. Lauderdale. Contact Karla Irby at (954) 525-5117 or www.karla@regencytravel.biz.
November 15-17 Applied Research Center's (ARC) Facing Race national conference, Baltimore, MD. Registration available at arc.org/facingrace.
November 27-29 GIBTM, the leading event for meetings, incen- tives and business travel in the GCC Region, Abu Dhabi, USE. www.gibtm.com
December 14 Food and Diversity: Possibilities for the New Food Paradigm, New York, NY http://linkd.in/uWbOgu
2013 TBD National FFA Convention, Louisville, KY. www.ffa.org
TBD National Society of Black Engineers, Indiana Convention Center, Indianapolis, IN. (317) 684-2473 or visitIndy.com
TBD National Fraternal Order of Police (FOP), Cincinnati, OH. (615) 399-0900 or www.fop.net
January 4-5 150th Anniversary Celebration of the signing of the Emancipation Proclamation, presented by the Black Economic Council (BEC), Emancipation Hall, Washington, DC. For more information: (866) 856-4570 or Info@blackeconomiccouncil.org
March National Society of Black Engineers Convention, Milwaukee, WI. (800) 231-0903 or www.visitmilwaukee.org
March 3-7 Healthcare Information and Management Systems Society (HIMSS), New Orleans, LA. For more information, visit
www.neworleanscvb.com.
April 20-23 American Association of Community Colleges, Moscone Center, San Francisco, CA. For more information con- tact Delinda Frazier at dfrazier@aacc.nche.edu.
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 18-20 Americas Incentive, Business Travel and Meetings Exhibition (AIBTM) Tradeshow, Baltimore, MD. www.aib- tm.com
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.
November 15-18 American Academy of Ophthalmology (AAO), New Orleans, LA. For more information, visit www.neworlean- scvb.com.
December 10-12 Expo! Expo!, the International Association of Exhibitions and Events' (IAEE) Annual Meeting & Exhibition, George R. Brown Convention Center, Hilton of the Americas, Houston, TX. Visit www.iaee.com/expo for more information.
2014
June 17-19 Americas Incentive, Business Travel and Meetings Exhibition (AIBTM) Tradeshow, Baltimore, MD. www.aibtm.com
September 24-26 National Black MBA Association 2014 Annual Conference & Exposition, Los Angeles, CA. For more information contact Carol Martinez, LA Inc. The Los Angeles CVB at (213) 236-2357.
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