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Conference Timeline 
2025 November 3- Pre-Conference Session Call for Proposals December 1-Pre-Conference Session Proposals Due 2026 January 12- Call for 50-minute content session, Roundtable and Poster Session Proposals January 12- Call for Proposal Reviewers March 6- 50-minute content session, Roundtable and Poster Session Proposals Due May 4- Proposal Status Notifications Sent June 1- Session Scheduling Notifications June 1- Conference Registration Opens July 31- Deadline for Presentation and Presenter Changes September 18-Presenter Registration Deadline September 18- Early Bird Registration Ends |
| 280 W Jefferson St Louisville, KY 40202 November 3- November 8, 2026- $205 per night |
More about Louisville Louisville is changing the way people think about Southern destinations. This is a city that’s truly unique and different. A city that combines heritage with innovation, authenticity with originality, and quirkiness with friendliness. Louisville has been transformed by a $1.5 billion investment in tourism infrastructure, including 2018’s expansion and renovations to the downtown convention center (KICC). Additional authentic visitor experiences include the century-old Belle of Louisville, Churchill Downs, Muhammad Ali Center, Louisville Slugger Museum & Factory, and the Kentucky Derby Museum. Louisville did not invent New Southern Cuisine. We’ve tweaked it. Fried it. Poached it. And, most importantly, added Bourbon. Louisville owes much of its authentic culture to the many African American men and women who labored to make it so. Their experience is the American experience and we are honored to share it straight and unfiltered, exploring the stories of some extraordinary people that built the Louisville experience we know it today through the Unfiltered Truth Collection. Visit any one of the collection’s experiences that pay homage to Black jockeys, baseball players, bourbon industry greats and other trailblazers to hear their stories. |