NABJ Conventions Past, Current and Future

Updated 3:32 p.m. July 25th 2011

For the first time in my professional career, which started in 2003, I'm not at the mercy of an airline to attend an NABJ convention. I can drive. I can take a bus. I can take a train. I can't tell you how excited I am about that.

Philadelphia, the home of the 2011 NABJ convention, is only an hour's drive from me and I'm already planning to spend an entire week in Philadelphia. I hope others are considering that too.

Then the next year, the 2012 UNITY convention will be in Las Vegas, which I'm always excited about going to Las Vegas, and that will be going on during the 2012 Summer Olympics, which I will also attend. So, the next two summers will be filled with some very memorable events.

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The 2011 NABJ Convention will be in Philadelphia from August 3 to August 7 and the convention hotel will be the
http://www.marriott.com/hotels/travel/phldt-philadelphia-marriott-downtown/

The 2012 UNITY Convention will be in Las Vegas from August 1 to August 4 and the convention hotel will be the http://www.mandalaybay.com/

Get those vacation/time off requests in a.s.a.p.

Here is NABJ convention history past, current and future.

1976 -- Houston
1977 -- Baltimore
1978 -- Chicago
1979 – Washington, D.C.
1980 – Washington, D.C.
1981 -- Louisville
1982 -- Detroit
1983 -- New Orleans
1984 -- Atlanta
1985 -- Baltimore
1986 -- Dallas
1987 -- Miami
1988 -- St. Louis
1989 -- New York
1990 – Los Angeles
1991 -- Kansas City, Mo.

1992 – Detroit

1993 - Houston

1994 – UNITY in Atlanta

1995 – Philadelphia

1996 – Nashville

1997 – Chicago

1998 – Washington, D.C.

1999 – UNITY in Seattle

2000 – Phoenix

2001 – Orlando

2002 – Milwaukee

2003 – Dallas

2004 – UNITY in Washington, D.C.

2005 – Atlanta

2006 – Indianapolis

2007 – Las Vegas

2008 – UNITY in Chicago (July 23-27)

2009 – Tampa (August 5-9)

2010 – San Diego (July 28 – August 1)

2011 – Philadelphia (August 3-7)
2012 – New Orleans (June 20-24)

2013 - Orlando (July 31-August 4)
2014 - Boston (July 30-August 3)
2015 - Minneapolis (August 5-9)
2016 - Joint Convention w/ NAHJ in Washington, D.C. (August 3-7) 
2017 - New Orleans (August 9-13)
2018 - Detroit (August 1-5)
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