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2009 Congress of Cities and Exposition
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Henry B. Gonzalez Convention Center
November 10-14
San Antonio, TX


Conference Updates

General Session Speakers

COC 2009 Ed Begley, Jr.Ed Begley, Jr., actor, author, long-time environmental activist and host of “Living with Ed” on HGTV, will address attendees of the 2009 Congress of Cities and Exposition on sustainability during the Saturday, November 14, morning general session.

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CoC Doris Kearns GoodwinDoris Kearns Goodwin, influential political author and historian, will address 2009 Congress of Cities attendees on the subject of leadership in times of crisis during the closing general session on November 14.


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Information and registration for Mobile Workshops is available. The workshop development process occurs over the summer: workshop titles will be available in August/September and speaker information in October.
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General Conference Questions?
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conference@nlc.orgor 202-626-3105.

Questions on Exhibiting at the 2009 Congress of Cities? Already signed up to exhibit and have question?
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Questions on Sponsoring the 2009 Congress of Cities?
Contact Cynthia Cusick at cusick@nlc.orgor 202-626-3182


Speaker Database Form

Do you want to share your great solution, program or insight as part of one of the National League of Cities’ educational events? Fill out our new Speaker Database Form. The form is for speakers interested in joining the NLC speaker database and submitting their ideas.  Speakers may submit an idea for consideration for all of NLC’s events or select to submit for a specific event.  If an idea is selected, speakers will be contacted. Please, do not contact NLC to ask about status. Program staff will contact speakers if a match is made.

Speakers may submit as many ideas as they like at any time.

Please click the link or copy into your browser to access the speaker database form.
http://report1.nlc.org/surveyor/index.php?sid=67

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Please click the link or copy into your browser to access the LTI trainer application.
http://www.nlc.org/ASSETS/D988A6A259D447C5BAA5FFB62E6D23D0/Trainer_RFP_Kit.pdf


2008 Congress of Cities Highlights

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To request an order form for the 2008 Congress of Cities Memory Stick, e-mail conference@nlc.org. The memory stick contains all available workshop materials from the conference. The cost is $35 and includes shipping.

"This has been the most informative conference. I came away with wonderful, innovative, and workable ideas. What a great opportunity to learn about diverse programs from cities across the nation!”
                                                                                            Rosemary Anaya,  Los Angeles City Attorney’s Office


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