Chicago Convention Info Are you coming to the Chicago area for a business convention? Oak Park and The Write Inn is very close to many of the most popular facilities and can get you great rates for these events. There is no need to spend $400 a night, when you can be as close as Oak Park to your event! We are just 20 min via public transportation to The Merchandise Mart, and about 25 min to McCormick Place via Car Service. The Write Inn is excited for the upcoming conventions listed below. Give us a call to make your reservations today

Apr 1-3 Association for Supervision & Curriculum Development - Annual Conference & Exhibits Show McCormick Place Delegates: 13,000 www.ascd.org Apr 1-4 The Society for Healthcare Epidemiology of America - Annual Scientific Meeting Hilton Chicago Delegates: 900 www.shea-online.org Apr 1-4 NEXPO® 2006 McCormick Place North Delegates: 6,000 www.nexpo.com Apr 1-4 Newspaper Association of America - Annual Convention Fairmont Hotel Delegates: 1,000 www.naa.org Apr 1-2 Chevy Vettefest McCormick Place North Public www.midamericapromotions.com Apr 1-2 15th Annual International Vintage Postage Fair Chicago Cultural Center Public www.posterfair.com Apr 2-5 The Chlorine Institute - Annual Meeting Westin Michigan Avenue Delegates: 250 www.CL2.com Apr 2-4 VNU Expositions - Hispanic Retail 360 Conference Delegates: 400 www.vnuexpo.com Apr 3-5 Meeting Essentials by Design - Illinois Dept. of Employment Security-Unemployment Insurance Integrity Professional Development Conference Wyndham Chicago Delegates: 200 Apr 4-7 Life Services Network Annual Convention Navy Pier Delegates: 3,000 www.lsni.org Apr 4-7 Human Capital Institute - National Human Capital Summit Conference & Expo Chicago Marriott Downtown Magnificent Mile Delegates: 800 www.humancapitalinstitute.org Apr 4-5 Illinois Department of Employment Security - Unemployment Insurance Integrity Professional Development Wyndham Chicago Delegates: 200 www.ides.state.il.us Apr 5-7 Equipment Leasing Association of America - ELA Funding Conference Sheraton Chicago Delegates: 450 www.elaonline.com Apr 6-8 Traditional Building Show Navy Pier Delegates: 6,000 www.restorationandrenovation.com Apr 6-9 AAAAI/ACAAI Certification/Maintenance of Certification Board Review Course Westin Michigan Avenue Delegates: 400 www.aaaai.org Apr 8-9 JAMfest Cheer & Dance Nationals - JAMfest Cheer & Dance Event Odeum in Villa Park Delegates: 700 www.jamfest.com Apr 8 Curves International - Curves International Annual Meeting Crowne Plaza Chicago O'Hare Delegates: 2,000 www.curvesforwomen.com Apr 8-10 National School Boards Association - Annual National Conference McCormick Place Delegates: 13,000 www.nsba.org Apr 8-11 American Society of Andrology - Annual Meeting Hyatt Regency Chicago Delegates: 350 Apr 9-12 Biotechnology Industry Organization - BIO 2006 Annual International Convention McCormick Place South Delegates: 20,000 www.bio.org Apr 10-12 The TFM Show at Construct America Navy Pier Delegates: 3,000 www.tfmshow.com Apr 10-12 The National Arbor Day Foundation - Trees & Utilities National Conference Crowne Plaza Chicago O'Hare Delegates: 350 www.arborday.org/Tuconference Apr 10-14 Chicago Minority Business Development Council - Chicago Minority Business Opportunity Fair Navy Pier Delegates: 3,500 www.cmbdc.org Apr 10-11 PlanNet - MarketingSherpa Email Summit Hyatt Regency O'Hare Delegates: 275 www.yourmeeting.com Apr 11-16 North Central Province - Kappa Alpha PSI Hyatt Regency McCormick Place Delegates: 300 Apr 11-16 Church of Christ - 62nd Annual National Lectureship Chicago Marriott Downtown Magnificent Mile Delegates: 2,000 www.62nationallectureship.com Apr 11-15 Alpha Kappa Alpha Sorority, Inc Regional Meeting Hyatt Regency Chicago Delegates: 1,700 www.aka1908.com Apr 11-17 Robbins Church of Christ- Churches of Christ 62nd Annual National Lectureship Conference Chicago Marriott Downtown Magnificent Mile Delegates: 2,500 Apr 12-15 Christian Life College - Ascension Convention-Annual Meeting Hyatt Regency O'Hare Delegates: 2,500 www.christianlifecollege.edu Apr 13-17 Chicago Church of Christ - Easter Program Hyatt Regency Chicago Delegates: 650 www.icoc.org Apr 19-23 National Kidney Foundation - Annual Convention Hyatt Regency Chicago Delegates: 2,500 www.kidney.org Apr 19-23 Zeta Phi Beta Sorority - Annual Conference Pheasant Run Resort Delegates: 1,000 Apr 19-22 Illinois Credit Union League - Annual Convention Hilton Chicago Delegates: 1,200 www.iculegue.org Apr 20-23 Midwest Political Science Association - Annual National Conference Palmer House Hilton Delegates: 3,900 www.mwpsa.org Apr 20-23 2006 North American Comhaltas Weekend Crowne Plaza Chicago O'Hare Delegates: 2,500 www.murphyroche.com Apr 21-23 American Society for Colposcopy & Cervical Pathology - Postgraduate Course Westin Hotel O'Hare Delegates: 200 Apr 21-23 Kitchen / Bath Industry Show and Conference McCormick Place Delegates: 60,000 www.kbis.com Apr 21-24 Merchandise Mart Properties - ChicagoAntiques Fair The Merchandise Mart Public www.merchandisemart.com Apr 23-29 National Catholic Committee on Scouting® 39th Biennial Conference Hyatt Regency Woodfield Delegates: 240 www.NCCS-BSA.org Apr 23-26 RadTech e/5: UV & EB Technology Expo & Conference McCormick Place Delegates: 3,500 www.radtech.org Apr 23-26 National Easter Seals Society - Nationwide Training Conference Hilton Chicago Delegates: 250 www.easter-seals.org Apr 23-26 American College of Emergency Physicians - PEM Assembly Palmer House Hilton Delegates: 400 www.acep.org Apr 23-25 Society of Actuaries - ERM Symposium Sheraton Chicago Delegates: 600 www.soa.org Apr 26-30 American Association of Clinical Endocrinologists - Annual Meeting Hyatt Regency Chicago Delegates: 1,400 www.aace.com Apr 26-29 American Philosophical Association - Central Division Meeting Palmer House Hilton Delegates: 800 www.apa.udel.edu/apa/index.html Apr 26-29 Society for the Arts in Healthcare (formerly c/o Thaler Corporation) - Society for the Arts in Healthcare/SAH Annual Conference Wyndham Chicago Delegates: 400 www.thesah.org Apr 26-30 Precast/Prestressed Concrete Institute - PCI National Bridge Conference & PCI Committee Days Millennium Knickerbocker Hotel Delegates: 220 www.pci.org Apr 27-May 1 The Questers - International Convention Doubletree Hotel Chicago Oak Brook Delegates: 800 Apr 27-30 Midwest Podiatry Conference Hilton Chicago Delegates: 3,500 www.midwestpodconf.org Apr 27-30 Commercial Law League of Chicago Westin Michigan Avenue Delegates: 600 www.clla.org Apr 27-29 Women Presidents' Organization - Annual Conference Ritz-Carlton Delegates: 1,000 www.womenpresidentsorg.com Apr 28-May 1 Art Chicago - Annual Art Fair Butler Field Public www.artchicago.com Apr 29-May 2 Pfingsten Publishing, L.L.C. - Chicago Contemporary & Classic Navy Pier Delegates: 850 www.pfpublish.com Apr 30-May 2 American Dairy Products Institute - Annual Conference Hyatt Regency Chicago Delegates: 1,000 www.americandairyproducts.com Apr 30-May 4 National Conference for Catechetical Annual Conference and Exposition Hyatt Regency O'Hare Delegates: 1,000 www.nccl.org   May 3-6 Independent Educational Consultants Association - Spring Meeting Chicago Marriott Downtown Magnificent Mile Delegates: 1,200 www.IECAonline.com May 3-5 American Intellectual Property Law Association - Spring Meeting Hilton Chicago Delegates: 700 www.aipia.org May 4-6 Midwestern Psychological Association - Annual Meeting Palmer House Hilton Delegates: 2,000 www.midwesternpsych.org/meeting.html May 4-8 National Federation of Paralegal Associations - Annual Convention Holiday Inn Chicago Mart Plaza Delegates: 200 May 4-5 RHQ Housing Services - Micro Focus, Annual Conference Indian Lakes Resort Delegates: 240 www.usahosts.com May 5-12 Mortgage Bankers Association of America - Secondary Marketing Conference Hilton Chicago Delegates: 2,000 www.mbaa.org May 6-10 International Bridge, Tunnel & Turnpike Association - Facilities Management Workshop Westin Chicago River North, The Delegates: 250 May 6 American Academy of Periodontology - Specialty Conference Westin Chicago River North, The Delegates: 300 www.perio.org May 7-9 The FMI Show McCormick Place South Delegates: 35,000 www.fmi.org May 7-9 Spring Fancy Food Show McCormick Place North Delegates: 12,000 www.fancyfoodshow.com May 7-12 Consumer Specialty Products Association Chicago Marriott Downtown Magnificent Mile Delegates: 500 www.cspa.org May 8-10 Direct Marketing Association Catalog Conference Lakeside Center at McCormick Place Delegates: 6,500 www.catalogconference.com May 9-13 Society for Cardiac Angiography & Interventions - SCAI Conference Sheraton Chicago Delegates: 500 May 9-11 Network Appliance Inc. - Network Appliance Conference Hyatt Regency Chicago Delegates: 2,000 May 9-12 Coachville -International Conference Crowne Plaza Chicago O'Hare Delegates: 300 www.coachville.com May 10-13 Association for Hospital Medical Education - Spring Educational Institute Chicago Marriott Downtown Magnificent Mile Delegates: 250 www.ahme.org May 10-13 American Prepaid Legal Services Institute - Annual Conference Hyatt Regency Chicago Delegates: 200 www.aplsi.org May 10-12 Novogradac & Company LLP - LIHTC Credit & Bond Financing W Chicago City Center Delegates: 200 www.novoco.com May 11-19 Association for Institutional Research - AIR Annual Conference Sheraton Chicago Delegates: 2,000 www.airweb.org May 12-17 North American Membrane Society - Annual Conference Renaissance Chicago Hotel Delegates: 400 www.membranes.org May 13-18 American Industrial Hygiene Conference & Expo Lakeside Center at McCormick Place Delegates: 9,300 www.aiha.org May 14-19 101 Communications - Data Warehousing Institute World Conference & Expo Hilton Chicago Delegates: 700 www.101com.com May 17-19 National Association of Free Clinics - Gathering of the Free Clinics Crowne Plaza Chicago O'Hare Delegates: 500 www.freeclinics.org May 17-18 National Recreation and Park Association - Urban Conference Palmer House Hilton Delegates: 500 www.nrpa.org May 19-22 American College of Surgeons - Combined Otolaryngological Spring Meeting Hyatt Regency Chicago Delegates: 1,500 www.cosm.com May 20-23 National Restaurant Association Restaurant, Hotel-Motel Show McCormick Place North Delegates: 76,000 www.restaurant.org/events/ May 20-21 America's Expo for Skin Care & Spa Navy Pier Delegates: 1,200 www.americasexpo.com May 20-25 Capella University - Capella University Colloquia Crowne Plaza Chicago O'Hare Delegates: 1,400 www.capella.edu May 21-24 Moon Watch Media, Inc - Retail Systems Lakeside Center at McCormick Place Delegates: 6,000 www.retailsystems.com May 24-25 Distribution/Computer EXPO Navy Pier Delegates: 3,000 www.logistar.com May 24-26 Windy City Summit Hilton Chicago Delegates: 750 www.tmachicago.org May 25-31 Loyal Order of Moose - Annual North American Convention Hyatt Regency Chicago Delegates: 10,000 www.mooseintl.org May 25-31 Loyal Order of Moose & Women of The Moose - Ritual Competition Fairmont Hotel Delegates: 1,000 www.mooseintl.org May 25-29 National Catholic Forensic League - Grand National Tournament Hilton Chicago Delegates: 4,000 May 30-Jun 3 University of Oklahoma - 19th Annual National Conference on Race & Ethnicity in American Higher Education (NCORE) Hilton Chicago Delegates: 2,000 www.ncore.ou.edu May 30-Jun 2 Medical Marketing Association - National Conference Westin Michigan Avenue Delegates: 300 Jun 2-5 Chicago Women's & Children's Apparel Market (Fall) Apparel Center Delegates: 1,000 www.merchandisemart.com Jun 2-4 National Academic Quiz Tournaments, LLC - High School National Championship Tournament Crowne Plaza Chicago O'Hare Delegates: 1,000 www.naqt.com Jun 4-8 GLOBALCOMM 2006 McCormick Place South Delegates: 20,000 www.globalcomm2006.com Jun 5-8 National Association of Insurance Women International - National Convention Hilton Chicago Delegates: 1,000 Jun 5-7 Warrillow & Company - 7th Annual Warrillow Summit InterContinental Chicago Delegates: 300 www.warrillow.com Jun 6-8 National Confectioners Association - ALL CANDY EXPO® Lakeside Center at McCormick Place Delegates: 18,000 www.allcandyexpo.com Jun 7-11 18th Annual Meeting of Special Care Dentistry Hyatt Regency Chicago Delegates: 400 www.scdonline.org Jun 9-11 The Salvation Army - Central Regional Meeting Radisson Hotel at Star Plaza Delegates: 3,500 www.salvationarmy.org Jun 10-14 American Public Power Association 2006 National Conference Hyatt Regency Chicago Public www.appanet.org Jun 10-14 American Medical Association - Annual House of Delegates Meeting Hilton Chicago Delegates: 4,500 www.ama-assn.org Jun 10-15 ABB Corporation - ABB Inc. Users Group Meeting Hyatt Regency Chicago Delegates: 175 Jun 11-14 TAWPI Work Process Navy Pier Delegates: 1,800 www.tawpi.org Jun 11-16 Association for Computing Machinery - SIGMOD/PODS Renaissance Chicago Hotel Delegates: 650 www.acm.org Jun 12-14 NeoCon® World's Trade Fair 2006 The Merchandise Mart Delegates: 50,000 www.merchandisemart.com Jun 12-17 Casa Vista Corporation - Thomson Elite User Conference Sheraton Chicago Delegates: 900 www.elite.com Jun 12-15 Select Meeting Sites, Inc - FranklinCovey Symposium Hyatt Regency McCormick Place Delegates: 600 www.selectmeetingsites.com Jun 13-14 FranklinCovey Symposium Hyatt Regency McCormick Place Public www.franklincovey.com Jun 14-16 Learning Care Group - Center Director Conference Indian Lakes Resort Delegates: 225 www.learningcaregroup.com/ Jun 18-21 American Society for Engineering Education - Annual Conference Hyatt Regency Chicago Delegates: 3,000 www.asee.org Jun 19-23 The Society of the Plastics Industry, Inc. - NPE 2006 International Show Case McCormick Place Delegates: 75,000 www.npe.org Jun 20-23 The Salvation Army - Central Territorial Community Relations & Development Conference Hyatt Regency O'Hare Delegates: 250 www.salvationarmy.org Jun 21-24 American Theological Library Association - Annual Conference Holiday Inn Chicago Mart Plaza Delegates: 300 www.atla.com Jun 22-25 The Association of Theological Schools Biennial Meeting Hyatt Regency McCormick Place Delegates: 400 www.ats.edu Jun 22-24 Arrowhead Conferences and Events - English District 2006 Convention Hyatt Regency Woodfield Delegates: 375 Jun 23-27 American School Counselor Association - Annual Meeting Hyatt Regency Chicago Delegates: 1,500 Jun 23-28 BICSI - A Telecommunications Association - Spring/Summer Conference Sheraton Chicago Delegates: 1,000 www.bicsi.org Jun 25-28 National Association of College and University Attorneys Chicago Marriott Downtown Magnificent Mile Delegates: 1,000 Upcoming in July is Chicago's Gay Games and many Events will take place right here in Oak Park, walking distance to The Write Inn!