Thursday, August 1st

Pre-Registration: 2 to 6 p.m.        Conference Level outside – Grand Ballroom

Friday, August 2nd

Registration opens at 7 a.m. Conference Level outside – Grand Ballroom

Vendor set up opens at 7 a.m. Conference Level outside – Grand Ballroom

8:30 a.m. to 9:45 a.m.: NBCC Leadership Award Breakfast honoring,
Alicia Garza, co-founder of Black Lives Matter – Grand Ballroom

10 a.m. to 11:00 a.m.: Kalisha Buchanon – Chastain

10:15 a.m. to 11:15 a.m.: Brendan Slocumb – Habersham

10:30 a.m. to 11:30 a.m.: Yasmine Angoe – Ballroom E

10:45 a.m. to 11:45 a.m.: Deesha Dyer – Ballroom C

11:00 a.m. to Noon: Denene Millner – Ballroom D

11:15 a.m. to 12:15 p.m.: Mary Annaïse Heglar – Chastain

11:30 a.m. to 12:30 p.m.: Phyllis R. Dixon – Habersham

11:45 a.m. to 12:45 p.m.: Danielle Bayard Jackson – Ballroom E

11:45 a.m. to 12:45 p.m. Black Women’s Health Imperative panel – Grand Ballroom

LUNCH on our own: 12:45 p.m. to 1:30 p.m.

1:30 to 2:30 p.m.: Victoria Christopher Murray – Grand Ballroom

2:30 p.m. to 3:30 p.m.: Stacy Hawkins Adams – Habersham

2:30 p.m. to 3:30 p.m.: Zakiya Dalila Harris – Ballroom E

3:00 p.m. to 4:00 p.m.: Vanessa Miller – Ballroom C

3:15 to 4:15 p.m.: Angela Ardis – Ballroom D

3:45 p.m. to 4:45 p.m.: Denny Bryce – Chastain

3:45 p.m. to 4:45 p.m.: Essie Chambers – Habersham

4:00 p.m. to 5:00 p.m.: Dr. Pamela Mariva Mshana – Ballroom C

4:45 p.m. to 5:45 p.m. Walter Mosley – Grand Ballroom

5:45 p.m. to 7 p.m. Kensington Reception – Grand Ballroom

Saturday, August 3rd

8:30 to 9:30 a.m. Kimberla Lawson Roby – Grand Ballroom

9:45 a.m. to 10:45 a.m.: Trisha R. Thomas – Ballroom C

10:00 a.m. to 11:00 a.m.: Gabriel Tuggle/Gregory S. Works – Habersham

10:00 a.m. to 11:00 a.m.: Patricia Raybon – Chastain

10:15 a.m. to 11:15 a.m.: Vanessa Riley – Ballroom D

10:30 a.m. to 11:30 a.m.: Omkari L. Williams – Ballroom E

11:30 a.m. to 12:30 p.m.: Iris Mwanza – Dahlonega

11:30 a.m. to 12:30 p.m.: Brian Rashad Fuller – Chastain

11:30 a.m. to 12:30 p.m.: Carol Mackey on Audio Books – Habersham

11:45 a.m. to 12:45 p.m. Nick Chiles – Ballroom C

LUNCH on our own: 12:45 p.m. to 1:30 p.m.

1:30 p.m. to 2:30 p.m.: Daniel Black – Grand Ballroom

2:30 p.m. to 3:30 p.m.: Avery Cunningham – Habersham

2:30 p.m. to 3:30 p.m.: L. Divine – Chastain

2:30 p.m. to 3:30 p.m.: Michelle Lindo-Rice – Ballroom C

2:30 p.m. to 3:30 p.m.: How to Self-Publish Your Book with Monica Michelle – Ballroom D

3:00 p.m. to 4:00 p.m.: Omar Tyree – Grand Ballroom

4:30 to 5:30 p.m.: Antonia Hylton – Grand Ballroom

7:30 p.m. to 7:45 p.m.: Featured Authors Red Carpet event – Grand Ballroom

8 p.m. to 9:45 p.m.: Awards Dinner honoring Courtney B. Vance – Grand Ballroom

Sunday, August 4th

10:00 a.m. to 10:45 a.m. Worship Service – Ballroom C

11:00 a.m. to Noon: Curtis Bunn w/NBCC wrap up – Ballroom C