Announcing: 2027 Conference Call for Presentations

CGSI will hold its 21st Genealogical and Cultural Conference at the Hilton Minneapolis/St. Paul Airport in Bloomington, MN on September 28-October 2, 2027.

Theme: 40 Years of Discovery: Honoring the Past, Building the Future

Presentations should be 50 minutes in length with 10 minutes for Q &A. These may be in the form of lecture, panel discussion, workshop or interactive discussion.

Submissions are due by November 20th, 2026 and should be emailed to Conferenceplanning@cgsi.org  

Selections will be made by February 15th, 2027 with contracts to be signed and returned by April 1, 2027.

Topics appropriate to this conference are numerous. Shown below is a list of potential subject matter. These do not need to be ethnic specific, however, relevant ethnic examples are appreciated.

• AI in Genealogy 
• Genealogy (Beginning, Intermediate/ Advanced, Ethnic specific)
• History of Ethnic settlements, religious groups, churches, free-thinkers, fraternal organizations
• Immigration/Emigration and Military History
• Language  (script reading/writing)
• Modes of Transportation 
• Czech, Slovak, German-Bohemian or Rusyn community settlements and history 
• Land (Homestead Act, Cadastral Maps, Title Searches)
• DNA studies

The information required from speaker candidates includes: a title, one-third to one-half page summary for each presentation, the level of the presentation, a speaker bio of no more than one-half page along with a profile photo in jpg format.

Speakers selected for the conference will receive:

• For a single one-hour conference session (including interactive sessions), speakers receive a $250 stipend and up to $500 in reimbursable lodging and travel expenses with receipts for US speakers and up to $1,000 lodging and travel expenses with receipts for International Speakers.  * negotiable due to circumstances beyond our control (for International Speakers)
• For each additional one-hour main conference session, speakers receive a $200 stipend and up to $200 in reimbursable travel expenses with receipts.
• For Panel discussions speakers will receive $75 up to a total of $300 for all participants.
• Complimentary Registration that includes Thursday through Saturday lunches and an electronic copy of the syllabus. 
• Exhibitor table
• CGSI will record and make presentations available to Conference attendees for a limited time.  Workshops and Interactive Sessions will not be recorded.

If you have an interest in speaking or know someone who would be an appropriate speaker please forward this information to them or contact Conferenceplanning@cgsi.org