The Salt Lake Institute of Genealogy (SLIG) is pleased to
announce we have recently signed contracts with the Hilton Salt Lake City
Center for years 2019 through 2023. And with that, we reveal a new two-week
format.
It was just two years ago that changes in the Salt Lake
City meeting landscape facilitated a SLIG move to more preferred dates. Recent changes in that same landscape opened
a new window of opportunity, one that more fully supports the ongoing growth
and expansion of SLIG in meeting the advanced educational needs of the
genealogical community.
Beginning in 2019, SLIG will utilize a new two-week format
as follows:
· SLIG will be held in the second week of January, in a
familiar format – opening with a welcome reception on Sunday and closing with
the completion banquet on Friday. It will continue to focus on
high-intermediate to advanced genealogical education.
· It will be followed on Saturday by the well-established
SLIG Colloquium, a forum for thought leaders of the industry to discuss topics
and challenges of the day.
· The SLIG Academy for Professionals, originally announced
as a summer program targeted for 2018, will begin on the following Monday. The
new program will focus on professional development topics not offered at SLIG
or elsewhere in a week-long, in-depth format. It will open with an event to
commemorate the life and legacy of the Reverend Martin Luther King, Jr., and
close with a networking luncheon.
The marriage of these programs in a back-to-back format allows
those desiring to participate in multiple programs to do so without additional
flight costs. The new dates assure the excellent rates and amenities SLIG
participants have previously enjoyed, and the new format provides opportunity
to explore additional ways to meet the needs of SLIG students.
