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    <title>Illinois Association for Gifted Children upcoming events</title>
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    <pubDate>Sat, 01 Aug 2026 00:47:10 GMT</pubDate>
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      <pubDate>Tue, 20 Oct 2026 13:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
      <title>2026 ANNUAL IAGC CONFERENCE (10/20/2026)</title>
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&lt;p align="center" style="background-color: transparent; font-size: 18px;"&gt;&lt;font style="font-size: 24px;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;2026 IAGC Conference&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p align="center" style="background-color: transparent; margin-bottom: 0px !important;"&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p align="left" style="background-color: transparent; font-size: 18px;"&gt;&lt;font style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;The &lt;font style="" color="#662D91"&gt;&lt;strong style=""&gt;31st Annual IAGC Conference&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/font&gt; is excited to offer several options for our many attendees, members, and supporters from across the state of Illinois.&amp;nbsp;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p align="left" style="background-color: transparent; line-height: 24px; margin-bottom: 0px !important; font-size: 18px;"&gt;&lt;font style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;font color="#92278F"&gt;&lt;font style=""&gt;WHEN:&lt;/font&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/font&gt; &amp;nbsp; &amp;nbsp; Tuesday October 20 and Wednesday October 21, 2026&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p align="left" style="background-color: transparent; line-height: 24px; margin-top: 0px !important; margin-bottom: 0px !important; font-size: 18px;"&gt;&lt;font style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;font color="#92278F"&gt;TIME:&amp;nbsp;&lt;/font&gt; &amp;nbsp; &amp;nbsp; &amp;nbsp; &amp;nbsp;8:00 am - 3:45 pm&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p align="left" style="background-color: transparent; line-height: 24px; margin-top: 0px !important; margin-bottom: 0px !important; font-size: 18px;"&gt;&lt;font style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;font color="#92278F"&gt;&lt;font&gt;WHERE:&amp;nbsp;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt; &amp;nbsp; NIU Naperville Conference Center,&amp;nbsp; 1120 E. Diehl Road, Naperville IL&amp;nbsp; 60563&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

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&lt;p align="left" style="background-color: transparent; margin-bottom: 0px; line-height: 24px; margin-top: 0px !important;"&gt;&lt;span style=""&gt;&lt;font style=""&gt;&lt;font color="#92278F" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;span style=""&gt;W&lt;/span&gt;HO:&amp;nbsp;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt; &lt;font style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;Tuesday &lt;font style=""&gt;&lt;font color="#000000"&gt;Keynote Presenter:&amp;nbsp;&lt;/font&gt;&amp;nbsp; Dr. Jonathan Plucker&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p align="left" style="background-color: transparent; margin-bottom: 0px; line-height: 24px; margin-top: 0px !important;"&gt;&lt;font style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&amp;nbsp; &amp;nbsp; &amp;nbsp; &amp;nbsp; &amp;nbsp; &amp;nbsp; &amp;nbsp; Wednesday&amp;nbsp;&lt;span style=""&gt;Keynote Presenter:&lt;/span&gt;&amp;nbsp; &amp;nbsp;Dr. Claire Hughes&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

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&lt;p align="left" style="background-color: transparent; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-top: 0px; line-height: 24px; font-size: 18px;"&gt;&lt;font style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;span style=""&gt;5 hrs PD credit per day&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p align="left" style="background-color: transparent; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-top: 0px; line-height: 24px; font-size: 18px;"&gt;&lt;font style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p align="left" style="background-color: transparent; line-height: 24px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-top: 0px !important; font-size: 18px;"&gt;&lt;font style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;2026 Highlights&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;ul&gt;
  &lt;li&gt;&lt;font style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;Box Lunch INCLUDED with in-person registration each day&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/li&gt;

  &lt;li&gt;&lt;font style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;Note:&amp;nbsp; PRESENTER discounts are available for up to TWO&amp;nbsp;Co-Presenters&amp;nbsp; (additional presenters&amp;nbsp;are asked to register with a&amp;nbsp;General Registration&amp;nbsp;ticket)&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/li&gt;
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        &lt;th style="border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; border-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);" valign="top" width="33%"&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;font style="font-size: 14px;"&gt;TICKET&amp;nbsp;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/th&gt;

        &lt;th style="border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; border-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);" valign="top"&gt;&lt;font style="font-size: 14px;"&gt;&amp;nbsp;Early Bird Pricing&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/th&gt;

        &lt;th style="border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; border-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);" valign="top"&gt;&lt;font style="font-size: 14px;"&gt;&amp;nbsp;After Sep 30&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/th&gt;
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        &lt;td style="border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; border-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);" valign="top" align="left" width="33%"&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;font style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;1 Day Member&lt;a href="#membership"&gt;*&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/td&gt;

        &lt;td style="border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; border-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);" valign="top" align="left"&gt;&lt;font style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&amp;nbsp;$&lt;/font&gt;&lt;font style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;325&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/td&gt;

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        &lt;td style="border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; border-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);" valign="top" align="left"&gt;&lt;font style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&amp;nbsp;$525&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/td&gt;

        &lt;td style="border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; border-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);" valign="top" align="left"&gt;&lt;font style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&amp;nbsp;$575&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
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        &lt;td style="border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; border-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);" valign="top" align="left" width="33%"&gt;&lt;font style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&amp;nbsp;1 Day Non-Member&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/td&gt;

        &lt;td style="border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; border-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);" valign="top" align="left"&gt;&lt;font style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&amp;nbsp;$400&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/td&gt;

        &lt;td style="border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; border-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);" valign="top" align="left"&gt;&lt;font style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&amp;nbsp;$450&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
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        &lt;td style="border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; border-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);" valign="top" align="left" width="33%"&gt;&lt;font style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&amp;nbsp;2 Day Non-Member&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/td&gt;

        &lt;td style="border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; border-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);" valign="top" align="left"&gt;&lt;font style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&amp;nbsp;$600&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/td&gt;

        &lt;td style="border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; border-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);" valign="top" align="left"&gt;&lt;font style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&amp;nbsp;$650&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
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        &lt;td style="border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; border-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);" valign="top" align="left" width="33%"&gt;&lt;font style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&amp;nbsp;Parent Members&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/td&gt;

        &lt;td style="border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; border-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);" valign="top"&gt;&lt;font style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&amp;nbsp;$125&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/td&gt;

        &lt;td style="border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; border-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);" valign="top"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;---&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
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        &lt;td style="border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; border-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);" width="33%" height="" align="left"&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;font style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;Parent Non-Member&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/td&gt;

        &lt;td style="border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; border-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);" width="" height="" align=""&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;font style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;$155&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/td&gt;

        &lt;td style="border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; border-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);" width="" height="" align=""&gt;---&lt;/td&gt;
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&lt;blockquote style="line-height: 24px; font-size: 18px;"&gt;&lt;/blockquote&gt;

&lt;p style="line-height: 24px;" align="center"&gt;&lt;span style=""&gt;CONFERENCE DETAILS and UPDATES&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p align="center" style="line-height: 24px; font-size: 18px;"&gt;&lt;font&gt;&lt;strong style=""&gt;&lt;font style="font-size: 20px;"&gt;&lt;em&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p align="center" style="line-height: 24px; font-size: 18px;"&gt;&lt;strong style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;img src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAP///wAAACH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAICRAEAOw==" class="WaContentDivider WaContentDivider dividerStyle001" data-wacomponenttype="ContentDivider"&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

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  &lt;p align="left" style="background-color: transparent; line-height: 20px; font-size: 18px;"&gt;&lt;font style="font-size: 14px;"&gt;&lt;strong style=""&gt;Membership Registrations &lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style=""&gt;may not be combined&lt;/span&gt; with Conference Registrations.&amp;nbsp; &amp;nbsp; &amp;nbsp;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

  &lt;p align="left" style="background-color: transparent; line-height: 25px;"&gt;&lt;font style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;strong style=""&gt;*&amp;nbsp;&lt;span style="border-width: initial; border-color: initial; border-image: initial; background-image: none; background-position: initial; background-size: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-attachment: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial;"&gt;&lt;a name="membership" id="membership"&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;font&gt;&lt;a href="https://www.iagcgifted.org/Membership" target="_blank" style=""&gt;&lt;font color="#0986C7" style=""&gt;BECOME A MEMBER HERE&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&amp;nbsp; first, then register once your membership is activated.&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

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      <pubDate>Tue, 20 Oct 2026 13:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
      <title>2026 Sponsor/ Exhibitor Registration (10/20/2026)</title>
      <description>&lt;p align="center" style="font-size: 18px; background-color: transparent; line-height: 36px; margin-top: 1em !important; margin-bottom: 0px !important;"&gt;&lt;strong style="font-family: Ubuntu; font-size: 20px; color: rgb(0, 174, 239);"&gt;2026 CONFERENCE&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p align="center" style="font-size: 18px; background-color: transparent; line-height: 28px; margin-top: 0px;"&gt;&lt;strong style="font-family: Ubuntu; font-size: 20px; color: rgb(0, 174, 239);"&gt;SPONSOR/ EXHIBITOR REGISTRATION&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p align="center" style="font-size: 18px; background-color: transparent; line-height: 22px;"&gt;&lt;font color="#855FA8"&gt;&lt;font face="Ubuntu" style="font-size: 24px;"&gt;&lt;span style=""&gt;EXHIBITOR REGISTRATION NOW OPEN&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p align="left" style="font-size: 18px; background-color: transparent; line-height: 22px;"&gt;&lt;font color="#000000" face="Ubuntu"&gt;&lt;font&gt;&lt;font style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;font style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;Join the IAGC as a &lt;font&gt;Sponsor and/or Exhibitor&lt;/font&gt; for the 31st Annual IAGC Conference.&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p align="left" style="font-size: 18px; background-color: transparent; line-height: 22px;"&gt;&lt;font face="Ubuntu" color="#662D91"&gt;&lt;font style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;This year the&amp;nbsp;IAGC Conference will once again be held at the NIU Naperville Center at&amp;nbsp;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;font style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;font&gt;1120 E Diehl Rd, Naperville, IL 60563.&amp;nbsp;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p align="left" style="font-size: 18px; background-color: transparent; line-height: 22px;"&gt;&lt;font face="Ubuntu" color="#662D91" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Tuesday October 20 &amp;amp; Wednesday October 21&amp;nbsp; 8:00am - 4:00pm&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

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        &lt;span style=""&gt;&lt;font color="#662D91" style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;Deadline for SPONSOR Registration is &lt;strong style=""&gt;AUGUST 25, 2026&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;
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        &lt;font style="font-size: 16px;"&gt;&lt;span style=""&gt;&lt;font color="#662D91"&gt;Deadline for EXHIBITOR Registration is&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt; &lt;strong style="color: rgb(102, 45, 145); font-family: Ubuntu;"&gt;SEPTEMBER 15, 2026&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/font&gt;
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