Memphis 2026: Call for Session Proposals
The Labor Market Information (LMI) Institute and the Council for Community and Economic Research (C2ER) are currently soliciting proposals for the next annual conference on June 17 – 19, 2026, held in Memphis, TN. Below is information on this year’s conference and details on how to submit your proposal.
Breakout sessions and individual presentations are key components to the success of our conference. They enable our attendees to share, learn, converse, and interact with one another on topics of mutual interest and compare data collection practices, research methods, visualization tools, and lessons learned in the field.
We invite members and non-members to submit session proposals by Tuesday, September 30, 2025.
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Theme:
This year we will consider the theme based on commonalities between the proposals received, consensus of the Conference committees, and relevance of current industry trends. Our working theme is Memphis 2026. See session ideas in full call for sessions for other potential presentation topics.
About the Conference/Forum
The 2025 C2ER + LMI Institute Annual Conference included over 275 attendees and speakers who are primarily researchers from state labor market information, economic development, and workforce development offices; community colleges; workforce boards; and other organizations in the economic and workforce development fields.
The 2026 Annual Conference provides a great opportunity to expand your network and present your research to a large audience of your peers. The conference includes a variety of keynote and plenary speakers, and roundtables to offer extensive networking and the opportunity to see data-driven community, workforce, and economic development in action.