2024 Annual Meeting in Baltimore, Maryland
2024 Annual Meeting General Information
CSG East is very excited to return to Baltimore for the 63rd Annual Meeting and Regional Policy Forum. Mark your calendars for July 28-31, 2024, as the region gathers once again in Maryland!
Meet your regional colleagues at the birthplace of the United States national anthem and Frederick Douglass, home to Edgar Allen Poe, the Reginald R. Lewis Museum of African American History and Culture, the historic Fort McHenry, the National Aquarium, and the famous Inner Harbor! Discover the key roles Baltimore has played in U.S. history and discover its deep African American roots.
CSG East’s purpose is to foster and encourage intergovernmental cooperation in the Eastern region through joint consideration of common problems, the interchange of information, the sharing of knowledge and experience and, where desirable, the development of joint programs, to strengthen and improve the region’s state and provincial governments. The CSG East Annual Meeting and Regional Policy Forum is where the region comes together to do just that!
The meeting takes place at the Renaissance Baltimore Harborplace Hotel. Registration opens February 2024. More information will be posted in the coming weeks, so please check back.
The Annual Meeting business sessions and room block are at The Renaissance Baltimore Harborplace Hotel, located at 202 East Pratt Street, in Baltimore, and the phone number is (410) 547-1200. Please note the important hotel and travel information below:
- Make your own hotel reservations no later than July 5, 2024, after which time the room block closes. You may use this link to make your hotel reservations or you may call the hotel directly. Please be sure to reference the CSG East 63rd Annual Meeting to get the conference rate.
- The hotel room rate for the conference is $179 (US$) + 17.5% tax per night.
- Check-in is at 4 pm and check out is at 12 noon.
- All rooms are non-smoking.
- The hotel also has laundry, an indoor swimming pool and fitness center.
- The hotel allows well-mannered pets, limited to two per room, and a maximum weight of 65lbs.
- Baltimore is easily reached by car, train or by plane.
- There is no airport shuttle
- If you are traveling by train, use Amtrak to get to Baltimore’s Penn Station. It is a quick taxi or shared ride to the Hotel.
- The closest airport is BWI (Baltimore/Washington International Thurgood Marshall airport. Take a taxi, shared ride, or shuttle service to the hotel. Use this link to the airport’s transportation page for more information on your options.
- The hotel partners with Premium Parking located at 101 S. Calvert Street, around the corner from the entrance to the hotel on E. Pratt Street. There is an electric car charging station, 6’2” clearance, and the cost is $36 per night. IMORTANT: Please register within 15 minutes of parking to avoid a citation.
If you have any questions or need more information, please contact us by email.
Who attends?
- All CSG East members from the executive, legislative, and judicial branches of government, and government staff.
- Any CSG member from across the other three regions.
- Academic and non-profit participants with an interest in the work of CSG East.
- Industry experts and private sector attendees.
What is there to do at the Annual Meeting?
- Join in on policy discussions and policy committee sessions, go on a policy field trip, attend plenary sessions with expert speakers on evolving issues important to the Eastern region.
- With the exception the CSG East budget committee, sessions are open to all attendees. You are encouraged to join sessions of interest to you!
- Network: Establish or renew relationships with colleagues from around the region.
- Bring the family! There are two, full days of exciting activities, exclusive to Maryland, planned especially for adult guests, and Jr./Teen delegates (ages 6-17 years) — and kids register for free!
Please explore our website for more information on CSG East’s policy committees, our publications, and professional training. Please email us for more information. If you would like to sponsor the meeting, download the sponsorship fact sheet, or please contact AR Braver.
Check back for more information. We look forward to seeing you in Baltimore this July!