The Best Academic Conference will be in Atlanta Georgia

BDN's 10th Annual National Conference is Back in ATL Georgia Oct 27-29 2022

Black Excellence, Brilliant Minds: The Power of Diversity

The Black Doctoral Network is paving the way to change academic culture, providing an alternative model even as it guides the next generation of African American scholars. Creating a community of scholars, thinkers, and intellectuals committed to advancing important conversations and producing transformative knowledge, BDN is an extension of the primary mission of higher education. Functioning as a resource, a support system, a space of intellectual exchange, and a place to create connections and develop collaborations.

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WHO's IN

BDN2022 brings together both world renowned and emergent scholars and professionals from the social sciences, STEM and humanities to function as a resource, a support system, as a space of intellectual exchange, and a place to create connections and develop collaborations.

Secure Your Seat

Sheraton Downtown Atlanta Hotel
165 Courtland St NE, Atlanta, GA 30303

We will be returning to an in-person conference in Atlanta, Georgia this year as BDN celebrates its 10th anniversary. We will be hosting the conference at the Sheraton Downtown Atlanta Hotel (165 Courtland St NE, Atlanta, GA 30303).

To ensure that you receive accommodations at the Sheraton Downtown Atlanta Hotel, please secure your reservation as soon as possible. The Black Doctoral Network Inc. has negotiated a sleeping room rate of $139/night (doubles & singles) for all BDN Conference guests at the Sheraton Downtown Atlanta Hotel for Wednesday, Thursday, Friday and Saturday nights (surrounding dates are also available). The limited discounted hotel rooms are first come first serve. We have no control over availability beyond our initial agreement. Reservations can be made online at https://book.passkey.com/e/50344317 or over the phone at 404-659-6500. To receive the discounted rate of $139, you must tell the hotel that you are part of the Black Doctoral Network Conference.

Registration Rates

Graduate Student – $250.00
Access granted for all three days
Member – $300.00
Access granted for all three days
Non-Member – $370.00
Access granted for all three days
Undergraduate Student – $200.00
Access granted for all three days.

INTERCONNECTIVE ACCELERATOR

BDN members can be found in the corporate, government, non-profit, and consulting arenas. As a networked non-profit, BDN is able to drive social change through the innovative and savvy use of social media to engage the public, build relationships and trust, and increase the number of interconnected members, thinkers, and ideators throughout the world.

BDN COMMUNITY & INCUBATION

1) Address problems specific to people of color gaining access to and matriculating through the academy;
2) Create mentoring relationships and pipelines among academics, professionals, graduate students, undergraduates, high school students, and middle school students;
3) Share resources, scholarships, and grant opportunities;
4) Provide interested companies and individuals with diverse, highly-qualified professionals, scholars, and experts;
5) Assist universities seeking candidates to apply to their universities and graduate programs that have diverse and culturally rich backgrounds;
6) Provide organizations and nonprofits with potential board members;
7) Create and maintain a network of professionals and academic excellence;
8) Create and develop events and conferences to highlight and award scholarship that extends beyond the academic institutions and help the body politics;
9) Help with the fulfillment of positions in corporate America and develop relationships with entities attempting to ensure diversity and inclusion within their companies;
10) Collaborate with organizations, associations, foundations, and individuals with similar interests, visions, and goals.

SCHOLARS CALL BDN "HOME"

By providing a common space for multiple disciplines and fields, BDN accomplishes a unification of both scholars and practitioners with distinct perspectives that enables people with varying expertise to network, collaborate, and discover.

We Will See You There!

Through the intergenerational structure of mentorship and networking, we create a pipeline of excellence from professors to graduate students to college students. BDN leverages the personal interest and energy of members of exceptional scholars into a collaborative, functional community.

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