Cornhole, snowplows and other conferences coming this summer

Catch up quick: Since the Convention Center opened its expanded ballroom in 2024, it has had two banner summers.

• It hosted the annual meeting of the American Society of Association Executives — the so-called "Super Bowl" of conventions — that first year with 5,000+ attendees.
• And it hosted the National Association of Black Journalists' conference last summer (3,000+ attendees).

What's next: This summer's convention lineup may not have a high-profile headliner, but multiple professional organizations are bringing their annual multiday events to Cleveland.

• The CECU Career Education Convention (June 22-24); the Greek Orthodox Clergy-Laity Congress (June 29-July 2); the SIAM Annual Meeting (Society for Industrial & Applied Mathematics) (July 6-10); and the AALL Annual Meeting & Conference for law librarians (July 18-21) are all expected to draw 1,000 attendees or more.

🧪 Between the lines: Public-facing events are on the docket as well.

• The Oddities Expo, a "peculiar paradise where weird thrives," arrives in Cleveland July 11.