The excitement is building up, we are less than two months away from the biggest Bong-Fest on the planet, at Planet Hollywood, Las Vegas!!!

After two  years the North American Bengali Conference will be held in-person. And the NABC Committee is thrilled to welcome you to this year's cultural extravaganza. Apart from several popular Bengali artists from Kolkata and Bangladesh, we have invited Bollywood Superstar Singer Sunidhi Chauhan as the Sunday night headliner.

Banga Sammelan is a unique immersive experience of the Bengali Culture. From music to movies, dramas to discussion, art to fashion shows, there is a lot to enjoy and actively participate in. Register online and secure your accommodation in the Las Vegas Strip at your earliest. There are various categories for registration with different levels of benefits and free benefits. I urge you to go through the options and complete the registration that works best  for you.

Cordially,

Milan Awon, Convener 

Biggest Singing Stars from Bollywood and Tollywood

Three days of musical extravaganza with literally an amazing gathering of singers and performers from Tollywood. 

And to top it all the Grande Finale by the one and only Sunidhi Chauhan, a Bollywood superstar singer who really needs no introduction.

Check out all the artists at:

https://nabc2022.org/artists/

Bangladesh's Best

This year a galaxy of stars from Bangladesh to shine on NABC stage, a true global Bengali conference.

Shakib Khan, James and his band, Mehreen Mahmud, Rezwana Choudhury Bannya, Shwapnil Shojib, Anima Roy, Laila Sultana Eysmin, Abanti Shithi..

Check out all the artists at:

https://nabc2022.org/artists/

An Inspired Fashion Show

You are in for a treat in this unique fashion show that is curated with a focus on the characters and costumes from Satyajit Ray's movies. Its going to be glamorous but with an unique flavor of its own

Exquisite exhibition of Bengal's rich heritage 

Viewing Bengal Through A Collage:

Art, Architecture, Artifact and Practice

•বারো মাসে তেরো পার্বণ -- Glimpses of Year-round Festivities of Bengal

Depicting Pujas (Durga), Jatras (Ratha, Raas) and Seasonal Bratas

•নক্সীকাঁথার মাঠ – Display on Mesmerizing World of Folk Arts, Crafts and Textiles

Rare Photographs on Bangladesh at Fifty and Birth Centenary of Sheikh Mujibur Rahman

•শিল্পমেলা – Curated Arts and Crafts from All Districts of West Bengal

A Potpourri of Artifacts

•কর্মশালা -- Workshops for All Ages Conducted by Invited Master Artists from India

Learn to Create Simple Masks, Toys, and Alpana Designs with Different Media

•চিত্রশালা – Selected Art, Sculpture and Photography by the Global Bengali Community

Original Artworks Capturing the Mood and Emotion of the Community

•চলার পথে বটতলাতে -- Bengali Adda under the Banyan Tree Re-created at the Rotunda

NABC Film Festival

Lights! Camera! Action! 

A kaleidoscope of introspective and entertaining  feature films from both Kolkata and Bangladesh await your  viewing at this year's film festival.

From all time classic's like Ray's Aparajito to some of the very recent releases you will have the pleasure of watching a plethora of Bengali films in a theater setting. And even get insight and behind the scene stories from the makers of some. Not an opportunity to be missed.

A Short Film Festival

A carefully curated collection of short films on a range of interesting subjects, created by a some very talented filmmakers, are bound to excite and impress you at this year's short film festival.

Don't forget to book your seats. Register now for NABC.

Standard Registration

a. Early Standard Registrants will be guaranteed the DISCOUNTED Room in Flamingo, Bally or Paris! very few rooms left at our negotiated price level!

b. Standard Registrants can give 10% of Registration Fee back to their preferred local organization when they register on-line and identify the organization

c. Anyone who has withdrawn their registration from 2020 but wishes to register will have their registration adjusted by the administrative fees that was deducted.

d. Anyone with unpaid registration please make the payment and complete your registration.

Standard Registration: https://nabc2022.org/registration/online-standard-registration/

Upgrade to Donor

For many other exciting benefits consider upgrading to becoming a donor. Just follow these easy steps.

Steps:

1. Submit an online form for Donor Premium and select pay by check/ zelle.

2. Send an email in registration@nabc2022.org with her request to upgrade her standard to donor registration. Provide both Standard and Donor registration numbers.

3. Once the team receive request, they will cancel standard and credit the standard amount to donor premium registration.

4. We will cancel the standard registration and mention the balance s as mount needed.

5. Once we receive the balance payment for upgrade, we will mark the registration as payment completed.

6. In the meantime hotel team will reach out with bed preference.

7. Once you receive hotel confirmation, you can go ahead and cancel your own hotel booking.

Hope this explains😀

Hotel Accommodation Details

Upon completion of your registration, you will be directed to a personalized hotel reservation link.  Please make sure you make your hotel reservation using that personalized link within 24 hours of Registration.  The link is for the nights of Friday Jul 1, Saturday Jul 2 and Sunday Jul 3, 2022.

Please do not share this link with anyone as this is a personalized link. The hotel room reservation link is for registered attendees only.

Only 1 hotel room per paid registration will be accepted. Any additional guest rooms booked by the registered guest at this group rate will be cancelled.

Any hotel guest room reservation made without a linked NABC2022 registration will be canceled and all guest room deposits will be forfeited. 

Donor, Premium Donor, Bronze Sponsor

Donor, Premium Donor, Bronze Sponsor

a. Donor, Premium Donor and sponsors will get Planet Hollywood as their preferred hotel accommodation (venue hotel); the assignment of rooms will be done by NABC and will be notified in due time.

b. Donor, Donor Premium and Bronze Sponsors can also give 10% Fee back to their preferred organization

Donation links: https://nabc2022.org/registration/donor-registration-form/

Here are the links for Donor/Sponsor benefit details :

https://nabc2022.org/registrationoverview

https://nabc2022.org/sponsorshipopportunityoverview

Corporate Matching Contribution

Donor, Premium Donor, Bronze Sponsor Corporate Matching Contribution

a. Anyone who has matching donation privilege from their office, please consider being a Regular Donor, Premium Donor or a Sponsor.

Example: The registration and hotel costs around $1,200 for standard registration. If someone can get a match from his/her office (say 100% match), then a Regular Donor pays $2,000 ($1,000 office match and $1,000 out-of-pocket). Individuals will not only get the donors/sponsor's privileges, the affiliated local organization/club through which they register, will get a 10% discount on the out-of-pocket amount, i.e., $1,000 (just to be clear, no discount on the matching amount).

Corporate Matching Information:

https://nabc2022.org/wp-content/uploads/2019/07/CorporateMatchDetails.pdf