NACDS’ priority is to conduct the Regional Chain Conference in accordance with official government, local authorities, and venue specific regulations and recommendations; as well as what NACDS deems is appropriate. NACDS reserves the right to change, update, or add to these guidelines at any time as it deems prudent to best protect the health and safety of our attendees, colleagues and industry partners.

Attire for the NACDS Regional Chain Conference is Business Casual.

Friday, December 18, 2026. After this date, the quoted hotel room rates and availability cannot be guaranteed.

To make changes to an existing reservation, use the link provided in your hotel room confirmation sent from MCI USA. After Friday, December 18, 2026, you will need to contact the hotel directly. Visit the Hotel & Travel page under Plan for hotel contact information after this date.

No. Anyone desiring to attend the Regional Chain Conference must register in full.

During the registration process, you will have the ability to “Add a Spouse/Partner” after entering your first registrant. If you have already completed the registration process but need to add a spouse/partner, please email registration@nacds.org.

Please submit a Cancellation or Substitution Form found on the Register Page as soon as possible. All cancellations and substitutions must be made in writing and are considered official on the date they are received at NACDS headquarters.

Only registered attendees can access the locked portions of the website. You will need to get the login information from one of your registrants. Their username is their email address. We do not have access to passwords. If they are unsure of their password, they can use the “Forgot/Set Your Password” link on the login page to reset it.

A limited amount of private function space is available during the Regional Chain Conference. Requests for space should be made in writing to Toni Gonzalez at tgonzalez@nacds.org and include date, time, and number of people expected to attend the event.

Mike Swinburne, (703) 837-4611, or mswinburne@nacds.org

NACDS Registration Department at registration@nacds.org

NACDS Housing Department at nacdsregional@mcievents.com

Steve Perlowski at sperlowski@nacds.org