https://community.checkpoint.com/t5/General-Topics/Engage-Chicago-Dates/m-p/274200#M45883 <P>Looks like dates for Engage North America have been posted (<A href="https://www.checkpoint.com/engage-2026/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">https://www.checkpoint.com/engage-2026/</A><span class="lia-unicode-emoji" title=":disappointed_face:">😞</span></P> <P><span class="lia-inline-image-display-wrapper lia-image-align-inline" image-alt="engage_Americas.png" style="width: 904px;"><img src="https://community.checkpoint.com/t5/image/serverpage/image-id/33852iCEE6E1EAF067DBD9/image-size/large?v=v2&amp;px=999" role="button" title="engage_Americas.png" alt="engage_Americas.png" /></span></P> <UL> <LI>Washington: Thursday May 28th, just one day? (Monday, May 25th of that week is a federal holiday)</LI> <LI>Chicago: June 17-18 (Wed-Thu); June 19th (Friday) is a federal holiday here in the USA</LI> </UL> <P>Not sure what the reasoning is behind those Chicago dates, since everyone and their dog will be traveling the evening of the 18th and on Friday the 19th.&nbsp; In my experience, choosing holiday weeks for these types of events generally results in low turnout due to planned vacations and higher travel costs incurred during peak travel periods.</P> Thu, 26 Mar 2026 02:56:37 GMT Timothy_Hall 2026-03-26T02:56:37Z https://community.checkpoint.com/t5/General-Topics/Engage-Chicago-Dates/m-p/274200#M45883 <P>Looks like dates for Engage North America have been posted (<A href="https://www.checkpoint.com/engage-2026/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">https://www.checkpoint.com/engage-2026/</A><span class="lia-unicode-emoji" title=":disappointed_face:">😞</span></P> <P><span class="lia-inline-image-display-wrapper lia-image-align-inline" image-alt="engage_Americas.png" style="width: 904px;"><img src="https://community.checkpoint.com/t5/image/serverpage/image-id/33852iCEE6E1EAF067DBD9/image-size/large?v=v2&amp;px=999" role="button" title="engage_Americas.png" alt="engage_Americas.png" /></span></P> <UL> <LI>Washington: Thursday May 28th, just one day? (Monday, May 25th of that week is a federal holiday)</LI> <LI>Chicago: June 17-18 (Wed-Thu); June 19th (Friday) is a federal holiday here in the USA</LI> </UL> <P>Not sure what the reasoning is behind those Chicago dates, since everyone and their dog will be traveling the evening of the 18th and on Friday the 19th.&nbsp; In my experience, choosing holiday weeks for these types of events generally results in low turnout due to planned vacations and higher travel costs incurred during peak travel periods.</P> Thu, 26 Mar 2026 02:56:37 GMT https://community.checkpoint.com/t5/General-Topics/Engage-Chicago-Dates/m-p/274200#M45883 Timothy_Hall 2026-03-26T02:56:37Z https://community.checkpoint.com/t5/General-Topics/Engage-Chicago-Dates/m-p/274310#M45905 <P><a href="https://community.checkpoint.com/t5/user/viewprofilepage/user-id/597">@Timothy_Hall</a>&nbsp;thanks for your feedback.&nbsp;<SPAN>Finding conference dates that don’t conflict with other things is always a challenge. We hope that people will be able to join us.</SPAN></P> Fri, 27 Mar 2026 07:39:32 GMT https://community.checkpoint.com/t5/General-Topics/Engage-Chicago-Dates/m-p/274310#M45905 _Val_ 2026-03-27T07:39:32Z