EVENT SCHEDULE FOR CHICAGOPEX '26

(Schedule and Room Assignments Subject to Change)

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The CHICAGOPEX ’26 exhibition and bourse will be held in the four ballrooms on the main floor of the hotel. The philatelic exhibits will be in the Abricot and Lakeshore Ballrooms; the bourse will be in the Grand and Gallery Ballrooms; Youth activities and the literature exhibits will be in the Chambers Room off the Atrium. Book signings will be at the Chicago Philatelic Society (CPS) Booth in the Atrium. All of the other meeting rooms (noted below) are on the second floor and can be reached by either stairway or elevator. All presentations and meetings are open to the public, unless marked as “closed meeting” or “members only.”

Friday, November 20

Time
Event
Location
10:00 AM
CHICAGOPEX ’26 Opens
Ballrooms
10:00 AM
Kewriga Auction Viewing
Gallery
11:00 AM
American Philatelic Society Town Hall Meeting, Kirk Gillis, Executive Director
Alton
1:00 PM
Collectors Club of Chicago, “How to find out EVERYTHING about a cover,” Gary Loew
Alton
1:00 PM
British North America Philatelic Society Meeting and BNA Show and Tell plus “Some Spectroscopic Studies in Newfoundland Philately,” Richard Judge
Carlyle
1:00-2:00 PM
Book Signings:
Walt Disney books by Edward Bergen: Mickey Mouse, Vols. 1-4, Donald Duck Volumes 1-3
CPS Booth
2:00 PM
"Modelling the Banknote Issues: An Introduction," Rev. Stephen Knapp
Edwardian
2:00 – 4:00 PM
American Association of Philatelic Exhibitors: 40th Anniversary Dessert Social and “The Future of Exhibiting” (free to members and new applicants)
Barrington
3:00 PM
Smithsonian National Postal Museum: New Book Talk: “Routes to a Nation: The Post Office in the Colonies and Early United States,” Curators Alison Bazylinski and Daniel Piazza and Winton M. Blount Research Chair Susan Smith
Alton
4:00 PM
Smithsonian National Postal Museum: “Researching Postal History in Washington DC,” Winton M. Blount Research Chair Susan Smith
Alton
6:00 PM
CHICAGOPEX ’26 Closes for the Day
 

Saturday, November 21

Time
Event
Location
9:00 AM
American Association of Philatelic Exhibitors (AAPE), “Exhibiting 101 Seminar and Exhibit Tour,” Norma Nielson
Carlyle
9:00 AM
Scouting Stamp Collecting Merit Badge (closed meeting)
Stanford
10:00 AM
CHICAGOPEX ’26 Opens
Ballrooms
10:00 AM
Kewriga Auction
Barrington
10:00 AM
Literature Judges’ Feedback Forum and Viewing
Alton
11:00 AM
“An Introduction to U.S. Collecting,” Rodney Juell
Carlyle
11:00 AM
China Stamp Society Annual Meeting
Edwardian
12:00 PM
Postcrossing Meetup
Marborough
12:00 PM
Stamp Out Russian Aggression (SORA), “Ukrainian War Issues: What Stamp Collectors Can Do to Help,” David S. Ball
Carlyle
12:00 PM
Chicago Philatelic Society Board Meeting
Alton
12:30 PM
Chicago Philatelic Society Membership Meeting
Alton
1:00 PM
Chicago Philatelic Society Featured Presentation: “Illuminating the Past: The 100th Anniversary of the Sherman Hill Beacon,” Even Brande
Alton
1:00-2:00 PM
Book Signings:
Walt Disney books by Edward Bergen: Mickey Mouse, Vols. 1-4, Donald Duck Volumes 1-3
CPS Booth
2:00 PM
Germany Philatelic Society, Chicagoland Chapter 5 Meeting, Show and Tell with German Postal History
Edwardian
2:00 PM
American Plate Number Single Society (APNSS) Meeting
Carlyle
3:00 PM
American Association of Philatelic Exhibitors (AAPE) Open Forum and Treatment Presentation, Mark Schwartz, host
Alton
4:00 PM
Philatelic Judges’ Feedback Forum
Alton
6:00 PM
CHICAGOPEX ’26 Closes for the Day
 
6:30 PM
CHICAGOPEX ’26 Awards Banquet Reception (no host)
Marlborough
7:00 PM
CHICAGOPEX ’26 Awards Banquet (advance ticket required)
Marlborough

Sunday, November 22

Time
Event
Location
10:00 AM
CHICAGOPEX ’26 Opens
Ballrooms
11:00 AM
American Association of Philatelic Exhibitors (AAPE), “ABCs of Thematic Exhibiting,” Jean Wang
Carlyle
1:00 PM
Illinois Postal History Society Presentation: “Illinois Post Offices” Steve Bahnsen, and Show and Tell
Carlyle
1:00-2:00 PM
Book Signing:
Walt Disney books by Edward Bergen: Mickey Mouse, Vols. 1-4, Donald Duck Volumes 1-3
CPS Booth
3:00 PM
CHICAGOPEX ’26 Exhibits Close
 
4:00 PM
CHICAGOPEX ’26 Closes
 

List is correct as of 26th October, 2026; room locations are subject to change