About
The 2026 National Conference - Celebrating 20 years!
We anticipate the arrival of 500 IT, ChMS, Production, and Ministry-adjacent staff and volunteers in Louisville, Kentucky at Southeast Christian Church, from October 4th through October 6th, 2026. This event allows you to connect with and learn from peers and trusted technology partners in the church IT and adjacent ministry spaces. CITN26 is the largest and only event dedicated to Church IT collaboration, inspiration, and community for churches of all sizes and types across the US and the globe. Thanks to our partners' generosity, early-bird registration is only $99 including event lunches and dinners. Act fast though, as the fee increases to $175 after September 1st.
Schedule Overview
- Sunday, Oct 4th
6pm-8pm Check-in and meet-n-greet dinner - Monday, Oct 5th
8am Registration opens
9am Event kickoff and Main Session
10:30 Workshops
12pm Lunch
1pm Workshops
2:30pm Workshops
4pm Workshops
5:30pm Dinner - Tuesday, October 6th
9am Day 2 kickoff and Main Session
11am Workshops
12pm Lunch
1pm Workshops
2:30pm Workshops
5pm Final Gathering and Partner Grand Prizes
5:30pm Dinner grab-n-go style if you need to head for the airport
Where
Southeast Christian Church
920 Blankenbaker Pkwy
Louisville, KY 40243
Cost
For the low cost of just $99, you get 2 days of fantastic food, relevant technical, strategic, and leadership content and discussions, along with fun prizes and hang time with hundreds of your peers to challenge and inspire you.
Session Information
2026 Specifics coming soon!
Curious about what sessions and workshops will look like? Take a look at last year’s conference page at citn25.sched.com
Want to present at CITN26? Our Call For Presenters portal will be open until August 17th.
We hope to see you in L’ville this October!
Logistics
- Venue
- Southeast Christian Church
- 920 Blankenbaker Pkwy, Louisville, KY 40243
- Registration
- $99 early bird
- Before September 1, 2026
- $199 standard
- 171 / 650registered
- Airport
- Louisville Muhammad Ali International Airport (SDF)
Things to Do
Explore local attractions in the area while you're in town for the conference.
This To Do IN Lousiville (no specific order)
• Slugger Museum • Belle of Louisville (You'd have to call about the dates) • Speed Art Museum • Conrad-Caldwell House • Muhammad Ali Center • Frazier Kentucky History Museum • Locus Grove • Flame Run Glass Studio & Gallery • Mark Payton Glass Center • Louisville WaterWorks Museum • Cave Hill Cemetery (burial site of Muhammad Ali) • Louisville Mega Caverns (History Tour, Zipline, Ropes Course) • Waverly Hills Sanatorium • Lots of options for Distillery Tours
Things To Do NEAR Louisville (in no specific order)
• Buffalo Trace Distillery (Bardstown, KY - 46min) • Many additional distilleries in this area and a few along the way to Bardstown • My Old Kentucky Home (Bardstown, KY - 51min) • International Museum of Horses (Lexington - 1hr) • The Ark Encounter/Creation Museum (Williamstown, KY - 1hr 28min) • National Corvette Museum (Bowling Green, KY - 1hr 28min)
Things to do Outdoors
Big Four Bridge & Waterfront Park (Walking bridge that goes across to Indiana, very close to Belle of Louisville) Silo at Turkey Run Park (Beautiful 360 view from top of the silo, including toward downtown - 8703 Stout Rd, Louisville, KY 40291 - 20min) Bernheim Forest (16,346 acres, Giant wooden trolls, tons of nature trails - 33min) Fort Duffield (Union Base on river bluffs, good amount of uphill walking - 40min) Clifty Falls State Park (Located in beautiful Madison, IN - 1hr 2min) Mammoth Cave National Park (Located not too far from the Corvette Museum - 1hr 35min) Natural Bridge State Resort Park & Red River Gorge (So many amazing things to see for both the car spectator all the way to the avid hiker - 1hr 40min)
Good Eats
• Havana Rumba - Authentic Cuban • Simply Thai - Good Thai & sushi • Mark's Feed Store - Louisville's own BBQ joint • Coals - Brick Oven Pizza • Taco City • Clay Oven - Good Indian Food • Blind Squirrel - Great appetizers and entrees are good too • Wild Eggs - Great breakfast place, native to Louisville. • Texas Roadhouse - HQ'd in Louisville 🤯, who would have thought!
Things to do further away
• 80/20 @ Kaelin's - Claims to be where the cheeseburger first began, also where Colonel Sanders first sold his famous chicken • Muscle Burger Bar - If you like clams, very good, but also good if you don't • The Eagle - Great fried chicken • Dragon King's Daughter - Asian Fusion & Sushi • Taco Luchador • Limon y Sal - Solid Mexican