Tennessee-Tombigbee Waterway

The Annual Tenn-Tom Conference

Join Us August 11–13, 2027

The corridor comes together each year, when shippers, developers, ports, and policy partners chart the year ahead.

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The 45th conference, August 2027.

Three days of briefings, networking, and the people who move the waterway forward. Details are posted here as they are confirmed.

Dates
August 11–13, 2027
Venue
The Grand Hotel Golf Resort & Spa, Point Clear, Alabama
Registration
Opens spring 2027
Sponsorships
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What the three days hold

  • Briefings on commerce, infrastructure, and funding along the corridor
  • Speakers from the ports, shippers, federal agencies, and state leadership of the four member states
  • Golf tournament, banquet, and auction

2026 in review.

The 44th conference met August 12–14, 2026 at the Grand Hotel in Point Clear, Alabama, under the theme “Move More. Connect More.”

A packed ballroom of attendees facing the stage during a general session at the 2026 Tenn-Tom Conference.
Six attendees pose together.
A speaker addresses the conference from the main stage podium.
An attendee tosses a bean bag in a game of cornhole.
A speaker at the podium in front of a slide titled United States Marine Highway Grant Program.
Two attendees smile at the evening reception.
Two speakers in white armchairs talk on stage under the Tennessee-Tombigbee Waterway logo.
Two attendees pose together.
A speaker raises his hand from the podium on the main stage.
Four attendees pose at the reception.
A speaker at the Tennessee-Tombigbee Waterway Conference podium.
An attendee seated at a session table, arms crossed, smiling.
A line of golf carts ready at the start of the conference golf tournament.
Two men hold a green gift box at the front of the ballroom.
Three attendees pose in the hotel lobby.
An Army officer speaks from the main stage podium.
Three attendees pose together, one in a vintage uniform and campaign hat.
A Coast Guard panel seated on stage.
Attendees with drinks at the reception.
A speaker presenting beside slides from the U.S. Maritime Administration.
A golf foursome on the green.
A speaker at the podium on the main stage, below the Tennessee-Tombigbee Waterway logo.
The banquet ballroom full of dinner tables under chandeliers.
An attendee smiles and holds up a prize envelope.
Four attendees pose at an exhibitor booth.
A golfer smiles from his cart.
A speaker gestures from the podium beside the state flags.
Three attendees pose together.
A speaker addresses a full room from the stage.
Two attendees share a laugh at the reception.
A three-person panel discussion on stage.
Two attendees seated at a session table.
A speaker at the podium in front of a sunset river backdrop.
An attendee holds a baby in the ballroom.
A Coast Guard officer speaks at the podium while a fellow panelist listens.
Two attendees pose together.
A golfer putts on a sunny green.
A man and a woman smile with a green gift box.
Three attendees in conversation.
A speaker at the podium beside the state flags.
Three attendees at a dinner table.
Two speakers on stage, one in Army uniform, under the Tennessee-Tombigbee Waterway logo.
Four attendees pose in the ballroom foyer.
An Army officer speaks at the podium.
A golf foursome poses beside their carts.
A speaker holds a microphone in front of the river backdrop.
Three attendees talk outside the Grand Ballroom.
A golfer stands among the carts before the tournament.
Two attendees pose, one holding an envelope.
Pelicans perch on pilings over the bay.

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Tenn-Tom Conference Focuses On Growth

Thank you to our 2026 sponsors and exhibitors.

Their support made the 44th Annual Tenn-Tom Conference possible.

Evening gathering on a lantern-lit terrace outside the lodge at the annual Tenn-Tom Conference

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