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$795 CALED Member Rate; $895 Non-Member Rate

• $795 Full Conference (CALED Member Rate)

• • Plus $195 CALED Member Rate to attend the pre-conference “Teaching Tour: Building & Paying for Development Projects”[Please note that this tour requires walking and that wearing comfortable walking shoes is recommended.]

• $895 Full Conference (Non-Member Rate)

• • Plus $245 CALED Non-Member Rate to attend the pre-conference “Teaching Tour: Building & Paying for Development Projects”[Please note that this tour requires walking and that wearing comfortable walking shoes is recommended.]

• $395 1-day

• $65 Awards Lunch ONLY on Thursday, May 8

• $50 Culinary Crawl*–SOLD OUT!

*Only registered attendees of the conference can register/attend the culinary crawl. Please note the culinary crawl requires walking  (up to 10 minutes between venues). Wearing comfortable walking shoes is recommended.

For general registration questions, please contact Ian Gill (iangill@caled.org).

Conference Hotel

Reserve Your Hotel Room Today—click here to reserve with the CALED group rate of $189 plus tax (rate valid until April 11 or until sold out).

DoubleTree by Hilton Hotel Ontario Airport
222 North Vineyard Avenue
Ontario, CA 91764-4431

Note: There is an overnight parking charge of $17+Tax per vehicle.

How do I get there?

Ontario International Airport
1.50 miles
Complimentary airport shuttle

Los Angeles International Airport
50 miles
Airport shuttle not available 

Hollywood Burbank Airport/Bob Hope Airport
40 miles
Airport shuttle not available

Need Based Scholarships Available

Click here to learn more and apply by March 31st.

New this Year: Tournament of Champions!

On Thursday afternoon, from 4:15-6:30pm, conference attendees will get to participate in an interactive reception, the Tournament of Champions (ToCh). The ToCh will pit economic developer teams against each other in a battle of wits, strength, and agility! Each team will complete a circuit of games/activities with the goal of earning the most points and being crowned the CALED Champions.

• All attendees are eligible to participate but you must have a team. Start chatting with your colleagues and peers now to see if they want to team up. Each team should be between 3-4 people. Attendees can only be on ONE TEAM. Team sign-ups will be announced in the weeks leading up to the conference!
• If you’re a free agent (aka a solo player), you can sign up ahead of time, and be placed in a team before the ToCh begins.
• The games will be a mix of fun, party games such as corn hole, ladder ball, black jack, and so much more.

Start recruiting your team members now and keep your eyes peeled for more details as they are released.

Conference Schedule*

Pre-Conference: Teaching Tour: Building & Paying for Development Projects

Tuesday May 6^th

• 10am – 4pm Welcome discussion; Bus tour of Ontario & Rancho Cucamonga sites; Reception
• This is an add-on event to the main conference starting on May 7

Conference

Wednesday May 7^th

• 9:30am – 12:30pm Board Meetings
• 1pm – 2pm Welcome General Session
• 2:30pm – 2:30pm Breakout Sessions
  • GO-Biz: Learn About the California Jobs First Blueprint
  • Building Brands That Drive Economic Development Success
  • Today’s Roadmap to Economic Development: Climate Action, Zoning and Housing
• 3:30pm – 4:30pm Welcome Reception
• 5pm Culinary Crawl – this is an add-on event to the main conference

Thursday May 8^th

• 8am – 8:45am Listening Session on Small Business Resilience
• 9am – 10am General Session (topic being finalized)
• 10:15am – 11:15am Breakout Sessions
  • Rural Topic (topic being finalized)
  • Cluster Development and Private Investment
  • Re-positioning Environmentally-Challenged Urban Infill Redevelopment Sites
• 11:45am – 1:15pm Celebrating Success Awards Lunch
• 1:45pm – 2:45pm Breakout Sessions
  • Go-Biz 2: How to Support the California Jobs First Blueprint
  • Enhancing Workforce Development through Strategic Partnerships
  • Affordable Economic Development Program Development
• 3:15pm – 4:15pm Breakout Sessions
  • Developing Effective Strategies for Economic Growth
  • Resource Accessibility & Supporting Small Business Growth
  • Travel & Tourism for Economic Developers
• 4:15pm – 6:30pm Tournament of Champions

Friday May 9^th

• 8:30am – 9:15 am Lightning Sessions
  • Meet Your Fellow ACEs
  • How We Turned our Team of One into a Team that Won!
  • Unsticking Stuck Projects
• 9:45am – 10:30am Lightning Sessions
  • A Year of Transformation with California’s Economic Recovery Corps
  • Demonstrating the Importance of Resilience Investment
  • Experiential Retail in California: Creating Community Hubs
• 11:00am – 11:45am General Session (Trends in Workforce and Economic Development with California Labor Secretary Stewart Knox and CALED CEO Gurbax Sahota)

*Session titles and content are still being finalized. Schedule is subject to change.